It makes me think of other artists who've set poetry to music - Patti Smith, G-S Heron, both people with a message and a subversive streak.
Every now & then I like to listen to Mick Farren
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It makes me think of other artists who've set poetry to music - Patti Smith, G-S Heron, both people with a message and a subversive streak.
Every now & then I like to listen to Mick Farren
I met Mick Farren once. Very nice guy, and very dapper!
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He sounds best when he's got his teeth in!
The poll results make interesting reading! What's the opposite of a 'Marmite choice'?
Barry
Flaming hell Nick This isn't easy I can tell you. The music isn't bad at all, I actually like it, what I'm having a serious problem with is Mr Monosyllabic
What it needed was someone to squeeze his balls with a set of mole grips to get some higher notes out of him at the right time
I'm still plodding through it anyway, will vote when I have managed to get to the end without slitting my wrists
Bests, Mark
"We must believe in free will. We have no choice" Isaac Bashevis Singer
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It would have gotten a 7/10 if it wasn't for Mr Happy I like the music, I just couldn't stand listening to that blokes drawl
Bests, Mark
"We must believe in free will. We have no choice" Isaac Bashevis Singer
I've just listened to the four tracks again, and based on them, I do think Radical Dance Faction are really rather good.
This is intellegent punk at its best. The singer is not monosyllabic, it's just that his vowels are flattened - just like Ian Dury, but no-one ever held that against him!
It has to be played loud - very loud.
Don't think it would be a good idea to listen to it in the car though.
If I could change my score, I would up it to 7/10.
Barry
I'm really glad you've enjoyed it Barry. I only up albums I really care about to 'Album Club' and not all of them are ones with immediate or popular appeal, but they are all ones which have stayed with me for years - its nice when others appreciate them as well
Here's a copy of an early one by Military Surplus - Time Of The Dispossessed