The Giraffe wrote:fuck, it's one of the greatest songs ever written, that song [Town Called Malice].
It's great, yes. I love it when you (or anyone else for that matter) post comments like that.
The Giraffe wrote:The ghost of a steam train - echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere -
just going round and round
i used to have plans, dreams, whatever. i used to be optimistic. what happened?
Quaco wrote:The Giraffe wrote:The ghost of a steam train - echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere -
just going round and round
i used to have plans, dreams, whatever. i used to be optimistic. what happened?
You still are. That's why I love you.
Beno wrote:I'm going to be a dissenting voice to this I love in. To be fair I only know them through greatest hits comps and All Mod Cons but for me, whilst they are good, they just aren't that special.
The Kinks do the '"stories about English life" thing much better and plenty of bands are better at injecting punk/new wave energy. Maybe the combination of the two is what is so highly rated but I'm not totally convinced.
Looking at similar acts I'd say that Elvis Costello was a far better songwriter, in fact far better all round.
The Giraffe wrote:Beno wrote:I'm going to be a dissenting voice to this I love in. To be fair I only know them through greatest hits comps and All Mod Cons but for me, whilst they are good, they just aren't that special.
The Kinks do the '"stories about English life" thing much better and plenty of bands are better at injecting punk/new wave energy. Maybe the combination of the two is what is so highly rated but I'm not totally convinced.
Looking at similar acts I'd say that Elvis Costello was a far better songwriter, in fact far better all round.
you know, he never grabbed me by the balls like the jam did. he's a clever songwriter, like a latter-day cole porter or sammy cahn, but for me he rarely spoke to me.
there was something about weller that just connected. listen to "that's entertainment" or read the post i did about "town called malice" to see what i mean. both are probably observational writers (or were back in the day) but the young weller seemed like he was looking at it from the inside.
The Penk wrote:I've never really liked the Jam, which is weird, because I just realised I actually like all the songs I've heard, eg the singles. My favourite one of which is That's Entertainment.
I should probably give them a proper listen at some point.
kath wrote:i will make it my mission to nail you.
Jeff K wrote:Album - This is the Modern World
Song - Down At the Tube Station At Midnight