a younger me – just at 6th form, dreaming of bright city lights, on the of cusp rave – at this point i am the regulation bowiefan/indieboy/hip hop combo. when nme says jump, i’ll ask is jim reid doing guitar and is it on shrinkwrapped def jam.
at home one day the doorbell rings. i answered it. Continue Reading →
know bits of dr feelgood and the influence they had on punk and all that*, but nowhere near enough so really want to see this film.
from the trailer it looks stunning – london in all it’s monochrome booze, fags/ cars, birds/ whistle, flute/ early 70s glory. if only the sweeney had formed a band…..
*actually, “know bits of” probably amounts to this:
(edit – they had a number 1 album, and it was a live one at that – “stupidity”, october 76.)
