Dexy's are Back. Hooray!
Dexy's are Back. Hooray!
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- Gillibeanz
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- Gillibeanz
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Ha! Tonight we were working late in the office and I wanted my other half to go downstairs and kindly make me a cup of coffee (not unreasonable since I had given him the usual tea and toast in bed) and he wouldnt. So I put on 'come on Eileen' and threatened to put it on again if he didnt comply. By the third play he had had enough. The coffee was lovely!!! ![Twisted Evil :twisted:](./images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif)
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COME ON YOU SPURS!!
- Otis Westinghouse
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Good technique!
Poor Kev. Did anyone see the almost heartbreaking doc a couple of years ago where he rued the arrogance and stupidity of his early days? Along the lines of 'We made some great music, but at what a price', and then this powerful song I didn't know over the closing credits from Don't Stand Me Down, all address to a 'Young man' (nothing to do with the Village People or Harry Enfield).
I hope he's not in the dress and suspenders this time.
It's funny, I was standing outside the Birmingham Hippodrome the other night (trying to escape the clutches of a homicidal maniac) for the first time since September 1982, when, freshly arrived as a student in town and after a summer of listening to Too Rye Ay and wanting to believe in my soul, I saw Dexy's on 'The Gypsies in Dugarees' tour. It had its absurd moments (Kev doing press ups to show his commitment), but also had it's moments of greatness - lights going down, a low bllue light on the stage, and the band kicking off with Old.
Along with PTC and, to a lesser extent, Lloyd Cole's Easy Pieces, Too Rye Ay was an LP where the production did a disservice to the quality of the songs. Langer and Winstanley just didn't believe in subtlety. I guess it fitted the 80s world, but now it just sounds like they should have stuck to Madness. Kevin was always a curious mixture of genuine article and total wanker, but he was certainly talented.
Poor Kev. Did anyone see the almost heartbreaking doc a couple of years ago where he rued the arrogance and stupidity of his early days? Along the lines of 'We made some great music, but at what a price', and then this powerful song I didn't know over the closing credits from Don't Stand Me Down, all address to a 'Young man' (nothing to do with the Village People or Harry Enfield).
I hope he's not in the dress and suspenders this time.
It's funny, I was standing outside the Birmingham Hippodrome the other night (trying to escape the clutches of a homicidal maniac) for the first time since September 1982, when, freshly arrived as a student in town and after a summer of listening to Too Rye Ay and wanting to believe in my soul, I saw Dexy's on 'The Gypsies in Dugarees' tour. It had its absurd moments (Kev doing press ups to show his commitment), but also had it's moments of greatness - lights going down, a low bllue light on the stage, and the band kicking off with Old.
Along with PTC and, to a lesser extent, Lloyd Cole's Easy Pieces, Too Rye Ay was an LP where the production did a disservice to the quality of the songs. Langer and Winstanley just didn't believe in subtlety. I guess it fitted the 80s world, but now it just sounds like they should have stuck to Madness. Kevin was always a curious mixture of genuine article and total wanker, but he was certainly talented.
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