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Post by respiratoryproblems on Aug 29, 2021 7:43:08 GMT
Then after Come On Eileen, they went for the preppy look for Don’t Stand Me Down  Then came back in 2012 looking like…something. That’s Mick Talbot from Style Council second left.  |
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Aug 29, 2021 8:48:23 GMT
True story: Kevin Rowland was "inspired" after watching On the Waterfront on TV one night, so he copped the look. He then forced the band to all adopt the uniform and also made them go jogging together through Birmingham city centre (every day? once per week? one time only?) as a "show of strength." I think this is more twatish than "cool." Besides, I think he also fell short of looking like Brando in On the Waterfront and ends up looking more like a scrawnier, more pale version of Sylvester Stallone in Rocky. I’m on the losing side here, so I’ll further immolate my credentials by pointing out that the jogging stuff was the second lineup of the band between the On The Waterfront guys and the Come On Eileen era.  When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way <snap> From your first cigarette, to your last dyin’ day <snap> |
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Post by daved on Aug 29, 2021 8:54:17 GMT
Then after Come On Eileen, they went for the preppy look for Don’t Stand Me Down WandaVision |
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Aug 29, 2021 9:40:20 GMT
Arghhhh! My eyes! My eyes! (Dave, you a**hole! I’m permanently scarred!) |
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Post by Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer on Aug 29, 2021 10:26:52 GMT
Arghhhh! My eyes! My eyes! (Dave, you a**hole! I’m permanently scarred!) Geez Susan, no one’s even poated Kevin Rowland’s My Beauty album cover yet! |
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Aug 29, 2021 10:37:41 GMT
Arghhhh! My eyes! My eyes! (Dave, you a**hole! I’m permanently scarred!) Geez Susan, no one’s even poated Kevin Rowland’s My Beauty album cover yet! Well, in case someone does, I’m going to preemptively counter with Tim Curry…: |
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Aug 29, 2021 12:39:52 GMT
The guy on the bottom right is the only one who looks properly embarrassed. Last poat on this and then I’ll crawl back into my mountain of Dexys press clippings and Kevin Rowland’s discarded underarm hair - that guy is the guitarist Billy (real name: Kevin) Adams, who is/was a part of the traveller community, so he actually comes from the world of Irish gypsy heritage and can lay the greatest claim to being ‘authentic’ in that photo. I guess he was on board with this cosplay, even though it wasn’t his idea. Kevin Rowland was ‘inspired’ by previous Dexys guitarist Al (real name: Kevin) Archer’s new band who dressed like that first |
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Post by j365 on Aug 29, 2021 15:30:19 GMT
Is everyone in Dexys named Kevin?
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Post by mintyjackhole on Aug 29, 2021 15:41:54 GMT
Mick Talbot's cool.
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Aug 29, 2021 16:07:30 GMT
Is everyone in Dexys named Kevin? Kevin Rowland made the other two change their names. This is an interesting read that details it a bit, but don’t bother listening to The Blue Ox Babes because they aren’t very good. recordcollectormag.com/articles/a-tale-of-two-kevins |
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Post by Mediocrates on Aug 29, 2021 16:43:38 GMT
anyway...
McCartney and the plectrum |
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Aug 29, 2021 16:52:12 GMT
Which Music Venues Have You Been To?
Cue a load of poats filled with lists of every venue known to man.
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Post by Brick Wall on Aug 29, 2021 20:46:40 GMT
Is everyone in Dexys named Kevin? I thought there was an Eileen in there somewhere. |
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Post by graucho on Aug 29, 2021 21:42:28 GMT
Is everyone in Dexys named Kevin? Kevin Rowland made the other two change their names. This is an interesting read that details it a bit, but don’t bother listening to The Blue Ox Babes because they aren’t very good. recordcollectormag.com/articles/a-tale-of-two-kevinstThanks, in fact I went ahead and listened, as I'd never heard them before, but knew Rowland stole the sound from him. The guy (Archer) seems to me a good arranger and writer (musically, if not words), but maybe less of a front person. Has Rowland been diagnosed with bipolar? I wouldn't be surprised if he is farily high on that spectrum. |
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Post by NeverHeardOfEm on Aug 29, 2021 22:14:09 GMT
[Title or lyric]: A [artist] Song-By-Song Thread You can stop now, Lance LaSalle. No it's [obscure song title no one fucking knows exists]: A [artist] Song by Song Thread. Sorry for bumping this from July--I had accidentally responded to a post from the first page of this thread but still wanted to poat this. "Nazi Punks Fuck Off: A Dead Kennedys Song by Song Thread"--which would be swiftly gorted. |
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