X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescent Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this video we're checking out X-Ray Spex once more. We've been enjoying the youthful and eclectic sound of Polly Styrene's vocals, and we're looking forward to hearing more from this band. Enjoy!
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Poly was very unique and one of the more authentic people that came out of Punk. Making her own clothes, protesting against materialism and following the crowd. Great little band too.
This isn't Punk tho because they can play 😂
@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU that's got nothing to do with it. The Clash could play, the Pistols could play. The Damned could play.
Poly was... unique. (The only one of her kind.)
Love her music!
Maybe watch the documentary, 'Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché' you can't fail to appreciate how great Poly was after seeing it.
SR was a brand of Toothpaste here in the UK in the 1970s, heavily advertised on TV at the time.
This one made a big impression on me when I first heard it. It showed that not all Punk had to be about frantic energy. I think to be a distinctive singer is far more important than being a good singer. Another less well remembered band female fronted band from the punk/new wave era is the Rezillos, with their song Top of the Pops, which may be worth listening to.
" . . .Scrub away the S.R way" S.R. was a soap company in the UK. It's about a girl with OCD. "you can touch her if your gloves are sterilized". This was in the heyday of Punk.
Fun fact Sr toothpaste was the first advert on British telly
This is one of my favourite songs of all time 🎉 love it ⭐️⭐️⭐️
She has an amazing voice.
Full of emotion and angst. 🥺
Yes yes yes more x ray spex please
You just need to hear more X-Ray.
Genius. Polystyrene was the real deal. These lyrics in 1979 were years ahead of time....
I first heard this song on a British TV show called Top Of The Pops when I was 12 years old. It made a big impression on me and has remained a favourite of mine.
In case you couldn't tell, they were, at the time, verging on being a concept-band with "mindless consumerism" as their theme - see also The Day The World Turned Day-Glo, Warrior In Woolworths, Age etc.
Poly Styrene - cue pangs of waist-level nostalgia for many men of a certain age - we never knew we needed an Anglo-Somalian weeble in a military uniform
I bought this in a second hand record shop in Berwick Street soho London a few years ago
It's 1978. It's a punk record. The song mocks how people may be too obsessed with cleanliness (and there is nothing wrong with that :-) )
X-Ray Spex had a big impact back in the '70s.
This is one of the best lps of the 70s ,so unique but highly addictive once you've listened to it in full ❤🇬🇧 SR IS TOOTHPASTE 👍
The S.R way is a reference to SR, a famous toothpaste brand in the UK
Gibbs SR toothpaste (now Mentadent) the first product ever advertised on UK tv.
I was transfixed by this song the first time I heard it, and I've loved it ever since ! .. Such a totally cool atmosphere, and I love the vocals, melody and lyrics .. It was my intro to X-Ray Spex and Poly Styrene, and the album "Germfree Adolescents" ( which I immediately bought ) is still in my list of all time favourites .. Wish you guys had got into it more .. Maybe you have by now ???🤔
"Consumerism" and how it effected society was the message of this album. Polly's pain was real. A tremendous record. Thanks for reviewing the track.
I love this song, RIP Poly
Its raw and honest, beautiful and amazing
love this, i always put it on in the pub
Superb group,brilliant lyrics.
One of my favourite tunes!
poly was a true punk legend
Still is a legend. RIP Poly
'Cleanliness is next to Godliness', you were always told this growing up, the Punk movement was about going against the Establishment of the day and what was considered the normal way to behave, this song captures that. 'SR' was a popular brand of toothpaste in the '60s and '70s made by the firm 'Gibbs'.
This is the slowest track on the lp but there isn't a bad one. Try "Art-I-Ficial" or "The Day The World Turned Dayglo" or if you can find it, "Oh Bondage, Up Yours".
Another band in a similar vein are "The Rezillos", a Scottish band who still on occasion play a gig or two.
Poly Styrene was a genius. She was a black opera -trained singer, but sang in a working-class London accent, which is very different to modern London artists like Adele, who sing in a phoney American accent. This song is about the endless barrage of advertisements to consume personal hygiene products, deodorants, toothpaste, mouthwash, etc, which in the end only ensures the consumers adopt Obsessive Compulsive Disorder traits.
I second the request for police on my back by the clash!
SR was a brand of tothpaste in the 1970s in the UK
It's funny how some songs take you back to a time and a place. I remember hearing this for the first time in a record shop where I was killing time before going to a football (soccer) match! I think like most lyrics this isn't to be taken literally. As others have said, I think it touches on obsessive compulsive behaviour and the advertising that bombards us with so many products to be squeaky clean and sweet smelling! I really like Polly's voice and the slower than usual pace of this song. Thanks for reacting, I enjoy your work!
poly was brilliant but unique its about health obsession and cleanliness like now around covid but this was in the 70,s but great tune i remember it as a teenager.
Polystyrene was a pioneer put it in context a young black lady in the seventies fronting an English Punk band awesome i love her and her music r.i.p Polystyrene
Its really about advertising and the pressure put on people to conform to society norms. Lots of Polys music was about the artificial nature of modern society and consumerism. Years ahead of her thinking.
This song is a classic. Dance as soo
I wonder what you two would think of gary numan are friends electric?
I also second the request for identity by the x ray spex!
Amazing lady, saying it the SR way :) Toothepaste! Prob the most punk lady ever , she was so ahead of her time....the best. Go look for it and listen!!!
For info., SR was a toothpaste brand that ran ads with a line saying something like "brush the SR way" :)
Hi C& C, checkout "The Motors" late 70s British band - Dancing the night away and Airport especially-awesome tunes! Oh and Ducks Deluxe - "Coast to Coast" live pub version - a real footstomper.
Thcrub away, thcrub away, thcrub away, the SR. way. RIP Polly. Try, The Day The World Turned Day Glo. The sax just rocks.
We did that song
Their appearance on Top Of The Pops shocked the middle class audience with her attack on media pressure to look perfect. Similar to The Rezillos Appearance on Top Of The Pops with a song called Top Of The Pops. They had great success with the album and Poly decided to walk away and live a normal life with the odd issue. Sadly she died after releasing a good solo album
Kudos to the Hanier Family for reacting to songs that are bold and cutting edge for there time! I would love to see a reaction to The Clash "Police on my back"!
This song describes a girl who is obsessed with cleanliness, to the point where it is almost painful or compulsive.
SR was a Toothpaste brand from back in the day.
Poly styrene the lead singer was dealing with severe mental illness ,this song is about germ phobia,unfortunately they only made 1 album due to her illness but they were very influential especially with the riot grrrl movement of the 90s,they made a short lived but very successful comeback in the 2000s but she sadly died of cancer.She made a great album with her daughter called indigo
Real/true Punk Girl .... working class voice.
Rough but with meaning.
Punk ..... well ! A new wave ....
everyone welcome 😮
One of my favourite albums ....SR was a type of toothpaste.
I love this song ..would you do a review on the Close Lobsters ..song Kiss the flowers in bloom ..I think it's a classic
Kia ora hello Chris and Cynthia thank you guys for this reaction. Hay Cynthia how's your back treating you today any respite? I hope you do have a break from the pain i haven't been able to stop thinking about your situation because i know how it effects my life and you have a worse problem than me KIA KAHA (be strong) i know you are otherwise you wouldn't be sitting next to Chris. Best wishes to you and your whanau (family)
Fun fact. Nina Simone did a cover version of this song.
I've always thought of this as a comment on the sexual and physical purity expected of young women.
The con of consumer society is a thread that runs through a lot of the bands output, this fits into that i think.
With X Ray Specs the lyrics are very meaningful. Plastic Bag is my favourite song and the best Punk Song ever in my opinion.
It’s a message us more bout obsessions and unreal expectations not just ‘clean’. It’s gonna get stuck in your head. If it doesn’t. Can’t help ya
You need to check out The Day The World Turned Dayglow by X-Ray Spex, she actually has a fantastic voice.
We did do a reaction to that song, if I remember.
@@hanierfamily Ah yes so you did, in that case I'll recommend Warrior in Woolworths, another good song from X-Ray Spex.
They only made one album and in my opinion it was one of the best albums of that genre - Poly was only young at the time - and was part of the Punk scene - SR was a brand of toothpaste
A lot of their songs were about fear, be it Nuclear war, consumerism and advertising putting fear into people by exaggerating the truth ie teeth brushing deodorant etc creating the obsession she is singing about, the more you listen to all of their songs the more you understand the clever points the lyrics are slightly masking. Hope you listen to more of their music and eventually appreciate how clever it was. The Album Conscious Consumer takes it to another level and I believe but stand to be corrected Poly Styrene had a lot more input on that album both lyricaly and musically. Unlike Me, Poly was a Vegetarian and an Active protester against consumerism and many more ideas. May She RIP after dying of breast cancer only at age 53.
Seem to miss the point, but it was of it’s time and very much part of punk ethos. Poly was amazing and very empowering to young girls like me.
Oh and the ‘SR’ was a brand of toothpaste. Poly was anti- commercialism and capitalism. SR was a brand advertised on TV in UK ‘clean your teeth the SR way. We were all being brainwashed with false promises to buy specific products…
Thanks for that guys, as you say, you can't like them all and I'd rather an honest reaction than an obviously fake "yeah, that's great" (No channel names lol) If and obviously it's a big if, you could find the time at some point to do a reaction to 'Levitation' from the album of the same name by Hawkwind that would be amazing, I've only seen 1 other channel react to them, and he's now hooked lol, it's a huge rabbit hole to fall into, anyway thanks again, it's good feeling to see a channel respond to your request.
We hate that too. We see nothing wrong with analyzing and critiquing songs we hear for the first time. That's supposed to be what you do for yourself every time you hear a new song. And we don't feel it's honest to lie just to make you feel good, or to get likes. If you're a fan of these songs, that's your taste, based on your experience. It doesn't have to be ours. And that's fine.
Gibbs made a toothpaste called "Gibbs SR" that was popular back in the day. scrub away scrub away scrub away, the SR way
Have you listened to their single Identity, a little bit more upbeat...to say the least!! Loving the music you are reviewing Cynthia and Chris (especially George Michael 💜)
Try listening to her before x ray spex under name marie elliot called silly billy you may enjoy that
SR was a brand of tooth paste
Its a song about having OCD re cleaning and being sterile, later made fashionable by MJ
Very British , very punk and I mean authentic punk not the picture postcard corporate kind . And very bloody good
Sr way is a old toothpaste from the 50s /60s
SR was a toothpaste make
s r was a toothpaste
There's a song by Space Elevator called Oils and bubbles, similar but far superior
I find that hard to believe
@@heathcornbeef It's all a matter of preference and POV. Don't get me wrong, I like this, but I don't love it!
@@colrhodes377 bro it's all good as long as you dig it who cares music is something that can unite or devide and people take it to serious I like to take the piss and I'm all in for it's U-turn back at me if ya can't take it don't give it is my policy. have a great week brother
More New Romantic than Punk. Good New Romantic not like Ultrasox, Spandex Wallet and Putang Putang.
wtf
Next you need to play some Joy Division. That will clean your head.
wtf