We are so lucky now with quality of sound on radio. I remember listening to the great John Peel in Jersey on a little transistor radio on a very crackly medium wave. got me through my o levels. Classic set from the brilliant X-Ray Specs.
Packet of cigarettes on the counter Carrying a government health warning Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax Why not take paper currency and light it up? A lower tar content and a quicker puff Then you could keep the money, you could keep the tax You could keep the money, you could keep the tax Fields wasted growing tobacco Could be used to feed the third world countries This is the Age of Hypocrisy Everybody's saying "Vote for me! Vote for me!" Blind leaders leading the blind The cheaters and the cheated will you always find Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax The tax, the tax, the tax, Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax But the biggest serial killer is a heart attack The biggest serial killer is a heart attack Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax Still they want the money, still they want the tax But the biggest serial killer is a heart attack Still they want the money, still they want the tax But the biggest serial killer ..... The biggest serial killer ..... The biggest serial killer ..... The biggest serial killer ..... The biggest serial killer is a heart attack
Thank you for this! Germ Free Adolescents is my fav from X-Ray Spex. I adore the synths on Germ Free Adolescents and this version is even more synthy, BRILLIANT!
Age Darling am I Getting old Tell me dear I must be told Y'know it's a Million dollar fear If lines Creep in over here Age she's so afraid Age she's not the rage She never seems to realise Celluloid beauty Never dies
Warrior in woolworths Humble he may seem Behind his serville innocence He plots and he schemes He's the rebel on the underground She's the rebel of the modern town He's the rebel on the underground She's the rebel of the modern town Warrior in woolworths His roots are in today Doesn't know no history He threw the past away Warrior in woolworths Dips on friday nights Youths meet at stockwell tube Weapons rule their lives Poly
Interesting to listen to how electronics were creeping in ... synth toms and riffs. members of X Ray Spex would of course go on to form electronic heavy, Classix Nouveaux
John Peel was a wonderful man. Apart from his kindness and fantastic music taste he had a lovely way with words and a great speaking voice.
We are so lucky now with quality of sound on radio. I remember listening to the great John Peel in Jersey on a little transistor radio on a very crackly medium wave. got me through my o levels. Classic set from the brilliant X-Ray Specs.
John Peel, x ray spex, things can't get much better, so many memories, 1978, 15 years old.. wheres all the time gone???
X Ray Spex, Great Band, Great Tunes.
🎤✌️🎸🧷
You forget how good they were. Gives the lie to the myth that Punks couldn't play.
wow, great to hear Johns voice again, transported me right back to my youth, and Poly Styrene WOW!
Amazing voice,such a lovely person who had such a sad life
The amazing voice of Poly Styrene! And such clever lyrics ;-D
Packet of cigarettes on the counter
Carrying a government health warning
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Why not take paper currency and light it up?
A lower tar content and a quicker puff
Then you could keep the money, you could keep the tax
You could keep the money, you could keep the tax
Fields wasted growing tobacco
Could be used to feed the third world countries
This is the Age of Hypocrisy
Everybody's saying "Vote for me! Vote for me!"
Blind leaders leading the blind
The cheaters and the cheated will you always find
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
The tax, the tax, the tax,
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
But the biggest serial killer is a heart attack
The biggest serial killer is a heart attack
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
But the biggest serial killer is a heart attack
Still they want the money, still they want the tax
But the biggest serial killer .....
The biggest serial killer .....
The biggest serial killer .....
The biggest serial killer .....
The biggest serial killer is a heart attack
This is...amazing. I understand why I heard so much of the Spex in the free festival scene of the late 80s...and why they loved this band so much. X
Thank you for this! Germ Free Adolescents is my fav from X-Ray Spex. I adore the synths on Germ Free Adolescents and this version is even more synthy, BRILLIANT!
Absolutely stupendous!..
ahhh the marque for gigs and john peel on the radio playing X ray specs, halcyon days and nights
Never gets old this. ❤️ Poly ❤️ taken too soon.
🌹POLYSTYRENE🌹NONE BETTER!!!!!!!🌹 X RAY🕶️SPEX 🕶️🌹BEST PUNK BAND🌹UP THERE WITH THE DAMNED!!!!!! 🌹 🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷 Hell Yeah!!!!!!! 🌹🕶️❤️🕶️
Good to find this here. Thanks for sharing.
Drums on Germ Free, Superb.
Ooooo....I like this heavy synth version of Germ Free Adolescents.
MajorCulturalDivide can’t get enough of Poly.
3 years ago my good God! Scrub away the SR way. ❤️ Poly ❤️
Now check out Australia's AMYL & THE SNIFFERS. Imagine X-Ray Spex without the sax and the Plasmatics without the chainsaw!
Listening to this coincidentally 42 years after it was first recorded o_O a little weird haha.
Absolutely Brilliant!! was their ever a band as great as this totally original Punk Band! I don't think so, they were the best! rip Polly.
Did the 2nd song ` Age' ever get released? First time I`ve heard it was here.
Was on the b-side of the Germ Free Adolescents single
Hey thanks.
It's on Poly's 1980 solo album 'Translucence'.
PERFECTION😍
Back again for my Poly fix 😍
I prefer this version of GFA to the original 7” single. I wonder who was playing the synth?
germ free adolescents is my favorite song
Age
Darling am I
Getting old
Tell me dear
I must be told
Y'know it's a
Million dollar fear
If lines
Creep in over here
Age she's so afraid
Age she's not the rage
She never seems to realise
Celluloid beauty
Never dies
Vintage stuff indeed...Remarkable. X
🛡️WARRIOR 🎷IN🎷WOOLWORTHS🛡️🌹🎸🎷🥁🎸🎤🌹🍀🏵️☘️🏵️🍓🍒🍓🍬🍭🍬⭐⭐🌟⭐⭐
Feels like only yesterday 🙄 Poly 😍
Warrior in woolworths
Humble he may seem
Behind his serville innocence
He plots and he schemes
He's the rebel on the underground
She's the rebel of the modern town
He's the rebel on the underground
She's the rebel of the modern town
Warrior in woolworths
His roots are in today
Doesn't know no history
He threw the past away
Warrior in woolworths
Dips on friday nights
Youths meet at stockwell tube
Weapons rule their lives
Poly
This song was sent by Post to a certain lady who had the poor judgement to propose shortly. R.I.P. both gals, adoringly s
Did they ever do The Day The World Turned Day-Glo on the Peel Sessions?
Afraid not!
Interesting to listen to how electronics were creeping in ... synth toms and riffs. members of X Ray Spex would of course go on to form electronic heavy, Classix Nouveaux
2 of Them.,.
7:45 ❤️
Punk's brilliant underachievers. Hare Krishna Maharani Devi
One person must be an evertonian, "blue area" hence the selection of the downward facing digit.
60s girl group, pre new wave, punk song
Some git's finger slipped.
I guess Lora Logic isn't even worth a mention, eh?!
She's not on this session
Thinking a punk band has to live up to anyone's expectations but their own is the exact opposite of punk. Not to mention highly arrogant.
stick it up your jumper pal, nobody gives a flyer