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Mo you soppy, stroppy cunt - you know we love ya really

You got some crackin stories man

I like Erin Go Bragh but I love the "True & Bold (Songs of the Scottish Miners)" album that he had out in 1984.

(Sounds like you mighta caught him round about then )

Last track on side two

Incendiary stuff

But also not available on YouTube



Come gather round me people and I'll sing to you a song
About a famous battle that went on for so long
It's a tale of grief and courage of pain and bravery
One of the finest pages written in our history
We all know songs that tell of workers' struggles long ago
Of UCS, Tolpuddle, Shrewsbury, Pentonville and so I'm here
To sing to you the praises of the women and the men
Who dared the might of Tory spite the future to defend

Twas in March of 1984 the gauntlet was thrown down
When MacGregor told the NUM, "These pits are closing down"
"Och, get on your bike, MacGregor", the miners' answer came
"We fought the Board in 74 and we'll fight you once again"
From S Wales across to Yorkshire, from Scotland down to Kent
The miners showed the NCB that what they said, they meant
Except the scabs who sold their future out to Thatcher and her gang
And turned traitor to their class, their names forever damned

In Fleet Street and in Downing Street, a wondrous sight was seen
New-found converts to democracy soon all began to scream
"You can't strike without a ballot", well-fed mouths were heard to bleat,
"You won't ballot us out of our jobs, we're voting with our feet"
Soon armies of blue uniforms were marching through the land
With horses, dogs and riot shields and truncheons in both hands
But the miners took on everything the government could throw
And went back again to battle on with shouts of "Here we go!"

The battle wasn't only only by courageous mining men
For the women joined the struggle fighting side by side with them
In every area of battle women hurried to the fight
At rallies and at meetings and out on the picket lines
And in support groups up and down the land our comrades rallied round
The cry went up "They Shall Not Starve" and cash and food were found
To keep the miners and their families in solidarity
And show the world the working class would never bow the knee

Let's pause here to remember the men who gave their lives
Joe Green and David Jones were killed in fighting for their rights
But their courage and their sacrifice we never will forget
And we won't forget the reason, too, they met an early death
For the strikebreakers in uniforms were many thousand strong
And any picket who was in the way was battered to the ground
With police vans driving into them and truncheons on the head
It's just a bloody miracle that hundreds more aren't dead

So here's to Arthur Scargill, Heathfield and McGahey too
Who led the strike together in defence of me and you
And Malcolm Pitt and Davie Hamilton and the rest of them as well
Who were torn from home and family and locked in prison cells
But the battle will go on until the working class has won
For the right to work and decent lives belongs to everyone
We'll go forward now in unity, let's share the miners' load
There can only be one answer - socialism, here we go!

Immo wrote:

You got some crackin stories man

Thought it was myself.

You can tell he's a trained chimp journo. He does impart knowledge in a very pleasing way.

Yeah

That Daily Express horoscope column was never better than when he was writing it

Guy's a fukkin legend

Immo wrote:For Mo...

We may differ occasionally...

But i don't care....


....what manner of strokes he pulled, dreams he crushed, aspirations he trampled on, pensioners... special needs kids... all grist to the mill... in the pursuit of ....



Seriously Moz - I come in peace - ya filthy, venal, self-seekin capitalist bastard

EDIT

I seriously hope you caught em on The Brits last night Crown

Fukkin awesome they were

EDIT II

A fukk-sight better'n that skank Duffy anyhow

Was watching god's own team on the lappy, which was equally er, awesome.

A fukkin treat chief

Smart, sexy, funny, sassy, poppy, tacky... all the good stuff



Chris looks a bit jack Duckworth in that syrup tho

Thanks for posting that Mr Green.

Camp as fucking Christmas, but arch camp, in the Lord Stephen Fry mode. I fucking love camp.

Dave, what are you doing with that cunt from U2?

Ahhh you're speaking to my depths Jeeves



Entirely cunt-fi-U2 free!

There's a whole glam/camp thing looming large here

Immo wrote:Ahhh you're speaking to my depths Jeeves



Entirely cunt-fi-U2 free!

Agggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh That cunt Steve Wrong is on the end of it. Please post a warning next time.

Awwww maaan

I love these wee YouTube moments

You've hunter/gathered the necessary Roxy track and you think

"Man I usedta love that b-side on Streetlife... witwizzit called again Oh yeah... Hula Kula. Still - prolly too obscure for YT... I'll try it anyhow"

Way-hey!!!!

It's like ticklin yerself - as previously intimated

Which reminds me

OY!!!

!!!!

CUT IT OUT!!!

Soz man

I despise the cunt an'all

Will be more circumspect in future

If this next 'un doesn't flush ole out I'm going on the wagon.

Immo wrote:

And away from the hula-hula loving immo, in the real world :

crownliquor wrote:

Immo wrote:

You got some crackin stories man

Thought it was myself.

You can tell he's a trained chimp journo. He does impart knowledge in a very pleasing way.

I'll take your comments as rare praise, gents, cunts.

Think the Gaughan story was around 1989, Immo. Am sure it was whenever the STUC was in Aberdeen, god what a miserable fukkin week that was, no wonder I drank. Mick McGahey was at the do, don't think he ever realised Jim Martin was actually a union official - far too fuckin "modern"

Mick was some man, even then. Hung around with George Bolton, who took over the NUM and wore milk-bottle specs. Memories...the one I enjoyed socialising with was Rodney Bickerstaffe, a magic guy all round.

PS I'm ashamed to say I once paid to see BeBop Deluxe at Strathclyde Union way back when. Bill Nelson and his fukkin endless guitar solos, Jeezus!

They were supported by the Doctors of Madness, fronted by a chap with blue hair by the name of Kid Strange. Actually he looked like I prefer to imagine Snake Plissken looks.

I know who Kid strange/D's of M are.

He should look like that, you're right - kinda style he's got

But he doesn't

Enduring image tho

Horace

Marc Almond is a star. Have is biography somewhere, it's not very good.

All that good work...

...undone in an instant

I'll bet you meant to post Mr Blue Sky, or 10538 Overture, or Rock Aria, or.... anything

Anything 'cept the bucket of monkey's afterbirth posted above

Say it aint so Joe



PS

After ruthlessly plundering the Blog-o-sphere this avvy, (the better to avoid yet another clueless formation/performance from God's (proper) own team) I find myself compiling a Sunday Smoothies com- -lation.

Should be with ya before I go to bed (insert punchline/improbably late date here)

PPS

Just noticed - you redeemed yourself slightly with "Torch"

I'm preparing myself to forgive you

You love me immo, and who could blame you.

Squuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuueze:



Not the best Squeeze song (above), but this is close:



In fact, "Is That Love" is beyond compare.

Close...

...but no Romeo y Julieta

"Cosi Fan Tutti" (sp?) is a fantastic album. Nothing compares to their early albums, but it's a brilliant departure.


Coming to an inbox near you soon. ( I think )


And I raise you "Pulling Mussels From a Shell"



I fucking love Squeeze.

Displaying an unusual burst of good taste, Crown.

crownliquor wrote:"Cosi Fan Tutti" (sp?) is a fantastic album. Nothing compares to their early albums, but it's a brilliant departure.


Coming to an inbox near you soon. ( I think )


And I raise you "Pulling Mussels From a Shell"



I fucking love Squeeze.

Ooooh ya wee fukker

If "Vanity Fair" was on Youtube... I'd fookin 'ave ya

And this contains the best lyrics ever:




Just to give you a clue as to what those lyrics are, mo used to drive a Rolls Royce, but he was too short to reach the pedals. And it was shit for his voice.