Little Simz rockin’ the comma. Might Bang, Might Not
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Sleater-Kinney (who have a hyphen right there in their band name) bringing a forward slash into play. The Dog/The Body
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Hector Bizerk using full stops properly in a song title. Drums.Rap.Yes.
Sadly I can’t find this on YouTube at all, so here’s a live version. Skip to 45secs in for the song in question.
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Elle King goes all-in with double apostrophes and an ampersand. Ex’s & Oh’s
I’m treating you here with a particularly strong acoustic version.
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Mr T Experience throw in a well-placed hypen here. Semi-OK
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Rolling Stones put the parentheses in this one, but Devo played it better. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
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Three exclamation marks to wrap up with. Bomb The Music Industry! with Syke! Life is Awesome!
There’s a lot of pissing around before the song starts, so skip to a minute in.
One song you'd like people to listen to and why. Doesn't have to be a favourite, just something you think deserves to be heard.
Only one choice each this week mind; more than that admits music narcissism, devalues your first choice and earns you a time out on the naughty step for testing fences LIKE A TODDLER.
Disclaimer: This rule is absolutely not in play most weeks as 'moar suggestions!' is usually preferrable.
I think everyone should have watched and heard this. I'm not one for rap at all but this transcends genres. That it's performed live for the video in a continuous take and is fairly autobiographical in terms of the guys real suffering with physical and mental illness just makes it all the more impressive and emotional.
Plenty of craft went into the Ren track and I still think it's decent but I must admit that my favourite thing about it now is how much people who hate it HATE it.
The first 3 minutes still blow my mind - it was so much more ambitious sounding than anything else around. Then the song kicks in and the lyrics were JUST ME. Everything going on in my life and how I felt.
I must be losing my mind
I keep on trying to find a way out
But it's ok you don't lock the door anymore
I truly was losing my mind at this point. I was 17 and had just failed my mock A-Level exams spectacularly. I couldn't stand the village I had lived in all my life but couldn't see a way to get out, other than, you know, the Kurt Cobain way. I also felt like my parents had lost interest in me. They never asked where I was going, didn't really check-in on me etc. (this was of course bollocks, just how I felt at the time).
I, and when I start to think back
I feel like I've spent my whole life just kicking round
And not getting in the way
I'd been bullied from 12 to 16 and gone from an outgoing kid with friends to a withdrawn one, doing his best not to draw attention to himself.
And now, and maybe now I should change
Because I'm starting to lose all my faith
While those around me are beaten down each day.
And that was it. Maybe now I should change. I knew I was in a bad place and doing nothing about it. If I didn't change, I'd end up down the pit and probably wouldn't have lived much longer. It was a mining village, destroyed by 14 years of Tory rule, so it was easy to connect the lyrics of people being beaten down to the environment around me at the time.
I quit the A-Levels I had no interest in and enrolled at college. I made new friends and within 18 months I left the village that was destroying me. I got my grades, went to Uni 40 miles away, met my girlfriend.
And this song started it all. Martin Carr has been my hero ever since.
[quote="Moot_Geeza"]I hope you've been putting lotto tickets on recently Kris. You're overdue a bit of luck. [/quote]