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Leonard Cohen on being asked about Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’:

“I never liked this song [‘My Way’] except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self- congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can’t go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way — well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious’s rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes the whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me.”

Sid Vicious - My Way - YouTube
 
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Peter Daniel said:
Leonard Cohen on being asked about Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’:

“I never liked this song [‘My Way’] except when Sid Vicious did it. Sung straight, it somehow deprives the appetite of a certain taste we’d like to have on our lips. When Sid Vicious did it, he provided that other side to the song; the certainty, the self- congratulation, the daily heroism of Sinatra’s version is completely exploded by this desperate, mad, humorous voice. I can’t go round in a raincoat and fedora looking over my life saying I did it my way — well, for 10 minutes in some American bar over a gin and tonic you might be able to get away with it. But Sid Vicious’s rendition takes in everybody; everybody is messed up like that, everybody is the mad hero of his own drama. It explodes the whole culture this self-presentation can take place in, so it completes the song for me.”

Sid Vicious - My Way - YouTube
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Who killed Bambi - tenpole tudor - YouTube
 
#119
Few pics for tonight.

It’s impossible to overemphasise Killing Joke’s influence on music – particularly industrial music – since their inception in London’s Notting Hill in 1978, and their influence continues to this day. Whereas many punk bands increasingly relied on speed, Killing Joke had – and still have – a darker, more stomping, tribal sound, bleak and apocalyptic, perfect for an era in which nuclear war was a frighteningly real threat. Wardance, the band’s second single and the opening track on their self-titled debut album, is a perfect example of the band at their finest and why, without them, their would be no Godflesh, Ministry or Nine Inch Nails – especially since Killing Joke were unafraid to employ synthesised sounds to add further menace to their madness
Killing Joke ~ War Dance - YouTube

The Discharge sound has been called a "grave-black aural acid assault."According to music writer Jason Ferguson, Discharge "paved the way for an astounding array of politically motivated, musically intense and deeply confrontational bands". Discharge was "explicitly political" and used a "revolutionary/activist" attitude that moved hardcore away from its pub rock origins and towards a "dangerous and provocative" territory.
Discharge-Never Again - YouTube

Loved and hated in equal measure, The Exploited have often been dismissed as ‘cartoon punks’, which is perhaps true if you consider that cartoons are frequently violent and subversive. And while other bands mellow with age, The Exploited seem to get heavier and more ferocious with each album.
The Exploited-**** The System - YouTube

Formed in 1976 and typically playing around 200 gigs a year, the Subs are one of punk’s hardest working and most prolific bands, with an incredible 26 studio albums, each named after consecutive letters of the alphabet, from Another Kind Of Blues to 2016 Ziezo, which is their last.
UK Subs - Warhead (music video) - YouTube!

Considered by many to be the Motörhead of punk rock, Birmingham’s GBH (along with Discharge and The Exploited) inadvertently helped to invent thrash metal, with Metallica’s late bassist Cliff Burton all but living in a GBH t-shirt.
GBH - Generals - YouTube
 
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