Friday, January 18, 2008

Another piece of nostaliga...

Pete Shelley and his band are regarded as giants of the oeuvre, and darn fine songwriters at that.

One of the best rock songs ever written stands out. The guitars work off of each other late in the song, but fill the mitre with lyrical precision. The bass is killer, and the drum's simplicity is seminal.

Shelley later went on to pen tunes that were really good. While the video appears to come from the same guy who did the first 100 videos ever made (and Shelley is pretty clear about which side his bread is buttered on), the song is solid enough to stand alone.

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