The Undertones

[norrie]

Was talking to someone at work today about the Undertones. How fucking good were they?
My favourite song.

[norrie]

Oh and what about Sham 69?


And not forgetting The Skids.

[shebee]

One of claims to fame is that i went to the same school as sham 69, that and i served petrol to Dick Emery on his Bmw bike, oh and i celebrated my 18th birthday with cheese and pickle sandwiches and champagne in Roxy music's recording studio


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[Crap Tartan]

Seen the undertones many times, first time in 78, great band even got pissed with the oniell brothers once! Sham 69 were racist loonies and mel went to school with stuart adamson (rip) what a party boy he was!

[norrie]

Cool. I'm not worthy.

[snapdragon]

the under whats?

[norrie]

Pants.

[snapdragon]

ah that makes more sense

[shedmonkey]

It never ceases to amaze me what an eclectic mix you lot are

[shebee]

Me neither Shed xx


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[Fazerstun]

It never ceases to amaze me what an eclectic mix you lot are

But that's what I like about this place

[Red Mist]

My Perfect Cousin is definitely a great track.

Never was impressed even a little bit by Sham 69 and when I saw Jimmy Pursey live in the mid-80s he just looked like Leslie Crowther. Which wouldn't have been too bad if he'd appeared with Peter Glaze.

The Skids were ok and Into The Valley was very ok indeed.

The Fall are better than all of them mind, and indeed, better than everybody else too. But of course, that's just my opinion. Well, mine and about 30 or 40 other people anyway.

[shebee]

I never got into sham69 either, i just went to the same school, wasn't over impressed with that either! Band of choice at that time was YES!


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[Spyke]

Yup, loved the Undertones, heard a great cover of one of their songs done by a French lounge band, if you remember and loved that era check out some seriously cruisy tunes over at http://www.mixcloud.com/fbcol/best-of-nouvelle-vague/