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All'indomani del Punk Festival migliaia di band si unirono al movimento della Londra settansettina.
I Pistols erano gli indiscussi imperatori, ma dietro di loro si contavano molte altre band promettenti: alcuni come i Clash, Siouxsie e le sue streghe, i Damned ed anche lo stesso Rotten erano già pronti per fare del punk qualcos'altro; altri invece parteciparono alla bagarre soltanto per racimolare un po' di cash e qualche girl sicuramente sfatta magari bella innanzitutto disponibile.
I più furbi nella loro urgenza di accodarsi furono decisamente i Generation X, quartetto piuttosto ammiccante guidato dall'allora sbruffoncello Billy Idol. All'oscuro da ogni rabbia nichilista o iconoclasta, da qualsivoglia sogno socialista Billy ed i suoi sodali si fiondano subito in uno studio per il loro debut album. Una manciata di pezzi punk (spruzzati di pop) veloci veloci!
L'irrinunciabile anthem di "One hundred punks", il pub-rock saturo di "Ready steady go" (con una chitarra così in overdrive da anticipare i più aggressivi gruppi hardcore prima maniera made in USA), la grattugia sgraziata e scazzata di "Kleenex", il climax quasi emo di "Promises promises", la pseudo-ballatona di "Kiss me deadly" ed il furore così bello ed organizzato quasi noise di "Youth youth youth"... E sopra sempre il ghignosissimo Idol, novello e beffardo Iggy Pop, ad urlare sardonico.
Aggiungete che dal vivo avevano la malsana abitudine di gettare interiora di animali sul pubblico e presto fatto avrete un fenomeno tipico dell'epoca, adattissimo per le schiere dei giovanissimi punk inglesi.
Cosa rimane però dopo quasi trent'anni ? Bè, non rimane certo una pietra miliare, ma un bell'album di rock giovane, così genuino nella sua ruffianeria di far invidia a tante band odierne.
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02 One Hundred Punks (03:07)
They customised their gear and synchronised
(They)flame out in the streets with flame in their eyes
Guerilla operator ain't heard of cool
Check out any wall - one hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
A hundred punks run with London town
Down Wardour Street to the Soho Sound
Don't sleep all week only when they fall down
A hundred Rumble boys and Tumble girls
Protected by steel in a private world
Tomorrow's famous faces advertise today
And the studs on their back say
One hundred punks rule
A hundred punks run the loaded gun
They look so sharp they look like one
If you ain't got the look you'll never be one
A hundred punks run with total suss
A hundred good mates you know you can trust
There's never no bother and there's no fuss
Check out any wall - one hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
And Jimmy's no.101 knows one day he'll be One
Watch him - watch him Go!
A hundred punks run the leather army
I know whose by my side not at home with TV
Even when I'm down I hear them sing for me
Check out any wall - One hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
Check out any wall - One hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
Check out - One hundred punks rule O.K.
04 Ready Steady Go (02:57)
Ready, Steady, Go
I'm not in love with television
I'm not in love with the radio
I'm not in love with the Kings Road
Because I'm in love with Cathy McGowan - she said
Ready steady go - all things she said
Ready steady go - wasn't it fabulous
Ready (ready) steady (steady) go
I'm not in love with Juke Box Jury
I'm not in love with thank you Jucky stars
I'm not in love with T'T'T'Twiggy
Because I'm in love with Cathy McGowan - she said
Ready steady go - all things she said
Ready steady go - wasn't it fabulous
Ready (ready) steady (steady) go
I'm still in love with the Beatles
I was in love with the Stones, no satisfaction
I was in love with Bobby Dylan
Because I'm in love with Rock'n'Roll
Ready steady go - all things she said
Ready steady go - wasn't it fabulous
Ready (ready) steady (steady) go
Ready steady go!
Go! Go! Go!
Ready steady go!
Ready steady Who
Ready steady Stone
Go! Go Go Go
05 Kleenex (02:07)
All around me
All around me
Better watch that man
See him gun in hand
No one seems to see
No one seems to see
Better watch that man
See him gun in hand
What you gonna do next
What you gonna do now
Use a Kleenex
Wipe out sex - Kleenex
Better than love - Kleenex
John Paul George - Kleenex
Governments use Kleenex
Use a Kleenex solve world problems
Better blow your nose right now
Maybe is it you?
[Or someone who you know]</i>
Better watch that man see him gun in hand
What you gonna do next
What you gonna do now
Use a Kleenex
Wipe out sex - Kleenex
Better than love - kleenex
Trade Unions use Kleenex
Governments use Kleenex
OH YEAH!
06 Promises Promises (05:17)
The last lot make a few mistakes
They didn't die young, they got big waists
We got let down at the back of Earls Court
We swore that night we'd never get caught
'cause we were smarter than they were (they were)
We started out with guitars and hate
With our rooms in the clouds we could hardly wait
Our legs apart, our arms held up high
The stage caught fire the charts blew up
And we play worse than they do (they do)
Promises Promises
Do you remember the promises promises - I do-
Do you remember the promises promises - I do-
We made our shirts with sprays and knives
Then we saved up for weeks for Malcolm's strides
Our hair was short we said what we thought
We'd never be scared; never be bought
Never sell out like they did - they did
Promises Promises
Do you remember the promises promises - I do-
Do you remember the promises promises - I do-
Soon you'll get your gear form Marks and Sparks
Punks 'll take over the Top of the Pops
Think you're having a real cool time?
Watch out kid you're next in line - Oh Yeah
Do you remember the promises promises - I do-
Do you remember the promises promises - I do-
Where were you in '75?
When there weren't no gigs and we were jive
(Promises promises promises remember)
No one gave a shit for our Rock'n'Roll dream
A&R men laughed 're-release The Creem'
(Promises promises promises remember)
And they thought we were stupid
And they thought we were stupid
And we promised we'd get back get back
Do you remember the Promises Promises
Do you remember the Promises Promises
What I do, what I do, what I do, what
I do, I do, I do, what I do, what I do
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
Promises promises promises remember
07 Day by Day (02:05)
Day by day - look what the papers say
Day by day - look what the papers say
Stranded in the jungle
Trapped inside the tube
[You]</i> hate your next door neighbour
Cos he's got more than you
Going round and round / day by day
On the cirlce line
Round and round
Day by day - it's all work no play
Day by day - it's all work no play
Living for inflation
I know I never win
Just to earn a living
They keep me locked in
Day by day - who cares anyway
Day by day - who cares anyway
I feel like a robot
On the production line
Ain't got no tomorrow
On the circle line
Going round and round / day by day
On the circle line
Round and round
Round and round
Day by day
Day by day
09 Kiss Me Deadly (04:23)
The greyhound's rocking out tonight
To maximum rockabilly
When two punks chose to risk the subway
For a tube to Picadilly
The Zephrys stir fast gangs for glory
Another dumb casualty
Having fun
In South West six
Hidden flick knife flicks
Kiss me, deadly, tonight
Another battle was won and lost
Down The Bishops End last night
Spotlights pick the kids in triumph
With a thousand scarves in flight, see how they run
Spring from the terraces in black and white
Young and old into the fight
Having fun
In South West Six
With violence for a fix
Kiss me, deadly, tonight
Seven o'clock they stand in rank
For the thirty bus uptown
And later in a downstairs room
She pulls her lover down
In ecstacy but they can't make a sound
Case her mother might come down
Having fun
In South West Six
Discovers teenage sex
Kiss me, deadly, tonight
(guitar solo)
The Snooker Hall is empty
Cause they're all out playing pool
Hustling down the Fulham Road
Doing deals with Mr.Cool
Well They're on the waterfront now instead of being at school
Too old now, even to dig pinball
Having fun
In South West Six
Having fun
When a hidden flick knife flicks
With violence for a fix
Discovers teenage sex
Tried shooting up for, kicks
Kiss me, deadly
Kiss me, deadly
Kiss me, deadly
Kiss me
Kiss me, tonight
12 Your Generation (03:15)
Trying to forget your generation
You know all the ways when in what I see
The ends must justify the means
Your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
Might take a bit of violence
But violence ain't our only stance
Might make our friends enemies
But we gotta take that chance
There ain't no time for substitutes
There ain't no time for idle threats
Actions are rather hard to place
Cause what you give is what you get
So that's your generation
It's your generation
Well it's your generation
It's your generation
[Guitar Solo]
Trying to forget your generation
You know all the ways when in what I see
The ends must justify the means
Your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
I say your generation don't mean a thing to me
Might take a bit of violence
But violence ain't our only stance
Might make our friends enemies
But we gotta take that chance
There ain't no time for substitutes
There ain't no time for idle threats
Actions are rather hard to place
Cause what you give is what you get
So that's your generation
It's your generation
Well it's your generation
It's your generation
To the end
Justify the means
To the end
Justify the means
To the end
Justify the means
To the end
Justify the means
It time for generation
13 Wild Youth (02:53)
I'm walking in the street
With the lastest on my feet
And the hair that makes the people stop and stare
I got no money, but that's okay
Because I live from day to day
And I'm free to come and go just as I please
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
My records are so load
I gotta hang out with the crowd
Because the usual crew are sus on what to do
Mom and dad says I can't win
Because it gets you in the end
The regale is the gun that shoots the man
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild youth
Wild youth
Wild youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
Wild, wild, wild, youth
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