If you're only gonna buy one, what are you gonna choose?
I'll be honest, man, if I had to choose between the first three records or the last three, I'd be heading off with a pocket full of You Love Us, is what. What has happened, though, in light of the humility, the sheer lack of ego on display here, is that I have approached those later records again, and maybe head things, noticed things I never gave much thought to before. They don't sound as angry anymore, but those idiosyncrasies, those quirks, that shit that made a fella fall arse over tit in the first place, that's all still in evidence. For sure, we've come to expect shit like If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next, but how many other "chart acts" are doing it?
Popular Culture misses Richey Edwards, is what I'm guessing. The Duke misses him, too. But thank fuck his band-mate's are still out there, man. Still releasing records like Lifeblood.
After four motherfucker;
"The first time you see your-self
Nak-kid you cry-aye"
Cheers
The Duke resides at Mondo Irlando - "Makes me ashamed to be Irish" - "Carl"
Article comments
1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
hells bells. thats the third time i've used the word "fetishised" in almost as many articles. That Word Of The Day toilet-paper sure works better when a fella's got the runs...
2 - godoggo
re: fetishise: Your'e in America now, if I'm not mistaken. Allow me to introduce you to the letter Z.
That said, what in heaven'z name is LA Rock?
3 - wally bangs
Brilliant stuff, Duke. I bet you "laughed when Lennon got shot" too.
4 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
godoggo, i'm still residing in the UK, but it's a valid point. I keep forgetting to include the "z", which is odd, since is not only is it Costa Gravas' best flick, but it's a much cooler letter than s. I keep wondering why the MT desktop client has red lines under things i know are spelt correctly, and that's always the cause.
Wally, thanks man. And i didn't, probably, but i still roar along like as if i was there man. "Motown... Motown Junk!!"
5 - valeria
Here come the crazy urges to listen to the Holy Bible again, for maybe the millionth time in my life. It might be your incessant quotes that just beg a singalong, it might be that this article was just absolutely perfect.
6 - Duke De Mondo
Valeria, thank you! What a compliment it is, to have someone urged towards a re-listening of The Holy Bible on account of my scribbling.
and this reminds me, i really must pick up that grand new Everything Must Go set sometime soon...