More amusement from the Darkness.
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apollaSomething to put a smile on my face:
The video for the Darkness' Crimbo single 'Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)'. I got the DVD version with the video on it (the music industry is desperate to sell singles in any way they can). Anyway, in the video the guitarist one (Dan Hawkins) gets a white double-neck as his present. Then there's a shot of him and his brother (the singing one Justin) playing it together- Dan playing the six-string and Justin stood behind him, reaching around him for the 12-string. For some reason this just cracked me right up.
Of course, any Christmas song that features the words 'bell end' was hardly going to be conventional.
And just a really geeky rock geek moment- the cover of the single was done by Jim Fitzpatrick, who did all the Thin Lizzy album covers. This amuses and pleases me.
Basically, if you're in Britain right now, I beg and beseech you to go and buy the Darkness single, because giving those guys the Crimbo number one would send out a fabulous message to the moronic music biz that the Pop Idol era is over and that we want a return to the great music this country used to produce once upon a time.
Rock and roll isn't dead, but it does need us to help revive it. And for the love of God, Christmas and the little baby Jesus, don't let Cliff Fucking Richard get another sappy piece of shit to number one.
The video for the Darkness' Crimbo single 'Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)'. I got the DVD version with the video on it (the music industry is desperate to sell singles in any way they can). Anyway, in the video the guitarist one (Dan Hawkins) gets a white double-neck as his present. Then there's a shot of him and his brother (the singing one Justin) playing it together- Dan playing the six-string and Justin stood behind him, reaching around him for the 12-string. For some reason this just cracked me right up.
Of course, any Christmas song that features the words 'bell end' was hardly going to be conventional.
And just a really geeky rock geek moment- the cover of the single was done by Jim Fitzpatrick, who did all the Thin Lizzy album covers. This amuses and pleases me.
Basically, if you're in Britain right now, I beg and beseech you to go and buy the Darkness single, because giving those guys the Crimbo number one would send out a fabulous message to the moronic music biz that the Pop Idol era is over and that we want a return to the great music this country used to produce once upon a time.
Rock and roll isn't dead, but it does need us to help revive it. And for the love of God, Christmas and the little baby Jesus, don't let Cliff Fucking Richard get another sappy piece of shit to number one.
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Date: 2003-12-16 09:41 (UTC)But good plan. Although I think it will end up being the Pop Idol sappy crappy single. *woes for lack of good British music. Or at least good British music getting some air time.*
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Date: 2003-12-16 15:53 (UTC)So go get it next time! If enough people who, like me haven't bought singles since like 1992, buy it, then it sends out a message to the Suits. The Suits don't understand art or creativity or cool, but you can bet your arse they understand numbers.
Power to the people and damn the man!