Mar
30
““More than Queen, more than Maiden, more than B**** A**** even, this hit stank of the past, all the more strongly because so many people around me seemed to think it wasn’t the past. And so I find it very hard to listen to now – my dislike of it is still located in the vicious roil of being 17, semi-detached from the repetitive ramalama knock-off I hear when I put it on.””—
I suspect this is an unconvincing Popular entry, but it wasn’t really meant to convince. It’s about being 17, going to boarding school, and The Clash. It’s kind of a tangential intro to the One Week One Band entries I’ll be doing next week too, though I’m not saying who they’re about yet.
I have had this song rattling round my head since reading Tom’s post. Too many jags of recognition plus I think this is the Popular post in which I may have the largest walk-on part, if I’m remembering this incident right. The end of year report from my housemaster mentioned that he ‘enjoyed the affronted reaction’ to the review. Man, I was filled with misdirected anger in those days.
