Balls, warts ‘n all with that threat of violence right off the bat, the Anti-Nowhere League kicked off their reign as punk royalty in 1981 with a blistering cover of the Country Folk classic, “Streets Of London”. Not that the A side really mattered half as much as the legendary B side. “So What” became notorious for being banned and having copies of the single removed from sale by hordes of angry men dressed in blue. Freedom Of Speech, just as long as you don’t actually try it…anyway there’s nothing left to gain now except for having the download on your pooter for consideration in today’s world.
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A: "Streets Of London" (Ralph McTell cover)
B: "So What"
He he, I remember the palaver around "So What", the song that made farmyard animals everywhere very, very nervous. A decade later S*M*A*S*H came along with "Lady Love Your C#nt" and "I Wanna Kill Somebody" (with an actual named hit-list in the song!), and nobody took a blind bit of notice. What's worse, outrage or apathy?
ReplyDeleteYou're on a roll with the classic 7"s this week AJ, motor on! 😎👍
Apathy is always worse, especially if you've gone to all that trouble to offend
DeleteAlways appreciated UK punk stuff, you can add even thrashier uk82 bands mr.AJ.
ReplyDeleteResently i watched the documentary about the band and theres some interesting stories
about explosives, yogurt and carrots hahahaha, Thank you.
I like your double posting style Anon...it's a definite winner until I delete one. Thrashier is my middle name when it comes to bands following the summer of '81
ReplyDeleteI remember buying this the day before they were all taken off the shelves, how times have changed 😄
ReplyDeleteBut have some things changed for the better?? music has become more fragmented with the lack of label support and a broken media can't properly promote the small indie releases. Nice Avatar by the way meanie
DeleteThanks.
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