Poly Styrene. X-Ray Spex. Oh Bondage Up Yours

[mrWodenspoon]

She made the best album of that whole time,fans and music critics were lining up to kiss there assholes.

I quite like it happened that way.

[bigcherry99]

there was a suspiciously 'cock-rock' sounding widdly guitar solo at the end of this song

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jak airport would never have done that!

[saxby01]

@bigcherry99 Yes. Sorry about that. I got a bit carried away-----it was a bit cock.

[bigcherry99]

@saxby01 its alright, it happens in the moment

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i suppose i'm a bit of a purist lol

[gymnastix]

Whereas, in the U.S., punk was more about the fun of it, albeit with a slight rebellion against the corporate complacency of the rock music business (think Styx, Boston, The Eagles) and the hedonist conformity of disco, which dressed up soul in a leisure suit, urging everybody to "boogey"n the midst of a recession and OPEC price-gauging.

[gymnastix]

Even though punk rock was begun in the bowels of the Bowery, at a dingy watering hole called CBGB's, by a quartet of guys from Queens who shared the surname "Ramone," in Britain especially, punk rock took on a much more serious dimension, bound up as it was in a resurgence of social rebellion and radical politics, a spirit that was anti-monarchy and anti-Margaret Thatcher.

[gymnastix]

But what made X-Ray Spex and "Styrene" noteworthy and significant was their conviction and sincerity; no sense of pretense--they really cared that they were kicking down some walls, musically speaking, and in that respect very important as almost cheerleaders of the punk movement, a situation that extended to more than mere music, also to a way of life, just as beatniks and hippies before them

[gymnastix]

"Prolific" wouldn't be accurate in describing "Poly Styrene" and X-Ray Spex, as X-Ray Spex produced only two albums worth of material (25 years apart), plus a few singles. Prolific means to have an abundant output of productivity, to be fruitful..

But one may certainly say "Styrene" had one of the most unique voices in rock & roll. And I'd put her right up there with Nico, Jani Joplin Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen and Minnie Riperton in that respect.

[fdosdesign]

It now seems really spooky that I was watching Xray Spex vids on here only last sunday. RIP Poly Styrene.

I played the original vinyl to my 7 year old daughter today. The first she had seen or heard an actual vinyl record play.

[garryentropy]

loved i am a poseur and i dont care

[PunkRockersTube]

A sad loss to the world of Punk Rock, long may Poly's music live on!

[JimmyRutten]

Fantastic!!!!!!