Poly Styrene interview 1978

[vinvan]

I love her.

[rangersgt]

she comes across very shy ....but loved her songs rip polly

[DarlingPeterBand]

lady gaga is her toilet paper

[wandererlain]

What a lovely girl. And mixed-race girls like her are so attractive!

[beowulven]

Two greats gone too soon.

[wandererlain]

She is right old London! Right up my street!

[obsday]

can't understand a word

[vordman]

Back when young people really did have something to say. What an original she was. I get depressed seeing the boring materialistic teens of today texting away like drones.

[noogey89]

@vordman That's quite a broad generalization of my generation, & not an entirely accurate depiction of youth today. I know a lot of kids that are not at all like that.

[dragoonpvw]

@vordman Wow. You are talking exactly the same way that old whiny people talked about Polly and my generation at the time. Only they were reminiscing about Bobby Darin or some such crooner. I bet you cant find a recording of Polly being interviewed by Jimmy Saville on his radio show in the 70's. When he asked her a question, all she would say is " I don't know, I'm plastic" blows away your really having something to say. She is and was the greatest and Germfree is one of the greatest ever.

[thatsrite2able]

original lady gaga

[Fpockets]

She was such a cutie-pie. I love her accent and the sound of her voice.

[statelybird3]

Just saw the X-Ray Spex CD---I'm snatching it up first chance I get--had the cassette back in the day and played the hell out of it, because I liked ALL the songs on it. A lot of what the group was singing about--how the emphasis on consumerism and capitalism has taken over people's lives and how we emphasize artificiality over everything to the point where it's difficult to know who your or anybody's else's real self is---songs like IDENTITY & AGE, for example--is even more true now than then.

[TheKenfig]

Are they decorative or functional ? Stupid bastard he was ; no a dentist put them on for me for fashion reasons only, DUH

[TheKenfig]

1978 was THE time when I was 15 - life in the 80s fucked my brain up completely and life is shit now

[xtrmntr109]

30+ years later and what Poly is saying in this interview makes more sense than what people are saying now.

[pand0ra66]

<3 :'( RIP absolute legend

[exeuroweenie]

People like her can make someone she never even knew miss her terribly.Bow your heads in reverence,then blare a sax and screech.

[xmissfortunemuscgrlx]

@exeuroweenie So true

Not the first time I've said this, and not the last; She was amazing, and will be missed. RIP POLY

[exeuroweenie]

@xmissfortunemuscgrlx Yep,doubt anyone else could ever fill her (dayglo plastic) shoes.

[statelybird3]

@xmissfortunemuscgrlx

Yeah, it's a shame she passed on, just as she had finished her most recent album. I had already told myself I'd better hunt down Germ-Free Adolescents because I loved the hell out of it, and I'm still going to! R.I.P., Ms. Poly Styrene!

[gwugluud]

All these people out of nowhere, now that she's dead...

[dirtynuke]

Your death was a sad surprise. Rest in peace Poly.

[firefl49]

a one off! rest in peace!

[royinthesee]

Thanks for the victoria park anti nazi league gig in 1978XX

[Nadine91273]

Wow, Absolutely no affectations. What a beautiful soul.

[xbertocoaylax]

RIP

[AugsburgerPunker]

Have fun up there, jamming with Ari

[MOSTechnology]

i love her laugh at 0:32

[peskypesky]

love you, Poly. RIP, babe.

[MrPsql]

I ve never been heart broken by the death of a rock star but this hurts me truly

[TheAlisaC1]

Rip Polly!! They are amazing. Her death took me by surprise. She will never ever be forgotten.

[TheDudleyDave]

A true punk, gone but not forgotten R.I.P. Poly Styrene.

[slutsandwhores4ever]

RIP Polly, Thank you for being such a positive influence for ladies! I will always remember you!

[RukoHanaji]

I bawled big bitch tears when I heard about her passing. She will be sorely missed.

[rottro]

Lost another legend, R.I.P. Poly

[whitetrashoutlaw]

RIP Poly it's a sad day for punk rock.

[earinsound]

RIP

[flyblackchick]

RIP Poly

[drumgold23]

I can't believe both these people are dead. RIP Poly and Tony.

[wisesatyr72]

I think Lilly Allen stole her shitte

[waynealarsen]

she is the BEST!

[hltrskelter]

This was so long ago but her music still lives on in my generation through me! i love you polly!!

[newall7]

what a pretty poly, fab stage presence

[TheMeltdown23]

love you poly .xxxxxxxxxxx

[NymphZoic68]

what a

dick!

[louskum]

I went out and got braces right after this

[cumigorengtepung]

fucking2 aja lu pada dablek kalian.......

[bozboy99]

metel mouth i think she is great

[oldmanc2]

Good man chatham 43.

Many thanks for sharing this.

Tony Wilson. I still think of you.

RIP.

[newall7]

@oldmanc2 yeah tony was a great bloke

[trannyache]

thank goddess i grew up listening to her :)

[DarkSunshineRain]

So fucking wise!

[tooyoung87]

cool. she's so cute.

[tooyoung87]

what does that matter??

i meant she's cute cause of the way she is not because she looks white.