the name of the band is The Curious Yellow, according to my original copy (rabid records), the band is credited for each song, and the sleeve notes says :
"that thursday, The Curious Yellow were Tony McGrahan, Phil Middleton, Tony Roberts, John Scott, Martin Hannett.
Produced by Martin Zero for the criminal gramophon Co."
This band is actually The Nosebleeds w/JCC fronting instead of Ed Banger.Invisible Girls and others like Pete Shelly and Bill Nelson played on John Cooper Clarke LP "Disguise In Love".Clarke was a children's television show host in Britain.During a drug fueled party in Houston in 1979 Elvis Costello and I dueled with JCC lyrics,it was a draw.
Re. queries re. "I didn't do your meters" - a play on metre - as in poetry, and "doing the meter" - a petty crime usually carried out by poor working class people with coin operated electricity meters - once very common but by the time of this release usually only in dodgy rented accommodation, or for people whose credit wasn't good enough to pay monthly. Could be quite easily jemmied to release the money - all in coins - and was likely to be a crime that you would certainly be caught for.
The above picture looks like Paul Weller and the background vocals sound like the Dead Milkmen. Either someone agrees with me on either one or both observations or it is past my bedtime.
'kin great to hear this again - i bought it when it first came out (still have it!). I liked the word play on "innocence" vs. "in a sense" (listen to it again).
The B side was good too: They'r bringing back hanging...for everyone" and my alltime favourite: "Motorcycle Micheal". Anyone got the way to post those up - don't have anyway of playing vinyl anymore.
@rivertothesea By the way, i'd guess meters would be elecky meters which in the old days were not digital but full of coins that you had to keep sticking in the things to keep them going. You could easily force them open but it usually meant breaking the little lead seal that the elecky board put on, so eventually the pigeons would come home to roost. Still it was kind of like a "savings account" if you lived in a council house (remember them??!!!!)
awesome song but i still dont know what the fuck meters are im guessin like rippin off the government by bullshitting your hydro meters but.... ????? its pretty poetic and im dumb sometimes dont get it hahahhaa
It's in this last verse: "I didn't run to your rescue I didn't hear you scream Citizen's arrest You've got to give Joe Public his cream Murder is a powerful picture It's food for the famished mass But I didn't do your meter's I'd never do things like that" I don't know what he means when he says: "But I didn't do your meter's Any help would be appreciated! Distance? Parking meter? Camera setting? Electricity meter? IDK...
the name of the band is The Curious Yellow, according to my original copy (rabid records), the band is credited for each song, and the sleeve notes says :
"that thursday, The Curious Yellow were Tony McGrahan, Phil Middleton, Tony Roberts, John Scott, Martin Hannett.
Produced by Martin Zero for the criminal gramophon Co."
each song on this single is a bloody must !!! ;)
SeagreenSerenade 2 weeks ago
This band is actually The Nosebleeds w/JCC fronting instead of Ed Banger.Invisible Girls and others like Pete Shelly and Bill Nelson played on John Cooper Clarke LP "Disguise In Love".Clarke was a children's television show host in Britain.During a drug fueled party in Houston in 1979 Elvis Costello and I dueled with JCC lyrics,it was a draw.
edfeltch 4 months ago
does anyone know who's playing the music for this?
stellaandlily4ever 6 months ago
@stellaandlily4ever the invisible girls,martin hannet,bruce mitchell .they backed a lot of johns music as well as pauline murray [penetration].
balearicsoundwave89 4 months ago
First single I bought, having heard it on Peel. Still got it. Still play it
garethrhysjones1 7 months ago
He's still going and still very funny.
OriginalAgePunk 9 months ago
He was and doubtless still is one of the greatest poets of our time!
TheF0nz1 10 months ago
Re. queries re. "I didn't do your meters" - a play on metre - as in poetry, and "doing the meter" - a petty crime usually carried out by poor working class people with coin operated electricity meters - once very common but by the time of this release usually only in dodgy rented accommodation, or for people whose credit wasn't good enough to pay monthly. Could be quite easily jemmied to release the money - all in coins - and was likely to be a crime that you would certainly be caught for.
northernhecklet 1 year ago
The above picture looks like Paul Weller and the background vocals sound like the Dead Milkmen. Either someone agrees with me on either one or both observations or it is past my bedtime.
killyrboyfriend 1 year ago
@killyrboyfriend
Marvellous observations mate. I couldn't agree more!
joesith12345789 1 year ago
'kin great to hear this again - i bought it when it first came out (still have it!). I liked the word play on "innocence" vs. "in a sense" (listen to it again).
The B side was good too: They'r bringing back hanging...for everyone" and my alltime favourite: "Motorcycle Micheal". Anyone got the way to post those up - don't have anyway of playing vinyl anymore.
rivertothesea 1 year ago
@rivertothesea By the way, i'd guess meters would be elecky meters which in the old days were not digital but full of coins that you had to keep sticking in the things to keep them going. You could easily force them open but it usually meant breaking the little lead seal that the elecky board put on, so eventually the pigeons would come home to roost. Still it was kind of like a "savings account" if you lived in a council house (remember them??!!!!)
rivertothesea 1 year ago
i love CLARKE and i have never herd this song before why ?
bom2the 1 year ago
POET !!
DoctoriOrdi 1 year ago
Now THIS is punk rock!
ZLUGGO 2 years ago
awesome song but i still dont know what the fuck meters are im guessin like rippin off the government by bullshitting your hydro meters but.... ????? its pretty poetic and im dumb sometimes dont get it hahahhaa
toomanyangryidiots 2 years ago
sounds really fucking good. i like how monotone and original his voice is
toomanyangryidiots 2 years ago
Somebody did my meters last night.
What a fscking pisser! I hope they remember that revenge is a strong emotion! :-(
PimplySwede 2 years ago
did your meters?
toomanyangryidiots 2 years ago
PimplySwede 2 years ago
This song is very great!
VictimOfABombraid 2 years ago