Scritti Politti - Bibbly-O-Tek

[Kraehe]

Beggar than the Beatless. Or something that way. No, really, I think Scritti Politti would've become something rather huge and quite eternal had Gartside allowed their brand of punk rock to develop and blossom.

[Photonzos]

They were really good before they turned to yuppie chic.

[LENTICULARPLASTIC]

Meticulously arranged chaotic discord. Scritti certainly have had some laudable moments in their tenure, haven't they?

[postpunk96]

syncopation 4lif

[tommysonar]

genius. loved this since the day it came out!

[baconsplace]

Wish I still had my original copy!

I met Green at some do or other in Leeds Poly in 1979/80 while i was an art student at the Uni up the road. I was tongue tied because I had bought this record and imagined him to be to clever to engage in small talk. He was a shy bloke, softly spoken and unusually good looking.

Love that spikey, figity sound and the attitude that went with it; that earnest, truth seeking time. The DIY punk ethos, the cheap to rent terraces now gone. Oh those days! tearful fade

[SimonDolan]

A lot different to "Boom. There She Was!"

[EmVisconti]

WOW !!!

[LiquidUniverse2]

Great track. As is all their early stuff. Thanks for posting this. I;d like to hear Mesthetics or Hedgemony again too. But I can't find them.

[rubasub]

Sorry therelsoulproduct I hit the spam button by accident :-S whilst deleting my first comment, apologies, hugs would be going too far!!! as for track...one of my fave ever teenage gingles, nice alternative/nay complement to general sounds at time, almost "Yes" like in it's complexity and lyrics which I can't find anywhere sound like blue print of intent; did they go onto meddle with the big boys means of production in later singles?

[therealsoulproduct]

Ah yes, the good old Punk days of Green Gartside and his crew. A lot of the Dance/Pop fans of Scritti are gonna find this hard to believe.

[sertitham]

Can you post the Lyrics please:-))))))

Great song from a great album.Unfortunately "early" is their only album that I like....

[rubasub]

singing multiple lyrics at once is not going to make listening easy, more like brianwashing. This is all I can make out before it goes into an audio blur:

[rubasub]

...don't take no interest I've got nothing left to lose,

I take no interest I don't explain that, which reminds me

nothing left for us to do, hang around, wasting time

we take no big interest, means of production

rap language around a coate, fa...ction, rap fashion around anything, money, put the money in their, pockets.

tell them what they want to know, ...tell them what they want to hear

[tomstickland]

@rubasub

The life of Brianwashing?

[filmpage]

@tomstickland probably, it certainly had that effect on me as a teen but then I'd never heard anything so whacky, I loved every drum beat and mad note on it...the vinyl