Playlist 17 June 2010
The singer with the UK Subs is a subject of endless fascination for the presenter of this programme. Charlie Harper was in his 30s when the band were playing in the Roxy Club in
London.ÌýNowadays, thirtyÌýdoesn't seem to be that old to the regular readers of this blog, I suspect, but in 1977 we were all under instruction not to trustÌýanyone who'd been on this earth for more thanÌýthree decades.ÌýUnless he was John Peel.ÌýBut a while back, the journalist John RobbÌýdescribed Charlie asÌýnot only a punk rock survivor, but a survivor of the British Beat Boom of the 1960s. What aÌýgreat insight into theÌýUK Subs and a complimentÌýto Charlie, who played aÌýpartÌýin the only twoÌýBritish music movementsÌýof any note during the past century.
Charlie Harper is 66 and still sings.
B 52s - 52 Girls
Girls At Our Best! - I'm Beautiful Now
John Cale - Heartbreak Hotel
UK Subs - The Same Thing
Stereo Models - Move Fast Stay Ahead
Tweeds - I'm Thru
Triffids - Jesus Calling
Johnny Moped - Panic Button
Glaxo Babies - Avoiding The Issue
The Stems - Can't Resist
Seeds - Up In Her Room (edit)
The Names - Nightshift
Richard Hell - Blank Generation
The Creation - For All That I Am
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
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