[kj] OT: HAPPY pil

[Brendan]

I always thought they were taking the piss out of seattle, which may have
been fair enough, I dunno much about the place except it seems to have
punched above its weight in terms of producing great music, ever since
Jimi onwards through Green River, Melvins, Soundgarden, Nirvana etc (even
like a couple of Heart tracks :). I always took PIL's song Seattle to be
about the urban sprawl or whatever you want to call it...the shit grey
lifeless city syndrome, not about the music specifically. Did crack me up
what happened musically very shortly after that song though, drowned out a
hell of a lot of the crap that was happening at the time, Billy Idol, Bon
Jovi etc...shit that has only in the last few years decided to try poking
its head above the battlements, now that most radio music thoroughly sucks
shit again.

NZ has the same phenomenon...a shitbox little 'city' called Invercargill
that punches way above its weight musically, primarily BEcAUSE it's a
shitbox little ass-end hole of the world...nothing else to do really
except get pissed and play in bands.



>

> its so great to hear the track "save me" again,by fare my fav on happy ;)

> always was/still is! it brings back great memorys of there 86/87

> tour,which i did completely-every gig,i was at-phew,it was worth it

> ecsorsting though ;D)))

>

> sorry,never did rate the track"seattle" to much musically,it just sounded

> to commercial zone--although the lyrics are good*p.l.is lyrics seem to be

> alway to the point)

> perhaps thats what p.i.l were aming for,it was a single as well after all

> ;)

> milinda ps thanks robs ;)> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:44:33 +1300> From:

> bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] OT:

> HAPPY pil> > If you're talking about the track Seattle, he was talking

> about living in> crappy inner city tenements etc...Seattle just happened

> to be the city he> was in when he wrote it, apparently. There's a realy

> brief youtube vid> which damned if I can find, just a short interview

> where he mentions that.> Probably while in Seattle.> > I haven't been to

> Seattle, LA is all I've seen in the 'States, is it all> that bad, American

> folks?> > > Thanks a lot Rob, it's been a while since the last time i

> listened to this> > album (and was one of those "i'll buy it later" CDs),

> still sounds pretty> > great to me.> > <br>A little bit of trivia here:

> why the "Seattle" title? it seems to has> > nothing to do with the capital

> of Grunge.> > <br>> > <br>Cheers> > <br>> > <br>Javier> > <br>mexico city

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