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[Highlander]

He was more than slightly deranged, Uwe... Unfortunately he suffered with "bipolar disorder"/"manic depression" - one of his worst "known" events was one time he went after a few members of Hawkwind with a weapon of some kind, chasing them down the road (on a US tour?), with the full intent of causing harm...

He may well have been gay but he left behind some family, married at least 3 times and I know he had a few children...

This is a reasonable link with a potted bio...
http://www.aural-innovations.com/robertcalvert/calvertbio/calvertbio.htm

I have an excellent (BBC4) hour+ long Hawkwind special that details the "incident" - I'm a big fan of Calvert, which only grew after getting "Captain Lockheed" when it was released, way back when... and the early Hawkwind material; never saw them with Lemmy but did see RC on the "Atomhenge" tour - First had "Motorhead", resplendant with it's violin solo, on the b side of a 1974 single ("Kings Of Speed" - I wonder why they linked "speed" and "Motorhead"...  ) that I bought when it came out... a big fan of Mr Kilmister, for my sins too.. 

[lowend1]

One of my all-time, long favorites....Nights in White Satin.  I can hear the music every time I read the lyrics...and this is a nice live video with a good view of the band principals.

Would you believe me if i told you that the words to this song (as well as Harry Chapin's "Taxi") were allegedly written by a no-name poet from NJ and sold off outright?

[SKATE RAT]

"They walked in line" by Warsaw/Joy Division

[Freuds_Cat]

Dear God by XTC


Dear god,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I dont mean a big reduction in the price of beer,
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet,
cause they dont get enough to eat

From god,
I cant believe in you.

Dear god,
Sorry to disturb you,
But I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street,
cause they cant make opinions meet,
About god,
I cant believe in you.

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!

Dear god,
Dont know if you noticed,
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it aint and so do you,
Dear god,
I cant believe in,
I dont believe in,

I wont believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
Youre always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And its the same the whole world round.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
That the father, son and holy ghost,
Is just somebodys unholy hoax,
And if youre up there youll perceive,
That my hearts here upon my sleeve.
If theres one thing I dont believe in...

Its you,
Dear god.

[SKATE RAT]

i've always liked that song. and XTC in general

[angrymatt]

It was Christmas eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, wont see another one
And then he sang a song
The rare old mountain dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
Ive got a feeling
This years for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
Its no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of new york city
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing Galway bay
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God its our last

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Cant make it all alone
Ive built my dreams around you

Meh, I kind of hate myself for loving this song so much.

[uwe]

May I disclose my ignorance and ask who sang it?   

[Basvarken]

May I disclose my ignorance and ask who sang it?   

The Pogues!
(A duet with Kirsty McColl)

[angrymatt]

D'oh... forgot the title and artists.  Sorry.

[Highlander]

Does anyone of you know why the Pogues had to shorten their original name and what it means (Celts may not reply...!) ?

[Basvarken]

Pogue Mahone!

[Highlander]

Rob... I didn't know you cared... 

[Dave W]

I still can't believe a fine outstanding young man like Shane MacGowan would ever use an expression like that. 

[Highlander]

Let me give you a clue...

Mr BBC Man... "I'm sorry, but you will just not get any airplay with a name like that..."

The "literal" translation is not rude (I'm from a Gaelic speaking family)

[Basvarken]

The man is a genius.
Well...sort of