forgotten the name. It was a student holiday job, first night I came home excitedly with my Pirates anecdote. next day my brother goes and gets a job at a pub about 300 yards away, opposite Eel Pie Island. Comes home the next night: "guess who's a regular in my pub? Pete Townshend." don't you hate big brothers?
@tom2 Although in a way your story trumps your brother's because The Who regularly covered Shakin' All Over - played it at Woodstock and on Live At Leeds - whereas JK and the Pirates to the best of my knowledge never, ever covered The Who.
reminds of the old John Cooper Clarke line at gigs. Reaching in his carrier bag of poems he'd say "I was thinking of reading one of [Keats'/Coleridge's/TS Eliot's/etc] poems now... but fuck it, he never covered any of mine."
@mikelowecoedcae an early Britpop classic. I'd always assumed it was a cover of a US tune but of course JK wrote it himself. Love the fact he sings it with a cockernee twang.
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tom2
one of the pirates was a regular in the pub where i worked in Twickenham way back. nice bloke.
pez
@tom2 Was it The Anchor? Was his name Pegleg Pete? Eyepatch Ian? Did they serve grog on draught? Did the fruity take pieces of eight?
tom2
forgotten the name. It was a student holiday job, first night I came home excitedly with my Pirates anecdote. next day my brother goes and gets a job at a pub about 300 yards away, opposite Eel Pie Island. Comes home the next night: "guess who's a regular in my pub? Pete Townshend." don't you hate big brothers?
pez
@tom2 You know who didn't have a big brother? George Orwell. Fact.
tom2
i'm watching you, son.
mikelowe
curses... this was going to be MY next jam!! This track got me hooked on great music (aged about 10) that has lasted ever since.
pez
@tom2 Although in a way your story trumps your brother's because The Who regularly covered Shakin' All Over - played it at Woodstock and on Live At Leeds - whereas JK and the Pirates to the best of my knowledge never, ever covered The Who.
tom2
reminds of the old John Cooper Clarke line at gigs. Reaching in his carrier bag of poems he'd say "I was thinking of reading one of [Keats'/Coleridge's/TS Eliot's/etc] poems now... but fuck it, he never covered any of mine."
pez
@mikelowecoedcae an early Britpop classic. I'd always assumed it was a cover of a US tune but of course JK wrote it himself. Love the fact he sings it with a cockernee twang.
pez
@tom2 Vay good, vay, vay good.