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played shorter. To get round the other stuff, I just used what was at hand. I played bass like I imagined Wobble would play bass to it, I wanted a Wobble feel to it. But basically, it's all me – that's when I realised I can completely do everything. You just hear the drums at the end. With 'Radio 4', I was just alone in the studio one night, and I was overwhelmed with the sense of space. I just took everything out of the studio, moved the drum kit out and played everything myself, reproducing this sense of cold spaciousness I felt around me."
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588:, he used that on 'Careering'." Wobble created the drum track and bassline, while Levene played synth. Levene explained his synth playing in the song was an attempt to replicate the sound of ambient machine noise heard from a downstairs toilet, achieved by dropping an item on one of the synth keys to keep it going.
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Japanese car and Joe had one of his dodgy cassettes playing.". He highlighted the song as "the jewel in the PiL crown. That line is as symmetrical as a snowflake. We had a drummer with us who was pretty good but the bloke just couldn't get the right feel for 'Poptones'. In the end
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is version two, which is very different from the simpler, original 12-inch version." The lyrics are based on Lydon's mother dying of cancer: "When I had to deal with my mother's death, which upset the fuck out of me, I did it partly through music. I had to watch her die slowly of cancer for a whole
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Spanish guitar thing that goes dun-da-da-dun da-da-dun... it's one of the first things I learned to play on guitar, very simple. I was very fond of that I just
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mood. I didn't know what I was going to play. Wobble's playing the bassline and drums are playing so I had to do something." The album version is an instrumental, a version with lyrics and vocals was retitled "Another" and released as the B-side to "Memories" in
October 1979.
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Studios in London, namely "Beat the Drum for Me" (which later turned up on Wobble's first solo album), and a new version of "Fodderstompf" (which became the B-side of PiL's "Death Disco" 12" single). Humphrey left the band around mid-May 1979. "Memories", "No Birds",
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year. I wrote 'Death Disco' about that. I played it to her just before she died and she was very happy. That's the Irish in her, nothing drearily sympathetic or weak." PiL recorded the song at an empty hall in
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2066:: 4. 10 November 1979.
801:
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363:in the United States.
3479:Warner Records albums
3474:Island Records albums
3469:Virgin Records albums
3433:Cowboys International
2960:Theofficialcharts.com
2927:"Humphrey Blue Drums"
2433:"PiL Chronology 1980"
1911:In New Zealand, both
799:
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677:Cowboys International
645:, I hated everything
465:pub rock outfit, the
2991:(25 December 1980).
2599:Simon & Schuster
2555:(15 November 2006).
1919:briefly entered the
1859:briefly entered the
1728:Public Image Limited
1106:is now considered a
810:Professional ratings
764:. The sleeve art of
357:Warner Bros. Records
254:Second Edition Cover
94:March – October 1979
2998:The Columbia Record
2778:on 8 September 2012
2667:(8 February 2010).
2643:. pp. 315–16.
2507:(1 November 2016).
2317:"Jah Wobble of PIL"
2273:Memoirs of a Geezer
2205:New Musical Express
2062:. London, England:
1921:Top 50 Albums Chart
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562:Memoirs of a Geezer
497:Recording and music
434:Shipton-on-Cherwell
408:magazine's list of
109:Shipton-on-Cherwell
3363:Flowers of Romance
3309:Compilation albums
3292:Paris au Printemps
2863:. 11 November 2020
2806:. 16 November 1989
2681:on 6 December 2010
2485:on 15 October 2000
1891:did not enter the
1764:(except "Radio 4")
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582:drum and fife band
237:Paris au Printemps
3446:
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3428:The Damage Manual
2714:on 6 October 2012
2392:978-1-900924-66-5
2354:Alfred Hilsberg:
2247:Public Image Ltd.
2035:The Village Voice
2028:(28 April 1980).
2026:Christgau, Robert
2006:978-0-571-21570-6
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3150:Richard Dudanski
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1772:("The Suit")
1747:synthesizers
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3413:Discography
3349:Death Disco
3324:Plastic Box
3284:Live albums
3260:This Is PiL
3165:Stella Nova
3127:Scott Firth
3120:Bruce Smith
2867:12 November
2759:Palmer 1980
2601:. pp.
2557:"Metal Box"
2251:Plastic Box
2088:2 September
1829:– packaging
1812:Nick Cook,
1755:("Radio 4")
1635:"Graveyard"
1624:"Socialist"
1591:"Careering"
1569:"Swan Lake"
1525:"Albatross"
1404:"Graveyard"
1360:"Careering"
1268:"Albatross"
641:. I hated
627:Cecil McBee
524:Death Disco
374:avant-garde
369:First Issue
154:avant-garde
3453:Categories
3170:Ken Lockie
3155:Karl Burns
3145:Jim Walker
3140:Jah Wobble
3113:Lu Edmonds
3106:John Lydon
2937:5 February
2744:9 November
2685:30 October
2520:1 November
1995:. London:
1971:30 October
1936:References
1887:The album
1760:Jah Wobble
1745:– guitar,
1734:John Lydon
1690:"No Birds"
1679:"Bad Baby"
1646:"The Suit"
1603:Side Three
1580:"Poptones"
1536:"Memories"
1448:"Bad Baby"
1437:"The Suit"
1393:"No Birds"
1349:"Poptones"
1301:"Memories"
1216:Jah Wobble
673:Ken Lockie
601:The 101ers
597:John Keats
545:Jim Walker
467:The 101ers
442:Town House
422:Jim Walker
416:Background
386:Jah Wobble
378:John Lydon
312:"Memories"
303:1979-06-29
281:Metal Box
208:chronology
83:1979-11-23
3423:The Clash
3204:Metal Box
3037:227198538
2514:Pitchfork
2489:23 August
2064:IPC Media
1925:Metal Box
1913:Metal Box
1894:Billboard
1875:UK Top 75
1868:UK Top 75
1846:Metal Box
1807:Technical
1723:Personnel
1712:"Radio 4"
1658:Side Four
1314:Swan Lake
1240:Metal Box
1197:Metal Box
1192:Pitchfork
1116:Metal Box
1108:post-punk
1104:Metal Box
916:Pitchfork
787:Metal Box
771:Metal Box
746:Metal Box
712:16mm film
639:socialist
574:Metal Box
536:Metal Box
532:Swan Lake
528:Metal Box
479:The Manor
447:Socialist
426:Metal Box
400:post-punk
396:Metal Box
338:Metal Box
228:Metal Box
139:Post-punk
114:Townhouse
105:The Manor
46:Metal Box
33:Novar plc
3377:Bad Life
3356:Memories
2591:(eds.).
2340:11 March
2230:The Wire
2165:11 March
2122:11 March
1989:(2006).
1966:AllMusic
1794:– drums
1785:– drums
1770:, piano
1766:, drums
1749:, drums
1548:Side Two
1504:Side One
1214:Bassist
1112:AllMusic
829:AllMusic
762:gatefold
643:Thatcher
196:Producer
118:Advision
91:Recorded
76:Released
66: by
3408:Members
3334:Singles
2982:Sources
2974:website
2962:website
2439:20 July
2321:Impulse
1701:"Chant"
1195:ranked
1146:critic
732:debut,
722:records
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661:Radio 1
541:Brixton
463:R&B
449:" and "
319:1979-10
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2084:. 2012
2041:29 May
2003:
1834:Charts
1671:Length
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820:Source
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685:Yamaha
647:Reagan
491:Veleno
438:Levene
189:Virgin
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2674:Uncut
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1668:Title
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