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no, one of my favourite songs of all time, even though i was 29 when it came out. what a great shame.
RIP
RIP
Pete Shelley, lead singer of the punk band Buzzcocks, has died aged 63, his bandmates have said.
“It’s with great sadness that we confirm the death of Pete Shelley, one of the UK’s most influential and prolific songwriters and co-founder of the seminal original punk band Buzzcocks,” the band said on Thursday evening.
“Pete’s music has inspired generations of musicians over a career that spanned five decades and with his band and as a solo artist, he was held in the highest regard by the music industry and by his fans around the world.”
The songwriter died of a suspected heart attack on Thursday in Estonia, where he was living, according to the BBC.
Shelley wrote the band’s most famous song Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve), which was released in 1978 – about two years after Buzzcocks’ formation.
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The band formed part of the UK’s punk scene and have been closely associated with it ever since. Speaking later about his views on music, Shelley told the Guardian: “I’m not interested in being able to play. A musician is like another brand of entertainer.
“There are plenty of musicians that I enjoy watching that are entertainers. But I wouldn’t want to be that, because the thing with an entertainer is that there is always that dishonesty, which is what punk tried to get rid of. It was like, you’re not pretending to be something you are not. You are just what you are. Punk is an art of action. It’s about deciding to do something and then going out and doing it.”
Fellow artists paid tribute to Shelley after the news of his death was confirmed on Thursday. The author Neil Gaiman tweeted: “Part of my youth dies with him. RIP Pete Shelley.”
“It’s with great sadness that we confirm the death of Pete Shelley, one of the UK’s most influential and prolific songwriters and co-founder of the seminal original punk band Buzzcocks,” the band said on Thursday evening.
“Pete’s music has inspired generations of musicians over a career that spanned five decades and with his band and as a solo artist, he was held in the highest regard by the music industry and by his fans around the world.”
The songwriter died of a suspected heart attack on Thursday in Estonia, where he was living, according to the BBC.
Shelley wrote the band’s most famous song Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve), which was released in 1978 – about two years after Buzzcocks’ formation.
How Buzzcocks invented indie (with help from the Sex Pistols, a Renault and the Quo)
Read more
The band formed part of the UK’s punk scene and have been closely associated with it ever since. Speaking later about his views on music, Shelley told the Guardian: “I’m not interested in being able to play. A musician is like another brand of entertainer.
“There are plenty of musicians that I enjoy watching that are entertainers. But I wouldn’t want to be that, because the thing with an entertainer is that there is always that dishonesty, which is what punk tried to get rid of. It was like, you’re not pretending to be something you are not. You are just what you are. Punk is an art of action. It’s about deciding to do something and then going out and doing it.”
Fellow artists paid tribute to Shelley after the news of his death was confirmed on Thursday. The author Neil Gaiman tweeted: “Part of my youth dies with him. RIP Pete Shelley.”
Me to, Buzzcocks were everything punk and still are
and here is the great song, as i'm sure many don't know who Pete Shelley was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OB2YoC4sg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OB2YoC4sg
Saw Buzzcocks live in Cheltenham.....still have 2 of their vinyl singles ....Ever Fallen.... and Orgasm Addict
RIP Pete.
RIP Pete.
"Harmony in my head" great song,"What do I get" a classic top 5 best punk song ever, too good for the modern world Pete
Played ever fallen in love at the end of newsnight , what brilliant music punk was , had great energy and some awesome songs and bands
This is my one of my all-time favourite pop videos.
https://youtu.be/DpVyGbjR94M
The Buzzcocks live on children's TV with one of their latter singles 'Are Everything'
Not their best song, but this clip has everything
- Lots of chemical abuse
- Latent aggression to each other (must be virtually breaking up by then)
- A spiv moustache
- The cameramen dressed in Andy-Pandy costumes
- The drummer letting the studio kids play along on his drums (how utterly cool is that)
- The unmixed drum kit right at the end
...... and all on Saturday morning kids TV .... brilliant
Someone once said Pete Shelley had so many riffs and melodies that any punk/new wave group would die for.
The only trouble was, he crammed them all into only a handful of songs
RIP
https://youtu.be/DpVyGbjR94M
The Buzzcocks live on children's TV with one of their latter singles 'Are Everything'
Not their best song, but this clip has everything
- Lots of chemical abuse
- Latent aggression to each other (must be virtually breaking up by then)
- A spiv moustache
- The cameramen dressed in Andy-Pandy costumes
- The drummer letting the studio kids play along on his drums (how utterly cool is that)
- The unmixed drum kit right at the end
...... and all on Saturday morning kids TV .... brilliant
Someone once said Pete Shelley had so many riffs and melodies that any punk/new wave group would die for.
The only trouble was, he crammed them all into only a handful of songs
RIP
Very sad new indeed. Buzzc*cks were a brilliant and influential band. Saw them several times.
Always loved their first album, from which 'Get On Our Own' still sounds great.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fgwaH6LKQ
Always loved their first album, from which 'Get On Our Own' still sounds great.
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fgwaH6LKQ
Harmony in my Head is one of my favourites.
Written and sung by Steve Diggle as I recall.
Written and sung by Steve Diggle as I recall.
Can remember Pete on stage complaining about being gobbed on.
Fair enough. Disgusting.
Fair enough. Disgusting.
Think it was Glen Matlock who complained about the spitting ( given as one of the reasons he was asked to leave the band if I recall correctly !
It’s sad news, the world is going to seem a strange place when all the rock musicians are gone
It’s sad news, the world is going to seem a strange place when all the rock musicians are gone
As a teenager in 1977 punk and new wave music was my life back then .
The Buzzc0cks never failed to deliver wonderful 3 minute classics .
Love You More and Boredom being my days.
RIP Pete
The Buzzc0cks never failed to deliver wonderful 3 minute classics .
Love You More and Boredom being my days.
RIP Pete
Lfc..
It was Pete Shelley who Sid don't glob at me...going off memory it was on the old Granada to show..the way we were hosted by Tony's Wilson.
He then kicked into what do I get? Which was followed by Penetration and don't dictate. Used to have a vhs copy of it
It was Pete Shelley who Sid don't glob at me...going off memory it was on the old Granada to show..the way we were hosted by Tony's Wilson.
He then kicked into what do I get? Which was followed by Penetration and don't dictate. Used to have a vhs copy of it
Re-defined the guitar solo on What Do I Get. One string, three notes and shivers up your spine.
As Peel commented after he'd played the record for the first time: "The first new-wave guitar solo there, but it's twangy, so I think that's all right. You can't have too much twangy guitar, in my estimation."
As Peel commented after he'd played the record for the first time: "The first new-wave guitar solo there, but it's twangy, so I think that's all right. You can't have too much twangy guitar, in my estimation."
The (anti) guitar solo in boredom still makes me giggle to this day. Part of a scene for sure but like all great bands they were unique and peerless. ESP probably my fave track...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVcxyds91I4
rip pete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVcxyds91I4
rip pete
BBC have seized the opportunity to extol the virtues of being "pansexual".
anyway I don’t want to know ,
something feels like it is missing now he is gone I don’t know why
something feels like it is missing now he is gone I don’t know why
v sad news, seen buzzcocks a couple of times once supported by none other than joy division and I think the donkeys (of four letters fame)
another music in a different kitchen is an absolute gem backed up by numerous great singles, rip pete
another music in a different kitchen is an absolute gem backed up by numerous great singles, rip pete
kenny mann
06 Dec 18 22:48
Joined: 29 Apr 10 | Topic/replies: 37,374 | Blogger: kenny mann's blog
and here is the great song, as i'm sure many don't know who Pete Shelley was.
Thank you for your consideration, Kenny, of old dinosaurs such as me and for posting Shelley's very best work for our enjoyment.
As for the rest of his oeuvre, I continue to cherish my ignorance.
06 Dec 18 22:48
Joined: 29 Apr 10 | Topic/replies: 37,374 | Blogger: kenny mann's blog
and here is the great song, as i'm sure many don't know who Pete Shelley was.
Thank you for your consideration, Kenny, of old dinosaurs such as me and for posting Shelley's very best work for our enjoyment.
As for the rest of his oeuvre, I continue to cherish my ignorance.
picked up Going steady at a car boot sale donkeys years ago and haven't stopped listening to it since ..great melodies and clever lyrics
RIP Pete Shelley
RIP Pete Shelley
But what do I get? I just want another lover what do I get? Whoa what do I get?
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