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Saturday, August 13, 2011

254. Ghosts of Princes in Towers by The Rich Kids 1978

rich kids - ghosts of princes in towers‏ - YouTube
What Glen Matlock did next after the Sex Pistols. When I first heard this song it knocked my socks off. A great piece of power pop that showed that Glen Matlock could really write. Obviously after hearing the before and afters of the Sex Pistols. he knew his way around a good tune. Unfortunately if memory serves me well the rest of the album didn't go anywhere and of course Midge Ure went off to join Ultravox.
The late 70s really was a fabulous time for singles. A lot of the albums coming out from the punk bands weren't really that great (some would have to wait for their third release to get back on track) but the fab singles just kept on coming. I went through a stage of just having the singles and getting rid of albums with fodder on them. 30 years later I went looking for them on the internet. I was fascinated by singles. One weekend back then I went to Lorne with my girlfriend Angela. Instead of packing swimming stuff I filled her boot with a portable record player I borrowed from work and boxes of singles.
 This is why they invented the Ipod.

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