New Cures For Old Ailments
There's been no new trend for a month. Funk, o years on, seems to be settling down for a comfortable middle age. Clash have put out (again) "I Fought The Law", which is as OK as it was the first time around but seems to reflect the current inertia pretty well.
New Cures For Old Ailments
LETTER FROM BRITAIN
by
Penny Valentine
There's been no new trend for a month. Funk, o years on, seems to be settling down for a comfortable middle age. Clash have put out (again) "I Fought The Law", which is as OK as it was the first time around but seems to reflect the current inertia pretty well. Jimmy Pursey denies he s thinking of getting together with ex-Pistols Cook and Jones but the rumour is, at least, about the only thing keepingthe rock press even slightly active this summer. This week's thing are The Undertones, part of the pocket of punk energy in Ireland. Derry based, they are pretty vehement about being non-political (interesting) and not to be compared to Belfast's Stiff Little Fingers, who were mentioned in this column a couple of months back. The Undertones' single is "Jimmy Jimmy", aninnocuous melodic track that's in the charts here. Originally 1 thought the lyrics were to do with revolutionary fervour and being interned, so I believed there was an interesting sense of irony in what the band were doing with their work. Now it appears I mis-read the whole thing.