tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post7629332361695915142..comments2023-10-01T14:49:10.673+01:00Comments on Call Of The Wyld: X-Ray Spex at Roundhouse 06.09.2008Wyldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701612407581789722noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post-87989580249476024702008-09-10T18:46:00.000+01:002008-09-10T18:46:00.000+01:00I have no beef with Goldblade or John Robb. I rath...I have no beef with Goldblade or John Robb. I rather enjoyed the energy of their set on Saturday, as I hope the review indicates. <BR/><BR/>However, the concept of 'punk' means different things to different<BR/>people. I believe that the word should be synonymous with a free spirit of artistic expression and a willingness to challenge the norm. It stands for no rules and creative freedom. <BR/><BR/>I do not think that 'punk' should only apply to a rigidly time-specific dress and musical code, which has ultimately led to the spiky haired picture postcard characters who pose for tourist photos and an insular and regimented musical form that endlessly recycles a version of the first Clash album like a thousandth generation photocopy. <BR/><BR/>Or in other words, if you ever see someone wearing a pin saying 'Punk's Not Dead', they are likely to be the people who have killed it, stuffed it and mounted it.Wyldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701612407581789722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post-14259809560460752832008-09-09T14:20:00.000+01:002008-09-09T14:20:00.000+01:00i think he was right on most levels. goldblade are...i think he was right on most levels. goldblade are unoriginal, uninspired and cliched and were a bad choice of support act.<BR/><BR/>i think it should be mentioned that x-ray spex were out of time on occasions and poly's singing was not as good as it was - quite out of tune at times. it seemed a bit under-rehearsed. but that made it more engaging in some ways. i'm glad i was there. was a shame to see so many people leaving before the final encore.<BR/><BR/>also i'm not sure the gig was sold out. they were still selling tickets on the night and lots of touts were losing money outside.<BR/><BR/>was a great one-off and i don't mind poly cashing in on the current fashion for over-priced nostalgia as she has/had more integrity than most of her contemporaries and i expect she needs the cash like everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post-70233420485492460132008-09-09T01:39:00.000+01:002008-09-09T01:39:00.000+01:00wrong on most levels mate.Goldblade were awesome, ...wrong on most levels mate.<BR/>Goldblade were awesome, first time I've seen them, they were tight, powerful and thrilling, just because they enjoy themselves doesn't make them 'caberet'. they may have formed in the mid nineties but john robb has been on the punk scene since the punk days and they have never beenon oi band, they dont sound like an oi band.for me they are perhaps the best live band in the country now.daft skunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474917755669553738noreply@blogger.com