throdgrain
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Poly Styrene has died, the singer from X-Ray Spex.
This was the first punk band I was into, before the Damned, before the Pistols.
I remember I was at school and they had what they used to call a "pop mime", i.e kids dressing up and miming to music.
So all these kids go on stage, miming to Abba songs and what have you, still dressed in thier school uniforms. Then this girl comes on, dressed in the full kit, washer-womans turban and everything, and does the song "Oh Bondage, Up yours" by X-Ray spex. It was a moment in my life. And in a few of my school teachers I suspect too
You will be missed Poly Styrene
YouTube - X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
This was the first punk band I was into, before the Damned, before the Pistols.
I remember I was at school and they had what they used to call a "pop mime", i.e kids dressing up and miming to music.
So all these kids go on stage, miming to Abba songs and what have you, still dressed in thier school uniforms. Then this girl comes on, dressed in the full kit, washer-womans turban and everything, and does the song "Oh Bondage, Up yours" by X-Ray spex. It was a moment in my life. And in a few of my school teachers I suspect too
You will be missed Poly Styrene
YouTube - X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!