Showing posts with label Radio Birdman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Radio Birdman. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 May 2026

Can't Stop To Mess Around

Since last Sunday's post about Urgh! A Music War, I've been listening to a lot of music from the punk and post-punk period. So much so, in fact, that I've got two Dubhed selections in the bag.

I considered whether to include them all in one bumper post, but reason prevailed (and the realisation that it's Monday, i.e. work, tomorrow). So, it's Side 1 today and Side 2 on Monday.

In the spirit of my original Urgh! mixtape, both of these selections will fit neatly on each side of a C60 cassette. 

As well as some very familiar names such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Only Ones, The Damned and The Slits, I've included a few from outside the UK that I've been introduced to in more recent times by the wonderful blogging community. A couple of examples today: The Rude Kids from Sweden with (I guess) a Stranglers diss song and, from Germany, Abwärts with the title track of the VFM 5-track Computerstaat EP.

The thing that all ten songs have in common is that they are designed to be played LOUD.

More on Monday.

1) Blank Generation (Album Version): Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1977)
2) Suspect Device (Album Version): Stiff Little Fingers (1978)
3) New Race: Radio Birdman (1977)
4) (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) (Single Version): The Stranglers (1977)
5) Stranglers (If It's Quiet Why Don't You Play?): The Rude Kids (1978)
6) Another Girl, Another Planet (Album Version): The Only Ones (1978)
7) New Rose (Album Version): The Damned (1976)
8) Gary Gilmore's Eyes (Single Version): The Adverts (1977)
9) Typical Girls (Album Version): The Slits (1979)
10) Computerstaat: Abwärts (1980)

1977: Blank Generation: 1
1977: Damned Damned Damned: 7
1977: Gary Gilmore's Eyes EP: 8
1977: Grip / London Lady EP: 4
1977: Radios Appear: 3
1978: Stranglers (If It's Quiet Why Don't You Play?) / Punk Will Never Die! EP: 5
1978: The Only Ones: 6
1979: Cut: 9
1979: Inflammable Material: 2
1980: Computerstaat EP: 10

Side One (29:56) (GD) (M)