this is priceless! Joe strumer and rick wakeman....lol

Nick is off his trolley but he is still absolutely wonderful to watch. His book about the 70s is a phenomenal read. I've read many books about the whole punk explosion in London from 75-77,biographies of the Stones, Who, Hendrix, Clapton, Pistols, Bowie, Iggy, Ian Curtis, The Clash, Sid, John etc... You'd be reading Ozzy's book and he mentions Alan Wakeman and Yes recording the Topographical Oceans album, meeting Jimmy Page before joining New Yard birds, or you read Nick Mason's book and there's a story about any number of 70s faces...even Boy George talks about punk and getting a mohair jumper from Vivienne Westwood & Malcolms shop... But Nick's book is a year by year autobiography mixed with opinions, anecdotes, thoughts in hindsight, lots of humour and at the end you get a very vivid portrait of the whole music scene, especially in London as seen through the eyes of someone as talented as Nick who can conjour incredible mindscapes with just a few sentences. Hightly recommend getting that book and there's a book of his best articles and pieces too which is a delightful read if you like his work and want to read some very creative exaltations and condemnations!

@bungle3912

Жыл бұрын

I've read all Nick Kent's books, they're brilliant. Though his whole persona is just a Poundshop Keith Richards.

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

@@bungle3912 facts

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

His compilation of essays of various bands/people (The Dark Stuff) is worthwhile (for music geeks), though I wouldn't go as far to as calling it 'phenomenal' (if that's the one you're referring to)

@marky1974

Жыл бұрын

​@@sexobscura think hes referring to 'apathy for the devil'..its a good read..

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

@@marky1974 Sure, I'll concede Kent writes some insightful, knowledgeable pieces (especially when it's passionate), but he can also swing way back to monotonous dreck (especially when it's dispassionate)

Great, many thanks.

This is gold!

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

more akin to nickle

Joe was a beautiful man ahhhh

You tell ‘em Joe. And Nick Kent. The best dressed man in town….

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

that's just one reason why Vicious whacked him

Funny how Kent acted like a rock star.

@mick5137

Жыл бұрын

Yes, looked it too.

@67psych

6 ай бұрын

He thought he was Keef Richards

@67psych

6 ай бұрын

@@mick5137 Heroin chic!

Rick the grammar school middle class boy dreaming about meeting the Queen and Joe the private school bourgeois dreaming about machine gunning his House Master. Classic.

I saw the full version of this the other day. I can't find it now. Anyone know where it is?

@SoinRodion

Жыл бұрын

I don't know... somewhere see on the bbc sources..

This seems like nothing more than an upper-class debate in the cafeteria over lunch at Cambridge/Oxford

God he looks like Pete Doherty

Joe is so handsome!

@frlango6082

10 ай бұрын

I knew you would say that. Looks like he’s just pampered himself in the bath whereas Nick Kent acts out like some erudite Johnny Thunder. All them years gone by when TV was worth watching and Music worth listening to

Joe strummer the rich kid

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

criminally vulgar

@revol148

Жыл бұрын

@Top Skek with a Daddy who was a bankrobber (but he never killed nobody)

@mick5137

Жыл бұрын

The boorish slack-jawed gum chewing is very studied.

@revol148

Жыл бұрын

@@mick5137 What's interesting in later life Strummer gave up with the cock-ern-nee accent and resorted back to the middle class, public school boy he really was. In the clip above both him and Nick Kent were very much the rock'n'roll epitome of cool.

@frlango6082

10 ай бұрын

Love Joe boy but he is struggling’ here with a whole pack of the hardest gum ever. Rick Wakeman looks like he s going to a wedding. Well worth watching and if anyone knows where to get the whole show I wanna watch it pliz thanks

The music reporter is a despicable personification of all that was wrong with the musical press back then. They were so spoilt for choice and propped up by a privileged system they began to act like rock stars and musicians themselves. Bands like Queen and Duran Duran were habitually hounded and berated for the dumbest of reasons, while later utterly inconsequential "hip" bands were lauded to the skies. Compared to this intoxicated judgmental poser Strummer comes across almost like an academic.

@user-jp5nc8zf7m

9 ай бұрын

I think there is a wide variety. The problem is mentioned by this editor, much of the press became much like the most popular acts they were reporting on. But like ALL music, there was press you hardly ever heard of. Chris Welch is talked about fondly by almost all the musicians back in the day. Probably the best written stuff on music was done by writers in papers we've never even heard of, just like how a lot of the best music is discovered. And compared to today, when all you read or hear about most of these acts are that they are god almighty and the most brilliant people who ever existed, at least there was somebody there to 'knock them down a peg'.

@blairmcquarrie6070

5 ай бұрын

What was "consequential" about Duran Duran?

@M1tjakaramazov

5 ай бұрын

@blairmcquarrie6070 Oh I don't know. Apart from epitomising both the 80s sound and quintessential fashion, and writing a string of hits that actually stand the test of time outside the customary nostalgia value... I guess in no way at all.

@blairmcquarrie6070

5 ай бұрын

@@M1tjakaramazov 🤣😂🤣

"Joe Strummer who didn`t go to The Royal College Of Music",but did go to a very expensive English Public (Private) School and is here desperately trying pretend he didn`t...Such a fake.

@leeherring8880

Жыл бұрын

Yawn.

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

the Class System is insidiously entrenched over there it seems

@revol148

Жыл бұрын

@MJ H Strummer never comes across well in situations like this

@misterslats

Жыл бұрын

Who gives a fuck what school he went to or how much his daddy earned each year. Just listen to his music and either like it or not. The music is the only thing that matters certainly his position in the British class system doesn't mean dick all.

Why isn't Rick Wakeman wearing his Wizard Robes?????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He should really be wearing his Wizard Robes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sexobscura

Жыл бұрын

wash day (they where at the cleaners)

@SuperNevile

Жыл бұрын

In '78 'Prog' is dead and he is here as a sober commentator on the rock scene as befits a former Royal College of Music attendee and soon to be national treasure and Commander Of The British Empire. The times had moved on and John Graham Mellor and Nick Kent are now the preening peacocks.