A guest posting by The (New) Vinyl Villain
1. Come Saturday – The Pains Of The Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart are from NYC, forming in 2007, breaking up in 2019 and then
announcing late last year that they were getting back together again. I’m off to see them when they
hit Glasgow this coming November.
This single, from 2009, is a wonderfully catchy number and I defy anyone to listen and not want to
start dancing.
2. The Saturday Boy – Billy Bragg
If anyone ever mentions that they don’t like Billy cos he is a one-trick pony only capable of singing
protest songs then this is my way of coming back at them. A stunning tale of love and rejection. And
a reminder of what exactly la la la la la la la la la la means when used in a song (most of the time
anyway).
3. Saturday’s Kids – The Jam
It’s now a ridiculous 46 years since The Jam released ‘Setting Sons’. A song about growing up in a
working-class community that resonated with me so much back then….I may have moved onwards
and upwards (and I can hardly claim these days to be working-class!) but that part of the lyric about
hating the system still resonates.
Walter adds: Thank you JC for your excellent contribution to this little series
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The Pains have a new compilation of old B-sides and album tracks just out. If you would like to hear it drop me a line at the email address on my blog and I will get it to you. I plan to catch them in London in November if the dates work.
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