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Post by Tim on Jan 13, 2003 7:30:17 GMT -5
How damn good are they?!  Seven Deadly Sins on the 7 inch is fantastic, some great vocal harmonies there, like Radio America it kind of has that 'old song' feel, but I don't know how to explain it more than that... General Smuts is great and poppy and you can even hear all the words, I wrote them down on the back of an envelope and everything!!  Bangkok, I like how they've slowed it down, it sounds great like that, Mr Finnegan a lovely little ditty and, well, Sally Brown just had me in hysterics and still does... hahahaa!! ;D Only the Libs, only the Libs... Your verdicts? |
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Post by Jim82 on Jan 13, 2003 7:33:50 GMT -5
im going out to buy it in a bit, i just hope they have the 7" in hmv warrington
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Post by Tim on Jan 13, 2003 7:36:34 GMT -5
I hope I haven't spoiled it for you... yeah, for your sake I hope they have too, it's probably the best of the lot I'd say. I can stick an extra copy in the post if not if you like?
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Post by wilko on Jan 13, 2003 9:19:25 GMT -5
any chance you could mp3 the 7" b-side? im in cornwall, we're still on tapes down here...  |
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Post by Jim82 on Jan 13, 2003 11:42:55 GMT -5
They had four copies of the 7" in HMV warrington (3 now).
on first listen i like General smuts the best, but who are those guys singing on sally brown?
Im now convinced they could do any kind of music and make it sound good
If anyone knows any of the lyrics send them to me so i can put them on the site for everyone
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Post by Tim on Jan 13, 2003 13:32:54 GMT -5
Sally Brown - I've just read the back cover, it says lead vocals by Rabbi John Connor, backing vocals by Alex McGraw, whoever they are... The Libertines wrote the song though. OK, I'll type out the General Smuts lyrics, I guess this doesn't help much though, as they're not that hard to figure out...
General Smuts
Well life is short
We spend all our time
Just fucking fighting my friend
Well a soul can't be bought
Not with a cheap rhyme
And I know that when I die
I'm gonna go down with the general
Up with the general smuts
Well I've been stuck in a hole
And it's dark down here
Every time I've thought I've seen the light
Well it just fades and disappears
Just fades and disappears
Just fades and disappears
Just fades and disappears
I've seen a face in the shadows
And I've said "how do you do?"
And I've been living in this horror show
Which just never ends
I'm gonna go down with the general
Back to the general smuts
I'm going down with the general
Up with the general smuts
Fades and disappears
Fades and disappears
I've seen a face in the shadows
And I've said "how do you do?"
And I've been living in this horror show
For much too long
I'm going down with the general
Back to the general
Down with the general
Up with the general smuts
Sorry Wilko, I have no facilities for putting the Seven Deadly Sins on MP3 I'm afraid, someone else might have though...
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Post by wilko on Jan 13, 2003 14:44:23 GMT -5
have no fear. i have aquired a mini-disc from a mate, after seeing (and buying) the 7" for only 99p. im gonna go round to my grans house tomorrow, play the record, and record it to the MD, and then put that version onto my computer! ...Hopefully. |
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Post by holly on Jan 15, 2003 4:56:56 GMT -5
Finally my copies of the single arrived this morning. I barely had time to finish getting dressed before leaving for work this morning though, so I've still not heard Seven Deadly Sins, but the others sound fantastic.
I love General Smuts, its ace, and Mr Finnegan is brilliant. Nice to hear a clearer version of Bangkok, and theres the essential craziness on Sally Brown... Love them all. I need to find a record player now... maybe I could go and 'test' a record player in a shop at lunch time.
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Post by Tim on Jan 15, 2003 9:24:38 GMT -5
Have you been record player shopping then?  Bangkok is fantastic isn't it, I love how it's slower, although I guess it must have started out like that and they speeded it up to play it live and for the Xfm session. It's a great song though... |
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Post by Jim82 on Jan 16, 2003 8:41:43 GMT -5
Bangkok is growing on me now, lyrics about sausages and alleyways etc, typical libertines.
Just noticed the grisly backing on general smuts aswell having listned to it through headphones
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Post by holly on Jan 16, 2003 14:15:54 GMT -5
Have you been record player shopping then? Never had time... had to make a dash for a bus to get to Glasgow in time to view a flat. Shouldn't have bothered. Got stuck in traffic for 4 hours. 4 HOURS! Finally heard the 7" though... its superb. I love it. |
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Post by bsides on Jan 18, 2003 20:20:08 GMT -5
does anyone know where i can find mp3s of of the b sides. i'm from the states and i can't find the singles.
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Post by motownjunk on Feb 20, 2003 15:16:01 GMT -5
Sally Brown - I've just read the back cover, it says lead vocals by Rabbi John Connor, backing vocals by Alex McGraw, whoever they are... Well, I can't speak for Alex McGraw but the rabbi works at Filthy's. He's a sweet man, if a little difficult to follow sometimes... |
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Post by Jim82 on Feb 21, 2003 7:46:29 GMT -5
7 deadly sins is in the music and video section along with mocking bird for those minus record player and japanese imports
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Post by please on Feb 21, 2003 12:35:15 GMT -5
thanks so much, any way you can put up general smuts and the rest on the newer b sides?
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Seven Deadly Sins on the 7 inch is fantastic, some great vocal harmonies there, like Radio America it kind of has that 'old song' feel, but I don't know how to explain it more than that... General Smuts is great and poppy and you can even hear all the words, I wrote them down on the back of an envelope and everything!! 
Bangkok, I like how they've slowed it down, it sounds great like that, Mr Finnegan a lovely little ditty and, well, Sally Brown just had me in hysterics and still does... hahahaa!! ;D Only the Libs, only the Libs...
