Look, it’s a busy time, what with my year end countdown, two editions of The Cancel Culture Club, and a bumper edition of Snapshots to prepare. So, I hope you won’t think me bad mannered if I keep things brief this week!
BAD MANNERS #1
We start with a plodding “teen garage lament” from the place where the lights all went out
(Massachusetts!) in 1967.
BAD MANNERS #2
Next up, the obvious one - 80s ska band from London, bad mannered enough to make you bust a blood vessel… because, of course, their lead singer was called… Douglas Trendle. Other members included Winston Bazoomies, and Gus 'Hot Lips'* Herman. (*Not the one from M*A*S*H*.)
Bad
Manners were banned from Top of the Pops because Buster Bloodvessel painted his
bald head red. He was also banned from Italian TV after mooning at a live pop
concert that the Pope was watching. (I didn’t know the Pope watched such filth…
but… er... Catholic Church… etc. etc.)
Personally,
I reckon the band’s greatest claim to fame was getting kids to do the Can Can
at school discos all around the country for most of the 80s. Wonder how many kids ended up in Casualty (which wasn't called A&E back then) as a result?
BAD MANNER #3
And finally, because brevity is the soul of wit - some mate of
Keith Flint from the Prodigy (they formed the short-lived group Clever Brains
Fryin’ in 2004). This guy only has one bad manner, rather than a bunch of them,
so more credit to him for that.
Bad Manner Featuring SirReal – What,
Who!
What do you think? Would they all have got banned by the Pope?
I haven't got the time to listen to all of these, I'm a busy man. So I'll just go for #2.
ReplyDeleteThe world needs saving more than ever at the moment.
DeleteRandom Bloodvessel fact. I don't know if he still does but Buster bought a hotel in Margate and operated it under the name Fatty Towers.
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