The ‘other side’ of the ‘Smash the System’ single – on iTunes etc. on 16 November – this is the first studio recording by ARSE and was filmed at over a dozen locations in Belfast last week (and a bit of the chaps in the studio a month ago).
Petesy has rewritten the Monkees’ classic as a commentary on punk revisionism – people with blogozines who weren’t there and so forth. And yes, the word ‘blogozine’ appears therein!
Here’s what the Petesmeister says on the matter:
‘Punk history belongs to us all. It is a history of individualism and the sense that WE have the power and when WE use that power WE can create a better world. It is not the history of the opportunist or the narcissist, although they do figure in it.
‘It is not the history of the Hollywood-style hero making a stand, changing the world and leaving the meek to bow and scrape in their wake. If you lived it you were as big a part of it as anyone else and don’t be told any different. Our contribution doesn’t seek to attack individuals but it does seek to attack the notion that we should exalt leaders and figureheads.
‘Punk history belongs to us all and I for one am not your steppin’ stone.’
Slightly disappointed; I had read this as a new biodoc of Pete Burns, mouthy but always good-value face (and arse, allegedly) of the Liverpool post-punk scene, know for an ahem “direct” manner. Many brilliant anecdotes about him, though he would have been coruscating about my musical taste, dress sense, and appearance.
Pete Burns – Memories of a Shop Assistant
I posted before. I bought Lennon’s Starting Over single from him, he practically threw it at me.
The OP link is revise. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjSOe0oiq0