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Don't forget their earlier material, which is seminal as far as punk is concerned. And "I'm Stranded" is undoubtedly one the best punk rock tracks ever recorded, at least in my opinion. "Know Your Product" is up there as well.Everso Biggyballies wrote:
I used to be a huge fan of the Saints lead singer/guitarist Chris Bailey, and this song was quite a fave of mine back c 1984 when I used to watch them play in pubs and clubs.
They also influenced my choice of football team (The Saints, aka St Kilda) to support when I first arrived here to live. (Melbourne culture dictates you must have a team you barrack for, even if you don't go to matches. First question guys would ask is who do you....). Anyway, one of my favourite songs....
Ghost Ships Used to (and still do) Love Baileys vocals in this. Plus his guitar playing. Also the horns section.... The first two minutes is of an interview of the period with the Divinyls, (the late) Michael Hutchence and also Chris Bailey so the song starts 2 mins in.....
It was one of those songs that always gets me singing along for the chorus. In fact just realised.... it still does. It is also good for a bit of air guitar play.
Another favourite Saints track of mine is "Just like Fire would", which will certainly be easy to find if anyone wanted....
And on a personal front, the Saints' original guitarist Ed Kuepper's solo work has been huge in my short life, as well. He was one of the first artists I was exposed to. And I saw him as well, a couple of years back, when I was still in primary school. First and only concert I've ever decided to go to myself, although I took Mum with me, of course. Only other real concert I've ever been to was a big Motown thingy, run by none other then V8 Supercars boss Tony Cockrane, who brought along Jimmy Barnes with him, who was totally out of place among all the classic Motown groups. Oh, and a couple of concerts of the local youth group band, but they aren't big at all, and there was like 15 people there. So, it doesn't really count, I guess.