( The Inevitable )Who's the coolest person to come out of Wales

[1927]

What about Elvis?

Like it says here If Elvis was Welsh,rock'n'roll is Welsh!

 

[Karac]

Yeah Elvis Preseli.

 

[Markyd]

Dylan Thomas no argument.

 

[llantwit]

lI give you Roddy Morino of the Oppressed, founder of SHARP ( Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice)

I saw them about a year ago, I think. In The Welsh Club. My ears have been ringing since. Turned it up to 12, they did. Good stuff, though. I had long hair at the time, though, an' I had to wash quite a bit of gob out of it the next day.

 

[Markyd]

I saw them about a year ago, I think. In The Welsh Club. My ears have been ringing since. Turned it up to 12, they did. Good stuff, though. I had long hair at the time, though, an' I had to wash quite a bit of gob out of it the next day.

no it's Dylan Thomas

 

[llantwit]

I never thought I'd have to compare Dylan Thomas to The Oppressed.
But just in case anyone wants to try, here's an oppressed song called 'We're The Oppressed':
Born to fight, born to win
We were all born to be skin
Born with Marten´s on our feet
Facing truth there´s no retreat
People fear us, think we´re strange
Boots and braces we won´t change
We will never be second best
You know us we´re The Oppressed
We are skinheads we are proud
Playing music for the crowd
Music for the working class
Stick your disco up your arse

 

[Markyd]

I never thought I'd have to compare Dylan Thomas to The Oppressed.
But just in case anyone wants to try, here's an oppressed song called 'We're The Oppressed':
Born to fight, born to win
We were all born to be skin
Born with Marten´s on our feet
Facing truth there´s no retreat
People fear us, think we´re strange
Boots and braces we won´t change
We will never be second best
You know us we´re The Oppressed
We are skinheads we are proud
Playing music for the crowd
Music for the working class
Stick your disco up your arse

I have to profess my ignorance here of the band but i approve of their lyrics

 

[Brockway]

la la la la Llanrumney, la la la la Llanrumney

la la la la Llan, la la la Llanrumney,

They fight and never lose, they never buy their booze,

la la la, la la la Llanrumney!


I give you Roddy Morino of the Oppressed, founder of SHARP ( Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice)

Good call. He doesn't answer his emails though.

 

[Brockway]

Dylan Thomas no argument.

Welsh legend or cultural albatross?

Talking of jacks - what about anarcho-punk Ian Bone?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

He posts here.

 

[Brockway]

He posts here.

Roddy Moreno, Ian Bone or Dylan Thomas?

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Ian Bone and the origins of Class War should definately have a thread of their own - good stuff.

 

[Brockway]

Ian Bone and the origins of Class War should definately have a thread of their own - good stuff.

And I'd like to know why his band got kicked off the Crass tour.

 

[llantwit]

[Huff]
I said Ian Bone in post #11 above.
[Flounces off.]

 

[Markyd]

[Huff]
I said Ian Bone in post #11 above.
[Flounces off.]

Listen. When I said Dylan Thomas no argument I meant it. He's a GOD!. Cultural literary icon up their with Scott Fitzgerald and Dickens.

 

[Funki mamma]

hmm, shame he was a wife beater. Bloody tortured genius (and thats Dylan btw)

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Listen. When I said Dylan Thomas no argument I meant it. He's a GOD!. Cultural literary icon up their with Scott Fitzgerald and Dickens.

OK name one song he did that I'd know.

 

[llantwit]

'Southwalian Homesick Blues'' a freewheeling lament about a poet on an american tour missing a good pint of Felinfoel?
'Positively Cwmdonkin Street' a happy-go-lucky account of his return home.
'Blowin' In the Wind Street' A song about the ensuing pub-crawl with his literary mates.

Gets coat...

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Fadre or Major?

 

[llantwit]

Fadre or Major?

Fardre, of course. Bloody Llantwit Major. S'all green wellies, an' fur-coat-no-knickers types down there. That's not the real llantwit.

 

[Yetman]

Howard fucking Marks for god sakes!

 

[Col_Buendia]

Yetman, you wanna read the thread a bit... from page one:

Howard Marks. Nuff said. (Just read 'Mr Nice' for the first time.)

A bit academic, but Raymond Williams, the marxist critic and academic... which leads onto Gwyn Alf Williams, socialist historian and all-round heroic good egg.

And to lighten things up again... Rolf Harris (whose parents were Welsh).

And to finish on an inspirational note: Ian Bone, founder of Class War.

 

[EatMoreChips]

That bloke from The Alarm?