- Blind Hammer has another compilation from Jim McWeeney*.
This is a second offering of songs to describe the past year in the life of West Ham and its fans. As before I am indebted to my friend and guide Jim McWeeney for this. I particularly like the Elvis Costello nomination. Only a passionate West Ham fan that has had to endure the pain of the last few months could come up with this list. I am sure the West Ham till I Die community will have further suggestions.
Over to Jim again…
Dear Dave
I listened last week to a long interview on radio 6 with Stuart Pearce (a great lover of punk) in which he played his favourite 10 punk records
This got me thinking so here is my Christmas contribution to West Ham’s topsy turvy season in the form of 20 punk and new wave classic songs.
1. Straight to hell – The Clash
2. Ain’t got a clue – The Lurkers
3. Crash – The Primitives
4. Emergency – 999
5. Pressure drop – The Clash
6. Damaged goods – The Gang of 4
7. Nervous wreck – Radio Stars
8. In a rut – The Ruts
9. Better off dead – The Wipers
10. I wanna be sedated – The Ramones
11. Watching the defectives – Elvis Costello
12. Don’t go (Bilic) – Yazoo
13. Something better change – The Stranglers
14. Personality crisis – New York Dolls
15 Come out and play – The Offspring
16. Everybody’s happy nowadays – The Buzzcocks
17. Clean sheets – The descendants
18. If the kids (Toni, Nathan, Declan Domingos etc.) are United – Sham 69
19. God save the Queen (Elizabeth stadium)? – The Sex Pistols
and last but not least
20 I’m forever blowing bubbles – The Cockney Rejects
Climbing the charts steadily but not a guaranteed hit
- Cum on feel The Moyes – Slade.
speak to you soon.
COYI
Jim
Thanks again to Jim for this sparkling compilation!
COYI
David Griffith