Comments on: The Curse Of The Mekons

By: DV

DV — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:53:14 +0000

Bizarre! I’m sure that “Drums and Wires” was a gift to me from that same chick that was in the water fight. You should pull that record out and revel in the fact that you’re not with her anymore… here we go again, I’ll keep it short…I was out with a friend (let’s call him Mr.A) and this girl who was having a fight with her boyfriend (Mr. B)..he was also my friend, shows up at this bar and starts unexpectedly making out with Mr.A. She does this in hopes that Mr.B will find out from me about what had happened…I didn’t say a word because the whole thing was manipulative and idiotic. Mr.B finds out anyway and wants to kill Mr. A.
I tell him ” Don’t you see how lucky you are? She’s a fucking idiot!” “If she’s as fucked up as that, you should thank her and him for making your life easier”.
C’mon, Make Some Plans For Nigel! Feel Like You’re Walking ‘Round Ten Feet Tall! I have a similar record that was big in a breakup…Hounds Of Love…I listen to it when ever I want! Ain’t one single cymbal on that whole record. Thanks for letting me have a blog within your cool cool blog!

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:46:18 +0000

I can’t listen to XTC “Drums and Wires” because it was my new favorite thing just as I was about to suffer the worst dumping of my life.
Your comments are like the “second line” of the posts. I was going to post the 101′ers “legsgetabitarockin’” when I thought of the Mekons.

By: DV

DV — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:03:28 +0000

Buzzer!
I was in England in the early eighties and was astounded to find myself at a pub that had advertised a Mekons show. The odd thing was that it was a reunion that featured every member who had ever been in the band since the beginning. The Elephant And Castle Pub was the place to be. I was well aware of the songs “32 Weeks” and “Where Were You?” from a FAST RECORDS COMPILATION and stood there slack-jawed as I heard these, which are some of my favourite tunes.
This is some early punk/art rock that everyone should hear. They’re like reading a good cartoon strip. Like a great Minutemen song. Haiku. Short, succinct, political, rocking, funny. These are the traits of a tune that just suck me in. I grabbed a poster off of the wall after the show that was hand painted, printed with felt-pen colors advertising the show probably created by one of the Mekons. I carried and cherished that thing all the way back home to California only to have some asshole (you probably can guess who it was) come over to my house and flirt with my girlfriend. He was chasing her around my apartment and threw a glass of water at her, drenching the poster that hung in the hall. Fucking ruined it. I wanted to kill him. Maybe I should. I still have it but I can’t stand to even look at it or hang it up again. I’ve seen later incarnations of this constantly mutataing band and it’s always worthwhile but that show I attended in the U.K. was a once in a lifetime party! There must have been what seemed to be about 20 members rotating on and off the stage all night long. Fucking Magic!