Revolution Rock

 

I have two or three notebooks strewn across my desk.There is no rhyme or logic but they all in no order contain thoughts for the blog, lists of albums to be explored and potential series'

The other day I was looking for the page where I take a note of the locations where I make charity shop purchases when I stumbled on a list of songs which I had titled Revolution Rock. It was obviously as a thought to a potential series.

Alternately I was maybe thinking about the state of the country and that a revolution would not be a bad idea.It's not the British way though is it?

As I have been a bit stuck for inspirations and my Townes series has come to an end this is ideal for a new Friday series.I will post them in the order that I have jotted them down and that should fill a gap for several weeks.

It won't come as a surprise that the first on the list is the one which inspired the title to this series by The Clash.

The Only Band That Matters are followed by Castlemilk's finest Cosmic Rough Riders with a song from their epic Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine album.

There won't always be a Mandatory Reggae song included although they might pop up here and there. The nearest we have come to a revolution is probably the riots  of the early 80s one of which took place in Handsworth, Birmingham. In 1978 Steel Pulse wrote Handsworth Revolution which highlights some of the precursors of what was to follow.

The revolution will continue next Friday

The Clash - Revolution Rock

Cosmic Rough Riders - Revolution (In the Summertime)

Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution