Swindells's "Fresh Blood" (was Re: HW: Alan Davey interview)

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 17 Apr 2009, at 08:07, Christian Mumford wrote:
> I think Swindells has an aura and sheen of cosmopolitan cool in his  
> lyrics, knowing the business and the 'high society' and the  
> underworld alike. Like "Low Life Joe" or the one with the lyric  
> about "an endless trail of Beer and cigarettes"...... and he even  
> innuendo-like brags about being gay in some songs. Damn, I could be  
> that cool! But I ain't gay.... YET!


The gay community may well draw a collective sigh of relief at  
that .... ;)

Strangely enough, when I think of the subject matter on "Fresh  
Blood", the idea of Lemmy as a should-have-been co-conspirator  
springs to mind!  Now imagine _that_ band: Huw, Lemmy, and Simon  
King, along with Steve Swindells.  I mean, it might well have killed  
Huw dead right there in 1980 ;) but just imagine the Lemmy/King  
rhythm section powering through "Shot Down in the Night", with Huw  
slashing away over it!  It'd be like a strange Motörwind that never  
was -- with Swindells's strangely music hall organ vamps stabbing  
over it!  Far out ....

Cheers,
Carl

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