In praise of "TV Stars" by the skids!

Sandy Richardson!

Annie Walker!

I was thinking of this a few months back when there was a splodgenessabounds/"punk pathetique" thread, wondering if it owed anything to this song. But if it was a meathead anthem then I guess they were very separate scenes.

(itt a not-quite-young person tries to make sense of different times)

Now, here's a thing...

Note that I had the "Charles" single for sale on e-bay a few years ago, not one bid.

I look on popsike, there's people having won auctions for £100, £29 and £19 ...

Now, I look on e-bay proper, one sold recently for £3.50 which is what I'd expect.

So, what of the three I mentioned above? Are they all fakey bidders? Somebody trying to get popsike to list them as 'pricey things' by fake-bidding their own?

This track is a classic, of course!

And now, "Scared to dance" has come out as a three-CD deluxe edition.

Cd1 the album plus singles etc.

Cd2 early demos

CD3 HAS THE LIVE GIG THAT THAT TV STARS WAS TAKEN FROM!

Ahem. Hray.

Will check out but the big box set that came out last year satisfied my Skids needs.

It was still the rule back then that if a live track was issued on a single, they had to say "Goodnight" at the end. Like it was the last track.

― Mark G, Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:08 PM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Funny thing is, he doesn't say "Goodnight" (or, to be more precise, "ALBERTTATLOCKGoodnight" - its a sly edit/overdub taken from his actual farewell two songs later.