The Bobby Gillespie Bullshit game

old man shouts at clouds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35724501

Puppet girl singers & boybands, oh diddums

"In the 90s and early 2000s, we could sell hundreds of thousands of art rock albums, but it's not like that anymore."

Art rock, who are ye kidding boaby

also boo fucking hoo, ht should consider himself lucky that he was able to hawk his wares during a time of abundant demand for physical media at inflated prices, not complain that "everything was better in the good old days maaaan"

Oh, did he have a record shop? (xpost)

[Creation's] final release was XTRMNTR by Primal Scream, issued in January 2000

Yup, very early 2000s.

Record shop? He gave Edison the idea for the gramophone. (xp)

"Bobby Gillespie's razor-sharp views and Primal Scream's push to keep things fresh still have a home in the music industry."

hmm, let us revise..

"Bobby Gillespie's razor-sharp views and Primal Scream's push to keep things fresh still have a home in the music industry."

Where oh where is the next Stephen Pastel coming from?

the problem is the old stephen pastel's still around

in an aeroplane..

Some top-quality BG boasting on the first page of this: http://thequietus.com/articles/20158-bobby-gillespie-primal-scream-favourite-albums-interview

When I first heard this at 16 or 17, what with there being no West Indian population in Glasgow and just hearing this record, I immediately loved it. African Dub Chapter 3 is a record that has stayed with me forever, y'know? So when it came to working with Andy Weatherall, who remixed 'I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have' and then did 'Loaded' after that, to me, that's like a rock version of dub. So I completely understood it. Meanwhile, there were those who never quite took to it as much as me because they didn't have that art rock/dub background.

No doubt more gold to uncover further in!

I don't know if BG or the writer or the subs are responsible for mangling the story about Eddie Hazel being told (by George Clinton!) how to play the solo on Maggot Brain, but bullshit this is:

On one track, George was told to play a guitar solo and imagine that he was just told that his mother had died.

And I can't make any sense out of this:

I watched repeats of Ready Steady Go! in the mid-'80s and was entranced by performances of 'Mr Tambourine Man', and also when The Beatles covered it too.

*rubs hands and settles down to read*

Also, when I got married to my wife Katy England, I had Alexander McQueen design for myself and my wife a suit with satin lapels and hemmed embroidery in the trousers and jacket with roses, in tribute to Gram Parsons.

it's what he would have wanted

I think that "Beatles" thing is a mishearing of "When the Beatles were on it too" - I think even in Bobby's virtual world, there isn't one where The Beatles covered "Mr Tambourine Man".

It's about as predictable a list as you'll ever see but Boab is just being honest there and not trying to impress people, so fair enough. Could do without the stating off the bleeding obvious quite so often.

Then again, The Beatles did do "House of the Rising Sun" once, so hey..

I think that "Beatles" thing is a mishearing of "When the Beatles were on it too" -

Translation:
"I watched repeats of Ready Steady Go! in the mid-'80s and was entranced by performances of 'Mr Tambourine Man', and also when The Beatles covered it too."

Original:
"Ah mind ah used tae fuckin' watch repeats o' Ready Fuckin' Steady Fuckin' Go!, thinkin', "Whit's the sketch here? Whit they showin' this auld shite fur? Cathy Fuckin' McGowan? Who the fuck's she?" then, next minute, ah wis a', "Holl' ya dancin' bear! Ya beauty!" when the fuckin' Byrds showed up wi' "Mr. Tambourine Man". McGuinn wi' thae fuckin' Gregory's he used tae wear and that wee fat bastard, Crosby, wi' the fuckin' cape oan, like fuckin' Sherlock Holmes or somethin'. And they a' had fuckin' puddin' bowl haircuts and ah used tae think, "Ah wahnt tae look lik' that, ah wahnt tae look that stupid wan day". Oh aye, and the Beatles were oan it an a'."

I don't remember Ready Steady Go! ever been repeated in the 1980s, especially not for 'viewers in Scotland'.

I do, I have them on VHS, taped off the telly.

(Can't say for Scotland, but)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7scMC7YSDQ

I'd remember if Ready Steady Go was shown in Scotland but Boaby principally lived in England from the mid-80s.

He was still in Glasgow in the mid 80s though, I don't think he ever persuaded Jim Navajo to leave the reservation and live among the white man to go south of the border.

No need. He was living like a king off his Sonic Flower Groove royalties.

This is cool. My sister just posted this picture on Facebook of her with a young Boaby G sort of eyeing her up in the background. This prompted a torrent of reminisicing about Boab from her Facebook pals which I couldn't possibly repeat here.

http://imgur.com/a/rQqLS

Try it again...

http://i.imgur.com/hRVQBCV.jpg

Probably about 1981?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/13/andrew-neil-attacks-bbc-left-wing-bias-comedy-shows/

Andrew Neil has tweeted some disparaging remarks about Boaby's appearance on This Week. Boaby is not best pleased. A phone call ensues.

BOAB: Here, Neil, whit's the fuckin' sketch here?

ANDRA: Whit? Is there some sort o' problem?

BOAB: Aye, there's a problem! Ah'll tell ye the fuckin' problem! You're the fuckin' problem!

ANDRA: How, whit huv ah done noo?

BOAB: This fuckin' tweet ye fired aff, huvvin' a fuckin' pop at me for fuckin' scowlin' at you an' yer bum chums jiggin' aboot like a bunch o' fuckin' muppets oan yer shite fuckin' show, that's whit! Ya fuckin' wide-o!

ANDRA: Aw... right... er... ah thoat ah'd deleted that.

BOAB: Here, ah'll fuckin' delete you in a minute.

ANDRA: Well, ye've goat tae admit, ye were sittin' therr wi' a face like fuckin' fizz.

BOAB: Can ye fuckin' blame me! Ah'd be fuckin' black affrontit to be seen kerryin' oan lik' that in public, bit o' fuckin' decorum please! Nae wonder mah face wis fuckin' trippin' me!

ANDRA: It wis jist a bit o' fun, Boab!

BOAB: Aye, that right? A bit o' fun? Aboot as funny as cancer, ya walloper.

ANDRA: Here, let's no' fa' aboot this.

BOAB: An' whit's this shite aboot me an' mah "fancy Islington pad"? Where the fuck dae you live these days, Neil, fuckin' Feegie Park? Anyway huv you forgoatten when I came across a burnt-out motorcycle in the street, no wheels, no seat, just a charred metal skeleton. It had obviously been stolen and dumped by a gang of teenage wild boys. It was the most beautiful thing I'd seen since last night's evening sky. You don't find 'art' in galleries, it's all around you. The city is alive and on fire. Long may it burn? Eh? Cuz where me an' Jeremy live is fuckin' nails, man!

ANDRA: Awright, awright, calm doon...

BOAB: Naw, ah'll calm doon fuck all man. Ah'll fuckin' have you bra'! Giein' me oot yer fuckin' lip ower the phone. 'Cause yer joab's fuckin'... ye're sussed, man, know whit ah mean?

ANDRA: Here, you've just taken that verbatim from "The Plumber Tape".

BOAB: Oh, aye, sorry, lettin' the fuckin' cat oot the bag therr.

ANDRA: Listen, Boab, ye can come oan mah show anytime ye wahnt, I'll let ye say whit ye like and dae whit ye like, ah'll gie ye the flair...

BOAB: The flerr?

Andra: The flair.

BOAB: The flerr, ye mean.

Andra: Naw, the flair.

BOAB: The flerr.

Andra: The flair.

BOAB: The flerr!

Andra: The flair!!

BOAB: THE FLERR!!!

Andra: ... hey, haud oan, this is exactly the same He's Fae Paisley/ Ah'm Fae Glesga routine ye did w' Momus on the Primal Scream thread - and naebody know whit ye were oan aboot then either.

BOAB: Aye, ye're right, ah'm beginning tae repeat masel' noo.

ANDRA: Happens tae the best o' us mate - ye'll huv seen the shite comedy routines oan mah show?

BOAB: Seen them? Ah wis part o' wan!

(both laugh)

ANDRA: Aye, ah wis forgettin'! Onywey, ah'll catch ye later, big man, Portillo's pickin' up his boyfriend fae Heathrow an' we're aw gon oot fer lunch.

BOAB: Aye, nae bother, Andra, you take care noo!

ANDRA: Will do!

BOAB: An' be sure tae send ma best wishes tae auld rubber lips, Portillo!

ANDRA: (laughs) Aye, we should aw' go oot for a swally sometime!

BOAB: Count me in, big yin, count me in!

ANDRA: Later!

BOAB: Aye, aw ra best!

(Andra rings off, Boab still on the phone)

BOAB: Aye, that's him tellt, he'll no' be messin' wi' fuckin' Boaby Gillespie again in a hurry ... holl', whit happened therr?!??? Ah phoned up tae gie that cunt a piece o' mah mind and we ended up lik' fuckin' best buddies! He's too fuckin' smert fur me, that's whit it is, that fuckin' sneaky Paisley Grammar bastard...

(wanders off, phone in hand, mumbling incoherently).

Neil, 69, is regarded by some as the perfect host for Question Time, but the job is expected to go to a younger woman.

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i can now no longer see bobby gillespie without thinking of tom d's boaby

Neil, 69, is regarded by some [cn] as the perfect host for Question Time, but the job is expected to go to a younger woman.

CITATION NEEDED! By whom, exactly?

it's a torygraph story, so one must assume he is the choice of monocle-popping sir bufton-tuftons throughout the home counties

Tom D delivers

I could only get through the first 20 minutes of the BBC4 "Memphis Tapes" doc at the weekend, but stuck it long enough to hear one cracking throwaway comment from the big man along the lines of the UK music press slated Give Out... because "they hate black music".

extremely on-brand

Classic Boab. I didn't watch the show, I think my head might have exploded if I had, but I had it on in the background with the sound down and noticed that Bobby had grown up with Hampden Park virtually at the end of his street - pretty cool for a kid, I would have thought. The fact that they all went to school together is pretty cute I think. Anyway Bob seemed to be enjoying himself.

Think Bobby G was going for the world record for how many times someone can mention they are working class within the first five mins of a documentary

Oh man, I wish there was a way to see this for us overseas viewers. Worth noting at this point that this thread is one of the funniest things on the entire internet. I periodically fire it up and laugh like a drain. Many thanks to all involved.

This Is Primal Tap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpUVOVDy0iw

The presence of McGee makes the programme automatically unwatchable imo.

Noel being snide about BMX Bandits seems extra cuntish considering they were the only Creation band willing to take them on tour when everyone else on the label refused

The very first thing Bobby says is a risible cliche, about the only way to see the world for a working class guy LIKE BOBBY was to join the army or become a footballer or form a band. I think someone should tell Bobby he was born in 1962, not 1942; maybe also that he's from Mount Florida, not Cranhill; and that his dad was a leading trade unionist who might well have ended up as an MP if he hadn't been a completely useless candidate, and not a binman. So I lasted 38 seconds.

True, most of my mates at Strathclyde Uni back in the 80s were from virtually identical backgrounds as Oor Bobby.

Maybe so, but that's how I remember it - My dad joined the RAF to eventually move down south, etc. It's a cliché to say that it was the only way that could be done, sure.. (I was born in 1961, family from South Shields, etc)

You missed the part where I said Bobby Gillespie was born in 1962 and not 1942?

As the redoubtable everything implied, Bobby's background was absolutely bog standard 70s/80s West of Scotland 'respectable/aspiring' working class, he grew up in a nice area not some hellhole, and went to decent school. I'd say the chances of him having to join the Army were miniscule, bordering on non-existent, he's far more likely to have ended up going to Strathclyde Uni to study Chemical Engineering or whatever.