FOE: MUSIC FIX OF THE DAY: Menace "GLC/I'm Civilised"

Saturday, September 24, 2016

MUSIC FIX OF THE DAY: Menace "GLC/I'm Civilised"

MUSIC FIX OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

MENACE

"GLC/I'm Civilised"

Small Wonder Records

Released: March 10, 1978

I spent many years tracking down Menace's early records. Before CDs and before compilation albums conveniently pulled their material together, before the internet made just about every song available.

We are lucky to be able to now experience Menace's second 7" "GLC/I'm Civilised" with the click of a button.

Menace always had a way of creating memorable and exciting songs that you wanted to singalong with, even if you didn't know what the GLC was or why they were full of sh%t!

"GLC"

Gotta get outa this rat race

Gonna kicka my cage to f*ck

Political Man and your smilin’ lies

You’re all covered in smut

GLC, GLC

You’re full of sh*t, sh*t

Sh*t sh*t sh*t sh*t

Waitin’ for a cell in a block of rock

Get me down, get me down, name and number

Get hitched dirty bitch ditch with the baby talk

Oh no! You won’t get lumbered

Court room six, dirty fix

Down a cell, live in hell

What’s your name, what’s your game

Masturbate, magistrate

How do you do it, divide and rule?

Split ‘em up, split ‘em up, keep ‘em out of sight

End up in the factory instead of in a school

Left right, left right, right right, wrong!

If you wanted to look up what the GLC was when I first heard the band, you had to go to the library and read a book. Now you just search for it: The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. A new legislative body, known as the Greater London Authority (GLA), was established in the year 2000.

Absolutely get the "Punk Singles Collection for Menace" if you can find it!

The one thing the internet can't provide, is the up close and personal vantage point of being in a neighborhood bar, with the bands drums and amps shaking your soul. Luckily the band is coming to the Lehigh Valley (see rest of tour dates below) on Friday night, September 30, 2016.

Menace formed in London in 1976. So you know, I've been a fan forever and this will be my first time getting a chance to see them!

Punk legends. Don't miss this opportunity.