Thursday, September 19, 2013

Oh Bondage Up Yours...



Years ago Radio 1 used to have a show that was similiar to Desert Island Discs where a pop star of the day would come on and share their top 10 fave tunes with the nation.

It was on one of these shows that I first encountered the wonderful, strident vocals of one Polystyrene after Alison Moyet picked "Oh Bondage Up Yours" as one of her top tunes. It may even have been her top choice. No matter it was in there somewhere and was my introduction to the music of X Ray Spex.

One of the great punk bands of the late '70s, it's just a shame they only released the one album during the punk era. But what an album it was, with Styrene's songs focusing on the artificiality of modern life and music that remains hugely influential today. "Oh Bondage Up Yours" is one of punk's great moments.


3 comments:

  1. My mate and I played frisbee with this single when we were about eleven to my deep shame now. We thought it was shit. The stupidity of weans!

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  2. Oh yes, the single was one of the higlights in the late 70s and it opened my ears to that new sound. Thanks for posting - Styrene/X-Ray Spex should never be forgotten.

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  3. Couldn't agree more Walter..still sounds as good today as that first time I heard it..
    What do we know at 11 Drew, at that age I thought Sting was cool..enough said!!

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