Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Strictly Meant For Fools


Buzzcocks : Promises


On November 19, 1978 the new Buzzcocks single "Promises" b/w "Lipstick" became the fifth song to hit the U.K. charts that year. It would peak at U.K. #20, their second highest charting single next to "Ever Fallen in Love".  

Steve Diggle told the Yorkshire Herald the Buzzcocks sings remain relevant not just because of their straightforward sound, but because they sang about the human condition. 

“There’s kind of realism about it. You get certain songs are beautiful but don’t mean anything really. They sound wonderful, this dreamland somewhere, but there was a lot of reality in our songs and it was like the Shakespearean human condition. I know we said ‘have you ever fallen in love?’ but when I wrote Promises I’d left the verses at home and Pete had some [instead]. It was supposed to be promises about the government and he turned it into a bloody love song. "




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