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• That Fuzzy Bastard says:

  April 27, 2011 at 12:04 pm

  I am so sad about Poly Styrene dying. She was a huge inspiration—a non­con­form­ist from the get-go in a scene that became con­form­ist way too quickly, not to men­tion one hell of a sing­er and song­writer (the songs on Germ-Free are some of the best lyr­ics pro­duced by the class of ’77). And it was really look­ing like the new record was going to be a “comeback”; post-MIA & Lauryn Hill, her whole life story seems more rel­ev­ant than ever, and her music was sound­ing fresh­er than any of the pre­vi­ous releases. Ugh. I am really, truly sad about this.

• Noam Sane says:

  April 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm

  Never heard that Macca cov­er before, thanks, great tune. Wondering who the band is behind, it’s very nicely played. Saw Phoebe on the NY Rock & Soul tour in the late 80’s (early 90’s? It’s hard to be old)…she was fierce and real.

• hamletta says:

  April 27, 2011 at 11:49 pm

  Noam, that was prob­ably the usu­al sus­pects: Will Lee, and oth­ers I can­’t remem­ber. I love that cov­er, too. Gave me chill bumps just now.
  I love all those ’70s New York ses­sion guys. They played with such eco­nomy. Ian Hunter’s “All American Alien Boy” is one of my favor­ite albums; it’s so tight.
  I remem­ber when Phoebe Snow was singing jingles — she was­n’t some gen­er­ic voice, she had that unmis­tak­able timbre. What was the woman who sang “The Poetry Man” doing on this com­mer­cial for Folger’s Coffee?
  It was only later that I learned about her daugh­ter, that she had sung jingles because she could do them without leav­ing New York.
  God rest her soul.