Here the first post about Peter Perrett, surely one of my fave composer/singer/human being on the music planet (almost the only planet that deserves to be lived on to my eyes). First I'll post the Only Ones singles in their chronological order, then most of what he did after the band broke. I don't think it's any use to make a presentation of the band. If you want to know more, there's plenty of sites (even wikipedia) to inform you. For us, in 1977, it was the only band able to maintain what we still loved in the seventies and what we had learned to love in punk and new wave. It was as if Dylan, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Marc Bolan and Ian Hunter had regenerated in a fragile elf backed with one of the strongest band of all times. It was anachronical in 1977 because it was untemporal. This first single was released on a label created for the occasion with a surrealistic (but punk) cover sleeve and featured two extraordinary songs. It's difficult to imagine the band was created some weeks before rather artificially by Peter Perrett with 3 musicians from various horizons (imagine that the drummer, Mike Kellie, had been in Spooky Tooth from 1967 to 1974, not a newcomer actually) and that they had never played together previously. Such an alchemy is usually more frequent in love stories than in rock music. Released in June 1977, I bought it immediately and was rather shocked that it wasn't more noticed by my pals. But soon they would be more, much more. Meanwhile, here's their first gift, one of the strongest thing (with the Saints) 1977 gave us. Enjoy it here. PS. All the songs posted won't be vinyl ripped but taken from CDs.
I want you to be around ‘til the summer comes along And I don’t mind you hanging around ‘til the summer comes along Then you make the first mistake of trying to walk before you can even run I want you to be around ‘til the summer comes along And I don’t mind having you around ‘til the summer comes along Then you go and make that first mistake of trying to walk before you can even run I... wanna be by your side I... it’s so cold on this side I wanna tell ya about love Love that’s around today We’re lovers of today We ain’t got feelings We’ve got no love We ain’t got nothing to say We’re lovers of today If we ever touched it would disturb the calm Physical effort often causes mental harm I don’t have the energy You could say things get pretty tranquil with me Maybe you can’t see But I love you baby Much more than me When you know that’s all to know Maybe you’ll just come and see the show We ain’t got feelings We’ve got no love We ain’t got nothing to say We’re lovers of today Lovers of today Lovers of today
It's becoming very clear What you're doing here It's becoming very clear Just what you're doing here You gotta move on You better move on Rubies and pearls The treasure of the nights Staying in an open room Watching figures of ice Rubies and pearls Treasure of the nights Staying in an room Watching figures of ice You can have them all You can have them all Tell me all about it It's becoming very clear That you shouldn't be here You cracked up Your brain collapsed It passed the time And it filled the gaps You couldn't take it You couldn't take it Don't cry!
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