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About This Track
Recorded in December 1976, Boredom announces punk’s rebellion against the status quo while templating a strident musical minimalism (the guitar solo consisting of two notes repeated 66 times, ending with a single modulated seventh.) At the same time the lyrics already show boredom with punk itself (“You know the scene is very humdrum” and “I’m already a has-been!”) - indeed Howard Devoto left the band on the eve of the record’s release, saying “I get bored very easily and that boredom can act as a catalyst for me to suddenly conceive and execute a new vocation.” He added that punk rock had already become restrictive and stereotyped.
Richard Boon, the band’s manager, asserts that “Boredom” was a satirical song.
The song was placed at Number 11 in Mojo magazine’s list of “100 Punk Scorchers” in 2001.
Orange Juice mentioned “Boredom”, used a line from it and adapted the guitar solo on their 1982 single “Rip It Up.”
Richard Boon, the band’s manager, asserts that “Boredom” was a satirical song.
The song was placed at Number 11 in Mojo magazine’s list of “100 Punk Scorchers” in 2001.
Orange Juice mentioned “Boredom”, used a line from it and adapted the guitar solo on their 1982 single “Rip It Up.”
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Shouts
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lorendefect wrote:
Da dum da dum
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teh1234 wrote:
Best guitar solo. Ever.
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lilacmerveille wrote:
as soon as I listen to this my boredom is gone
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pabloidz wrote:
I love this tune, even though my favourite song (Rip It Up, by Orange Juice) says that "my favourite song's entitled Boredom"
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ladyemero wrote:
Spiral Scratch is just wonderful.... B'dum B'dum [3]
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shamatha-x wrote:
B'dum B'dum [2]
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wolbekoms wrote:
wat ne geile mucke
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ganggreenrat wrote:
whoredom
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femme-rouge wrote:
(L)
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lisztophobia wrote:
"want the version from Spiral Scratch." yeah... last.fm has a lot of problems with different versions getting mixed up. the buzzcocks being no exception to that rule. howard devoto's original rendition of "boredom" was awesome and easily the best recording of the song. pete shelley's early live versions of "boredom" are also good. but pete's voice has gotten deeper over the years, to the point where it find it distracting & difficult to listen to, when i hear the buzzcocks doing new performances of their old songs.
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ParadiseCove wrote:
B'DUM-B'DUM !!!
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hanginchili wrote:
Pure quality!
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Hellraiser917 wrote:
Classic Punk Tune!
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ianboutle wrote:
One of the best songs I have ever heard.
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pisartist wrote:
Bordom truely sucks except this!
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iamrta wrote:
life.
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BillSwansea wrote:
One of the greatest songs of all time.
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fabbo_hannes wrote:
Grand!
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alari_ wrote:
I mean, I have it, but I'd like last.fm to play it by default.
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alari_ wrote:
want the version from Spiral Scratch.
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