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  • Reginatz

    I love PIL

    2 Jan 11:38am Reply

  • Mozzerella10

    @rockyrevolution, "at the time"? you mean he's not anymore?!

    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • RussellChap

    Burp!

    18 Apr 2012 Reply

  • EraserKid

    Drums are perfect.

    30 Dec 2011 Reply

  • RockyRevolution

    Jah Wobble (2009): “At the time I was a bit of a socialist.” “I'd just thought it to be good to call it 'Socialist' [...] I hated Thatcher, I hated everything Reagan stood for to be quite honest, you know, and at that time I just wanted that old-style, left-wing socialism.”

    10 Dec 2011 Reply

  • tracychops

    This stuff was never supposed to sound finished - it makes you wanna go out and do something yourself....that's the whole idea. I find it quite inspirational.

    9 Sep 2011 Reply

  • prominence_la

    Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. This track HAS it.

    3 Jul 2011 Reply

  • karlkandinsky

    brilliant

    1 Jun 2011 Reply

  • originalsmiffy

    i'm sure this has been used on an advert...

    10 Feb 2011 Reply

  • Metal_Ganon

    Sweet, sweet dubbish music. You cannot keep yourself from loving that bassline.

    18 Oct 2010 Reply

  • niemerdehei

    socialist!

    15 Sep 2010 Reply

  • KingHeff

    v idiot

    1 Sep 2010 Reply

  • ctd55

    PiL supposedly had dreams of breaking big--commercial success, wide cultural impact, etc.--and tracks like this kinda make it sound like they could've done it. It's sorta pop-oriented; it's danceable. I can see the kids bopping about on the dance floor to this. So why leave it so skeletal? Fill out the track. Put something around the motorik beat, and make your grab for the brass ring. Bring the synths up in the mix, add a vocal track of some sort. Voila, you've got a hit. Well, maybe you would. You can't really predict such things, I know. But you'd at least have something that somebody would think could be a hit. It at least proves a point, I guess. They could make something catchy and pleasant if they'd wanted to, but they wanted the audience to come to them. Sadly, that was expecting too much.

    20 May 2010 Reply

  • princessbabykc

    noice!

    19 Apr 2010 Reply

  • zinc69

    GREAT!!!

    6 Apr 2010 Reply

  • muzakdecharles

    drums totally redeem the song

    7 Jan 2010 Reply

  • _Halleluhwah

    meh

    22 Dec 2009 Reply

  • 1ange1

    just crazy about it

    24 Nov 2009 Reply

  • memekiwii

    PiL ROCKS!!

    12 Nov 2009 Reply

  • tkk123

    Jah Wobble rules!

    20 Oct 2009 Reply
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