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Identity (2:25)

Cover of Germfree Adolescents

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1. Poly Styrene said during her interview with John Clarkson that she wrote the song after she saw a girl named Tracey slash her wrists at the Roxy. And that she didn’t write that song about herself at all.


2. See “DIARY OF THE SEVENTIES BY POLY STYRENE” ©2005 -No.4- where she describes the events of that evening.
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Can't you see
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  • garypaulchedd

    I lost mine getting it back now ...

    31 Jan 11:06am Reply

  • PennyTraition

    When you look in the mirror do you see yourself, Do you see yourself on the T.V. screen, Do you see yourself in the magazines, When you see yourself does it make you SCREAM? Identity is the crisis, can't you see? When you look in the mirror do you smash it quick, Do you take the glass and slash your wrists? Did you do it for fame, did you do it in a fit, Did you do it before you read about it? Eeerily prophetic for the modern world-in a consumer society of plastic, throw away, boil-in-a-bag, disposable "Celebrities", Poly-and much more than just THAT, Marian Elliot-is/are IRREPLACEABLE. Rest in Paradise -made of Spirit. x.

    30 Dec 2012 Reply

  • ladyemero

    yup, totally brilliant

    17 Oct 2012 Reply

  • whuts

    love it...

    27 Jan 2012 Reply

  • silvasonicsurfa

    ....instantly recognisable ......

    13 Jan 2012 Reply

  • opiumdete

    yeahhhhh!

    1 Jan 2012 Reply

  • alicheney

    bikini kill!

    2 Dec 2011 Reply

  • lilacmerveille

    awesome

    14 Nov 2011 Reply

  • NinjaCrackWhore

    this song was in my dream last night

    31 Aug 2011 Reply

  • karlkandinsky

    love the spex from the very first

    9 Jun 2011 Reply

  • prominence_la

    Cool sax in this one.

    1 Jun 2011 Reply

  • pikachu1975

    RIP

    30 May 2011 Reply

  • NinjaCrackWhore

    RIP Poly Styrene

    2 May 2011 Reply

  • mwaltz

    this popped up minutes after I learned about Poly's death :-(

    26 Apr 2011 Reply

  • tor323

    great track , great album.

    27 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Candyscar

    Oh shit! this is that banmd that did the 'world in day-glo' song right? loved that song

    23 Jan 2011 Reply

  • niemerdehei

    just great version. like real

    7 Jan 2011 Reply

  • starnova

    Takes me back to my youth lol... Where did the time go ??

    2 Jan 2011 Reply

  • ladyofshalott89

    JigsawXXXX - that kind of attitude is really gross... to generalize and write off singers based on their gender. Not all female singers sound alike.

    6 Nov 2010 Reply

  • bullmanco

    Ooh Poly Styrene! still makes you want to jump about!

    2 Oct 2010 Reply
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