Anybody out there a fan of this obscure but highly influential band from the late 70's? They released 3 AWESOME albums in a row..."Pink "Flag, "Chairs Missing" and "154". They then broke up...but re-formed again in the mid-80's under the same name but drastically different.

"154" is my personal favorite album of theirs!

Guess not. Shame on you!

nope, but that is not unusual with some of this stuff you unbury!!

I do my best to confound yet educate, see?

yep, i do, and you do a mighty fine job there, might fine!

Look em' up. They are on YouTube I think!

An example:

The 15th off 154. Hope yr feeling abstract today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV9MIQGgTEo

This group I didn't listen to

but

I did unearth my New York Dolls album

sat on the floor crosslegged

hugging the damn album

and crying!!!

The New York Dolls rocked. I still trip out when I think that lead singer David Johanson went on to become Buster Poindexter of "Hot, Hot, Hot" fame....

I know right!!

I'm in the process of unearthing

all my Patti Smiths

then I gotta get out my stereo/record player(what do they call it now) lol

what if I need a needle....**** now I'm nervous!!!

Some things can Only be heard on albums

Good for you! My turntable sits on my coffee table. I spin records all day....

David Johansen from the New York Dolls..." I'm in Love...L-U-V...." I L-U-V Ruth!!!!

"..an evening of fun in the metropolis of yr dream.........." "On Returning" from 154 by WIRE.

what is that, like 3 or 4 thoughts all in one sentence!! Fuggin awesome!!

Mental illness has it's benefits too, see?

Here's lyrics from The Other Window. You Tube has jacked me again but it's mostly a sound scape anyway. The lyrics are whats important here. WIRE never claimed to be "musicians". They are from the FLUXUS school of art, dig?

He took his seat on the foreign train
He thought it pleasant to travel again
Mindful of the journey's end
He read again the letter from his friend
Time passed as it often does
The seat was hard, the carriage fetid
He was dressed for summer, but still he sweated
It was better than being home
Feeling the cold, and living alone
Time passed slowly
Around him people spoke in French
Despite schooldays it made no sense
Occasional stares caught his eye
He was tempted to smile, but
Being shy, time passed
When he looked through the window
For the thousandth time
He saw a black horse fighting for its life
In a barbed wire fence
Fatally tangled
The more it struggled
The more it was strangled
Time sped up
He turned away
There was nothing he could do
The other window
Had a nicer view
Time passed painfully

you got a link for that song?? I could only find razorlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIlWVxbZLM

2 People In A Room

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOV-MRDsrCQ

Cool and thanks... broading my horizons you are. Don't think that I woulda been listening to them back in the day... shame, I've missed much I like 'em.