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Tom wrote:
"The sound of Scritti Politti 1978 to 1985 is essentially the sound of Green Gartside getting better in bed."

On the same premise, gimme the date-bed correlation (or LP/singles-bed corro if you can't do dates) for Mark E.Smith, Tom G. Warrior, Diana Ross, Jonathan King...

― mark s, Tuesday, 4 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

mark e-ah: probably sometime after this nations.... although he's always sounded as if even masutrbation is too much of a bother. (maybe he shoulda fronted GREEN DAY.)

diana ross: half-way through the extendo disco-remix of "love to love you baby" is when that evil dr. frankenstein moroder sucked all of the sex-juice outta her for good, leaving nothing but a dried out husk wandering around like a blighed extra from a george romero movie.

― jess, Tuesday, 4 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

that wasnt diana ross.

― unknown or illegal user, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

diana ross has never sounded like she'd be "good in bed" (like i'd know anything about anything like that)

― unknown or illegal user, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jonathan KJing - probably peaked in the 1st minute of the 17 min. disco remix of "Leap Up & Down & Wave Yr Knickers In The Air".

― unknown or illegal user, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I should say that I've no idea of Green Gartside's actual qualities "in bed". However there is plenty of evidence for my claim viz:

1978-1979: lived in horrible communal squat. Would probably have presented you with itemised bill (sorry delineation of means of production and exchange) for shag. Unable to keep a steady rhythm - great if producing spasmarxist doubt-beat, less great in other circs.

1982: Writes song called "Sex". Somewhat gauche but showing willing.

1985: Inner sleeve pic in executive washroom showing Green now familiar with the finer points of personal hygiene. Music now highly danceable heh heh. (Also gets in outside producers - kinky!)

― Tom, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

LOL!

― stevo, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

(the three dots were a way of saying, throw this open to whoever you can be mean that is provocative and insightful about)

― mark s, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There are just far too many who have never left the stage of Onanistic Frenzy.

Fingernail are having their post-coital cigarette and starting to feel horny again.

Sonic Youth can't remember what sex is.

Daft Punk got confused and started making beds. Lightweight aluminium ones. Futuristic, man.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sonic Youth can't remember what sex is.

Quote of the week.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sonic Youth can't remember what sex is.

As long as they remember what confusion is.

Re Scritti: "Sex" sounds to me like an excruciatingly painful priapism.

― Andy, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"spasmarxist doubt-beat"

This is my most favourite thing that Tom has ever written. I wish I'd thought of it.

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 5 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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