RFI: Rancid song..."you made a big mistake when you got rid of me"...or something

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..or maybe it's by Lars Fredericson & the Bastards?

I've never been a huge fan of Rancid. Sure, they've had some great singles, but they're just a bit too fawningly derivative for my taste. In any event, whilst searching for a cool t-shirt for one of my fledgling punk-obsessed nephews for X-mas at Search & Destroy on St.Mark's Place, I heard the unmistakable slurred growl of Tim Armstrong crooning some tune with lyrics that -- if I recall correctly -- say something to the effect that you'll lose a good thing if ya get rid of me (or something), and it wasn't bad. The place was too crowded for me to stand in the line just so I could ask.

Ring any bells anyone?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 30 December 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Can't recall. It might've been the Transplants (?) who were his side project a year or two back.

― I'm serious ... Ti-i-i-i-im (deangulberry), Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Found it. It's "Tropical London" and it's on their last album, Indestructible, and the actual chorus is "If you lose me/you lose a good thing...". I was sorta close.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 31 December 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

oooh is it about that breakup with Brody whatshername?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 31 December 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I presume so.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 31 December 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

So, what, these guys nicked the line from a Johnny Clarke song?

― John 2, Saturday, 1 January 2005 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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