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  • my loveliest vinyl, part 30

    my loveliest vinyl, part 30

    Toy Dolls - Alfie from the bronx 7" (Volume Records VOL8, 1983)
    Toy Dolls – Alfie from the bronx 7″ (Volume Records VOL8, 1983)

    Now this brings back memories! Toy Dolls show in Bremen with lot’s of stress between punks from Bremen and Hamburg (as always, remember Bad Brains at the Schlachthof?) and a nice chat with a hungover Olga in their tour van. The famous Toy Dolls riot show in Hamburg at the Markthalle a couple of years later with a big fight between “the left” and “the right”. The arrival of the first Toy Dolls LP and everybody being stunned about the fun, wisdom and energy of the songs…i could go on forever. It is quite strange how Olga (aka the Toy Dolls main man) has kept his little something afloat for so many years and basicaly recording the same set of songs over and over again. But if it is sing-a-long then it ain’t bad!

    Toy Dolls Promo Picture ( (c) Volume Records / Agal - from the Holy War Archive Vault)
    Toy Dolls Promo Picture ( (c) Volume Records / Agal – from the Holy War Archive Vault)

    Nowadys the Toy Dolls still put out records, the latest in 2012 and with Duncan from Snuff on the drums – not a surprise. When not around with the Toy Dolls Olga also served for The Dickies as their bass player. And he turned 50 in 2012, like so many others! Wow, thanks indeed and thanks for some great tunes!

    The verdict:
    1977 – too speedy, too hectic but nevermind, it’s punk!
    published by a cool lable – local Volume Records from Newcastle up on Tyne -. both a local record shop and independent lable.
    found in a cool shop –  … Konneckschen, sure thing!
    catching sound – guitar, guitar, guitar and great sing-a-long!
    The lyrics – simple might be an overstatement but they go hand-in-hand with the catchy tunes!

    Alfie, can see
Johnny and Freddie outside of the Bronx
And he, will be
Happy with this memory

And it's all echoes, where Alfie goes
The Bronx is in his head
Alfie's home is through, the life he knew
Has all gone down... with the Bronx

Alfie, sadly
Misses the only true friends that he had
Now he, can't see
Himself ever being happy

And it's all echoes, where Alfie goes
The Bronx is in his head
Alfie's home is through, the life he knew
Has all gone down... with the Bronx

Alfie's home 
in the Bronx
He belongs
in the Bronx

Alfie, now he
Johnny and Freddie remember the Bronx
And the family
Alfie once had in the Bronx

And it's all echoes, where Alfie goes
The Bronx is in his head
Alfie's home is through, the life he knew
Has all gone down... with the Bronx

(c) 1983 Michael "Olga" Algar

    Now listen up (and do listen up to the vinyl cracks!):

    And see them live in 1984:

    And even better – Brasilian TV 1988, that is a real stunner:

    And i do like cover versions and i do like classical covers of punk songs, so listen up here:

  • Happy Birthday Alf!

    Toy Dolls - Alfie from the Bronx (Volume Records VOL8, 1983)
    Toy Dolls – Alfie from the Bronx (Volume Records VOL8, 1983)
  • working, all along & way too much!

    working, all along & way too much!

    a hard days day – and a perfect song to it:

    You’ve had a tough day your boss is making a fuss
He says you’re not made of the right kind of stuff
Your family always begs you to make sense of your life
But you don’t know what to say because nothing seems right

And you wake up every morning in a state of gloom
Your landlord’s knocking at the door
And all your bills are due

But you know that I’ll be right here
Waiting with a beer in my hand
And we’ll make it to the end
And you know that it’ll be alright
‘Cause though the days may be hard, our lives start at night

You’re at a quarter life crisis where everyone wants to say
That though you’re at a crossroads you’ve got to choose a way
And you feel others and the media breathing down your neck
Implying you’re a loser with a wasted life yet

But they just have a different idea of success
They don’t know what it’s like to live for your friends

But you know that I’ll be right here
Waiting with a beer in my hand
And we’ll make it to the end
And you know that it’ll be alright
‘Cause though the days may be hard, our lives start at night

And we’ve got much more than they’ll ever understand
The best of life we hold in our hands
And when they say that your plans aren’t right
Just remember we’ll all be together tonight

But you know that I’ll be right here
Waiting with a beer in my hand
And we’ll make it to the end
And you know that it’ll be alright
‘Cause though the days may be hard, our lives start at night

(c) Jenny Woo 2011