my loveliest vinyl, part 32

This is strange – i guess everybody knows the song (and it is one of the very best teenage rebellion anthems i can think off) but hardly anyone knows the record is was on. It was not on their first LP (Teenage Depression) but on a single made under their moniker (The) Rods. It was only pushed onto their 2nd LP by the sheer success (#9 in UK Top 10 by August 1977). But whatever – this is was is a perfect outcome from the 1976/1977 melting pot in London!

The verdict:

1977 – sure thing!
published by a cool lable – Nope, Island was a major!
found in a cool shop – must have been early 80’s, guess at Stoneys 2nd hand record shop in Barmbek!
catching sound –  are you fucking deaf?
The lyrics – teenage rebellion 1977! Forever my very own theme! And, as a side note, the lyrics are from the bands manager (Ed Hollis)  rather then the band.

Read out loud:

I'm gonna break out of the city
Leave the people here behind
Searching for adventure
It's the kind of life to find
Tired of doing day jobs
With no thanks for what I do
I know I must be someone
Now I'm gonna find out who

Why don't you ask them what they expect from you ?
Why don't you tell them what you're gonna do
You get so lonely, maybe it's better that way
It ain't you only, you got something to say
Do anything you wanna do
Do anything you wanna do

I don't need no politicians to tell me things I shouldn't be
Neither no opticians to tell me what I oughta see
No-one tells you nothing even when you know they know
They tell you what you should be
They don't like to see you grow

Why don't you ask them what they expect from you ?
Why don't you tell them what you're gonna do
You get so lonely, maybe it's better that way
It ain't you only, you got something to say
Do anything you wanna do
Do anything you wanna do

I'm gonna break out of the city
Leave the people here behind
Searching for adventure
It's the kind of life to find
Tired of doing day jobs
With no thanks for what I do
I know I must be someone
Now I'm gonna find out who

Why don't you ask them what they expect from you ?
Why don't you tell them what you're gonna do
You get so lonely, maybe it's better that way
It'ain't you only, you got something to say
Do anything you wanna do
Do anything you wanna do
Do anything you wanna do

(c) 1977 Island Records Ltd

There is nothing more to do other then to listen up:

It is worth to note that it made it into UK muscial legacy so deep that it got killed … er … covered by Manfred Mans Earth Band (an outfit so owfull that it is one of the reasons why punk started in the first place):

They even dared to stretch it into a 6 Minute something extended 12″ versions these fuckers!

If i ever have a say i’ll pass a law that people would be tarred and feathered for killing music that way!