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\"Snuff
Snuff – FLIBBIDDYDIBBIDDYDOB (Workers Playtime Play 11T, 1990)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ahhh, Snuff. The best that ever came from the UK in the 90s – great guitar, great horn section, great chorus and the typical english sense of humor. I recall a show in Hamburg sometime in the 90s in a half-empty rather large place (“Fabrik”), on a weekday, where the band had an internal battle for the “last chord” on every song. So songs lasted on and on and on … great fun!<\/p>\n

This is special, as it is not a normal record but an EP with almost covers (be it from other bands or commercials) and as i do dig cover versions it was an instant love. Sure there are more Snuff records deserving to be noted here – but that is for later…<\/p>\n

The verdict:
\n1977 \u2013\u00a0great cover or a great song from the Specials, technicaly that makes it 1980 but i do not care at all!
\n<\/em>published by a cool lable \u2013 Workers Playtime, a reference to an old BBC Radio Show (1943-1964) and a left-wing 80’s London group. Working Class rules! Later reissued by Fat Wreck in the US of A.
\n<\/em>found in a cool shop \u2013\u00a0Martin Stehr\u2019s Drugstore was THE place in the 90\u2032s
\n<\/em>catching sound \u2013\u00a0preserving such a gem and transforming it into 90’s uptempo pop-punk: priceless.<\/em><\/p>\n

Although a cover, the lyrics deserve to be noted:<\/p>\n

Each day I walk along this lonely street\r\nTrying to find, find a future\r\nNew pair of shoes are on my feet\r\nCos' fashion is my only culture\r\n\r\nNothing ever change, oh no...\r\nNothing ever change\r\n\r\nPeople say to me just be yourself\r\nIt makes no sense to follow fashion\r\nHow could I be anybody else\r\nI don't try, I've got no reason\r\n\r\nNothing ever change, oh no...\r\nNothing ever change\r\n\r\nI'm just living in a life without meaning\r\nI walk and walk, do nothing\r\nI'm just living in a life without feeling\r\nI talk and talk, say nothing\r\n\r\nNothing ever change, oh no...\r\nNothing ever change\r\n\r\nI walk along this same old lonely street\r\nStill trying to find, find a reason\r\nPoliceman comes and smacks me in the teeth\r\nI don't complain, it's not my function\r\n\r\nNothing ever change, oh no...\r\nNothing ever change\r\n\r\nThey're just living in a life without meaning\r\nI walk and walk, do nothing\r\nThey're just playing in a life without thinking\r\nThey talk and talk, say nothing\r\nI'm just living in a life without feeling\r\nI walk and walk, I'm dreaming\r\nI'm just living in a life without feeling\r\nI talk and talk, say nothing\r\nI'm just living in a life without meaning\r\nI walk and walk, do nothing\r\n\r\n(c) 1980 The Specials (2 Tone \/ Chrysalis)<\/pre>\n
And, worth to note through all the years, Duncan kept the band going, going and going – so here the last incarnation blasts through “Do Nothing” in 2009:<\/p>\n