tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post7809109198767189302..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: The Ungathering - Happy St Patricks DaySéamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-85111395339087210942013-03-18T12:02:14.208+00:002013-03-18T12:02:14.208+00:00Hi Brian, John Lydon's autobiography (a good r...Hi Brian, John Lydon's autobiography (a good read) deals at length with his identity. It's called No Irish No Blacks No Dogs after the signs which still appeared in the windows of Public Houses and Boarding Houses in the UK into the seventies. His Irish heritage was brought up in tabloid attacks on him at the time and was also important to fans like Shane McGowan and Kevin Rowland. He has always seemed to identify himself as a Londoner, specifically around Arsenal and Finsbuty Park and/or as Irish, never as English. A million plus people left Ireland in the fifties and most went to the UK. There are a lot of 2nd generation Irish in that punk generation.<br />Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-5773058142737321792013-03-18T11:13:06.826+00:002013-03-18T11:13:06.826+00:00Some great songs included. I had no idea that John...Some great songs included. I had no idea that John Lydon was second generation Irish.<br /><br />I like the way that you connect the various themes of this group of songs to the artists' Irish heritage.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-65567949801775144192013-03-17T19:42:20.059+00:002013-03-17T19:42:20.059+00:00Hi Brendan - I actually have an mp3 of the show in...Hi Brendan - I actually have an mp3 of the show in my iTunes library. The eclectic choices of a real music fan. The Jeff Buckley is great. King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown is one of my all time favourite pieces of music. Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-32627692194402571182013-03-17T17:45:33.260+00:002013-03-17T17:45:33.260+00:00Seamus, I was reading your paragraph on PIL's ...Seamus, I was reading your paragraph on PIL's Careering and what comes on my ipod shuffe out of 8000+ songs but Careering by Peter Hammill. Spooky or what. Hamill was a big influence on Lydon and was one of the artists chosen when he picked his favourite music on the Tommy Vance show in 1977. Incredibly cool selection of music - thumbs up from me on the Tim Buckley in particular. Check it out here:<br />http://www.fodderstompf.com/ARCHIVES/REVIEWS%202/capital77.html#int<br /><br />BrendanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com