Show Notes
Exploding Suburban Myths Feminism, Formica and Friends Watch the curtains twitch for a brand-new switch Another music from a different day-glo kitchen Myriad, misogynistic, moustachioed men
GermFree Adolescents! Poly’s lyrics reach out across time Don’t touch me please I can’t take the wants and needs! Poly sings Love songs and laments for the voiceless ones
New Yorks a-Go-go! A formative experience for Poly and the boys Two gigs a night made a mind changing noise X-Ray Spex were the first punks to play the USA CBGBs crowd a million times ruder than Erics in their day
Exhaustion and Tears in The Whiskey a-Go-go! It wasn’t that Poly had to catch up with the World ‘Twas the World had to catch up with Poly. Big Paul’s drumming was Big and complete Poly often sang acapella to the beat
High Energy Rock & Roll! Poly also sang each instrument’s part And produced the Music and created the Art 50’s Do-Wop n’ Blues had an influential hand In Poly’s creative use of the band
Poly’s Passions! Punk’s DIY Ethic was a necessary tool Finance was fickle and Poly was no fool Necessity was always the Mother of Invention
Poly’s Grandmother Understood! She was never going to be a doctor - but if she’d wanted to she could She was Always going to be a creator - and so often misunderstood
___ Respect: Poly Styrene (Marianne Joan Elliott-Said: 3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011) ___
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