Flags, man

[Jah Womble]

'Flag Day' The Housemartins
'Waving Flags' BSP
'Take Down the Union Jack' Billy Bragg
'Banner Man' Blue Mink
'Jolly Roger' Adam & The Ants

[adams house cat]

Flags, man

'The Star Spangled Banner' - Jimi Hendrix

[ursus arctos]

Flags, man

[G-Man]

Flags, man

Red is the colour of the new republic
Blue is the colour of the sea
White is the colour of my innocence
Not surrender to your mercy.

[Ray de Galles]

Flags, man

"dumb flag scum".

Which always seemed a Richey sentiment especially given this;

[I.Wright]

Flags, man

The Bunting Song - The Good, The Bad and The Queen.
Man Overboard - Blondie.
Semaphore Signals - Wreckless Eric.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Flags, man

Almost cut my hair, it happened just the other day.
It's getting' kinda long, I coulda said it wasn't in my way.
But I didn't and I wonder why, I feel like letting my freak flag fly,
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone.

(arguably the dumbest lyrics ever written)

[Renart]

Flags, man

[historyman]

Flags, man

Big Country - Flag Of Nations

Also

[G-Man]

Flags, man

Oh, and seeing as we approach the first anniversary of the 2010 World Cup, we cannot forhet Kn'aan (or however he apostrophises his nam) and that Wave Your Flag song.

I would ordinarily dislike that song, but nostalgia instructs me otherwise.

[G-Man]

Flags, man

Oh, and John Prine's great "Your Decal Flag Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore". And Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitter".

[Bored Of Education]

Flags, man

Hello?


See also





Punk was obsessed by flags, wasn't it?

To contrast

[Jah Womble]

Flags, man

We really need to raise the standard on this thread...

[Spearmint Rhino]

Flags, man

Harry Truscott wrote:

"dumb flag scum".

Which always seemed a Richey sentiment especially given this;

You say that, but Richey was still around for the "Suicide Is Painless" video...

[Ray de Galles]

Flags, man

[Ray de Galles]

Flags, man

Good point, though I think they kept a lid on the Welsh thing a lot more because of Richey's views on the Kinnock factor.

I can't imagine James playing the Hendixised version of 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' as the intro to 'Motown Junk' on this below (as he did on Saturday) in Richey's time. ;

[Bored Of Education]

Flags, man

I think that people had a fair idea that they were Welsh. For a while, at the start, they were the Welshest band in the world.

What was Richey's views on the Kinnock Factor? Why didn't that TV show make it as big as it should have

[ursus arctos]

Flags, man

Cowell's regional bias, innit?

Just like him stabbing our poor Cheryl between the highly-defined shoulder blades.

[Ray de Galles]

Flags, man

At the start we never went around wearing Welsh credentials. Richey was really paranoid about ever coming across as Welsh. He always called it the Neil Kinnock factor. I've become more conscious of it lately. I've started to support the Welsh rugby side. Vanity Fair interviewed Sharon Stone recently: they asked her to name her favourite Irish author and she said Dylan Thomas. Things like that wouldn't have annoyed me before, but they really do now.
Nicky (1997)

Although I can't quite square the "started to support the Welsh rugby side" bit.

I remember being told off by a very boorish City supporter because he saw Richey once being asked about being Welsh on some early TV show ( a Saturday morning childrens one I think, hard though it is to imagine) and replying (to paraphrase) " That's not important, I'm an internationalist".

[historyman]

Flags, man

Harry Truscott wrote:

At the start we never went around wearing Welsh credentials. Richey was really paranoid about ever coming across as Welsh. He always called it the Neil Kinnock factor. I've become more conscious of it lately. I've started to support the Welsh rugby side. Vanity Fair interviewed Sharon Stone recently: they asked her to name her favourite Irish author and she said Dylan Thomas. Things like that wouldn't have annoyed me before, but they really do now.
Nicky (1997)

Although I can't quite square the "started to support the Welsh rugby side" bit.

I remember being told off by a very boorish City supporter because he saw Richey once being asked about being Welsh on some early TV show ( a Saturday morning childrens one I think, hard though it is to imagine) and replying (to paraphrase) " That's not important, I'm an internationalist".

Back in 1998 Nicky Wire wrote the preface to Mario Risoli's account of Wales in the 1958 WC. He definitely comes across as a dyed in the wool Welsh football fan.

[Ray de Galles]

Flags, man

Er, you are allowed to like both.

[historyman]

Flags, man

Harry Truscott wrote:

Er, you are allowed to like both.

Sorry I think my post was misunderstood. I was referring to the issue of Welsh nationalism involved, rather than the football vs rugby debate.

[erwin]

Flags, man

[Amor de Cosmos]

Flags, man

Oh man, whenever I see that cover the despair comes rushing back. And when I hear this particular song even more so. It was all about the pose after all. Talk about shattered idealism.

We are forces of chaos and anarchy
Everything they say we are we are...

...And we are very
Proud of ourselves.