after lou reed died and i said ok let's listen to lots of velvets, i decided to make a list of perfect pleasureable faves ('what goes on' obv) and this one is FIRST
― j., Thursday, 7 November 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
Anyone see that Mekons movie doc yet? How is it?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 November 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Featured in an Acura spot, for real. https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AfuQ/acura-brand-30-years-young-song-by-the-mekons
― Jazzbo, Friday, 3 June 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/the-mekons-the-quality-of-mercy-virgin-lp-1979_1397397
Reckon someone at the printers went "Oh look, they've misspelled that, I shall fix it"
― Mark G, Friday, 3 June 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
Ha, the same album mistakenly printed a picture of the Gang of Four on the back cover.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 June 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
I saw that Acura spot yesterday and just remembered to mention it on ILX. Good for them.
― nickn, Sunday, 5 June 2016 07:03 (seven years ago) link
Never been a huge fan but the documentary on Netflix right now is great, they seem like such awesome people and a really inspiring vision of how to be a rock band for decades
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 June 2016 12:56 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNl5NvMPvA
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 24 November 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Nice version. Saw the Delta 5 way back when
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link
It's on my band's "to do" list, our first go was a bit like the Sex Pistols version of "Through my eyes" but.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 07:11 (four years ago) link