Origins of Pub Rock

This song says it all in just over 4 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NmDpBTaCVk

I love that song, was tempted to post it.

It's genius.

There's a few acts that shouldn't be on there, pretty obvious who they are I'd say.

agreed but a couple that are so out there that i feel compelled to remark -

The Jam!!!
SAHB1!!!

With so many pub rock bands of the era having not recorded, we’ve plugged the gaps with a few acts (Status Quo, Mott, SAHB, Thin Lizzy) who had an agreeably down-to-earth, spit’n’sawdust mentality even though they were too big to play the circuit. After all, pub rock is a state of mind as much as a physical location… Oh well, that sounds alright---but, if they're gonna have Mott The Hoople, and they are, I would have expected them to pick, say, "All The Way To Memphis"---fitting the roots etc. format better than "I Wish I Was Your Mother'!

Yes, that is a weird pick.

That Brewer’s Droop tracklist (from their 1972 LP, Opening Time) is just fantastic! It’s superior to any gag or parody.

What’s with this new version of “Surrender to the Rhythm”?

Here is a much older version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlyn0WoSjc

With Brinsley on second keyboards…and Ian Gomm on bass?

New version is some kind of Elvis Costello nostalgia project but it sounds good!

https://pitchfork.com/news/elvis-costello-reunites-with-first-band-rusty-announces-debut-album/