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25yrs Of Being [VINYL] [Box set]

~ Billy Childish
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  • Vinyl (1 Jan 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Damaged Goods
  • ASIN: B00006RSMS
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 770,041 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Watcha Gonna Do About It
2. Fun In The UK
3. Beatle Boots
4. Pretty Baby
5. Please Don't Tell My Baby
6. For She
7. I Need Loving
8. Wily Coyote
9. True To You
10. You Make Me Die
See all 21 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Wild Man
2. Girl From '62
3. Davey Crockett
4. Shirts Off
5. We'er Gone
6. Anarchy In The UK
7. One More Bottle To Drink
8. All My Feelings Denied
9. I Love My Woman
10. Deer Stalking Man
See all 21 tracks on this disc

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25 YEARS OF BEING CHILDISH collects tracks from Billy Childish's 1977 debut with the Pop Rivets, to his late '90s output with the Buff Medways, and everything in between. Sharing only a few songs in common (such as Thee Mighty Caesars' "You Make Me Die" and Thee Headcoats' "All My Feeling Denied") with the 1991 release I AM THE BILLY CHILDISH, this compilation acts almost as its companion. It provides a deeper portrait of his early years (including demos and a scorching livecover of the Small Faces' "Watcha Gonna Do About It"); morecuts by his female counterparts, Thee Headcoatees; and selections from seven more years of '90s material (which in Childish's prolific terms means 50-odd more albums from which tocull songs). A great overview of the Chatham legend, 25 YEARS offers compelling evidence that Childish--a major influence on American trad revisionists from Jon Spencer to Jack White to Jay Reatard--remains the signature artist of modern British garage rock.

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5.0 out of 5 stars True Blue, 28 Jun 2006
By Mr. D. chalmers "Ace DC" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 Years of Being Childish (Audio CD)
Simply put....This is real music for real people! Raw, expressive and highly innovative stuff. This cd is a true gem, containing highlights from 25 years worth of releases that truely have to be heard. A man who made music for his own sake rather than for the money or fame, the heart-strings can be heard in every song. Whether it be the bitter sit down blues of 'Get out of here pretty girl' or 'i remember' to the blistering lo-fi punk of 'Punk rock ist nicht tot','Lie detector','All my feelings denied', this really is a diverse mix of raw talent which is not grounded to one genre of style.

The Blackhands stuff is a suprising change, swapping fuzzed up electric guitars for acoustics and accordians (Anarchy in the UK is a treat), then the Delmonas is different again. Girl from '62, Troubled Times, The same Tree are instant underground classics. Crossing The Kinks with Sham 69, then taking a deep plunge into pre-grunge, and equalling in power of emotion to the old delta blues which plays a big part on Billy's style.

You can really hear where bands like The Hives, Nirvana, The White Stripes, Beck etc came from. Billy Childish proves it's not always about how many chords you know, or how good you sing a song, a real imagination goes alot further. THIS CD takes you away from the polished and money-made artists who are making a fortune riding off the backs of their peers, and yet still does the same thing, Rock on' in the real world, i wish more music was this good.
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