Showing posts with label Public Image Ltd. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public Image Ltd. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Back to the Eighties: Order of Death


Original video located here. Accessed 23rd November 2022

Song title: Order of Death

Artist: Public Image Ltd

Year: 1984

Why I like this song:

Bit late for Halloween but still....

One thing that the advent of punk rock was how to do a lot with very little - and it's a lesson that it's successor genre, post-punk, learnt. And that is the case here: What stands out about this song is the repetition of both the minimalist lyrics and that striking guitar figure. And whilst that's pretty much all of it, it works: The song never gets boring and, as a mood piece, its damn effective

Monday, May 26, 2014

Back to the Eighties: Rise


Original video located here. Accessed 26th May 2014

Song title: Rise

Artist: Public Image Ltd

Year: 1986

Why I like this song:

I've seen a lot anger at Tony Abbot here online and for some reason this came to mind.
Still a benchmark of righteous wrath ("Anger is an Energy!")