#x-ray spex icons

[legendarytragedynacho]

Poly Styrene

#poly styrene #x ray spex #music #rock #musician #musica #rock music #singer #rock singer #punk rock #punk #punk icons

[ansicred]

fools don't turn the world dayglo | odd foxes playlist | foxes van tunesTM

this is the kind of stuff odd foxes listens to whilst out in their 'iconic' foxes van - this is just one of their mixtapes as lovingly created by frank & james (who own the van). it's a mix of stuff that the four of them like or have been getting into as of 1984 (the story's main timeline). tracklist: 1. the jean genie - david bowie, 2. fools - depeche mode ("that mute lot"), 3. the day the world turned dayglo - x ray spex, 4. koka kola - the clash, 5. you really got me - silicon teens, 6. i don't mind - buzzcocks, 7. at home he's a tourist - gang of four, 8. the cutter - echo and the bunnymen, 9. school days - the runaways, 10. i just can't be happy today - the damned, 11. the good's gone - the who, 12. telegram sam - bauhaus, 13. (get a) grip [on yourself] - the stranglers, 14. die young stay pretty - blondie, 15. what difference does it make? (john peel session) - the smiths.

#ansicredocs #artzzz #oddfoxesverse #oddfoxesmoosic #ocmoosic

[spinsterennui]

I was tagged by my new mutual and fellow Burn Notice/Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad fan @darkskywishes ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for thinking of me — sorry it took so long. I’m really glad you followed me!!!!

Rules: shuffle your “on repeat” playlist from spotify/the music service of your choice and post the first 10 tracks. 

As I have mentioned in the past, I listen to mainly CDs but I have been trying to add more music to my iTunes lately and I’m thinking about getting apple music (I won’t use spotify), so it’s getting a little better. I now have some music that isn’t from 10+ years ago 😂

1. Leonard Cohen - “I’m Your Man” - I actually don’t listen to him very often which is a shame. This song in particular is fantastic.

2. Rise Against - “The Numbers” - I listen to a lot of old hardcore punk music, and I’m not a huge fan of pop punk. BUT I absolutely love Rise Against. They’re very formulaic but they have politically progressive, charged lyrics set to catchy melodies and i just adore Tim McIlrath’s voice.

3. Snoop Dogg - “Who Am I (What’s My Name)?” - I also don’t listen to a lot of recent rap/hip hop but a lot from the 90s and 00s and this is a classic.

4. X-Ray Spex - “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” - Ahhh they are so amazing!!!!! Right now i only have this one song but I found a used copy of their cd and I can’t wait to get it. This is an early punk band with an incredible biracial woman singer (Poly Styrene). Such a great song ❤️

5. The Decemberists - “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” - What a weird coincidence! So this is my fave band of all time (it’s only weird when they aren’t on my shuffle bc I usually am listening to them or Colin’s solo stuff) but this is actually a cover of a Leonard Cohen song??? What are the chances lol.

6. Electric Wizard - “Funeral Of Your Mind” - Doom metal at its finest. They are incredible live.

7. Lady Gaga - “Paparazzi” - I mean, who doesn’t love her.

8. Against Me! - “White People For Peace” - They’re a tad pop punkish I guess, with very catchy songs. Also their lead singer is trans (though this is before she transitioned)! This song shows up on my shuffle sooooo much it’s kind of weird but it’s a great song.

9. Crowded House - “Better Be Home Soon” - God this song just floors me. I love them. Very underrated.

10. Nirvana - “Blew” - Iconic band. This is from when they were still on SubPop Records. I actually only have two of their songs right now in my iTunes, this and “Breed,” both of which go hard as fuck.

I’m going to tag @yellowginghamdream @siriouslytired @littlelovingmouse @nissameta1782 @archetypewriter but please don’t feel pressured especially if I’ve tagged you too often lol. Feel free to ignore it ❤️

#i tried to think of who has done one recently or been tagged or tagged me #but it’s so hard so i just picked a few mutuals in my activity #😂😂😂 #like i said feel free to ignore ❤️ #tag games #tagged

[jasmancer]

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icon is poly stryene of x ray spex 🧡

#new pinned!

[thecreativemillennial]

Happy 66th birthday to the late and great punk icon poly styrene

#Happy birthday poly styrene #rip poly styrene #in memory of poly styrene #birthday memoriam #punk rock #new wave #downtempo #xray spex #Spotify

[not-sport-martial-art]

@gatherer-schafer tagged me to post my top 9 favourite album artworks, thanks

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (actually the only good album cover)

The Beach Boys - Smile (I've had a poster of this in my room since I was 13 and it just makes me a bit happy to see it)

This Heat - Deceit (yeah that looks like how the album sounds)

Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On (stark imagery for a stark album, America on the brink)

XTC - Skylarking (so inviting you'd forget the album is half miserable)

Steely Dan - Aja (holy fucking shit)

X-ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (help I'm trapped in a test tube)

Chumbawamba - Pictures Of Starving Children Sell Records (fucking hell yes just say your shit on the front cover)

Minor Threat - Minor Threat (album cover has been staring at me for years and years and years and it's so iconic to me that I don't even have words)

Tagging Joe Strummer and Jerry Garcia, cheers.

[owengrose]

Tagged by @spinecorset to spell out my url using song titles!!

Out Here on My Own by Irene Cara - my voice teacher in college recommended I do this song and I just completely fell in love with it. It’s still one of my go-to Having a Dramatic Moment songs

Written in the Stars from the musical Aida - Prince Radames is my dream role in a musical and until someone decides to cast me, I’ll keep doing one-woman productions in my bedroom

End of the Road by Boyz II Men - I can’t even articulate the emotions with this song. IYKYK

No One by Alicia Keys - this was the first song I ever learned the chords for on the piano! I sang it back in college and used to rehearse it by playing the chords and singing

Germfree Adolescence by the X-Ray Spex - one of my all time favorite movies is Fast Color, and there’s this scene where the main character gets lost in this song and it’s exactly how I feel when I get lost in a song

Rockin’ Robin by Bobby Day - when I was little, my dad would sing this song but change the words to Baskin Robbins every time we went to Baskin Robbins. I thought that was just a silly song he made up until I heard the original and I was FLOORED

Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel - I was in love with my best friend when I was like 10 and this was her mom’s favorite song

Sunshine by Lupe Fiasco - this song was playing in the car as a girl I was briefly dating drove me home and every time I hear it, it reminds me of that night in a really nice way

Ease on Down the Road from The Wiz - doesn’t even need an explanation tbh, it’s iconic

Tagging: @inesathammar, @seffersonjtarship, @letsboldlygomotherfuckers, @loverboygf, and anybody else who wants to!!

#the explanation wasnt part of the challenge but i thought it was fun!

[iphigeniacomplex]

been an x-ray spex fan for a while now but FUCK bob vylan are rly good!!!!!

i love you and we are holding hands and kissing. btw. even though the anonymous icon does not have lips we are finding a way bc we r WHAT? in love now. i literally saw an opportunity to talk abt bob vylan to ppl who may actually be interested & you better believe i took it so im thrilled ppl r actually taking the recs!!

#love letters

[moviecriticseanpatrick-blog]

#Poly Styrene I Am A Cliche #movies #film #movie review #movie #film review #movie critic #film critic #film criticism #movie criticism #Documentary #Music Documentary #Punk #Punk Music #Icon #Legend #Biopic

[dancingbugs]

Happy belated Poly Styrene /  Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, born  3 July 1957.

#poly styrene #x-ray spex #punk rock icon #musical genius #sketchbox #portrait

[maxwelltait]

STILES Film Club Week #7

It’s been ten years since Marianne Joan Elliott-Said AKA Poly Styrene passed away at the age of 53. Few musicians can be said to have a more profound legacy than the founder and frontwoman of X-Ray Spex. Mixed race, braces, striking home-made clothes, a woman — it’s hardly a surprise that Poly achieved the difficult thing of standing out during the Punk era, amongst people that already stood out, though not so much amongst eachother. Listing characteristics — or labels — like this may seem contrary to what she stood for, but Poly had a capacity to celebrate her individuality without ego. Poly took ownership of what made her her, in a way that didn’t push people down, but lifted others up, and that was and is an everlasting inspiration to so many.

Well, as much ownership as is possible for a mixed-race woman in the UK. Poly was uniquely sincere, and tragically, her openness left her vulnerable to a great deal of unpleasantness from all sides. The last thing the world needs is an exploitative documentary about someone who’s mental health was prey to exploitation, and that’s why it’s so important that Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché gets things right.

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For this week’s STILES Film Club I take a look at POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ, the excellent new doc about the incredible X-Ray Spex singer, and ALICE COLTRANE & NICO ICON, two more films featuring incredible and influential musicians that had to put up with a lot of shit.

Give it a read: https://www.stilesmagazine.com/post/stiles-film-club-week-7

#poly styrene: i am a cliche #poly styrene #x ray spex #alice coltrane #nico icon #nico #punk #cinema #film review #stiles magazine #stiles #documentary #music

[punkypedro]

Germ Free Adolescent

#poly styrene #x ray spex #punk #punk rock #classic punk #punk icons #legend #rest in peace #patches #punk patches #germ free adolescents #feminist #feminism #riot grrrl #art #black and white

[dutty-lingo]

#polystyrene #x ray spex #punk #icon #duttylingo

[uncreativemf]

Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex

#poly styrene #x-ray spex #icon #punk