Wednesday, July 15, 2015

"English Dream," Generation X, 1979


"I once had a dream
A feeling inside
A yearning so bad
You have to shout it out"

Yes. That's Billy Idol.

Generation X were always a bit more posing, and a little less punk, then their British punk first-wave cousins. But for the music, that's not a bad thing. "English Dream" is my favorite track from their criticized sophmore album Valley of the Dolls. It's produced By Mott the Hoople man, Ian Hunter. That should indicate the band's more rock and roll direction.

Look, they're not The Clash. They can never be the Clash. But it ain't bad.

"The English dream
Don't let me down
The English dream
Don't let me down"





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