‘No Feelings’ is quite fast, the rest are medium paced. If you listen to anything by the Pistols you’ll be surprised how slow it is. This was probably the only fast song we had. Knocked into the overdrive by John’s blatant vocal. Glen: Very rock ‘n’ roll, courtesy of Steve. You’ll be bogged down in the technology of note perfection’s, set patterns and set ideas. If you are musically proficient, usually you won’t be any good at writing songs because you won’t be able to express your feelings. You don’t need to be technically proficient at your so-called art to write songs. It’s a haphazard way, but that’s the way it was. One night someone would have an idea and then everyone else would just build around it until it was done. John: ‘No Feelings’ originally came from a Steve Jones riff. Recorded at Wessex Studios, London April/May 1977 She was one of many lunatics that used to attach themselves to us. Apparently, punk rock pulled her out of her cocoon… She might have had wealthy parents who buggered up her life, probably like Nancy Spungen really. The nurses couldn’t get her down and she’d be up there for days. She actually had a treehouse on the estate of this nuthouse. There’s a line in the song about Pauline living in a tree. She did the rounds in London and ended up at everybody’s door. She turned up at my door once wearing a see-through plastic bag. John: Pauline was a girl who used to send these letters to me from some nuthouse up north in Birmingham. The mad opening of the song still reminds me of her. The girl with the crazy look who would follow us around. Steve: Everything, tune and lyrics inspired by the infamous Pauline from Birmingham. She was a pretty girl, but she had these really mad eyes. She was dangerous and very crazy, someone you really had to worry about. She was a mad fan who used to turn up everywhere. Paul: You had to keep your distance from Pauline. Recorded at Wessex Studios, London, August 1977 We had to escape from London at the time, the song pretty well sums up the trip. Steve: ‘Holidays in the Sun’ was inspired by our trip to Berlin, by the wall, where it was raining and depressing. The communists looked in on the circus atmosphere of West Berlin, which never went to sleep, and that would be their impression of the West. I loved the wall and the insanity of the place. Berlin and its decadence was a good idea. The best thing we could do was to go set up in a prison camp somewhere else. There was hatred and constant threat of violence. Being in London at the time made us feel like we were trapped in a prison camp environment. John: We tried our holiday in the sun on the Isle of Jersey, and that didn’t work.
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Text is free from any markings or underlining.Recorded at Wessex Studios, London, June 1977 One page has closed tear to the bottom right corner (see pic. Inside in good condition with normal age-related toning to the outer margins of the pages throughout. “ This magazine has been kept flat in an attic, so it's free from the typical folding mark to the middle.The front/back cover has some wear such as creasing to edges. See all condition definitions – opens in a new window or tab
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See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. May have some underlining and highlighting of text and some writing in the margins, but there are no missing pages or anything else that would compromise the readability or legibility of the text. The binding may be slightly damaged around the edges but it is still completely intact. May have some damage to the book cover but the book is still completely intact.