tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post4621339557716781119..comments2023-10-21T05:34:10.060-07:00Comments on Peake Of The Pops!: 1981: The way you teaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post-73990505277067396662012-06-08T08:17:21.731-07:002012-06-08T08:17:21.731-07:00Ah, haven't seen that particular sleeve for a ...Ah, haven't seen that particular sleeve for a long time. I once snorted a line of really rough speed off mine, you know. I find the song impossible to listen to now due to overexposure; the "De-WAA WAA" intro that used to summon me irresistibly to the dance floor now has me running for the exit.<br /><br />Our common room at the Technical College where I did my A levels was a typical teen battleground - there was a glass 'office' in the middle where you could only sit if you were a member of the Student Union Executive, so I made damn sure I got myself elected VP in the second year, bullshitting my way through my own crippling shyness and doing a passable impression of a cocky young woman. I remember the heavy metallers all inhabited one corner where they used to slash the seats, pull the kapok out and set it alight, while the black kids sat glaring at them from the other corner and trying to drown the sound of them out with dub reggae. One day a boy called Thomas had his first schizophrenic episode in the common room and danced around it like a Cossack screaming "It's in my leg, it's in my leg". <br /><br />Happy days...Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post-36551677637924449432012-06-08T05:31:59.062-07:002012-06-08T05:31:59.062-07:00Ours broke down into subsections. Lefty/intellecua...Ours broke down into subsections. Lefty/intellecual corner, the alt.kids, mod central - a fug of invisible borders and demarcation lines.<br /><br />On the subject of Tainted, I remember hearing the 12" at Croc's for the first time. That slow-melting mix into Where Did Our Love Go was like nothing on earth. Incredible. Of course it got played to death, as to those not in the know, it could sound as if the DJs were kings of the crossfade. Clever work on the part of Cell's production teamMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post-23867191850883033672012-06-08T04:23:26.023-07:002012-06-08T04:23:26.023-07:00Oh yes. Our sixth form common room was just as cl...Oh yes. Our sixth form common room was just as cliquey, although quite embracing in its cliques. We had metal/hippy/goth/me hanging on as it was the best of the bunch at the end nearest the stereo so we generally had control; the Sharon/Trevor set at the far end complaining about the music and everyone else in loose bunches in the middle. And of course everyone knew a few people from the year above or below, so the groups stayed the same even though half the composition moved on every year.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357929317301843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232389689701494095.post-50719349587619156032012-06-08T02:23:48.199-07:002012-06-08T02:23:48.199-07:00Lovely post - very resonant! I didn't have the...Lovely post - very resonant! I didn't have the common room experience but left after the fifth form to go to college - it all felt terribly grown-up but still the things that were actually the least grown-up mattered the most - a huge deal at the time, as you say (what you wore, who you hung out with, what music you liked etc.)<br />Tainted Love really sums up that year. Makes me think of seeing them for the first time on Top Of The Pops, trips to London, preferably Camden Market, to buy (always green) hair gel (couldn't get the right stuff where I lived), draping big scarves round my neck, boys wearing Tukkas, etc. etc....Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.com