Whatever happened to David Watts?

[On the Left Wing]

I was at school with a guy called David Watts some 35 years ago (he would be 47/48 ish now) and he was the biggest Brighton fan imaginable.

He went to every home and most away games even at the age of 11 and would even chant Albion songs in the middle of lessons - something not done in those days!!! An Albion legend even as a youngster! Think he lived in Hove ... would love to know what became of him!

 

[Trufflehound]

Dunno, but I wish I could be like him.

 

[Icy Gull]

Is this the chap?



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I am a dull and simple lad
Can not tell water from champagne
And I have never met the queen
And I wish I could have all that he has got
I wish I could be like david watts

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And when I lie on my pillow at night
I dream I could fight like david watts
Lead the school team to victory
And take my exams and pass the lot

(wish I could be)
Wish I could be like david watts
(wish I could be)
Wish I could be like david watts
(wish I could be)
Conduct my life like david watts
(wish I could be)
I wish I could be like david watts

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He is the head boy at the school
He is the captain of the team
He is so gay and fancy free
And I wish all his money belonged to me
I wish I could be like david watts

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And all the girls in the neighborhood
Try to go out with david watts
They try their best but can’t succeed
For he is of pure and noble breed

Wish I could be like
Wish I could be like
Wish I could be like

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(repeat)

 

[WATF0RD ZERO]

fa fa fa fa far far far far





shit beaten to it

Ray Davies - now there is a song writer

 

[On the Left Wing]

That's it!!!!

superb

 

[Marc]

I f***ing LOVE that song

 

[Titanic]

Is it true that he was head boy, and captain of the first team, despite being so gay and fancy free ?

 

[On the Left Wing]

I f***ing LOVE that song

Somewhere in my top 10 punk songs ... but still place Babylon's Burning as the best ever punk single

 

[WATF0RD ZERO]

Were the Kinks the first punks ?

 

[Marc]

Somewhere in my top 10 punk songs ... but still place Babylon's Burning as the best ever punk single

Staring At The Rude Boys and S.U.S too

 

[Titanic]

Were the Kinks the first punks ?

The Damned, Clash. and Buzzcocks all appeared in 1976 - alongside the Sex Pistols.

Not sure about the Kinks ?

 

[Icy Gull]

Were the Kinks the first punks ?

Quite possibly in All the day and all the night and you really got me mode.

Dave Davies was certainly aggressive and psycho enough to give Sid Vicious a good kicking without response. Makes the Gallagher brothers look like nancy boys

 

[On the Left Wing]

The Damned, Clash. and Buzzcocks all appeared in 1976 - alongside the Sex Pistols.

Not sure about the Kinks ?

The Kinks were over 10 years earlier and often referred to as the godfathers of punk .... IMHO the first real punks were Lou Reed and the MC5s .... much later Patti Smith (married to Fred Sonic Smith of the MC5s) and the Ramones kickstarted punk music in the USA

 

[The Laughing Bluebird]

Somewhere in my top 10 punk songs.

'David Watts' - written by Ray Davies, performed by the Kinks and covered by the Jam - a PUNK song?

 

[Trufflehound]

The Kinks were over 10 years earlier and often referred to as the godfathers of punk .... IMHO the first real punks were Lou Reed and the MC5s .... much later Patti Smith (married to Fred Sonic Smith of the MC5s) and the Ramones kickstarted punk music in the USA

The Ramones were the first true punk band, in 1974 (heavily influenced by the Stooges, mind you), but they didn't kick start the scene over there - they were largely ignored in the US. They influenced bands like the Pistols and the Clash and kick-started the punk revolution in the UK - then those bands went over to the US and became more popular than the Ramones, something Johnny in particular was always pissed off about. Go watch 'End of the Century' - it's brilliant.

Patti Smith's 1974 debut single - a version of Hey Joe - is widely rgarded as the first punk record.

 

[On the Left Wing]

Personally I'd rate David Watts, Till the End of the Day, You Really Got me and quite a few other Kinks songs as three chord punk singles (see above)

 

[On the Left Wing]

Patti Smith's 1974 debut single - a version of Hey Joe - is widely rgarded as the first punk record.

"Piss Factory" recorded at the same time is another Patti classic

If you ever get the chance get hold of the bootleg album "Let's Deodorize the Night" .... essential listening!

 

[Trufflehound]

"Piss Factory" recorded at the same time is another Patti classic

If you ever get the chance get hold of the bootleg album "Let's Deodorize the Night" .... essential listening!

Agreed. Piss Factory was on the B-side of Hey Joe. I'll look out for the bootleg...

Incidentally, for all those who regard the Kinks, MC5 etc as the first punks: the difference is they were all professional musicians with recording contracts with big companies, so they don't fit the punk mould in my books, no matter what their music sounded like.

The Ramones on the other hand were just a bunch of guys who had no talent (at first) and couldn't play their instruments (at first), they just liked hanging out and making a noise, which very much inspired the entire punk ethic.

 

[Parson Henry]

'Do anything you wanna do'

Eddie and the hot Rods

Yahey!!!

 

[zefarelly]

there was punk type garage stuff long before that, some early pretty things tracks where quite hard, at least as aggressivle ysounding as early Kinks

till the end of the day - Kinks . . .great song


don't bring me down by the pretty things is excellent too