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This Sounds Like an Interesting Movie: Vinyl

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Phil Daniels (the Cockney voice in Blur’s “Parklife” and Jimmy in the movie version of Quadrophenia) and Keith Allen (Lilly’s comedian father) start in Vinyl, which is loosely based on a story involving the Alarm, the quite brilliant Welsh band that had a number of important records in the 80s.

Sadly for the Alarm, they went out of fashion in the 90s and all but disappeared.  Too old, they were told. Yesterday’s news.  Ta-ta, lads.

But then in 2004, they scammed the entire British music industry by releasing a hit single entitled “45 RPM” posing as an entirely ficticious teen group called The Poppy Fields.

That story has been translated into a movie which will open in UK cinemas next month.  This has promise.

Here’s the song in question.  Scroll down for another great Alarm video.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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