The British Sea Power masterpiece "Do this for your mother" is one of the best books you will read about rock and family. Its author Roy Wilkinson (Roy Wilkinson) introduced the latest situation of the organization and its parents, and tried to correct many misunderstandings of the organization

Roy Wilkinson's 2011 book "Do It For Your Mum" (Do It For Your Mum) tells many things beyond his younger brother in the field of British sea power. The most important thing is Ronald, the 80-year-old father of the Wilkinson Brothers. He was an anti-aircraft gunner in the Second World War and was reborn as an indie rock fan in his 80s, everything from Butthole Surfers to BSP. Here, "Doing Things for Mom" ​​has been published as an e-book. The author of this book (also the former manager of BSP) introduces what this peculiar family business has done during this period.

Rough Trade Books published my rock/family/forestry narrative to do this for your mother-their first book, my first book. Incredibly, the Guardian called it "The Best Memoir of the Year" in their Christmas Annual Book Summary. What are the other memoirs like? Any news from Alan Bennett or The Fightin' Roy Keane? Since then, something has happened in the British maritime power community. Usually true-a performance at the CERN Atomic Research Laboratory, another under the hull of the Cutty Sark, and some street performances on the Great Wall of China. There are songs about American rocket pioneers and the indigenous people of Greenland. The lyrics of the BSP song "Carrion" were installed in the large engraved lettering on the wall of the National Maritime Museum in London as a permanent fixture with the lines of Coleridge and Shakespeare.

But before considering what the BSP has been doing and how our 90-year-old father continues to ask about the latest news about Pere Ubu and Einstürzende Neubauten, while still being the craziest follower of the BSP... Before that, there is a question: the British Sea Quan, more rooted in urban poverty than Happy Monday? In their 2011 album Valhalla Dancehall BSP there is a song called "Living Is So Easy", which mentions Dame Vera Lynn Clay Pigeon Shoot and "HLM". The latter (pronounced ash-el-em) is Habitation à Loyer Modéré-French social housing, including towers and sometimes troubled urban fringe suburbs. For bystanders passing by, this kind of rock commentary may have some ethnographic significance-student-type singing of the poor; they sing ignorant. But not in this case. BSP-or at least my two brothers-have some knowledge of the dilapidated estate on the western edge of Carlisle, Cumbria.

I am currently reading Simon Spence's fascinating new "Happy Monday" biography. In the book, Spencer refutes the idea that Sean and Paul Ryder grew up eating only spam, the monster Munch, and skip feeding for Mazepam. Obviously, the Ryder family will not go to the same school as Tony Wilson. But their father, Derek, was a hardworking man. He bought a neat family home in Worsley, a suave suburb of Salford. Today, Worsley is regarded as a possible world heritage. Ryder senior also has surprising contacts in the entertainment industry. In addition to his job as a postman, he also participated in music/comedy double performances performed throughout the UK. He wrote the script for The Two Ronnies, and the family vacationed in a four-star hotel in Bournemouth.

It is best not to participate too much in the battle of the built environment-top trump card: Britain's roughest manor. But our Carlisle Council Manor can be very difficult terrain. The last time I saw this place was about 15 years ago. There are broken, rusty children’s roundabouts and wooden houses—reminiscent of Londonderry around 1977. In fact, in 1977, my friends and I would stroll around the manor and surrounding countryside. There is a slight vandalism. The chickens stolen from the local farm gave them an exciting new free range life in our back garden. We are engrossed in a special holy grail task: we can dig a nail gun from a local construction site. Maybe the music we listen to is not as interesting as Ryders (their friends, relatives and TV introduced them to everything from Bowie to U Roy to Motown). But what do we care about-we are fascinated by Queen’s A Night At The Opera album, crazy Dansette’s enhancement to Quo’s "Rockin" All Over The World" and Sex Pistols’ "Holidays In The Sun" This kind of charm.

When I was about 13 years old, my good friends, lucky guys, and a group of three local girls participated in a large-scale kiss party. These are exhilarating delivery package sips, boy to girl to girl etc. For us lads, there is no sensuality other than that. However, the girls kept going. One of them, plus another female accomplice, told us how they killed the 15-year-old hard-shelled Buzz bandit in the garage (some of the names here have changed, but only slightly). One of the girls told us truthfully, "What should have come out is in the thimble, but you need a bucket..." So, it was a 13-year-old girl. During the day, we will see dads fighting in the street. It was horrible and disgusting to see a friend's father being kicked by another adult with socks. But it's not all bad. There are cheap snacks unbound. A family where adults work at the Carrs Biscuits large factory will openly sell the inventory liberated from their front door. Knock, knock, and ppp-pick Some Penguin biscuits are actually FOC.

This is the environment around 1980. My youngest brother was born in the future BSP singer Yan and Hamilton. In the end, Dad got the star to be transferred to the Country House on the outskirts of Kendall on the edge of the Lake District (six children helped this popular lottery). Inspired by the wonders of Carlisle's urban rock and the ups and downs of the Lake District — and my record collection, including Bowie and U Roy, and Queen — my brothers began to develop an impressive rock plan. Perhaps this different background enables BSPs to maintain their non-sliced ​​white agenda. As I write this article, the band has been touring the UK and performed in the company of a 25-person competition-standard brass band. There are music stands and scores-eighth notes, etc., created by Peter Wraight, who selected some tracks from the catalog of five BSP albums and three original soundtracks.

The suggestion I am trying to make here is that BSP is a band that is sometimes misunderstood. On the one hand, complaining is really rude. Most British print media have been celebrating the band. The celebrity fan base of BSP now includes Doctor Who, Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes. Peter Capaldi came to see the recent BSP performance in Shepherd's Bush Empire, and sent the following drawings to the band as a thank you. Daniel Radcliffe discussed in detail his plan to obtain a BSP tattoo (featuring the 2002 BSP T-shirt slogan "Bravery Already Exists"). Benedict Cumberbatch prefers a little BSP, which is our authority. But, on the other hand, many people are constrained by some BSP clichés: good nerd type/postpunk veteran/historical obsession, birdwatching rock musician in military uniform. 80% of the existing BSP reviews and previews will slightly adjust the latter. It is undeniable that the band once wore a pewter helmet of the British Army around 2002-04. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and so on. In view of all this, the band seriously considered calling their fourth album Now That's What I Call One World War One Joy Division...

One reporter had a crazy view of BSP. Writing in a leading British newspaper, they produced the 2008 BSP album. Do you like rock music? Turkey of the Year-the worst album of the past 12 months. This reporter often wrote something like: "BSPs are obviously virgins... They must go to bed before 10pm... Obviously they are a big fan of Philip Pullman." Taekwondo? Philip Pullman may be great, but they are essentially children's books. My daughter once read them. BSPs may read a lot of things, but they cannot read children's books. The closest I remember is that the viola player Abi bought some Moomin plasters in Finland. As for the rock virgin soldier... In the early 21st century, my brother Hamilton and the glorious BSP marching madman Eamon opened up an amazing trajectory of weird romances across Europe, America, and Asia. This is a history that is inconsistent with the frightened notion of chastity. Eamon had a particularly lively rendezvous with a female member of the American rock quartet-at the Reading and Leeds music festivals, performing on dodging, waltz and the big wheel in two days. For anyone who observes BSP up close, the accusation of double-shoe doctrine is meaningless. 

Until recently, BSP tours were often filled with blood and alcohol. The insanity stage aerobics means that crutches are a regular part of the tour. One night keyboardist/cornet player Phil Sumner ended up full of stitches and some replacement dentures. He jumped from the concert loudspeaker with a cornet in his mouth. At that time, Kevin Keegan had regained the coach of Newcastle United. As a tribute, Phil decided to paint his face with black and white stripes and cover his clothes with black striped tape. The bloody Geordie zebra became an interesting spectacle at A&E. When BSP supported the Manic Street Preachers tour, their lead singer James Dean Bradfield seemed surprised and pleased with BSP's drinking capacity. In the second performance, James showed up with a gift, a large box of beer and whiskey. At Brixton College, he saluted on stage: "Thanks to the British Sea Power, one of the best drinking bands in the UK..."

So far, the BSP has only intersected Monday briefly. In Glastonbury circa 2006, BSP was a low-level Sean Ryder, celebrating old-school socialism on the stage off the piste. At this point, Sean looked bloated and lethargic, like a Santaranian next to Doctor Who. He can't seem to access any of his own beautiful lyrics-even with the help of an automatic reminder. BSP used to have a more substantial connection with Ryder's great Madchester colleague, Ian Brown. In 2005, Badly Drawn Boy invited BSP to perform at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The bill is BSP, Brownie, poorly painted boy. When Brown took the stage​​, Martin and Yan of BSP had already started to dance tango. Advanced dietary supplements make the world lively and full of hints. 

The BSP couple decided to pay a deep and open tribute to Brownie. They stripped off their trousers and posted a few slogans in support of Brown: Brown love! The Monkey King is alive! In Ian's performance, they ran from the two wings to the stage. They waved their placards briefly, and then tried to sneak into the crowd. All this means joy—despite insanity—celebration. Yan entered the crowd, but Martin fell into the pit lane. An angry Brown stage staff tried to drive Martin out, apparently he did not notice the BSP man’s Greater Manchester descent and his legendary signature series Ryan Giggs Volkswagen GTI sunscreen belt. After his group, Brown threatened Hamilton of BSP (he didn't know anything about the fun of placards). But when Hamilton responded with a confused laugh, Brown's warning about the impending deployment of martial arts was lifted. The BSP tour manager had to trawl the net in the Garden of Eden to find the wandering BSP lead singer Yan. It can be said that Yan left after 10 o'clock that night. 

As Ian Brown famously warned us all, this is not where you come from, but where you are. Obviously, the rural idyllic in Cumbria, which occupied most of my young brother’s adolescence, is a far cry from the city of Manchester where Happy Monday is increasingly becoming a part of the operation (Baez’s father was probably a detective inspector for Manchester CID, It was also Manchester Airport. But then again, he did find himself arresting Baez at the same airport once...)

In 2014, the current position of British sea power seems to be an interesting but somewhat frustrating place. Former BSP support bands including The Killers and Feist have greatly surpassed BSP in business. But BSP now has a longer connection with Rough Trade Records than any other artist. The band recently released the original soundtrack of the movie "From the Sea to the Distance" in cooperation with Rough Trade. This poetic, impressionist 73-minute documentary is based on a century of maritime footage of the British Isles. At the same time, the tour of BSP and brass band was exciting. 

My father is 90 years old and my mother is 80 years old, so our parents don't go to BSP as often as before. But they did come to the recent night at Gateshead Sage in Northumbria-BSP stood on the big stage with the NASUWT Riverside Brass Band, the teachers' union ensemble. Dad grew up in Sunderland on the coast. Before the show, he hovered in the background, repeatedly giving inspirational speeches to the BSP party. He also asked the brass band what they thought Carlton’s Flickly Coal Mine Band was-this Yorkshire brass band appeared at the top of the pop music chart in 1981 and participated with Tony Capstick (Tony Capstick) Took his third novelty smash "Sheffield Grinder/Capstick Home". The next day, our parents were tired but very happy. "It makes it worth staying," Dad said. "We are lucky-we are lucky to have this band live for..."

It is great to see that our parents still get infusions from BSP. But there is a broader BSP community. Among the audience of Gateshead Sage are some BSP regulars from the Northeast Group. Until recently, Deborah Atkinson and husband Michael took care of a herd of Holstein-Friesian cows roaming the mountains outside Kendal. But Deborah is from North Shields-she witnessed her first concert at Newcastle City Hall, where she saw Roxy music in 1979. Mark Elliott lives in Tyneside. As he said, he has more occupations than Mr. Benn: butcher, taxi driver, milkman, oil rig worker, forklift driving instructor... Mark's number one The concert was T-Rex, supported by The Damned, and also in Newcastle Town Hall in 1977. Such an interesting musical perspective now spend time and money to look at the British sea power

Sometimes, British sea power seems to be a secret society, an unresolved fog of ideas and associations that are slightly parallel to the rest of the world. I sometimes go bird watching with Mark in Northumbria. A few times I lived on their farm with Deborah and Michael. For me, BSP has always been a gateway to people and places. This summer, I was invited to an extraordinary wedding in Bavaria. This stitching involved a woman from Blackpool, Den (Denise) Farnworth, and a man from the Bavarian countryside, Mikey Breyer, who happened to be the drummer of Art Brut. If there were no British maritime power, I would never know Deng. If there were no British maritime power, I would never attend a wedding in Bavaria. Many other connections and happiness sparkle in the BSP audience-small things can become bigger things. This cautiously connected constellation is somewhere, deep in a corner of the universe, largely undiscovered, but still glowing.

While writing this article-and checking how to spell Habitation à Loyer Modéré-I found some Wikipedia content on the subject. Information about French hip-hop artists: "Rohff is famous for his songs depicting HLM life. Tryo hit'L'Hymne De Nos Campagnes' begins with:'Si tu es né dans une cité HLM...'" Wikipedia words Tiao continued: "British Sea Power also mentioned HLM in their song'Living Is So Easy'." Ah, an interesting background, one may also cause misunderstanding. However, at least to some extent, these places are indeed the source of British sea power. They keep going, still here, still, as another BSP t-shirt slogan once said, "above the national average."

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