Old music: The Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do

Would Eddie and the Hot Rods by any other name sound as sweet?Looking back, 1977 was such a strange and wonderful year. Elvis was still alive – just – and yet the sound of punk was all around us: a new Elvis was watching the detectives, the Clash wanted a white riot.A time of permissiveness, if not of plenty. At school, we sixth formers were permitted to smoke in the classroom. That's right: smoke in the classroom (after lessons had finished). It was the Queen's silver jubilee year, ...

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