A Brief History Of Time: Home Gigs The Band
In 1997, Lofty formed The Afterglow which was to be a tribute to the Mod scene and in particular The Jam. Our original drummer, Pete Yates, also played a key role in the origination of The Afterglow and the style of music that we initially played. Again, his idea was as a tribute to Mod music but in particular to The Small Faces - hence the name of the band.
Nothing wrong with mod music, but our repertoire has changed since we first started and now encompasses the mod/punk and new wave classics from this astounding era of music. We also have a few contemporary songs from the `80s and even the `90s that we occasionally play.
One thing for sure though, is the songs that we play are the songs that mean something special to each of us and we know will evoke memories of the past for anyone watching & listening.
What we have as you scroll down this page are the songs in our immediate repertoire. We are aiming to have more than 50 songs that we can regularly play by the end of this year. It is usual practice for us to play over 30 songs per gig.
Towards the bottom of the page we have the songs that we are working on, have played but dropped (and the reasons why we dropped them!!!) or are contemplating working on.
| The Regular(ish) Songlist So Far... | ||||
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| Song Title | Original Band | Chart Position | Year | Comments |
| Should I Stay Or Should I Go | The Clash |
17 1 |
1982 1991 |
What
the hell does he say??? ON THE CD! |
| Psycho Killer | Talking Heads |
* |
* |
Popped 2 bass strings in one night! (Seven Stars?) |
| Alternative Ulster | Stiff Little Fingers |
* |
* |
Classic punk song no.1 |
| The Kids Are Alright | The Who |
41 |
1966 |
Resurrected after five years |
| Going Underground | The Jam |
1 |
1980 |
New for 2005 |
| Hanging On The Telephone | Blondie |
5 |
1978 |
Not a regular but refreshing when in the set |
| Alison | Elvis Costello and the Attractions |
* |
* |
Very rarely played |
| The Passenger | Iggy Pop |
22 |
1998 |
One to get `em dancing |
| Jilted John | Jilted John |
4 |
1978 |
Classic punk song no.2 |
| Heatwave | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / The Jam |
* |
* |
Gotta be the Jam version |
| The Circle | Ocean Colour Scene |
6 |
1996 |
Excellent geetar solo by the Meister Lofthouse |
| Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn't've | The Buzzcocks |
12 |
1978 |
A
brilliant opener ON THE CD! |
| She Sells Sanctuary | The Cult |
15 15 |
1985 1993 |
Sounds good but very rarely played |
| Boys Don't Cry | The Cure |
22 |
1986 |
After taking a back seat for twelve months back for 2004 |
| Back Of My Hand | The Jags |
17 |
1979 |
Very rarely played |
| Down In The Tubestation At Midnight | The Jam |
15 30 |
1978 1983 |
Probably the best song that we do no.1 |
| Eton Rifles | The Jam |
3 54 |
1979 1983 |
Good one for the end of the night |
| Start | The Jam |
1 62 |
1980 1983 |
Good one for the beginning of the night |
| Another Girl Another Planet | The Only Ones |
57 |
1992 |
Fantastic, virtually unheard of song |
| Anarchy In The UK | The Sex Pistols |
38 |
1976 |
What can one say??? |
| Pretty Vacant | The Sex Pistols |
6 |
1977 |
Ditto |
| Afterglow Of Your Love | The Small Faces |
36 |
1969 |
Our theme tune although rarely played now |
| All Or Nothing | The Small Faces |
1 |
1966 |
Probably the best song that we do no.2 |
| Tin Soldier | The Small Faces |
9 |
1967 |
Probably
the best song that we do no.3 ON THE CD! |
| On Stand By | Shed Seven |
12 |
1996 |
It's been a while, but Bully Boy aint gonna beat it |
| Get Yourself Together | The Small Faces / The Jam |
* |
* |
Jam version but 10 times faster |
| Gangsters | The Specials |
6 |
1979 |
A
bit of Ska ON THE CD! |
| I Am The Resurrection | The Stone Roses |
33 |
1992 |
Tried but yet to be convinced |
| Made Of Stone | The Stone Roses |
20 |
1990 |
As above |
| She Bangs The Drums | The Stone Roses |
36 34 |
1989 1990 |
Fantastic original. Occasionally in the set |
| My Perfect Cousin | The Undertones |
9 |
1980 |
He's got a degree in bionics! |
| Teenage Kicks | The Undertones |
31 60 |
1978 1983 |
John Peel's favourite song |
| You've Got My Number | The Undertones |
32 |
1979 |
Probably
the best song that we do no.4 ON THE CD! |
| Turning Japanese | The Vapors |
3 |
1980 |
A song about masturbation apparently |
| Ghosts | The Jam |
* |
* |
Another song ressurected for 2006 |
| Creep | Radiohead | 7 | 1993 | Classic song from a classic band |
| Is She Really Going Out With Him? | Joe Jackson | 13 | 1979 | Bit of a mellow one |
| Babylon's Burning | The Ruts | 7 | 1979 | Another classic punk song which may become a regular |
| Shot By Both Sides | Magazine | 41 | 1978 | Fantasic song with an immense guitar riff, one of my faves. Trouble is - none of the punters know it! |
| Wont Get Fooled Again | The Who | 9 | 1971 | Wow... what can one say. Comments range from "better than the original" to "bloody crap!" |
| Can't Explain | The Who |
8 |
1965 |
The
root of all things mod ON THE CD! |
| Maybe Tomorrow | The Chords | 40 | 1980 | Little known great MOD number |
| Promises | The Buzzcocks | 20 | 1978 | A new tune for 2004 |
| Love You More | The Buzzcocks | 34 | 1978 | Another classic Buzzcocks tune, well we like it! |
| Janie Jones | The Clash | * | * | Probably one of the best we do |
| Till The End Of The Day | The Kinks | 8 | 1965 | Classic song from a classic band |
| In The City | The Jam | 40 | 1977 | Another Jam song |
| A New England | Kirsty MacColl | 7 | 1985 | Punked up version |
| Basket Case | Green Day | 7 | 1995 | Rarely played |
| David Watts | The Jam | 25 | 1978 | A Kinks album track covered by The Jam |
| She | Green Day | * | * | Decided to try it after seeing Green Day live |
| Too Drunk To Fuck | Dead Kennedys | 36 | 1981 | Great when everyone's pissed |
| It Doesn't Make It Alright | The Specials / Stiff Little Fingers | * | * | Little known but great song |
| Time For Action | Secret Affair | 13 | 1979 | Classic MOD |
| Too Much Too Young | The Specials | * | * | Another bit of ska |
| I Predict A Riot | Kaiser Chiefs | * | * | New for 2006, bloody fantastic |
| Holidays In The Sun | The Sex Pistols | 8 | 1977 | New for 2006 |
| Holiday | Green Day | * | 2005 | New for 2006 |
| American Idiot | Green Day | * | 2005 | Another new one for 2006, everybody loves it |
| Tommy Gun | The Clash | * | * | Another new one for 2006, played once and sounded good |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown / The Jam | * | * | Gotta be the Jam version |
| The Ones That Got Away (Thank God!) | ||||
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| Song Title | Original Band | Why It Was Dropped | ||
| Bully Boy | Shed Seven |
This one's down to our guitarist... Tried once at Cock & Bottle in Skipton, fell after the third bar due to Lofty playing On Stand By! One of the crowd did actually clap at the end but he was pissed |
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| Roxanne | The Police |
Instrumentally, this was sounding bob on - then Dunc sang... And no matter how he tried, he couldn't reach the key of Sting! |
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| Any by the... | The Police | Please see above... | ||
| Design For Life | The Manics |
Yes... it's finally arrived in this section. The rest of the band would love to do this and musically it usually sounds good but for one thing - Dunc.
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| Cars | Gary Numan |
Instrumentally again, this was sounding good - then Dunc appeared with immortal lines... "I'm not singing that f**king song. Numan's a f**king c**t and the song is shit!" Point taken, however the rest of the band disagree. Possibility of resurrection. |
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| Blockbuster | The Sweet |
How
many times does Lofty have to be told NO! And the same goes for Tiger
Feet, Hang On Sloopy etc. etc. etc.
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Songs we're messing with at the moment...
Seeing as we only practice when we can be arsed it's a miracle that we learn ANY new songs. However, when we put our minds to it we can knock out a couple usually in good time. These are some of the songs that we are toying with at the moment - this section may not change that often!!!
MY SHARONA
MICKEY (TITLE CHANGED TO "STRICKY"
- YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!)
RIVERBOAT SONG (STILL!)
Can't
think of any more at the moment, so
these will have to do