who loves The Levellers?

what year was that? I saw them at a free concert in Hyde Park, must have been in the late 60s.

 

I'm not a Levellers fan myself either, they remind me too much of the anarchist crusty scene, whereas I'm more of a socialist with hippie philosophical leanings.

 

hey hey i got tickets for that one too!

 

Wish I did! Going to have to wait til they decide to come down my way again...

 

When did I see the Edgar Broughton Band in Huddersfield? Good question, it was a long time ago, I also saw Babe Ruth and I believe, Be Bop Deluxe at the same venue. I can't be exact but it would, I think, be 1972 or '73.
As for the Levellers gig, I'll be the grey haired old git near the front, usually just off to the right with my son and daughter for protection!

 

I'm a socialist without the philosophical leanings, but I still reckon they're a great band....

 

yeah, good music is good music, never mind the politics. As Jerry garcia said, "we just play music".

 

I'm just a socialist too, it is one of the reasons I'm a Levellrs fan, but it's by far not the only reason.

 

Have you checked out their myspace? Two new songs from their forthcoming album up there, quite political and very old school sounding....

 

Might have to do that

 

re-resurrecting this thread again levellers changed my life pretty much. bit dramatic, but probably true. i can even specifically remember the first time i heard their music.

genius

 

So what were you like before you got into them?

 

Funny enough Nerthus, they did quite a lot of changing in my life too. The music persuaded me to be more open about my political ideas and to be a bit more proactive about it. And One Way became my theme song lol. First time I heard them was on myspace, it was battle of the beanfield, which is still one of my absolute favourite songs!

 

hahah...oh dull, very dull. although i probably worked harder, and did less illegal stuff. i can't really remember, it was like four years ago now. but a loser, i know that much.

nynysuts, yeah battle of the beanfield is one of their best! i've never seen em do it live, and i've been told this is because lots of hippies get angry and tend to cause trouble (poor security). but then that could be a lie, it came from a dubious source.

my friend claims that his mum is the 'pregnant woman, lying in blood of her own' in that song, which is possible as his family were travellers around that time. did some adding up and i'm not sure any of her kids are the right age though. i never entirely believe anything he says.

 

who loves the levellers?who doesnt love the levellers? theyre just so loveable!

 

I've seen them do it loads of times, never seen any trouble from it....

 

hmm. it must just be me then i don't understand it!

 

Dang. I thought we were talking about Israelis with bulldozers.

I'll go back to the political forum now...


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what about the 17th century political movement?

edit : dude you have the most hypnotising sig pic evar!

 

Meh they're alright... like marmite.