Renees Revenge ! 1983

Renees ?

"It's a term of a Small Faces record" explain Suzanne.

A "true Renee" says Paula "is someone who doesn't care about puttin' across a smart, flash image, just want to be themselves, goes out with the blokes and has a good laugh, anything. That's a Renee. A natural girl"

"When i was about 13, i got "48 crash" for me birthday off me brother" says Paula, "and i remember standing in me bedroom with a tennis racquet pretending to be Suzi Quatro" .

A cross between The Shangri-Las and The Sex Pistols ...

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POP RENEES ! from David Quantick

POP RENEES ! David Quantick
Brixton Fridge

(...)Punky Pop, when it was bad, was very very bad; but when it was good, it was GABBA GABBA HEY !

(...)For the first half of their set, and a little bit at the end, this was the best pop concert I ever went to ( and i've seen The Undertones !) .

(...) in their songs , you can hear something of Sham 69 (...), , you can hear Blondie (...) but most of all you can hear the best original sound in town ( and i've seen Gary Glitter !). (...)

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The Band

Photo Karen Kay by John Richards

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The Gymslips

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The Gymslips

The Guardian - 28/03/1983

The Gymslips - The Guardian - 28/03/1983

The Guardian - 28/03/1983 part 1

The Gymslips - The Guardian - 28/03/1983 part 1

The Guardian - 28/03/1983 part 2

The Gymslips - The Guardian - 28/03/1983 part 2

The Guardian - 28/03/1983 part 3

The Guardian - 28/03/1983 part 3

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The band - Soundmaker - mai 1983

Soundmaker - 21/05/1983

The Gymslips - Soundmaker - 21/05/1983

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Dear Marje (sample)

Dear Marje (sample)

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The band

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The Times 1983

The Gymslips - The Times 1983

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48 crash (sample) - Suzi Quatro cover

48 crash (sample)

Gig - March 1984 (part 1)

Gig - March 1984 (part 2)

Suzanne

YOYO

YOYO

You haven't got any morals Don't think of the feelings of the people in question You tried to keep it secret Amongst other things that you just don't seem to mention One day you'll be on your own and you'll regret all the times that you treated us wrong you'll never understand me unless you stay with me and we just won't last that long But you try so hard and it's just not you if you want someone you'll do all you can do why don't you just tie a mattress to your back if you carry on you'll never keep track it can happen Well have you got any feelings in the places that count well you know what I mean and if I try to forget you would you just carry on as if nothing had ever happened I'm the possessive type especially with you I try to stay calm what else can I do you know I've fallin in love once again only this time it's worse coz it's giving me pain and it's you now Your heart is always open for someone you're gonna use it's put there for a reason and not to be abused I'm not trying to make you feel guilty you did what you did and just wanna forget it well Iknow we've gotta finish I don't know how to tell you coz I know that I'll regret it And it's you now

The band

FACE LIFTS

There she stood at 45 a housewife through and through She saw her veins were sticking out and they were really blue She went to see a qpecialist to see what it was about He said look here you ugly cow you'd better have em out We're all into surgery a face lift everyday Cut things off and stick things on and hope that they will stay A big fat lump at 21 going thin on top He went down to the clinic to get a brand new mop Got a groovy cyrup of fig Oliver Cromwell make Everyone laughs as he goes by coz they all know it's a fake An Ester Rantzen lookalike with a goofy upper jaw When she kissed her boyfriend Pete his bottom lip went raw She went down to the dentist to have her teeth put straight They put em all in upside down now she's a right old state

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Big Sister

BIG SISTER

We are good friends you and me both play in bands regularly you have a friend that everyone knows the trouble he causes really shows it's probably better if he goes away we always listen to what he has to say it's probably better if he goes away it's not just me we all feel this way we get on well just as one but he sticks out just like a sore thumb when he's there you turn your back to me you'll lose your friends just wait and see I didn't wanna tell you this way but I didn't know just what to say It's about time someone said something to you

The band with Paula Richards , Karen Yarnelle , Suzanne Scott , Kathy Barnes

NME september 1983 part 1

The Gymslips - NME september 1983

part 1

NME september 1983 part 2

The Gymslips - NME september 1983 part 2

NME september 1983 part 3

The Gymslips - NME september 1983 part 3

Renees (sample)

Renees (sample)

Karen Kay ( bass player since 1984 )

WANDERING STARS

WANDERING STARS

I used to like the Osmonds I liked their flared white suites I used to like the Glitter Band I liked their platform boots Wandering stars oh wandering stars Where have you gone I can not see you I've been following you for so long Wandering stars oh wandering stars Where have you gone I can not see you I've been following you for so long My bedroom wall was covered In David Cassidy Pix I liked him till I saw him Coz he was covered in zits

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SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 1

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 1

SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 3

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 18/06/83 part 3

SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 2

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 18/06/83 part 2

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BARBARA CARTLAND

BARBARA CARTLAND

Barbara Cartland in her mansion Manages on her pension Poor old girl what a life she's led With a stately home and a 4 postered bed Ladi Di is her relation But she refused an invitation Everyone went and she was left What will she do with her pink dress A Nightingale sang in Berkely Square But my friend Babs wasn't there It was in her mind just a notion While she was singing how deep is the ocean Novels of Romance two lovers embraced With her Japanese dogs and her jewells of paste Bleached blonde head lost in a world of woe Only publish pictures where the wrinkles don't show It happened at the miners strike When Babs appeared on Nationwide Appealed to them go back to work While she sat there in her furs

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COMPLICATIONS

COMPLICATIONS

It's been going on for a long time you know it's the wrong thing to do you're so thick skinned you ignore us but pretty soon he'll catch you your secret meetings he doesn't discover you know your life is full of many lovers you know that you'll get found out it can't go on forever and you're two timing everyone but they don't know you know that you'll get found out they 'll have to go you're happy and so full of life you attain all the conversation normal living is simple enough but your love life is full of complications wishing that it had never started you know that someone will end up broken hearted

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NME 7/05/1983

The Gymslips - NME 7/05/83

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SOUNDS 04/1983

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 04/1983

DEAR MARJE

DEAR MARJE

Dear Marje I wanna 48 bust I've tried cotton wool And think I've been sussed My boyfriends ashamed of my tiny chest He just disowns me when I wear a vest Dear Marje I am in great despair My boyfriends wearing my black underwear I really don't know what I can do Everyone says I should write to you Dear Marje I'm being scared to death By a pest on the phone who breathes heavy breath He rings me up 10 times a day I wish this man would go away Now listen here you tarty old whores I'm fed up to here I'm pissed off I'm bored Dear Marje this and Dear Marje that I'm off to Hawai so how about that

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Serious Drinking

Karen Yarnell went onto join Serious Drinking

SOUNDS 25/04/1981

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 25/04/1981

Up Yer Bum !!!!!

DRINK PROBLEM

DRINK PROBLEM

Same story everyday bottle of pills and your well away Got the taste just one more Pick yourself up from the floor Stagger home bottle in hand Pissed as a newt can't even stand Tell you what never again But next day I'm just the same Fall asleep at the bar had too much gone too far Can't remember the night before Can't feel it when you hit the door We don't care we're not proud People say we're a bit too loud Always drunk what a shame Opening hours we're back again Whisky makes you frisky Gin makes you sin Brandy makes you randy and rum makes you ... ?

Drink Problem LP 1983

Drink Problem LP ( same as "Rocking with the Renees" for the american market )

ABSTRACT ABT006 / 1983