THEY never scaled the giddy heights of the Pistols or the Clash but in Babylon is Burning and Staring At The
Rudeboys, the Ruts left in their legacy two of the great singles of the late punk era.
One notable example is her reading of Gautam Malkani's 2006 Londonstani, a novel that has divided many readers as a result of its hard-to-understand colloquialisms, and scatological and otherwise vulgar language--an attempt on the author's part to reflect the actual speaking style of young "
rudeboys" living in the Hounslow district of west London.
MODS, scooterboys,
rudeboys and basically music lovers are going to love Boots 'N' Scoots, a beautiful glossy new magazine that is less about adverts and more about the scooter scene and its parallel music genres.
There's a saying that tidy attire makes for tidy minds, and as well as their prodigious work ethic, Slaves believe in wearing sharp clothes, influenced by mod, skinheads and original
rudeboys, and are disappointed that few of their more indie contemporaries are capable of not being scruffs: "Their mothers wouldn't be proud", says Vincent.
The album includes 14 original tracks from Heathers, the Dublin Gospel Choir, Hudson Taylor, Marty Mulligan, Orla Gartland, Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Gavin James, Danny O'Reilly, James Walsh, Ryan Sheridan and The Original
Rudeboys, among others.
MUSIC - ROCK/POP CARDIFF: Cardiff University (029 2078 1458), The Original
Rudeboys. Hip hop outfit.
"Yeah, I'm badda den dem!"
Rudeboys on motorcycles preen up and down the street, until the crowd on either side of the road swells into a single mass.
"You walk along North End and the
rudeboys and rudegirls bump into you - but you can't say anything."
Naomi and the Courteous
Rudeboys, a soulful, funky reggae act, play Sunday at Sam Bond's and Saturday on the fair's Main Stage.
Over the years, words from Yiddish, American slang, Romany (known in the 18th century as 'vagabonds' cant') West Indian patois, Bengali, Gaelic and many more have crept into English, making it the richest tool of communication writers, poets, playwrights, spivs, scallies,
rudeboys, women in laundrettes, men propping up bars and gangstas coching trew de alleys (moving undetected through backstreets) have ever had.
All the
rudeboys would be listening to the tunes and dancing.