Angelic Upstarts - If the Kids are United (Sham 69 Cover)

I was listening to the Angelic Upstarts recently, and found this:



I love the original, I like this cover, too. And thanks to the Dropkick Murphys for reminding me about these guys the other day with one of the records displayed on their video wall behind the band as they played.

Who Killed Liddle Towers?

Yesterday, I heard this song for the first time in a really long time:

Justifiable Homocide, by Dave Goodman and Friends. Dave Goodman was closely connect to the Sex Pistols, if that name seems very familiar. If you've heard either Spunk or No Future UK, you've heard early Pistols recordings produced by Dave Goodman. Two of the "Friends," uncredited, are Paul Cook and Steve Jones of Sex Pistols.

In any case, this song mentions Liddle Towers, a man who died after abuse in police custody:



This reminded me that there is another song I like about the same man: The Murder of Liddle Towers by the Angelic Upstarts:



The Dave Goodman song seems to directly refer back to the Angelic Upstarts song. Both are really good, and both remind me of the other song. Can't hear one without hearing the other, basically.

I wasn't aware until today of the Tom Robinson Band's song "Blue Murder," though. And that's not even the end of the songs about Liddle Towers.