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Cockney Rejects - (They're Gonna) Put Me Awa
Cockney Rejects - (They're Gonna) Put Me Away


Cockney Rejects - (They're Gonna) Put Me Away Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Released: 1980

(They're Gonna) Put Me Away Lyrics


(They're Gonna) Put Me Away
  • Like "I'm Not A Fool" and "Police Car," this very short track was inspired by the arrest of a teenaged Jeff Geggus (the band's lead singer) at a football match. In his autobiography Cockney Reject he gives a far more graphic description than here of the time he spent in a crowded police cell. The good news is they didn't put him away because after sacking his lawyer he defended himself and convinced the bench that the police were mistaken (ie lying) about the public disorder in which he had allegedly been engaged - fighting with fans from his own team.
  • Writing in the March 1, 1980 issue of Sounds, Garry Bushell said of this song, it "makes you wanna screw your face up and punch the nearest parasite." (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2)

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    Cockney Rejects - Police Ca
    Cockney Rejects - Police Car


    Cockney Rejects - Police Car Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: Greatest Hits Vol. 1
    Released: 1979

    Police Car Lyrics


    Police Car
  • In 2010, Jeff Turner of Cockney Rejects published his autobiography - co-written with Gary Bushell. In this book he relates two incidents which between them inspired no less than three songs: "I'm Not A Fool," "Police Car" and "(They're Gonna) Put Me Away."

    At the age of 14 he was in a gang, and one day they tried to shake down someone for £200,000, a sort of mini protection racket. They thought it was a laugh but ended up in court where the police spun a web of lies that made this none-too-humorous joke sound credible. Three weeks later he was arrested at a football match. This appears to have been gratuitous. When the first case came to court he was convicted and given a suspended sentence and a £100 fine. Thinking he couldn't do any worse, the second time he sacked his lawyer and defended himself.

    Turner related: "It was a very simplistic argument: why would I be shouting, punching and kicking in an end full of my own supporters? I said that it beggared belief." His friend who was tried with him said the same. The magistrates agreed, obviously "because they gave the copper a grilling. Then they summed up the case in no time and said that the two of us were not guilty and we were free to go."

    The very short "Police Car" was inspired by this second misadventure. It was actually recorded as The S--tters, but fortunately that didn't last long; it remains to be seen how far the band would have got had they not changed their name. (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England)

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    4/27/2016 , , , , ,
    Cockney Rejects - Fighting In The Stree
    Cockney Rejects - Fighting In The Street


    Cockney Rejects - Fighting In The Street Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: Greatest Hits Vol. 1
    Released: 1980

    Fighting In The Street Lyrics


    Fighting In The Street
  • In his autobiography Cockney Reject, lead vocalist Jeff Turner said of this uptempo track it "was about our way of life and the only bit of politics on the album - or anti-politics if you like."

    Like all Cockney Rejects songs it is short and to the point; running to 2 minutes 37 seconds, the group composition is the fourth track on their debut album. (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England)

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    Cockney Rejects - Old Boy At The Picture
    Cockney Rejects - Old Boy At The Pictures


    Cockney Rejects - Old Boy At The Pictures Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

    Album: not on an album
    Released: 1980

    Old Boy At The Pictures Lyrics


    Old Boy At The Pictures
  • In his autobiography Cockney Reject, lead vocalist Jeff Turner said this early effort was inspired by a cinema trip to see the 1971 film Up Pompeii.

    "There was an old fella at the front eating toffees who kept laughing really loud so everyone was gobbing over his back. When he left, there were loads of greenies hanging off the back of his coat," said Turner.

    He calls the song "Absolute crap." Unfortunately, or perhaps otherwise, it never found its way onto disk. (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England)

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