Renewing an acquaintance

Last Friday found me at Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight, enjoying a solo acoustic performance by Glen Matlock. Of course, I’d enjoyed his antics with the Pistols from across the river at last year’s Isle of Wight Festival, but I’d also seen him with The Rich Kids circa 1978. Glen’s the same age as me, so it was interesting to see how he was still in music this many years on, while I have hopped from one thing to another and currently seem to have dropped out! Having commented that the t-shirt I’d bought so many years ago at that gig had shrunk, I was delighted that he dedicated his rendition of ‘Burning Sounds’ to me. The gig contained a sprinkling of Pistols (God Save the Queen, Pretty Vacant, Stepping Stone), another Rich Kids track (Ghosts of Princes in Towers) and a range of more recent material. I particularly enjoyed the Iggy Pop song, Ambition, that Glen had written the lyrics for. A nice walk down memory lane, but also good to hear that he’s still creative with his band, The Philistines.