Remember Stiff Records?

[The Blowhard]

Great label!
Ian Dury, Lene Lovich, Rachel Sweet, Wreckless Eric, Nick Lowe, Costello and the rest!
"If it ain't STIFF it ain't worth a fuck"..remember that?

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[Aggie]

Uh, sorry Heckler, don't remember that, you're too old! :)

"Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time."

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Thanks CZM :)

"Who got more ass than the average b****?
You know it's the baddest b****
Number ten in the face, slim in the waist
Fat in the ass, do you want a taste?" - Trina

[A.J.]

Here you go Heckler -- from "The Book of Rock Lists":

Stiff records is the renegade English label founded by Jake Riviera, manager of Elvis Costello, and David Robinson, manager of Graham Parker; it was started in the mid-seventies as a tongue-in-cheek but surprisingly successful alternative to the major labels' pomp and happenstance marketing. Over the years, the company has used a variety of revealing, satirical slogans to express its attitude.

(1) "If it ain't Stiff, it ain't no use to no one." (Sanitized version used on a T-Shirt; the original was "If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a fuck.")
(2) "Reversing into tomorrow."
(3) "If they're dead -- we'll sign 'em."
(4) "Undertakers to the industry."
(5) "The world's most flexible record label."
(6) "Trivia for the collector."
(7) "The shape of things that win."
(8) "Where money makes money."
(9) "We came, we saw, we left."
(10) "Be Stiff."
(11) "Surfing on the New Wave."
(12) "Preplanned deletions."
(13) "Where industry aids nature."

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[The Blowhard]

Anyone?
Somethimes I think I'm talking to myself in this forum.


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[Aggie]

Somethimes I think I'm talking to myself in this forum.
That's cuz we're all on dope!

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*My name is Aggie, and I am a post whore.*

[Brooklyn Stroonze]

My Favorites were the Damned & the Adverts.


L.A.M.F.

[Ralphy Ramone]

He's in love with rock'n'roll woaahh
He's in love with gettin' stoned woaahh
He's in love with Janie Jones
But he don't like his boring job, no...

An' he knows what he's got to do
So he knows he's gonna have fun with you
You lucky lady!
An' he knows when the evening comes
When his job is done he'll be over in his car for you

An' in the in-tray lots of work
But the boss at the firm always thinks he shirks
But he's just like everyone, he's got a Ford Cortina
That just won't run without fuel
Fill her up, Jacko!

An' the invoice it don't quite fit,
There's no payola in his alphabetical file
This time he's gonna really tell the boss
Gonna really let him know exactly how he feels
It's pretty bad!

Let them know - how you feel




This song has nothing to do with Stiff Records....but aint it great!(this thread brings back fond memories)


Somethimes I think I'm talking to myself in this forum.

Keep typing Heckler,the AARP is listening.("Youth is wasted on the young")

This message was edited by Ralphy Ramone on 8-7-02 @ 6:03 PM

[philby]

The stiff records box set is good but it shows you that much of their line-up was fairly lame. I prefer Chiswick for that era.

Must...build...the...pyramid.