Biography:
punk and mod group formed in Woking, UK, in 1976 consisting of Paul Weller (vocals, guitar), Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals) and Rick Buckler (drums). The band split in 1982. The band released six albums and had 18 consecutive Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982, including four #1 singles (Going Underground, Start!, Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender). Their singles "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the Five O'Clock Hero" are the best selling import singles in UK history.
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Other songs:
- That's Entertainment
- Town Called Malice
- To Be Someone
- A Bomb In Wardour Street
- Absolute Beginners
- All Around The World
- All Mod Cons
- Art School
- Away From The Numbers
- Beat Surrender
- Billy Hunt
- Boy About Town
- Burning Sky
- But Im Different Now
- Carnaby Street
- Carnation
- David Watts
- Disguises
- Dont Tell Them Youre Sane
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Dream Time
- Endless Love
- English Rose
- Eton Rifles
- Funeral Pyre
- Ghosts
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Going Underground
- Happy Together
- Heatwave
- Here Comes The Weekend
- I Got By In Time
- I Need You For Someone
- In The City
- In The Crowd
- In The Midnight Hour
- In The Street Today
- Its Too Bad
- Just Who Is The 5 Oclock Hero
- Just Who Is The Five O Clock Hero
- Kilos Kabataan
- Life From A Window
- Liza Radley
- London Girl
- London Traffic
- Man In The Corner Shop
- Modern World
- Mr Clean
- News Of The World
- Non Stop Dancing
- Pity Poor Alfie
- Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Precious
- Private Hell
- Reach Out Ill Be There
- Saturdays Kids
- Slow Down
- Smithers Jones
- So Sad About Us
- Sounds From The Street
- Standards
- Start
- Strange Town
- Sweet Soul Music
- Tales From The Riverbank
- Thats Entertainment
- The Bitterest Pill
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Combine
- The Gift
- The Modern World
- The Night
- The Place I Love
- The Planners Dream Goes Wrong
- Thick As Thieves
- This Is The Modern World
- To Be
- Tonight At Noon
- War
- Wasteland
- When Youre Young
- Worlds Apart
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
15th September 2000, 2.02pm
[email protected]
Shaun Hand, Birmingham
STANDARDS
(Paul Weller)
From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'
E B A B (x2)
E B A B
Oh, we make the standards and we make the rules,
A B
And if you don't abide by them you must be a fool.
E B A B
We have the power to control the whole land,
A B
You never must question our motives or plans.
C#m B
Cos we'll outlaw your voices, do anything we want,
A B E
We've nothing to fear from the nation.
C#m B
We'll kick you out your houses if you g et too much,
A B
If we have to we'll destroy your generation.
E B A B
We've built up a frontage and we've gained respect,
A B
There's no-one to endanger our position.
E B (x3) F# A B
F# B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
E B
Standards rule OK.
F# A
Standards rule OK.
E B A B (x2)
C#m B
And we don't like people who stand in our way,
A B E
Awareness is gonna be redundant.
C#m B
And ignorance is strength, we have God on our side,
A B
Look, you know what happened to Winston.
Oh, we make the standards and we make the rules,
And if you don't abide by them you must be a fool,
We have the power to control the whole land,
You never must question our motives or plans.
E B (x3) F# A B
F# B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
E B
Standards rule OK.
F# A B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
E B
Standards rule OK.
F# A G B E
Standards rule OK.
[email protected]
Shaun Hand, Birmingham
STANDARDS
(Paul Weller)
From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'
E B A B (x2)
E B A B
Oh, we make the standards and we make the rules,
A B
And if you don't abide by them you must be a fool.
E B A B
We have the power to control the whole land,
A B
You never must question our motives or plans.
C#m B
Cos we'll outlaw your voices, do anything we want,
A B E
We've nothing to fear from the nation.
C#m B
We'll kick you out your houses if you g et too much,
A B
If we have to we'll destroy your generation.
E B A B
We've built up a frontage and we've gained respect,
A B
There's no-one to endanger our position.
E B (x3) F# A B
F# B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
E B
Standards rule OK.
F# A
Standards rule OK.
E B A B (x2)
C#m B
And we don't like people who stand in our way,
A B E
Awareness is gonna be redundant.
C#m B
And ignorance is strength, we have God on our side,
A B
Look, you know what happened to Winston.
Oh, we make the standards and we make the rules,
And if you don't abide by them you must be a fool,
We have the power to control the whole land,
You never must question our motives or plans.
E B (x3) F# A B
F# B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
E B
Standards rule OK.
F# A B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
F# B
Standards rule OK.
E B
Standards rule OK.
F# A G B E
Standards rule OK.
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