Chance Meeting
Friday April 28th, 2023 with Heavy Ben
Mark Stewart (The Pop Group, The Maffia, New Age Steppers)
Chance meeting on a crazy dream of struggle and oppression
R.I.P. Mark Stewart 1960-2023
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/21/mark-stewart-pop-group-frontman-dies-aged-62
We are all prostitutes
Everyone has their price
And you too will learn to live the lie
Aggression
Competition
Ambition
Consumer fascism
Capitalism is the most barbaric of all religions
Department stores are our new cathedrals
Our cars are martyrs to the cause
We are all prostitutes
Our children shall rise up against us
Because we are the ones to blame
We are the ones to blame
They will give us a new name
We shall be
Hypocrites hypocrites hypocrites
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| Jerusalem Mark Stewart And The Maffia - Jerusalem 12" - On-U Sound - 1982 |
| Forces Of Oppression The Pop Group - For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? - Y Records, Rough Trade - 1980 |
| Where There's A Will There's A Way The Pop Group - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm / Where There's A Will... (split single w/ The Slits) - Y Records, Rough Trade - 1980 |
| Liberty City Mark Stewart And The Maffia - Learning To Cope With Cowardice - On-U Sound - 1983 |
| Envy Of Politics The New Banalists Orchestra ft Mark Stewart - Mammon - (self-released) - 2011 |
| Shadow Child The Pop Group - Citizen Zombie - Freaks R Us - 2015 |
| Crazy Dreams And High Ideals New Age Steppers feat. Mark Stewart - The New Age Steppers - On-U Sound - 1981 |
| Hypnotised Mark Stewart - As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade - Mute - 1985 |
| Thief Of Fire Loop [orig. The Pop Group] - Collision 12" - Chapter 22 - 1988 |
| Struggle (Adrian Sherwood / Mark Stewart Mutant Disco Vocal Mix) Radio 4 (Adrian Sherwood / Mark Stewart Mutant Disco Vocal Mix) - Eyes Wide Open single - City Slang - 2003 |
| She Is Beyond Good And Evil St. Vincent [orig. The Pop Group] - (recorded live in France, not on album) - (not on label) - 2011 |
| One Out Of Many The Pop Group feat. The Last Poets - For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? - Y Records, Rough Trade - 1980 |
| 3:38 The Pop Group - 7" - Radar - 1979 |
| The Puppet Master Mark Stewart - Edit - Crippled Dick Hot Wax! - 2008 |
| We Are Time The Pop Group - Y - Radar - 1979 |
| We Are All Prostitutes The Pop Group - (single) - Rough Trade - 1979 |
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Thanks for doing this Ben. One of my all-time favourites. Sad that he has left us.
3:04 PM, April 28th, 2023