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MUSIC BY STUART OLDS & THE RUKS
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Songs Written By Stuart Olds
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STUART OLDS - AUTUMN MY LOVE (4:30)
This song was written after dropping my daughter Amelia to a netball tournament in Emerson’s Green, Bristol.
It was early to mid morning and the mist as being burnt off by the sun revealing the beautiful autumn leaves.
The rest of the song is about the lives between two people. I sent the song to Prince Charles and Camilla at the time, so they could walk around the grounds of Highgrove and enjoy.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Guitar, Keys & Production - Harry Harding
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THE RUKS - MIXED UP MOD (3:19)
THIS SONG I wrote with my love of motorbikes, scooters and all others, and my love of different genres of music.
Strongly influenced by the unique album Quadrophenia by The Who, joining our rivalry of Mod and Rocker with a new genre of music, Max RPM, Rock - Punk - Mod.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Guitar Riff, Intro & Bass - Darren Hook
Lead Guitar - Rob Benger
Drums - Jake Branton
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THE RUKS - FILFEE TOWN (2:56)
I WROTE this song after a three month stint working on a hotel refurbishment in the city of London.
The Chamberlain Hotel had an Alice in Wonderland mural painting in the lounge at its first opening. I stuck this massive painting to the ceiling with the help of Russian, Latvian, Estonian and British assistance. This is where the lyric, 'Under the King and Alice so sweet' came from.
This hand painted canvas has now been removed. The rest of the song is about a sex club which was located in the basement of a bar where I used to send faxes back to the offices in Bristol.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Lead & Rhythm Guitar - Rob Benger
Drums - Jake Branton
Bass - Darren Hook
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THE RUKS - DO YOU MIND? (3:51)
A SONG about a hard working bloke.
He just wants to watch his beloved sport, loves his wife, partner, lover, but is sick of bullshit reality T.V.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Bass - Darren Hook
Lead Guitar - Rob Benger
Drums - Jake Branton
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THE RUKS - DAISY (3:30)
DAISY IS our flagship song about a prostitute from eastern Europe who falls in love with a London bricklayer.
Their story is the hub of the whole debut album and core for the rock opera to come. I know a builder who fell for a hooker, so this is lightly based on a true story. It spells out how immigration helped and hindered the building trades.
As always, greed fucked things up and people lost their jobs. Arguments in pubs between builders and public sector workers, its all there in the play / rock opera. The end of this song leads out with a solo and percussion which has gone on for ten minutes; this part will become 'The Dance of the Hippy Whores'.
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Lyrics, Vocals & Tambourine - Stuart Olds
Lead Guitar & Solo - Rob Benger
Bass & Acoustic Guitar - Darren Hook
Drums & Percussion - Jake Branton
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THE RUKS - RNR (2:45)
A SONG written about the major deaths in rock and roll.
Some may find these lyrics blunt if it's about their musical hero, but facts are facts. Us artists are sometimes on the edge and fragile.
Believe me I know as a straight jacket collector on more than one occasion. But that is what makes us us, 'Guilt, guilt, fuckin' guilt, that's how rock n roll was built'. Ask Mr Johnny Cash.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Lead Guitar - Rob Benger
Bass - Darren Hook
Drums - Jake Branton
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THE RUKS - POGO (2:31)
THIS WAS my first ever song and was originally called We' We'.
I performed this original song over 10 years ago with a group called The Cockpits. Mike Bradley kindly gave me the stage for my first foray into the world of old geezers 'doin' a bit'.
It is basically a load of sexual innuendos to get the crowd going and the girls pogoing their Bristols.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Lead Guitar - Rob Benger
Bass - Darren Hook
Drums - Jake Branton
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THE RUKS - BLIND (2:11)
IF ANYONE thinks that preaching hate and war by any religious or politically motivated means is a good thing, then they are not welcome in the world's oldest democracy.
Plus the do-gooder bullshit PC politicians who allow them to get away with it. So Blind is about just that.
We are not blind to this shite, which is now being cleared from our streets. At last!! They knew revolution was brewing so the suits took action, albeit slowly.
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Lyrics & Vocals - Stuart Olds
Lead Guitar - Rob Benger
Bass - Darren Hook
Drums - Jake Branton
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