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The Libertines - What a Waster / I Get
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To
celebrate
its
20th
birthday,
The
Libertines’
debut
single
‘What
A
Waster’
is
being
repressed
on
seven-
inch
single
(backed
by
original
B-side
‘I
Get
Along’).
Part
calling
card
from
the
stars,
part
postcard
from
the
gutter,
when
The
Libertines
made
their
first
introductions
there
was
no
time
for
a
gentle
warm-up
or
an
orienteering
session
to
point
out
all
the
fire
exits.
Hell,
there
was
no
way
out
anyway
because
with
their
first
single
Pete
and
Carl
and
Gary
and
John
dropped
you
straight
in
the
middle
of
the
energy
and
chaos
that
surged
through
their
lives
and
fuelled
their
band.
A
storm
of
Bond-theme
like
riffs
and
‘Carry
On’
entendres,
that
charged
forward
with
brakes-off
drums,
bass
and
the
singers’
intertwined
vocals,
‘What
A
Waster’
wasn’t
a
song
to
help
you
get
your
bearing
with
a
new
band,
it
was
a
track
that
made
you
realise
this
group
would
become
your
whole
world.
With
its
Hogarth
set
to
music
visions
of
society’s
underbelly,
and
a
Gerald
Scarfe-like
sharpness
to
its
wit,
though
The
Libertines
debut
single
-
backed
by
equally
energetic
B-side
‘I
Get
Along’
-
might
have
come
out
of
the
blocks
at
full
speed,
but
there
was
a
preciseness
and
a
thought
behind
‘What
A
Waster’’s
ramshackle
charms.
Twenty
years
on
from
its
release,
The
Libertines'
opening
salvo
retains
a
freshness
that
is
as
much
down
to
its
wisdom
beyond
its
years
as
it
is
the
youthful
exuberance
it
inspired
in
band
and
fans
alike.
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