{"id":21273,"date":"2023-02-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21273"},"modified":"2023-02-20T21:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:23:09","slug":"dunstan-bruce-i-get-knocked-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21273","title":{"rendered":"Dunstan Bruce – ‘I Get Knocked Down’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spraycan for the walls? Check<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loudhailer to annoy the others within 100 yards? Check<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lager Drink? Check<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s only a movie by Dunstan Bruce about his band Chumbawumba and what he’s doing now. with I Get Knocked Down<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0you have warts n all no bullshit untold story of Leeds-based anarcho-pop band Chumbawamba. Founding band member Dunstan Bruce is now 59, and he is struggling with the fact that the world seems to be going to hell in a handcart. Twenty years after his fall from grace, Bruce is angry and frustrated, but how does a retired middle-aged radical get back up again? In this punk version of Charles Dickens\u2019s A Christmas Carol, Dunstan is visited by the antagonistic ghost of his anarchist past \u2013 his alter ego, \u2018Babyhead\u2019 \u2013 who forces him to question his own life, sending him on a search for his long-lost anarchist mojo. Following Bruce\u2019s voyage of rediscovery, redemption, and reawakening,\u00a0I Get Knocked Down<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0acts as a call to arms to those who think activism is best undertaken by someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set to hit selected cinemas over the next few weeks it’s a fantastic trip down memory lane and some laugh-out-loud clips from their adventures in the gliterry world of rock and roll and a look behind the curtain of the pop world. A wonderful way to while away 90 minutes. The 80s and 90s (like many our age) flew by with a bazillion things to do – pre-internet – pre-social media and Sounds and NME were still a thing and CDs had taken over the world there were still no downloads or mobile phones. Those were certainly the days and the world needed changing and I guess Bruce thought he was gonna change the world and now all these years later with the power of hindsight he did a little bit – well, a little bit more than many pop stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Get Knocked Down is a warm, engaging, and light-hearted look back on his\/their time in the limelight. as far as popumentaries go this is a belter, thoroughly enjoyable. Like em or loath them you couldn’t ignore them and their anarchopop – check out this flick and get a warm feeling all over then get out there and fuck the government they’re even shitter than new Labour ended up. If you’re looking for a soundtrack then this is a good ‘un. Leeds punks still have a great sense of humour and don’t take themselves too seriously and this film proves it. Get on it and fly the flag! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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