More Starcrawler.
Good find, Makerbot!
Goofy TV Gigs
I completely missed this one when it aired. I don’t remember hearing about it at all. A little sad, by ’79 the Ramones should have been too big for the Sha Na Na show.
But I did happen to be watching the tube in ’68 when psychedelic proto-punks The Seeds (as The Warts) mimed their biggest hit, the classic pushy-girlfriend-fuck-off song, “Pushin’ to Hard” on a now-forgotten sitcom called The Mothers-in-Law. I bought the album soon after. Oddly enough, that album had been released two years earlier, and they’d released another since, but they were still pushin’ this song on TV. The second verse and guitar break were edited out.
The First Family
Vaughn Meader as JFK, the full album from 1962. Still pretty funny.
We’re All Going To Die
Thanks to these conspiracy theory morons.
Jump Rope Gazers
New Beths album out recently. Their last one never left heavy rotation on my Walkman.
Uh, wild thing, uh, I think I love you…
This novelty single actually reached #20 on the charts, according to Wikipedia. I remember hearing it on AM radio very often when it was first released, so it might have charted higher in some areas. It was taken out of rotation after his assassination.
Forgotten Proto-Punk Standard
Like “Louie Louie,” “Hey Joe,” and “Wild Thing,” this song was covered many times. As far as I know it was never a big hit, but it should have been. I’d be hard pressed to pick which of these three is best, so I posted them all. The versions by Them and The Troggs come with each band’s usual strengths. The Haunted’s version is a raw gem (I don’t know anything about them past this song). There are numerous other 60’s versions, including one by the MC5. To my ears, none are competetive with the three above. Richard Hell also covered it later, but I hear nothing special in it.
If you haven’t heard this song but it sounds familiar, that might be because Beck lifted the main riff for Devil’s Haircut.
Flangipanis
In clear violation of the refined sensibilities cultivated on this blog, please enjoy / loathe the above.
Disclaimers:
- your IT dept should block this
- Australian punk grrl don’t care what you think
- shut up
Let’s Be Safe Out There
