Category: I Said Goddamn

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, but just now getting around to it.  If you hadn’t heard, COVID-19 recently claimed Dave Greenfield, the keyboardist of The Stranglers, a decent first-wave band overshadowed by the great ones.  To me their work is more interesting than good,  but I give them credit for riding the wave at all.  They were at least different, and very competent musically.  Most importantly, when The Ramones and The Sex Pistols drew the line, these guys stepped on the correct side, unlike most.  I haven’t heard all of them, but my favorite is their overly-long cover of Burt Bacharach’s Walk On By .  Which I guess is another way of saying they needed more hooks.

Lots and lots and lots and lots of Peel Sessions.

Here —> Formerly Known As The Bollocks

Pretty much.

…when Mrs. Renfield plays them, I always catch myself liking this one.  I love the Motown beat and the guitar part.  Morrissey averages that “love” down to a “like.”

This funny but rather annoying song popped into my head the other day, probably because I heard the word “geezer.”  I heard it numerous times on the radio in England in the 80’s and was surprised to learn it had made it into the top 10 over there in the early 70’s.  By The Piglets, likely a group of whatever studio musicians were on hand, as is often the case with novelty songs.

You’re welcome.

“Like being picked on in 5th grade.”

Some other descriptions from around the web: like “earwax, bandaids, and burnt hair.”  My favorite:  “like swallowing a burnt condom filled with gasoline.”

https://youtu.be/StPPeXiQIro

Low-budget early-80’s fun from Athens’ Guadacanal Diary.  Features infamous midtown character Dancin’ Jimmy doing his thing outside the Antenna Club at about 0:25.  Hilarious dance sequence during the instrumental break. Makes me nostalgic for the days when bands all over the south (most notably REM) were cramming their stuff into station wagons and U-Hauls and hitting cities and college towns, playing at whatever dumps would have them.

Someone recently put me on to these two songs.  Pretty good.  They’ve been around for a while.  I guess you know you’re old when bands have run their course when you first hear of them.  Seems to be the trend with me recently (which means the last twenty years, more proof that I’m getting up there).