2 posts tagged “barnes & barnes”
And here's the other half of the two-fer! I know, I just posted a Barnes & Barnes song a few days ago, but Barnes & Barnes are wicked good, so whatchugwinedobouddit? This is from Amazing Adult Fantasy, which is probably my favorite Barnes & Barnes record (and unlike Sicks, still available for purchase at CoolCDs.com), and it's a cover of the Sonny Bono/Cher song. Actually, the reason these two songs got posted is that on LJ, goethe_re_scape posted a few songs, including a Petty Booka song and Petula Clark doing "Bang Bang"; I replied mentioning both the songs I posted today, and he said he hadn't heard either. Which is a terrible tragedy, which must be rectified. So here we go! Anyway, this is a sorta punk-flavored version of the song, which Art Barnes has said is inspired by the band Fear, whom Barnes & Barnes were really digging at the time (and probably still are, really). This and their other Fear-inspired track, "I Hate The Boss" have made me really interested in checking out Fear, since those are really great Barnes & Barnes songs. (And, hey, their version of DEVO's "I Desire" re-written as "Positive Life (Before You Leave)" made me get into DEVO and, well, I'm a HUGE DEVO fan, so... it's pretty established that Barnes & Barnes have got good taste.) So, here it is -- check it out! It's pretty grand.
(Also, Amazon doesn't have Amazing Adult Fantasy -- what, you weren't paying attention? Go get it at CoolCDs.com!
I suppose I should probably be posting a cut by the Billy Nayer Show
since Dale and I are gonna go see them tonight, but I'm listening to
Voobaha right now again, and I'm really in a Barnes & Barnes mood
today, so here you go. (Though, of course, if you know me, I've
probably preached the gospel of the awesomeness of the Billy Nayer Show
to/at you before, so you probably don't need me to tell you here that
you NEED to buy every record and DVD they ever put out. Actually,
same with Barnes & Barnes, but hey.) This is just a really
great rockin' stomper of a song, and it's always been one of my
favorites. Always wanted to form a band that would have this in
its repertoire. Just a great rock song all around.
Actually, today, at the Barnes & Barnes Yahoo Group,
someone posted an ALTERNATE version that aired on the Dr. Demento show
in 1979 -- this is the straight album version, though. The
Alternate's got a quite different vocal line, and a couple lyrical
tweaks (in this one, "Down on the boulevard dey pumpin'/Dey pumpin' in
Lumania too" is "Down in Mexico dey pumpin'/They pumpin' in Canada too"
-- but I like the album lyrics better) -- it's definitely worth
checking out, but this is by far the superior version. After all,
it IS the one they put on the record and all. So, here goes --
dig this song. I sure as hell do.
