4 posts tagged “punk”
Here's a rare cut for y'all -- this is the flip
to the 7"-only "Good Day" single, although it also appeared on the
100th release from Important Records, a compilation
that was given free with any order. I don't know if they still
have copies, but you can check it out. There's actually quite a
bit of good stuff on that compilation, too -- I'm probably going to
have to order some more stuff from them. Anyway, to tell you the
truth? This isn't the best Dresden Dolls song in the world -- in fact,
it's in the "Oh, this was a b-side for a reason" category, but hey,
it's still neat to hear, particularly since it's actually -- gasp --
guitar driven. It's just odd to hear from the Dresden
Dolls. If you want this, go to the Important Records link -- the
original single is way, way out of print, but hey, the comp is
cool. The Amazon link goes to their first record, just because
that's from the same era as this album, and it's a very good
record. And the A-side of the original single both a) Rules and
b) Is on this album, so there you go. Check it out. (Also,
I keep wanting to call this song "A Good Night At The Roses", which I
think is conflating the title with both the A-side as well as "A Good
Year For The Roses" by Elvis Costello (and, well, George Jones, but I
like Elvis way more than No-Show Jones.)
So, last night was the Dresden Dolls show. It was pretty goddamn awesome, really. I suppose, ideally, it would have been the first show and Ladytron would have been last night, but it worked out still, since the two acts are very, very different. While Ladytron are incredibly tight and organized, the Dolls are really loose and laid back. They took a couple of requests, fucked around, laughed a lot and while both bands seemed to be having a good time, the Dolls seemed less Serious about it. If there's a contest, Ladytron still wins, but let's just stop all the fussin' and a feudin'.
They did this song at the show last night, and part of the fun was that
there were dancers for some of the songs, including this one, where the
two main women from their Dance Troupe (the Ladybirds, I think Amanda
said they were), came out in big fake pregnant bellies (what with the
song being about back-alley abortions and all), and danced a bit and
during the middle part, they swung at each other's bellies with
hammers, then opened their blouses slightly to reach in and throw out
baby doll parts and candy into the audience. It was pretty
awesome. If they'd just thrown out candy, it would have been sort
of going the easy way out, but had they just thrown out the doll parts,
it would have been going for the easy shock, too. So the
combination was excellent. Although I did like Ben's suggestion
-- mainly throwing out a combination of doll parts, candy AND raw
meat. Just because I like the moment where joy turns to horror.
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 believe I got this a long time ago from WFMU's Beware Of The Blog, but I'm not even 100% sure of that. It's not a straight song like I normally post, but it is pretty cool just the same. The title is pretty, well, descriptive -- it's a audio history of punk on the Lower East Side of New York. Lots of little musical interludes and whatnot. I believe there is a corresponding comic book as well. These are the original notes that I jammed in my Comments Field of the mp3. These either come from WFMU (probably) or wherever else I grabbed it from (i.e. these aren't my words, don't think I wrote them): 9 minute acoustic medley opus performed live by anti-folk sweetheart Jeffrey Lewis! Damn good job too, made sure he included the Godz! Jeffrey has also created a comic book to goes along with this song; more info can be found on his website. And, for the record, this is his site: http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/.
(Again, this record doesn't contain this song -- it's available through his site though, in the comic Fuff #1.)
