At Foley’s Saturday night, Gene remarked that it’s too bad no one ever did a rockin’ cover of Hippy Hippy Shake. I was shocked that he had somehow bypassed the Georgia Satellites doing that very thing in 1988.
Was gonna just send it to Gene but, what the heck, why not post it since we’re not exactly swimming in content lately (especially from me)?
Wiki tells me the song has also been covered by others, including The Beatles and Mud.
Here’s the video, which I now recall was a feature of that lame-o 80’s classic Cocktail. Lots of hot 80’s chicks in high-waisted jeans who are probably looking pretty rough these days.
Cool points for clocking in at less than two minutes.
Lawr, you inspired me. I swear I’ll get that Graveyard concert review written one of these days, but for now, this.
Been way into a “new” band called Witchcraft (Swedish, of course – where the hell else would any good new music come from?). Was introduced to them by a guy who auditioned for guitar in our new band, Hard Rocks!, but we ended up taking someone else. This guy told me I needed the consensus Witchcraft masterpiece Legend and, boy, he was correct.
Just so happens they put out a new album Nucleus, in January and I snapped it up. Nucleus is LONG. I’m guessing it plays for almost an hour. And it takes some time to sink in. You aren’t gonna shuffle this and stumble upon Shake It Off. I’d say three or four BEGINNING TO END plays to be fair.
But geez, it’s a monster. My favorite (kind of obsessed with it lately) is a 14-minute little ditty that matches even Zep’s Levee for heavy (bonus rhyme), I think it’s about some guy losing his mind and is called Breakdown. I can’t even find it on youtube. Doesn’t matter. You wouldn’t sit here listening to the whole thing if I put it up anyway.
I’ll give you this one instead, the first single (really, single that’s being played where?). More poppy, with some Jethro Tull flute and a lyric line about the economy. Not even sure what to think of that.
I’m kind of afraid to go to that new The Witch movie.
Was putting together my playing wish list for the new forming band I’m in last night. Honestly, I’m pretty excited. Two guitars – Gibson/Marshall, good singer too (not me).
Realized how long it had been since I spun the Supershit 666 EP, so I stopped in my tracks and did it. Retains the title of best piece of recorded music ever. And, consequently, it must be the most underrated piece of recorded music ever, because I never see it mentioned – anywhere. I’ll bet 99.99999999 percent of the music world doesn’t even know it exists. This has to play at my funeral after-party as my last statement to the world. (Am I full of shit or what? Glenn Frey and Don Henley have nothing on me.)
Take a listen to this original song by The Rods. The first Rods album is supposedly an underrated classic in and of itself. Never got it, because what I sample sounds a little too 80s for my liking.
Now take a listen to the Supershit cover. They run it over like a snowplow burying Peter Kreutzer’s car after a Brooklyn blizzard (quite the colorful writer, I am).
The “slight” change to the opening lyric line says it all:
Sad that it took Lemmy’s death to bring me back here and give him a proper burial. (And to spice up this site – no, I’m not listening to that Joni Mitchell.)
Things:
1) Peter contributed an interesting post on Lemmy’s failing health and subsequent cancellation of some shows not very long ago. I’m not looking for it and linking it.
2) Motorhead’s almost-original, most memorable drummer Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor died recently too. I didn’t even know that. (He’s on Ace Of Spades and in this video.)
3) The Lemmy rock doc is a must-see, as I’ve mentioned here before. Now you owe it to him to see it.
4) I think Gene likes Hawkwind. Maybe he wants to cover that angle of Lemmy.
5) For as much as I’d like to say I’m a huge Motorhead fan, I’m not, really. Ace Of Spades is essential, but, as much as I hate to say it, that’s all you really need. I’ve tried later Motorhead albums and nothing touched AOS for my money. If I’m dead-wrong on this, please advise. Some of their later cover songs are quite cool. I never saw them live either.
I considered being cute with the musical selection, but it just wouldn’t be right:
At my gym I can see the TVs as I work out but can’t hear the audio. So this morning, I see Scott Weiland singing with the caption “Shocking Death” underneath. Sorry to be course, but the Packers’ Hail Mary was more shocking.
I ignored STP after their beginnings as a Pearl Jam ripoff. Reading I’ve done today tells me they got past that, but I was already gone. Once in a while, I’d sample something from a Scott Weiland supergroup, but nothing ever piqued my interest. Played “Vasoline” in a cover band a few years ago and it was kind of fun, but I can’t even remember how it goes.
The only Scott Weiland I ever listened to (and still do) is his appearance on How High The Moon, perhaps my favorite live album ever, from one of my favorite and most underrated bands of all-time, Masters of Reality. Sadly, it’s the weakest track on the album, but after not liking it at all to begin with, it grew on me after about a year or so.
The fact that Chris Goss would think enough of Scott Weiland to bring him on stage gives Scott cred in my book, but, in my world, Goss would be the superstar and Weiland would be the obscure guy.
With Peter magazining and Gene and Lawr temporarily AWOL, I figured I’d do my part.
Since we discussed this a little a week or two ago, I did a google on “Jet Boy Jet Girl.” It led me to this Damned version (had never heard it before) and the Wiki listing, which told me:
a) this song was covered by many, including Sonic Youth,
b) its plot line about a young boy who has an affair with an older man only to get dumped for a woman, resonated with many young fellows.
The Damned version sounds kind of shitty at first, but grows on you if you let it play all the way through. Strange to say, but it’s kind of subtle compared to the original Elton Motello version. Plus Brian James looks like an exploded pineapple.
Damn if this isn’t the second slow song I’m posting out of my last few posts, stretching many inactive months.
Graveyard is touring now and you folks need to check them out. I’m planning to see them in Philly on February 13th.
So refreshing to see a band (remember those?) with long stringy hair playing guitars (remember those?). Oh yeah, I forgot about all the pop punk garbage shit.
My two girls were home for Thanksgiving and, in the car – I swear – all they would play is that fucking Adele song OVER AND OVER AGAIN, interspersed with that fucking Justin Bieber song OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
God help us all.
P.S. – I particularly love the chord changes during the part where the ladies are singing background.
Dug out Thin Lizzy’s Live And Dangerous for my driving around time today. Toward the end of it, I heard Phil Lynott say something like “Huey Lewis on harmonica.” I was like, “Can’t be.”
It can. This clip isn’t the Live And Dangerous tune, but it proves the fact.
Pretty excited about seeing Uncle Acid Sunday night in Philly. Just got the new album yesterday and this is my favorite so far:
The typical Uncle Acid Lennon/Sabbath mix works particularly well on this poppier-than-usual tune. The verse reminds me of Cinnamon Girl a little. Don’t see how you can’t keep from bobbing your head by the time the Iommi outro guitar solo is singing.
The tour has just started, the album just came out. If these guys are playing in your area, you really owe it to yourself to go. Tickets are cheap and, for me, there’s nothing like seeing a so-far somewhat undiscovered band still in a small venue on the way up. Paying $150 a ticket to watch dots on the stage or the TV screen has never been my cup of tea.
