![]() If Robert Wise were alive today, what would HE think about the "War On ERROR"? And "George W. What would HE think of all this!? Do you ever ask yourself that? I'm serious now. Robertwise, you've got the Oscar-winning director of West Side Story. Backgroundwise, you've got five songs recorded by Colin Mansfield in the basement of a record store. Instrumentwise, you've got a bass in one speaker, a fuzzy Ramones guitar in the other, and a Steve Jonesy lead guitar occasionally playing a few rudimentary penis licks on top. Were these boys just incapable of thinking up a decent vocal hook? These are almost stomach-eating-itselfingly bad! During the choruses anyway - the verses are terrible. And sounds like "Babysitter."Įlsewhere, "Picture Of You" is straight outta 1959 and "The Truth Hurts" sounds just like "Babysitter," but the final two tracks ("Do You Remember?" and "Sore Eyes") actually DO manage to kick up a little Ramonesy punk rock dust. I'm not sure whether she's pregnant or he's given her a venereal disease or what, but the song stinks. ![]() Lyrically, only one song really stands out, and that's only because it's so gross and stupid like the Descendents' nicer cousin, the narrator of "Can't See You Any More" chides a girl for making him have sex with her, then cries that their lives are ruined. Instead, this JERKHOLE sings in a wispy, uncertain warble of perfectly pitchless teen loserdom - you can almost SEE him getting caught by his mom masturbating. I'm not sure who's singing lead on these tracks, but it's about a bagilliongillion miles away from the gruff screaming and yelling that would drive Land Speed Record a couple years later. And this five-song Husker Du demo has TWO songs that sound just like it. If you're unfamiliar with "Babysitter," it's basically an early '60s Phil Spector-produced throwaway girl group ballad B-side written and recorded by the Ramones in 1977. There are five songs on here, and TWO (that's 40%, incidentally) of them sound just like "Babysitter"!!! Do you hear me? "BABYSITTER"!!!! As in "WORST RAMONES SONG OF ALL TIME EXCEPT 'CRETIN FAMILY'"!!! Granted, they were little babies at the time they recorded this (Greg - 20, Grant - 18, Bob - 17), but that's no excuse for taking the blistering, innovative sound of the Ramones and turning it into a slow, boring mess of happy '50s love balladry. I honestly can't get over how much Husker Du used to SUCK TOTAL ASS OUT LOUD. You will now find singer/guitarist Bob Mould retired from Sugar, vocalist/drummer Grant Hart retired from Nova Mob and mouthpiece/bassist Greg Norton enjoying the finest handlebar mustache this town has to offer (unless he shaved it off like some ASSHOLE). ![]() ![]() But I'm only gonna mention it that one time, because whether on stage, in the studio or up some guy's anal pass, THEY TORE!!!! Their fantastic drug addictions and creativity led them to create some of the most visceral, emotional, face-sandblasting hardcore sounds in the Wurld - until they slowed down and started jangling all over creation. Paragraph! Northern Lights Demo Land Speed Record Everything Falls Apart And More Metal Circus EP Zen Arcade New Day Rising Flip Your Wig Eight Miles High 7" Candy Apple Grey Warehouse: Songs And Stories The Living End I'm far too intrigued by the lifestyles of "those different from me" to NOT point out that 2/3rds of this legendary Minneapolis hardcore/post-hardcore power trio were as gay as a happy three dollar bill. Do You Remember? (How Awesome They Were Before They Pussed Out At The End There?) special introductory ![]()
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