There is a great comp of all N.C. Sixties garage called tobacco-a-go-go. It was released around 84. Also check out some of the cool stuff Munster records has.

I just got my copy of "Boobs," and I think it's even better than "Velvet Tinmine." I especially like "Interplanetary Twist" by Screamer (One part Bowie, all the rest Sweet), along with "Good Time Fanny" by Angel and "Baby" by Sensation. I also love the glam slam covers of "Little Bit O' Soul" by Iron Cross and "Let's Go" by Rock Rebellion.

Just got hold of a copy, which really is brilliant. I love every song on it. You don't need to drop acid for this one, as it is acid. ACcccccciiiiiiiid!

Tersicore said:

Chris, I owe you one!! 

This is the kind of shit a really like to discover now and again! :)
Is this the same band, really? Hard to believe!
AAAAAaacccccciiiiiiiiiiiiiddddddddddd!  

 

Chris Henniker said:

How about some curried Goat, laced with Acid naturally? I heard them in Rough Trade while getting Mum & Dad's Christmas presents.

 

Lovely, i guess i´m gonna add this girls-band to the soundtrack of my coming summer.

dave said:

"Have you taken a La Luz listen yet? You should! Their sunny tunes will make you feel you're like surfing through a mellow ocean of golden tears with the Ronettes." -via the Stranger

After all, the other way round..
Pity i missed this great band back then! Actually very late´70s style, indeed!
Even if the lyrics are different, the subject remains Thalidomide.
I reckon the nofx-one may be more P.C. by comparison?
My english isn´t that good but still, as you appropriately said, i feel "uncomfortable" listening to this great song! Ok, by nofx i feel uncomfortable because of the music, but this is another story ;)


Jane Dear said:

The lyrics aren't really the same save for a few references to limbs.... maybe it's just a coincidence? Raxola came out with this in the 70s and that was NOFX's first demo in the 80s. 

Tersicore said:

Oh, right! its an original nofx! Found.
this cover is great!! even if the lyrics is actually much more uncomfortable.

Jane Dear said:

Not surprised, probably just NOFX lyrics out there. 

Tersicore said:

Thanx Jane!!  
I´m loving this song!!! I understand the most, couldn´t find the lyric, though. 

Jane Dear said:

This song is pretty good at making everyone feel really uncomfortable.

The lyrics aren't really the same save for a few references to limbs.... maybe it's just a coincidence? Raxola came out with this in the 70s and that was NOFX's first demo in the 80s. 

Tersicore said:

Oh, right! its an original nofx! Found.
this cover is great!! even if the lyrics is actually much more uncomfortable.

Jane Dear said:

Not surprised, probably just NOFX lyrics out there. 

Tersicore said:

Thanx Jane!!  
I´m loving this song!!! I understand the most, couldn´t find the lyric, though. 

Jane Dear said:

This song is pretty good at making everyone feel really uncomfortable.

Yeah......And that's saying nothing of "Let It Bleed". But , The Stones could outrage with such style. Like they just did'nt give a rat's ass. "We piss anywhere , man". 
 
Johnny Lurg said:

I think most of the songs on Sticky Fingers probably offended people at the time.

John Battles said:

I THINK "bROWN sUGAR" MUST have offended people at the time , now , we're all kind of used to it. Jagger tried to push the envelope a little harder by singing "Just like a young BOY should", when he'd sing it , live.
 
Bibliodiscoteque said:

Did we fail to mention Brown Sugar or did I miss it? 

Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields,
Sold in a market down in new orleans.
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright.
Hear him whip the women just around midnight.
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
(a-ha) brown sugar, just like a young girl should

James Porter said:

John Battles sez: "It's funny that "Satisfaction" was sometimes censored , yet Jagger throws in the "B" word twice on ("Stupid Girl")"

They probably got away with that because "Stupid Girl" was just an album cut. At a time when radio stations were singles-oriented and rarely played album tracks, that was what made the difference.

Oh, right! its an original nofx! Found.
this cover is great!! even if the lyrics is actually much more uncomfortable.

Jane Dear said:

Not surprised, probably just NOFX lyrics out there. 

Tersicore said:

Thanx Jane!!  
I´m loving this song!!! I understand the most, couldn´t find the lyric, though. 

Jane Dear said:

This song is pretty good at making everyone feel really uncomfortable.

Not surprised, probably just NOFX lyrics out there. 

Tersicore said:

Thanx Jane!!  
I´m loving this song!!! I understand the most, couldn´t find the lyric, though. 

Jane Dear said:

This song is pretty good at making everyone feel really uncomfortable.

I think most of the songs on Sticky Fingers probably offended people at the time.

John Battles said:

I THINK "bROWN sUGAR" MUST have offended people at the time , now , we're all kind of used to it. Jagger tried to push the envelope a little harder by singing "Just like a young BOY should", when he'd sing it , live.
 
Bibliodiscoteque said:

Did we fail to mention Brown Sugar or did I miss it? 

Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields,
Sold in a market down in new orleans.
Scarred old slaver know he's doin alright.
Hear him whip the women just around midnight.
Ah brown sugar how come you taste so good
(a-ha) brown sugar, just like a young girl should

James Porter said:

John Battles sez: "It's funny that "Satisfaction" was sometimes censored , yet Jagger throws in the "B" word twice on ("Stupid Girl")"

They probably got away with that because "Stupid Girl" was just an album cut. At a time when radio stations were singles-oriented and rarely played album tracks, that was what made the difference.

Thanx Jane!!  
I´m loving this song!!! I understand the most, couldn´t find the lyric, though. 

Jane Dear said:

This song is pretty good at making everyone feel really uncomfortable.

This song is pretty good at making everyone feel really uncomfortable.

THAT'S FUNNY !!!! Almost as funny as the guy who posted The Stranglers' "96 Tears" on You Tube, stating it was by The Cramps. It's still up there , by the way , despite several people leaving corrections to the obvious (Intentional?) blunder.   That version, I like OK , i'M A BIGGER FAN OF THE PURPLE HELMETS , THO'.  
 
Johnny Lurg said:

I actually like The Stranglers' version of "96 Tears," although one of my friends mistook it for Smash Mouth's version of "Can't Get Enough of You, Baby."

I actually like The Stranglers' version of "96 Tears," although one of my friends mistook it for Smash Mouth's version of "Can't Get Enough of You, Baby."

:D

Yep, a couple are nice but the coolest? no way!
I admit, i had to peep at wiki to know who Little Steven even is..
Nice prospect!! I´m not saying another word!!  ;)

dave said:

*smack!* Ouch! (to Little Steven)

Tho' I do have to say that Suzi Chunk - Look Back And Laugh grew on me, a li'l bit of the old soul.

Gringo Starr said:

Well, those are the ten coolest songs according to Little Steven. Of course they're cheesy and boring. What did you expect?

Tersicore said:Wondering who at the end won, went to have a look and still can´t believe it!! 

So many cheesy and boring songs on the winners-list!! 
Someone out there with a different opinion?
what do you think of this final outcome?

 1: The Jellybricks - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
 2: Redd Kross - Stay Away From Downtown
 3: Joey Ramone - Rock 'n' Roll Is The Answer
 4: Suzi Chunk - Look Back And Laugh
 5: The Monster Ones - Teenage Ramone
 6: Palmyra Delran - You're My Brian Jones
 7: Prima Donna - Puta Te Amo
 8: The Doughboys - It's A Cryin' Shame
 9: Jack White - I'm Shakin'
10: Branden Daniel and The Chics - Missionary

maybe just at the bottom of the list start to be a bit interesting but actually is frustrating,
if those are suppose to be the coolest songs of current underground garage, i´m uncool!

*smack!* Ouch! (to Little Steven)

Tho' I do have to say that Suzi Chunk - Look Back And Laugh grew on me, a li'l bit of the old soul.

Gringo Starr said:

Well, those are the ten coolest songs according to Little Steven. Of course they're cheesy and boring. What did you expect?

Tersicore said:Wondering who at the end won, went to have a look and still can´t believe it!! 

So many cheesy and boring songs on the winners-list!! 
Someone out there with a different opinion?
what do you think of this final outcome?

 1: The Jellybricks - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
 2: Redd Kross - Stay Away From Downtown
 3: Joey Ramone - Rock 'n' Roll Is The Answer
 4: Suzi Chunk - Look Back And Laugh
 5: The Monster Ones - Teenage Ramone
 6: Palmyra Delran - You're My Brian Jones
 7: Prima Donna - Puta Te Amo
 8: The Doughboys - It's A Cryin' Shame
 9: Jack White - I'm Shakin'
10: Branden Daniel and The Chics - Missionary

maybe just at the bottom of the list start to be a bit interesting but actually is frustrating,
if those are suppose to be the coolest songs of current underground garage, i´m uncool!

Well, those are the ten coolest songs according to Little Steven. Of course they're cheesy and boring. What did you expect?

Tersicore said:Wondering who at the end won, went to have a look and still can´t believe it!! 

So many cheesy and boring songs on the winners-list!! 
Someone out there with a different opinion?
what do you think of this final outcome?

 1: The Jellybricks - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
 2: Redd Kross - Stay Away From Downtown
 3: Joey Ramone - Rock 'n' Roll Is The Answer
 4: Suzi Chunk - Look Back And Laugh
 5: The Monster Ones - Teenage Ramone
 6: Palmyra Delran - You're My Brian Jones
 7: Prima Donna - Puta Te Amo
 8: The Doughboys - It's A Cryin' Shame
 9: Jack White - I'm Shakin'
10: Branden Daniel and The Chics - Missionary

maybe just at the bottom of the list start to be a bit interesting but actually is frustrating,
if those are suppose to be the coolest songs of current underground garage, i´m uncool!

Wondering who at the end won, went to have a look and still can´t believe it!! 

So many cheesy and boring songs on the winners-list!! 
Someone out there with a different opinion?
what do you think of this final outcome?

 1: The Jellybricks - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
 2: Redd Kross - Stay Away From Downtown
 3: Joey Ramone - Rock 'n' Roll Is The Answer
 4: Suzi Chunk - Look Back And Laugh
 5: The Monster Ones - Teenage Ramone
 6: Palmyra Delran - You're My Brian Jones
 7: Prima Donna - Puta Te Amo
 8: The Doughboys - It's A Cryin' Shame
 9: Jack White - I'm Shakin'
10: Branden Daniel and The Chics - Missionary

maybe just at the bottom of the list start to be a bit interesting but actually is frustrating,
if those are suppose to be the coolest songs of current underground garage, i´m uncool!

Best year for rock'n'roll? Let's list a few candidates, I'd say:

 

1951: Jackie Branston And His Delta Cats (Ike Turner) playing Rocket 88. Hell, it's the first rock'n'roll record ever?

1966: You mention the very things that made it a great year.

1967: The Velvet Underground release the most seminal album ever, changing everything in the process. Everyone who bought it started a band.

1976: UK/US punk fully crystalises.

1993: Jarvic Cocker upstages Michael Jackson.

 

Gringo Starr said:

1966!

Revolver - Beatles
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Blonde on Blonde - Dylan
Aftermath - Stones
Freak Out - Zappa
Black Monk Time - Monks
Face to Face - Kinks
Psychedelic Sounds - 13th Floor Elevators
A Quick One - The Who
Fresh Cream - Cream
Fifth Dimension - Byrds
Love - Love
Animalism - The Animals
Boom - The Sonics
The Seeds - The Seeds
96 Tears - ? & The Mysterians
Web of Sound - The Seeds
Psychotic Reaction - The Count V
Turn On - The Music Machine
Jacques Dutronc - Jacques Dutronc
The Remains - The Remains
Small Faces - Small Faces

Another year that was equally remarkable was 1977!

Dear friends and fans of The Metaphysical Circus, I am writing this message to inform you that I have decided to put The Metaphysical Circus on hold for an undetermined amount of time while I concentrate on other things going on in my life at the moment. I have found myself to be too busy with my business and other projects I have taken upon to find the time to compile and air a show on a weekly basis. My life has become far busier than it was back when I started The Metaphysical Circus 8 & 1/2 years ago, and to compile and air the show has pretty much become a burden (but at the same time a labor of love). I love doing The Metaphysical Circus and do plan to resurrect the show sometime in the future, but as for now I need to put the show on hiatus. I would love it if everyone who is "liking" the Metaphysical Circus' facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metaphysical-Circus-with-The-Eggman-An-Obscure-Oldies-Radio-Program/182326748511750) to remain a friend of the show, as I will most likely go into withdrawals and want to talk about music (and spam you with youtube videos perhaps?). So please, stay my friend and give me time to get my life back to a normal pace before The Metaphysical Circus can return to the airwaves. Thank you all for your support over the past 8+ years!!

Egg

I really like it. Even on this shitty tablet I have to use at the moment it sounds good. Sounded a bit more Reigning Sound than Oblivians on first listen but I've heard it a few times now and I'm sold. Need this thing to come out, like, NOW!

Playlist 04-20-13

Not Sensibles	I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher
Anti-Nowhere League	Going Down
Buzzcocks	Wake Up Call
Psychedelic Furs	Pulse
Flipper	Way of the World
X	We're Having Much More Fun
T.S.O.L.	Nice Guys
Redd Kross	Deuce
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin	Take Thy Stethoscope and Walk
Midnight Spin	Neuroin
Thee Oh Sees	Tunnel Time
Black Angels	Evil Things
Bleached	Next Stop
Skating Polly	In My Head
Colleen Green	Yr So Cool
Pearls	Shine A Light
Baby Woodrose	Bubblegum
Mysteios	Va Va Va Va Va Va Voodoo Bay-Beee
Jackets	Freak Out
Beg Borrow Steal	King of the Road
D Generation	Hatred
Gluecifer	Shotgun Seat
Hellacopters	Everything's On TV
Downbeat 5	I Found Out
Agent Orange	Somebody to Love
Descendents	Marriage
Dickies	Paranoid
Legal Weapon	Ain't That A Lot Of Love
Circle Jerks	Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)
Chelsea Light Moving	Communist Eyes
Dirty Fences	All I Want
Deniz Tek	Can of Soup
Swingin' Utters	I'm A Little Bit Country
Andy Smash and the Rust Belt Hot Rods	The New Yorker
Harmonica Lewinski	Code Green Jellyfish
Johnny Thunders	Pipeline
Maggots	I Wanna Go Home
Godfathers	Gone to Texas

by the way...UK based internet radio station Dandelion Radio are running a one hour 'Thatcher Special',  broadcasting daily until the end of the month, times vary but there is a schedule on their website:-

http://www.dandelionradio.com/index.htm

...a couple of the tunes people have posted here feature.....

Plus this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BZIWSI5UQ

....The ironic thing is that "I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher" was (according to the BBC) the subject of a campaign by Thatcher supporters to stop "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead" making it to number 1 on the week of her funeral....

Tom Robinson is a saint...(he picked our track "Martians Don't Surf!" For his "BBC introduces Mixtape" show on BBC 6 Music the other week.)...

Radio What Wave Playlist April 18 2013

1. Manitoba...I Want You Tonite....from the And You...CD and timely as Manitoba hit London that night and woke it up!!! Notice i didn't refer to London as sleepy this time as Call The Office was rockin' to Manitoba, new veteran combo TVD and Capt Bringdown and The Buzzkillers! Best show i've been to in London since.......well a LONG time!!

Rock Guitar 101 starring Ross The Boss!! Stare at these fingers kids!!

2. Manitoba....Had It Comin'...as above and this goes out to the Legend Killers (at least 2 of whom were present at Manitoba) as they covered it on their last CD.

Regular Radio WW listeners hanging out with Ross The Boss at Call The Office 4/18/13

3. Don't Touch The Dancers...You're Girlfriend is A Slut...from the North Of The Border compilation put out by Chris from the Just Another Punk Show (Fri 8PM CHRW).

4. B10...Last Canadian Bastien...local tribute to Stompin' Tom who passed away recently.

5. Los Chicos Problema...Secuestrado En Otro Planeta...2 maniacs from Mexico!

6. The Dictators...Who Will Save Rock'n'Roll...from the New York New York LP. This is a question we've been asking for 9 years....still no answer in sight.

Manitoba at Call The Office 4/18/13

7. The Dictators...Faster and Louder...from the Bloodbrothers LP.

8. The Dictators...Young Fast and Scientific...from the Manifest Destiny LP. This was the original name of the What Wave radio show from about 79 to 82 when Al Cole was doing it and i was probably the only listener.

Manitoba at Call The Office 4/18/13

9. The Dictators...Cars And Girls...from the Go Girl Crazy LP and a personal fave.

10. Chris Houston....Einstein's Brain...new single on Schizophrenic Records outta Hamilton.

11. Wilko Johnson...Casting My Spell, 1981 7" on Nighthawk Records. And this guy kept skipping on me...

12. Uranus...Motorbikin'...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with What Wave 24.

Uranus at Call The Office, 10/27/12

13. The Above...Georgia Peach...brand new on Boppa Do Down Records. NYC combo on a Toronto based record label.

14. Alcohollys...recorded live at Call The Office, 7/13/12 when they opened for The Living Deadbeats. They had a CD release party at Call The Office last night.

Alcohollys at The Spoke, 10/14/11

15. B.B. Guns...Soho...recorded from Moondogs Ballroom, CIUT 2/12/13. This is Daihbid James tuesday at 5PM show on CIUT, right before Rocky and Deena's Real Cool Time show.

16. The Reply...The Reply...from the Downtown Soul EP.

The Reply at Brennan's, April 2012

17. Sam Squid...People Food...demo that features Chris Houston on vocals.

Sam Squid at This Ain't Hollywood 3/3/13

18. Panther Burns...She's The One That's Got It...from the Magnolia Curtain LP from the early 80's.

19. Joey Ramone...Maria Bartiromo...from the Don't Worry About Me CD. Joey passed away 12 years ago this week.

20. The Walnut Kids...Can't Stand 'Em...from their only single on Going Gaga Records.

The Walnut Kids, Moon Over Marin, Aug 11/2010 as part of our Powerpop Night Show.

21. Sangomas...Chopping Heads...new combo outta Montreal that went by the name Lips for a short time...feature Seb on the drums, who also played in The Walnut Kids.

22. The Gruesomes...Bloodhound...from their Tyrants of Teen Trash LP.

23. The noble Savages...Fire In The World...recent demo from this Hamilton combo.

noble Savages, Brennan's 4/21/12

24. Light Bulb Alley...Pepper Spray...from their The Sound Of Things CD on Ricochet Sound.

Light Bulb Alley, finest dressed band around at Brennan's 4/21/12

25. Royal Hangmen....Action...from their self titled debut LP on Screaming Apple Records.

26. Drivin' Beats...Twistin'...from their demo CD.

Thanks for all the crazy phone calls tonite!! As well as the emails, facebook messages and shout outs! Back again next week with more noise. All pictures used above are from the What Wave archives, please ask before using.

Here's a link to the podcast:

http://chrwradio.ca/content/radio-what-wave#prev-shows