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

B.B. Fultz , It's also the way the guy says "MAN , YOU CAN'T STAND ANY LONGER!!!!".

Yeah , the LSD reference was sort of swept under the rug.
It sounds like he's saying "ah said !" which was probably intentional....I don't know if the song was blatantly anti - drug , but , it did seem like it was making fun of the drug culture at the time. I picked up the reissue CD , hoping it  would be more like The Driving Stupid CD , which it is'nt. I need to listen to it , again..... It's like "That's Queer" , which is'nt an anti or pro Gay song at all , but the lyrics are outrageous , with their own acid reference "When I take a sip of cocoa , and pretty soon , I'm feelin' free. And when  I asked him how he made it , he made it out of LSD....THAT'S QUEER!". That ranks up there with "Horror Asparagus Stories" and "SPAZZ" TO ME. It's so important , I think , to be able to laugh at the card that's been dealt us , you know? Many years ago , I turned a friend on to Blue Cheer's first two albums. My friend was commited to a Mental Hospital around that time , and told me "Out of Focus" ( By no means a funny song) got her through it.

Another guy I once knew , predictably , said 'Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies got him through a stretch in the institution. That's pretty funny! His parents did'nt think so. 
B.B. Fultz said:

Oh christ is that what he's saying? I could never figure that one out. I do remember someone from The Elastik Band saying the song was, to some extent, an anti-drug song, how if you do a lot of drugs you'll end up acting like a "spazz" and people will make fun of you for it. Going by that, the acid-lyric you mentioned makes perfect sense. It seems to be more about that type of spazz than the spastic type of spazz. Although in a weird sorta way I still think of it as my theme song.

 

I think the stand and stand lyric mainly cracks me up because it's not even a complete lyric, it doesn't even TRY to rhyme ... it's just standing and standing until ... yeah, so what happened? Whadda ya mean, "what happened?" The poor guy couldn't friggin' stand any longer! 

I dunno, that just kills me deader than disco. But then I'm easily amused. XD

John Battles said:

That's really interesting , if you don't mind me saying....That  you totally get the humor of that song , after what you'd been through. I've known people in similar situations who also laughed at songs pertaining to their conditions . My favorite line in "Spazz" is "You're pretty shook up so you 're gonna get a cup of water just to calm you down , when some joker's gonna slip you L....S....D !!! ACID !!!  HEY ! You know it was'nt mother's tea. That's right , uh- huh."
 
B.B. Fultz said:

Spazz is my favorite Nugget, my favorite "garage rock" song, and one of the coolest songs ever made by anybody. Anywhere. Ever.

It also gets my vote for the funniest lyric of all time : "Well you wanna sit down but you know some clown is gonna try and pull away your chair ... so you stand and stand ... stand and stand until ... man, you can't stand any longer!"

I mean what can you say after that? I've tried at least a hundred times to sing along to that part without laughing. I just can't do it. Having the remnants of a childhood spastic condition myself just makes the whole song even funnier.

 

Oh christ is that what he's saying? I could never figure that one out. I do remember someone from The Elastik Band saying the song was, to some extent, an anti-drug song, how if you do a lot of drugs you'll end up acting like a "spazz" and people will make fun of you for it. Going by that, the acid-lyric you mentioned makes perfect sense. It seems to be more about that type of spazz than the spastic type of spazz. Although in a weird sorta way I still think of it as my theme song.

 

I think the stand and stand lyric mainly cracks me up because it's not even a complete lyric, it doesn't even TRY to rhyme ... it's just standing and standing until ... yeah, so what happened? Whadda ya mean, "what happened?" The poor guy couldn't friggin' stand any longer! 

I dunno, that just kills me deader than disco. But then I'm easily amused. XD

John Battles said:

That's really interesting , if you don't mind me saying....That  you totally get the humor of that song , after what you'd been through. I've known people in similar situations who also laughed at songs pertaining to their conditions . My favorite line in "Spazz" is "You're pretty shook up so you 're gonna get a cup of water just to calm you down , when some joker's gonna slip you L....S....D !!! ACID !!!  HEY ! You know it was'nt mother's tea. That's right , uh- huh."
 
B.B. Fultz said:

Spazz is my favorite Nugget, my favorite "garage rock" song, and one of the coolest songs ever made by anybody. Anywhere. Ever.

It also gets my vote for the funniest lyric of all time : "Well you wanna sit down but you know some clown is gonna try and pull away your chair ... so you stand and stand ... stand and stand until ... man, you can't stand any longer!"

I mean what can you say after that? I've tried at least a hundred times to sing along to that part without laughing. I just can't do it. Having the remnants of a childhood spastic condition myself just makes the whole song even funnier.

 

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.

That's really interesting , if you don't mind me saying....That  you totally get the humor of that song , after what you'd been through. I've known people in similar situations who also laughed at songs pertaining to their conditions . My favorite line in "Spazz" is "You're pretty shook up so you 're gonna get a cup of water just to calm you down , when some joker's gonna slip you L....S....D !!! ACID !!!  HEY ! You know it was'nt mother's tea. That's right , uh- huh."
 
B.B. Fultz said:

Spazz is my favorite Nugget, my favorite "garage rock" song, and one of the coolest songs ever made by anybody. Anywhere. Ever.

It also gets my vote for the funniest lyric of all time : "Well you wanna sit down but you know some clown is gonna try and pull away your chair ... so you stand and stand ... stand and stand until ... man, you can't stand any longer!"

I mean what can you say after that? I've tried at least a hundred times to sing along to that part without laughing. I just can't do it. Having the remnants of a childhood spastic condition myself just makes the whole song even funnier.

 

Although if you really want something to offend the mindless P.C. types, a better bet would be Spinal Meningitus Got Me Down by Ween. A song that's rumored to have caused lemming-like mass suicide marches by the less humorously-attuned among us.

Spazz is my favorite Nugget, my favorite "garage rock" song, and one of the coolest songs ever made by anybody. Anywhere. Ever.

It also gets my vote for the funniest lyric of all time : "Well you wanna sit down but you know some clown is gonna try and pull away your chair ... so you stand and stand ... stand and stand until ... man, you can't stand any longer!"

I mean what can you say after that? I've tried at least a hundred times to sing along to that part without laughing. I just can't do it. Having the remnants of a childhood spastic condition myself just makes the whole song even funnier.

 

My thoughts exactly , but , it's still kind of funy , as "Satisfaction" was only semi - intelligible , and the biggest controversy ("I'm on a losing streak..." ) was probably , more often than not , taken literally , like , the guy gets turned down because HE's on a losing streak...But , we've talked about it before, just the fact that they used the words "Bitches" at the time , even if it was'nt an album cut ("Stupid Girl") , it's a wonder it got on the record......
 
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.

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

I will be doing my garage-punk radio show from 1:00-3:00 PM EST on Saturday April 20th.  You can listen on 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu .

Also maybe not punk rock as such, but a protest song nonetheless and one that came out of the Tory government that set Britain back about a decade in terms of tolerance. 

My favourite haha!

And there's an Exploited song giving one of their typically insightful political views in a barely audiable vocal track. Maggie You Cunt. It's kinda funny because those guys are pretty right wing, Wattie was a squaddie and punk aside would have looked on paper like a typical Tory supporter in the 80s.

oh happy day

Waiting with bated breath. 

Pushed back to June now?! C'mon!

Song posted on RollingStone.com:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-oblivians-make-a-thoughtful-return-in-ill-be-gone-song-premiere-20130419

Not bad, but I'm witholding judgment 'til I can hear the whole thing.

new bowie...nah...old bowie...new glam stuff 

 http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/mottey-s-garagepunk-21-sp...

John Battles already explained why earlier, but here's my own Holy Trinity :

1956, 1966 and 1976 !!!

"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

Hey, ShapelyDice, you should do them as podcasts here. Yummy, and they don't get taken down as Youtube will do...

As for me, I'd include more Baroque pop and Freakbeat nowdays, (took me about 6 years to get past Yank-centric music):

• 2010, Tinkerbell's Fairydust

• Bumpers – cupitadion

• Ice , Anniversary Of Love

• Litter, Soul searchin’

• Pawnee Drive, Ride

• Sherlocks, Skin of my teeth

• Stoics, Enough of what I need

• Electras, This weeks children

• Rain, e.s.p

• Jackie Lomax, Little Yellow Pills

•  wrongh black bag – wake me shake me

• the birds - la poupee qui fait non

Still no answer to this question??  pity...  
 
very interesting lists...
wouldlovetogetaswell!!

YEAH , That album would have been all right , were it not for Geddy Lee's singing. They tried to do a stripped down productions and arrangements (For them), otherwise , but you still got ol' helium - hittin' Lee's vocals.....Anyone who had a problem with "Acid Eaters" should try to sit thru this album , which contained many of the same songs(I forgot  the title , sorry.)
 
king bee said:

Rush - 7 and 7 Is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ruir0Eyjfo

Hello:

I have collected 45's, acetates, demos, and 7' tapes from various garage bands from the central San Joaquin Valley during the 1960's.  Most never recorded anything on vinyl and if they did it was regional.  My collection now numbers over 160 tracks with photos.  You can take a look at www.thebrymers.com.  Then, click on the San Joaquin Valley Bands tab.  soem great garage sounds came in and around the Fresno area during the 60's.

Dick Lee

Alright, to follow a trend with this thread, here's my plug for my own friends'/town's bands: http://twangnbangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/twang-n-bang-records-swap-zine-present-the-cause-the-cure

This week's program featured music from Mudhoney, Johnny Cash, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Big Black, Wreckless Eric, The Gruesomes and more. 

Listen/download this weeks podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20130416-1030-t1366104601.mp3

Check out this week's blog post on Mudhoney's Vanishing Point here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/04/mudhoneys-vanishing-point-show-451.html

The Play List:

1.  Paul Revere & The Raiders – Steppin’ Out
2.  Chit Chat – Jelly
3.  Tom Waits - Chicago
4.  Captain Beefheart - Ella Guru
5.  Syd Barrett - Octopus
6.  Colleen Green – Only You
7.  Japandroids - Fire's Highway
8.  Mudhoney - I Like It Small
9.  Mudhoney - Chardonnay
10. Johnny Cash – Remember The Alamo
11. Cellos – Feeding Through The Breathing Tube
12. Iceage - You're Nothing
13. Mission of Burma - New Nail
14. Big Black - Jordan Minesota
16. Sloan - Emergency 911
17.  Deja Voodoo – Gotta Have Money
18. The Revolvers – Apocalypse Surfin’
19. Suuns - 20/20
20. Unicorns - I Was Born A Unicorn
21. Shotgun Jimmie - 3012
22. Simply Saucer - Instant Pleasure
23. Wreckless Eric - A Pop Song
24. The Gruesomes – The Deal

I use Labella Deep Talkin' Flats on my bass.. i roll my tone knob back to about 5/6 on my bass too.. i push my mids on my ampeg to cut through a bit better..

Ayres