Radio What Wave Playlist May 2/2013

1. Kensington Hillbillies...London Calling...from their Clash tribute CD, The Crooked Beat.

2. The Mongrels...All Systems Go....special Radio What Wave Session. This and the next 4 songs were recorded exclusively for the Radio What Wave Sessions. The RWW Sessions are studio recordings done by bands that we really like. It's an invite only arrangement and it's way easier than doing a live to air as the bands don't have to lug all of their equipment in and out of our not so easily accessible studio. And it's for fun!!

3. The Mongrels...Do It...not the Pink Fairies song, but an original.

4. The Mongrels...Nice Tits.

5. The Mongrels...No More Tears.

6. The Mongrels...Piece Of Crap. And we were lucky enough to have 2 of The Mongrels live in the studio with us, Joel and Robert, the guitarists and vocalists. Robert was the editor of Beetle magazine, an early 70's Canadian rock magazine who had the foresight to get Rush to clean the washrooms of Beetle Magazine and put the pics in the zine!! And Robert ran 2 record labels back in the 70's, Canadian based El Mocambo Records and UK based Picasso Records. Big thanx to Joel and Robert for taking the time to talk about Mongrel related stuff. And The Mongrels will be playing at The St Regis Hotel on Saturday May 4th.

7. The Counters...Haunted House...The Mongrels were the backup band on this local recording.

8. The Reply...The Reply...from their Downtown Soul CD.

9. The Flamin' Groovies...Comin' After Me...from the Flamingo LP.

10. Gatgas...Back To The Asylum...brand new as this was in my mailbox at CHRW when i arrived to do this show. Gatgas are a local punk combo that are also playing saturday night, at the Richmond Hotel.

11. George Jones...White Lightning...for George who passed away last week.

12. Dragsville...Royal Drag...recorded live at Brennan's 11/3/12, their first ever show. Dragsville open for catl at Call The Office on saturday night.

13. catl...Church On Time...recorded live at Call The Office 9/29/11. catl play Call The Office saturday night with Dragsville.

14. catl...Get Outta My Car...from Soon This Will All Be Gone CD.

15. catl...Working Man's Soul...recorded live at Call The Office 9/29/11. And congrats to Sklylar who won the catl prize pack on this show.

16. Royal Hangman...Turn Me On...from their self titled debut LP on Screaming Apple Records.

17. The Milkshakes...After Midnight...from their 1984 LP, Showcase. Meant to play this when The Mongrels were in the studio as both bands have a similar approach.

18. Brian James...I Can Make You Cry...1979 7" on BJ Records. Brian James was in The Damned and many other bands.

19. Marvelous Beauhunks...Who Said The Kids Are Alright?...from the brand new CD of the same name.

20. B.B. Guns...Bang Bang...recorded live on CIUT outta Toronto, from the Moondog's Ballroom show (tuesdays 5PM on CIUT).

And we're outta time. Big thanx to The Mongrels for the Radio WW Session. And thanx for the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages etc.

Back again next week with a special on the Purple Toads, UIC, Chickens and lots more. And coming up on May 16th, we've got a Radio WW Session with The 905's from Brampton.

ere's a link to the podcast:

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

Yea, I was second guessing myself on the album title too for some reason, but that is the only 70's/80's punk concept album that comes to mind, but there must be another one out there I'm not thinking of.

Mike , I'm not kidding , I was thinking about that , too , but , my copy is on a shelf buried under so much debris , I did'nt havea chance to dig it out. I'd forgotten the title of the LP.

Sham 69's "That's Life"LP I think qualifies as a concept album.

dave said:

No Punk LPs come to mind, but for 60s punk there is the Zombies Odyssey and Oracle and the Pretty Things SF Sorrow. I think one of the unofficial tenets of Punk was 3 minute songs and not too much to think about (not a put-down). Too much in the way of concept might get in the way of enjoying yourself (this is for Yank-style Punk fun, pre-hardcore [don'cha start me talkin]).

Don't forget their follow-up album, Release of an Oath (Kol Nidre)!

On a more serious note, I'd like to nominate Crass' Penis Envy.

Andy Climax said:

Does 'Mass in F Minor' the Electric Prunes count?

 

Yeah , I'd say , as a concept album , it compares with "Ziggy Stardust"....Very similar storyline (In the movie.)....It seems like someone said , "What if we wrote a movie and album around a Female , Punk , version of Ziggy ?".....You know , a street urchin puts together a Punk band , says nothing will contaminate their purity .......Nothing but egos , drugs , politics , money , big labels and fans getting it all wrong by impersonating the singer , Siouxsie - style.  OK , I have'nt seen "Breaking Glass" in over 25 years , but , I remember  seeing it as a double feature with "Rude Boy" (Built on a similar concept , The Clash having to grapple with being called "Sellouts" before they'd even had a US hit or turned the guitars down drastically.) in '80 OR '81....I saw it again , later , on late night TV , but , have'nt seen a commercial copy , since. I remember liking the movie , though it only took me a few years to find the music a bit plastic - sounding . But, I have'nt heard the LP since I was in High School.   Hazel O'Connor was dating Hugh Cornwall around this time.....
 
Andy Climax said:

On the same bent then. Hazel O'connors fabulous 'Breaking Glass' would fit the mould. Sold as a movie soundtrack, its much more than that. It broke the mould for a lot of New wave bands over here. Taking the best parts from Devo and Talking Heads but giving it a very British feel. Phil Daniels who played Jimmy in the movie of Quadrophenia plays a great role (again). 

Happy Birthday to your Soul Mr. Brown!

He surely had more than one nut loose! I could convince myself of this once in the very early 80s after a concert in Italy, he and his band, invited me and a couple of friends (we were just teens) to go with them to have a Pool-party at their hotel. I have to say we all  (not much people, maybe 15 or 20) had lots of fun, drunk and smoke a lot, swum and some almost drowned, danced and laughed all through the night... Well, actually until the police came in the morning to close the party...  The funniest part came than as they really hard tried to convince us to follow them and split in the rooms... we all disappeared pretty quick! ;D  Tcha, sorry James & co, maybe next time, in another life!  
But Thanx, was lots of fun! :)
 

Here's an early scorcher!  

I´m not a big metal-fan, with few exceptions. Slayer was one of them.
Slayer has been the only (thrash-)metal band i used to hear in the 80s, despite i was into a completely different kind of music, but still liked them a lot.
They were great and so powerful!. Fantastic live, too.
Jeff Hanneman was a great musician, no dubt!
What a pity! and so young!

I like Slayer.  I've never been a huge metal guy but Slayer was a band I dug.  Got to see them once in the mid- 90's and they were excellent.  The opening bands made me want to run out of the venue screaming but Slayer was fantastic.  What a horrid but totally heavy metal way to die:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/05/03/obit-jeff-hanneman-slayer-guitarist.html

Horrifying.  

Gotta admit, I never liked 'em. Never really understood all the attention they got, either. Whatever.

Slayer don't do garage... even if they recorded a very powerful punk cover album, Undiscuted Attitude.

Jeff Hanneman is now gone and we think it's sad for the underground music community.

And you ? what about Slayer ?

Young enough to be impressed by news reports of the Sex Pistols on TV news reports,

then I saw this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4zQpFSYCJ0

and my mind was blown.

I never looked back.

UMMMMMMM....... "lOVE IS all AROUND" (nOT "gARAGE PUNK AS SUCH , i KNOW)-

                          eITHER wET , wET , wET OR REM.

"Omaha" (Moby Grape)- Golden Palominos w/ Michael Stipe.

"How is The Air Up There" - BANGLES (HEARD WORSE, BUT IT'S FURTHER PROOF THEIR PRE - FAME ACCOLADES WERE UNWARRANTED.).

"WHAT A WAY TO DIE" - TRYFLES (I'VE ONLY HEARD IT ONCE , BUT IT SOUNDED .....POLITE.).

The Troggs doing Sam Kinison's version of "Wild Thing" - I love The Troggs , and I even love Sam , but , it does'nt work.

Again , not exactly "Garage " , but , here's a special lame Glam cover section"

Power Station - Bang a Gong (Get it on).

Krokus - Ballroom Blitz.

Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel The Noize , Mama Weer all Crazee Now.

Motley Crue - Smokin' in The Boys' Room (Not exactly Glam , but the mighty Brownsville Station were beginning to flirt with Glam trappings.).

Joan Jett - I Love Rock'n'Roll (I'll be shot at sundown , but I never got it with her post - Runaways stuff. Lo siento mucho. Besides , Allan Merrill , who wrote it , said Joan never made an effort to thank him.) , Do You WannA tOUCH mE (oH yEAH) . tOMMY jAMES WAS DOING THE WHOLE sUZI qUATRO/gARY gLITTER trip better, five years earlier , and of course, he did "cRIMSON AND cLOVER" , FIRST , TOO.

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World.   I prefer Lulu's version.

Ace Frehley - New York Groove. I even like The  Sweet's new version , better.

OK , i HAVE'NT HEARD THOSE SONGS , BUT , IRONICALLY , I FOUND A VANDALS COMP IN A THRIFT STORE , the other day......Never listened to them much , but , I had a friend who did a HC show on public radio (He had the very best slot , and I had the very worst slot , playing Rockabilly , Garage , Blues , Glam , etc. I still had Hardcore fans bitching at me to play something at 360 BPM , AT THREE IN THE MORNING , AS IF I WERE GETTING PAID , AND AS IF THEY MADE DONATIONS TO THE STATION....).....I told my friend he should play more Vandals and Nip Drivers, stuff like that , because it made me laugh , instead of making me want to slit my wrists , after three hours of HC. i LOVED tHE Nip Drivers' "E.Y.O.B.", AN ANTI - MISOGYNY , ANTI - CUNNILINGUS (?!!) song from a woman's point of view. She says  "EAT.YOURSELF. OUT. BABY." , Because she does'nt like the guy "Gettin' down , down on me , yeah , down on me!" . She's not in the mood , or , maybe he's used force. Either way . it's Pop Punk before it sucked, and it lasts about a minute.

I agree with you, John.  It actually seems to be in the same category as The Dead Milkmen's "Nutrition," Camper Van Beethoven's "Club Med Sucks," and Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized" in its mocking satire.  I never wanted to take the lyrics seriously, so I'm glad that I don't have to.

Here's another "tasteless" punk song by The Vandals which deserves a mention.  This one's obviously a joke, otherwise it wouldn't be a Barry Manilow parody:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/0EBLdnRECKA

It will take me a lot more convincing that this song is a joke, but the band One Life Crew itself is very laughable with their idiotic combination of Neo-Nazism and straight edge/vegan lifestyle:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/u_I2FIw7YEs

I just wanted to read the lyrics before meandering some more.......Sure , it could be classified as , simply ,  tasteless , but not Meatmen/Mentors /GG Allin tasteless....It seems it was written as a joke. It'd still piss some people off , today , even with the comeupance of getting beat up by the one - night stand's ex- Boyfriend. Obviously HE's the one who thinks he owns her..........Not a bad pre - HC Punk Rock Toon , tho'.
 
John Battles said:

i've got to admit ,I've never heard of this group. I've heard of the group called "The He-Man Woman Haters' Club", that was Spanky and Alfalfa's kiddie misogynist group in the "Our Gang" / "Little Rascals" shorts. That's always been a running gag among men who say they've sworn off women , and prove to be lyin' motherfuckers , like Alfalfa.

i've got to admit ,I've never heard of this group. I've heard of the group called "The He-Man Woman Haters' Club", that was Spanky and Alfalfa's kiddie misogynist group in the "Our Gang" / "Little Rascals" shorts. That's always been a running gag among men who say they've sworn off women , and prove to be lyin' motherfuckers , like Alfalfa.

Falling Idols - HWH (this is allegedly an acronym for "He-Man Woman Hater," but don't quote me on this)

I am still shocked at how misogynistic the lyrics to this Falling Idols song are. Several members of this band would later join The Vandals, and at least four Falling Idols songs were later covered by Sublime.

Here are the lyrics in question:

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107859437088/

......I always heard that as "Don't need no human race" , as it rhymes with "Pretty Face" , unless you've seen it in print as "Human Rights" , which Stiv did'nt seem to care enough about to bring up , until he got involved in the "Sun City'' video.....

Yes , Leadbelly's version is the earliest readily known, but ,I don't think it was the first recorded version. I was listening to it , this evening , in fact. They're still funny lyrics ,anyway , the ones you transcribed.

This Leadbelly record has a few "What THE HELL'S " IN IT , WHICH WAS A BIG DEAL , back then. There's a version of "Whoa Back , Buck " that goes "Who made the Black man , oh , Goddamn", which is'nt in better known versions (Leadbelly re-recorded many of his songs.). First time I heard someone say HELL , like a swear word , was Big Joe Turner "If you did'nt love me , why the HELL did'nt you tell me so?!! ".....Tho' there were a lot of nastier Blues songs on private pressings.

Real lyrics:

"Don't need no human rights." -Dead Boys, "Sonic Reducer"

"You gotta pump it in your pants" -Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Get Up and Jump"

"His head was found in a driving wheel..." -Nirvana, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" (which as you pointed out is a cover of Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter's "In the Pines")

"The grass is always greener where the dogs are shedding." -Soundgarden, "Outshined"

"Tattooed all I see." -Pearl Jam, "Black"

One that I forgot to list is "I don't even care if your dad's a he" for "I don't even care if your dad's the heat" in Frank Zappa's "Wowie Zowie" from Freak Out!

jOHNNY , ok , I only actually know the first song , but , those are pretty funny. What are the real lyrics ?      Oh , wait , was "Where Did You Sleep..." Nirvana's version of the old Country / Blues standard "In The Pines"?
 
Johnny Lurg said:

"Don't need no human rice." -Dead Boys, "Sonic Reducer"

"You got a puppet in your pants." -Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Get Up and Jump"

"His head was found in a drive-in meal, but his body never was found." -Nirvana, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"

"The grass is always greener where the dogs are shitting." -Soundgarden, "Outshined"

"Tattooed on Hi-C" -Pearl Jam, "Black"

"Don't need no human rice." -Dead Boys, "Sonic Reducer"

"You got a puppet in your pants." -Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Get Up and Jump"

"His head was found in a drive-in meal, but his body never was found." -Nirvana, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"

"The grass is always greener where the dogs are shitting." -Soundgarden, "Outshined"

"Tattooed on Hi-C" -Pearl Jam, "Black"

You know , I had the hardest time
getting my mind around that one..... I COULD'NT BELIEVE HE WAS SAYING THAT..... I knew Lux , and I never asked him about it. He was too busy talking about other people's music to explain his own. Now , I've forgotten what the Nova's version WAS saying. NO , WAIT ! IT WAS "RAAAAAIIIIIIIIID !!!!" , which was just a catch - phrase the real Crusher would use. Of course , it just sounded like somebody puking. I thought both versions started out with "READY !!!!!!" WHEN I FIRST HEARD 'EM. But , it was "RAID" , originally.

BUT , YOU REMINDED ME , THANK YOU , I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE CRAMPS ' VERSION OF "SHE SAID".......Which Lux sang with a styrofoam cup in his mouth (YUCK !) to emulate Hasil Adkins' vocal delivery ,making it hard to tell if he did know the real lyrics.....

"Looked at Me like a Dyin' box of those Thou - Thou cheese." (Hasil.)

'Looked at me like a Dinosaur about to jump out of the ice age" ( My interpreation of The Cramps' version.) .

"Looked at me like a Dinosaur about to jump out of the toilet seat " (One of guys in The Psycho Daisies told me that's how he heard The Cramps' version !).

Even Miriam said she thought Hasil was saying "It JUMPED OUT OF THE TOILET !" instead of "It jumped out of the bed" when she first heard the song.
Johnny Lurg said:

Lux Interior screaming "RAAAAAPE" at the beginning of The Cramps' cover of "The Crusher" is probably a reference to a mishearing of the original Novas recording.

Hmmmmm.....I just discovered , well , not exactly , a band called Twisted Roots , which several of you might know about. They lasted about a year ('81) , and were made up of past and future Screamers , Germs and Black Flag members. I first heard them in 1986 , when a friend slapped their (Then) best - known song , "Snaked" onto an otherwise Garage / Psych mix tape. It sounded like early Blondie to me , only REALLY pissed off by comparison. The song had been on a Rodney on The Roq compilation. The comp I picked up was from 2004 , but , I seem to remember a similar one , way before that. Also , I saw an album by a solo act by the same name , an INXS /Simply Red LOOKING GUY.  Possibly related ? I FORGET.

Anyway , it's really experimental sometimes Punk/Sometimes Funk sounding riffs. Not unlike a more Punk - edged ESR or Red Krayola on their first comeback bid , or , even , sometimes , The United States of America (Which Mayo Thompson briefly joined.) , tho' it takes a dive into sheer atonality ,  on more than one occasion.  It's pretty interesting , with benefit of hindsight (Only four tracks saw release while the band was together.).