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.

How is that song politically incorrect? Sure, the band's alternate name is "Nipple Erectors," but the song is clean.

Mark Grittner said:

Here's a good one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGEmFTZzCU

The Nips All the Time in the World

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

Not garage as such, but a friend of ours has been creating "Punk Across The Globe" compilations. I think he's done about 6 of them so far.

Also check out the Colorado garage/punk compilation Rocky Mountain Low, which among many other interesting gems has four songs by the Healers, Jello Biafra's band before the Dead Kennedys, including the original version of "California Uber Alles."

That "It Came from the Garage II" was a good one.  Besides the Detroit bands below, it also had couple of tunes from Nine Pound Hammer on it.

I always thought the tone for the whole album was set with this crazy tune by Art Phag:

John Battles said:

"It Came From The Garage " (2 volumes?) Early Gories , Elvis Hitler , 3D Invisibles, Snake - Out , etc.
 

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

Any idea of the release date???

Great news, Gringo! Looking forward to see that one. Thanks for the info.

Hi Andy,

Just in case you haven't seen it so far - HERE'S a good doc about Love. Cheers.

P.S.

Just saw that Jon S. already posted the info. Oh, well.

I couldn't have said it better, regarding the Pleasant Dreams vs End of Century!

End of the Century may have benefited from an aura of legend (with the story of Phil Spector and his gun on the boys) but it is overrated. Pleasant Dreams is clearly dominated by Joey and he was so good at bubblegum songs (especially 7-11!!!!!)

Thee Wild Wraith said:

The 1st two albums are just pure classics, every song is great. 3 and 4 were good, but for me not as good as the 1st two. After that it was just a slow march downward for the rest of their career. There were still good songs to be found here and there, but it seemed more and more forced as the years went on and they seemed to not give a crap about their later horrible albums at all.

I think a good jumping off point is when Dee Dee left the band, though they had been going downhill before that.

Even earlier, they were hurt when Tommy stopped being a producer. He got their sound and what they were all about in a way almost none of their later producers did. Even the later rather mediocre Too Tough to Die album benefited from his coming back to produce it and it helped a lot.

The thing is, at a certain point like many long running bands the guys started treating it as a job. Maybe for Johnny it was always just a job. He often said that it was. Once being in a punk rock band is a job...well that isn't really the point of a punk band is it?

My most controversial Ramones opinion: I've always thought Pleasant Dreams was a decent album. It just isn't a good RAMONES album. It's a pop album showcase for Joey. Most people seem to hate it. I like it much more than the highly overrated End of the Century. Phil Spector and the Ramones are not a good mix. Ramones songs need to be stripped down. Wall of sound style just defeats the whole purpose. For me Pleasant Dreams succeeded as a pop album where End of the Century failed as one.

Best album: "Rocket to Russia"

Best analysis: a friend of mine told me (and I found it true) that the 20-year fight between Joey and Johnny helped to keep the spirit. Johnny obvisouly acted as a conservative asshole (not all conservatives are, though) BUT thanks to him, they kept the sound, they kept the look. I love Joey but he was attracted by diversity, which is great in general but could have dispersed them. In fact, the magics comes from the balance between the pop and humanist attitude of Joey, the cool and crazy Jewish boy from Queens and the punk and autoritarian attitude of Johnny, the white trash side of the band.

All those fights may have affected their health. Maybe. But a creative tension was there. You could probably touch it. And it gave great songs, like the KKK took my baby away.

Is my analysis too intellectual? Ok sorry. So... now... 1.2.3.4!!!!!!!!!!