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    • June 29, 2011 1:27 PM CDT
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    •      I'm with you on this one, Rod...(Love The Sonics, btw - i even met you finally (in person) at the Sonics' Olympia New Years Eve Show)...As Mole noted, the chords for the Sonics version are different. They're virtually different songs; Kingsmen version has the E minor chord, whereas the Sonics version is all majors -- Meaner, yes! The word "Menacing" comes to mind...Another great blueprint for Punk Rock, brought up by the mighty Sonics. (The Swamp Rats heard this (and Psycho) and fuzzed it up bigtime!). Speaking of 'blue prints" The Fabulous Wailers MUST be mentioned here. Because they were the first ones to do it with this wild/Northwest/balls out/ rhythm/style/arrangement as what the Kingsmen did a year or two later. LOVE the Wailers and their version was innovative, but The Kingsmen took what they did and SMASHED it out of the park.

           As great as all these versions are, there's just something magical about the Kingsmen version. The gaffs/mistakes, the sound quality (!) Great (((live))) room sound...The epitome of "Garage" sound...(even if it wasn't literally in a garage). First & foremost, Jack Ely's lackadaisical vocal is just so great. His delivery, the phrasing is top rate....Add to that a fantasticly succinct guitar solo (super well crafted & executed; pity/laconic in the best sense), wicked electric piano intro & all throughout (Don Gallucci, later of Don & The Goodtimes fame, & Stooges - Funhouse production), and Lynn Easton's lively drumming. It's relaxed/loose and intense all at the same time....like the best R&B ever made (usually black musicians). White kids usually sound nervous and hyper and that sound is great too, but they usually can't get the "relaxed/intensity" thing...I'm all for spazzy white punk rock, but The Kingsmen nailed this one with relaxed/intensity...Finally, i gotta bring it back full circle to Richard Berry, the creator/writer & original performer of the song, Louie Louie. His original 1956 recording of Louie Louie is thee KIng Shit! and is only equalled by The Kingsmen, in my opinion. Yes, rating songs in-order is stoopid anyway, but those are my two top faves that I always go back to (for Louie Louie) -- Richard Berry ('56) & The Kingsmen ('63)...(and the sonics!) heh heh... O_0

    • June 29, 2011 12:55 PM CDT
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    • The Zombies are on my rip off list, too.

    • June 29, 2011 10:48 AM CDT
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    • I've always had a fascination with 50's and 60's Punk (Hasil Adkins, Gene Maltais, Joe Clay, Jerry "The Phantom" Lott, The Benders, The Sonics, etc.) Does anyone know of any bands/songs that really get the blood pumping? Let me know. Thanks.

    • June 29, 2011 10:33 AM CDT
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    • You never considered them surf? They always had a heavy surf influence. If you see them these days they are TOTALLY a surf punk band and mostly play the surf circuit.

      ratoonie said:

      agent orange!!!!...... i never considerd those guys surf!! but i was Living in S.F. at the time ......83....?????
      I think therye back togethr?!

    • June 29, 2011 10:27 AM CDT
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    • I got mine !!!

    • June 29, 2011 9:05 AM CDT
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    • there's already 630 people attending the event "according" to facebook...

       

       

    • June 29, 2011 8:50 AM CDT
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    • got my tickets! now to arrange lodging...

    • June 29, 2011 8:38 AM CDT
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    • Holy crap I'm there!

    • June 29, 2011 7:40 AM CDT
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    • the Bell house websites says the place holds about 350-400 people so i reckon it will sell out pretty quick

    • June 29, 2011 4:59 AM CDT
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    • Does anyone knows how many tickets are available ?? is the venue big enough ??

       

      i 'll try to figure how to get there, i've just come back from NY two weeks ago !!!!

    • June 29, 2011 1:34 AM CDT
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    • got my tickets - now I gotta get together the airfare from OZ !

    • June 28, 2011 8:47 PM CDT
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    • Yeah, 'cept it's missing the Mummies! Oh, well.

      Mardy Pune said:

      Wow!!!! Now that's a lineup!

    • June 28, 2011 6:44 PM CDT
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    • Wow!!!! Now that's a lineup!

    • June 28, 2011 6:25 PM CDT
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    • My god... this is insane, I gotta be there! I have to find a way!

    • June 29, 2011 8:31 AM CDT
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    • The Unknowns back when they wore those Klansmen looking robes and hoods. For obvious reasons, they did away with them.

    • June 29, 2011 6:39 AM CDT
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    • + 1 Los Straitjackets and Nobunny spring to mind

    • June 29, 2011 1:37 AM CDT
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    • went to Gonerfest last year - one of the best party times I've ever had - I was planning on going again this year but then saw the Norton lineup and decided to go there instead - bummer I just can't go for 8 weeks & do both

    • June 28, 2011 2:42 PM CDT
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    • That looks amazing.

    • June 29, 2011 1:14 AM CDT
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    • Nope.

      Thanks for the heads up though!Is it mainly a discography/history of Japanese Rock, or does it get as I expect Julian Cope - in depth?

    • June 29, 2011 12:46 AM CDT
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    • Although this is probably inappropriate, since I play bass, but... 

      I play through a Ampeg B-15R Portaflex. I paid a ton for TONE! I never ever thought that little amp would do me justice in a two 100+ Watt  guitar setup (Fender Twin Reverb '65 Reissue and an Ampeg ReverbRocket Reissue) live or recording - It did. Good tube amps are 100% worth the money seriously. In all honestly no matter what you play, no matter the watts. I think that probably 50% is your attitude and how you play it off, 45% your amp and 5% your instrument. Yeah, shitty instruments suck, but you can really get past that or weed out the ones that stink. A good amp with good tubes and speakers are key. You can dial in a killer sound on any instrument just out of the warmth.

      Honestly, I'm not trying to be a gear snob. I've played all sorts of cheap shit for years and loved it! With that said, I've never had as much ease at getting decent tone out of that Ampeg as I've ever tried on "real vintage" gear or cheap shit. Never ever had needed a pedal, compressor, etc. Just easier and I'm much happier for it. Whatever upgrades you're going to do to a tube amp will cost a lot of money, but seriously - it makes the dirty sound dirtier and the clean sound cleaner.

      I know that didn't help much with the decision, but invest in your amp! Even the small tube guys scream and cry for those who aren't wise!

       

       


    • June 28, 2011 5:03 PM CDT
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    • Not to be disrespectful, but I thought 100 Years Ago was about the weakest song they ever did. I dunno, just goes to show ya, no accounting, etc.

    • June 28, 2011 4:41 PM CDT
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    • I love Goats Head Soup especially "Comin' Down Again" and "100 Years Ago".

    • June 28, 2011 1:54 PM CDT
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    • Great thread...I've been digging Between the Buttons for the last couple of weeks. I'm one of those that believes Exile is their best, though. A long time ago I asked my buddy at Amoeba Records in SF what other Stones albums are like Exile. His reply: "There's no other albums like Exile".