Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 10

The Missing Links - Wild About You
The Remains - You Got A Hard Time Comin’
The Troggs - 66-5-4-3-2-1
The Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action
The Pretty Things - Can’t Stand The Pain
Alice Cooper - Caught In A Dream
Ramones – 53rd & 3rd
The Monkees - Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
The Chosen Few - Let Me Down Easy
David Johansen - You Fool You
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)
The Purple Hearts - I’m Gonna Try
Iggy & The Stooges - Gimme Danger
Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien - Two Headed Dog
Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys - You Stole My Love
The Seeds - No Escape
The Rolling Stones - Empty Heart
Heartbreakers - Can't Keep My Eyes On You
The Animals - I'm Going To Change The World
Masters Apprentices - War or The Hands Of Time
The Ventures - Stop Action
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot
The Cramps - Voodoo Idol
MC5 - I Just Don’t Know
The Sonics - He’s Waitin’
The Easybeats - Who’ll Be The One
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong
The Dictators - Young, Fast and Scientific

Another volume in no need of refurbishing. I think the theme here had something to do with artists/songs that influenced or were covered by Australian punk bands.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 9

The Move - The Last Thing On My Mind (Shazam, 1970)
Be Bop Deluxe - Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus (Axe Victim, 1974)
Hawkwind - Fable of a Failed Race (Extended Version) (Quark, Strangeness And Charm, 1977)
Edgar Broughton Band - There's No Vibrations But Wait! (Sing Brother Sing, 1970)
White Witch - You're The One (White Witch, 1972)
Ava Cherry and the Astronettes - I Am Divine (People from Bad Homes, 1995)
Sparks - Fletcher Honorama (Sparks, 1971)
Debris - Leisurely Waiting (Static Disposal, 1976)
Doctors of Madness - Out (Figments of Emancipation, 1976)
Brian Eno & The Winkies - The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (John Peel Session, 1974)
Sadistic Mika Band - Arienu Republic (Sadistic Mika Band, 1974)
Nick Gilder - Runaways in the Night (You Know Who You Are, 1977)
Piper - Telephone Relation (Piper, 1976)
Ace Frehley - Snowblind (Ace Frehley, 1978)
Sweet - Yesterday's Rain (Give Us A Wink, 1976)
Ultravox - When You Walk Through Me (Systems of Romance, 1978)
Van Der Graaf Generator - The Sphinx in the Face (The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, 1977)

Man, it sucked being the only kid in my grade school into these bands.

Grown Up All Wrong - Volume 8



"Frankenstein" mix project from the old Art of the Mix days (ca. 2005). Gave it a recent spin and didn't see any reason to change my picks for the following catagories:
A song from the last record you bought
Midnight Evils - Beat You Down
A blues: not necessarily a blues record but a song that is labelled (something) blues
Chiefs - Blues
A song that gets you going in the morning
The Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone
A song that you think is romantic
Vom - I’m In Love With Your Mom
One of the earliest records that you can remember listening to
The Banana Splits - I’m Gonna Find A Cave
A song that you discovered from a film
The Plugz - Hombre Secreto
A song from your favourite band / artist
The Rolling Stones - It’s Not Easy
A song from an artist band that you otherwise don’t like, but like this one
Skrewdriver - You’re So Dumb
A Lullaby
Sleep - Jerusalem (excerpt)
A song that makes you laugh / you find funny
T. Valentine - Hello Lucille, Are You A Lesbian?
A really good cover version
Superchunk - I’ll Be Your Sister
A song that reminds you of school days
The Runaways - School Days
A song from an artist that you are embarrassed to admit you like
g.g. allin - Drink, Fight & Fuck
Whatever it is, it’s got to be funky
Bad Brains - The Big Take Over
A song for those quiet rainy days
Lee “Scratch” Perry - Free Up The Prisoners
A song that no matter when you hear it makes you ‘Feelgood’
Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right
A song with the word ‘Look’ in the title
The Bonzo Dog Band - Look Out, There’s A Monster Coming
From a member of the ‘Dead Rockers Society’
The Exploding Hearts - Boulevard Trash
Your favourite Elvis song
El Vez - Maria’s The Name
Wildcard(s)
New York Dolls - Frankenstein
Screaming Lord Sutch - She’s Falling In Love With The Monster
Electric Frankenstein - Annie’s Grave