11/15/2007
Highly Recommended: Peter Sarstedt, Pop Music For Sophisticates
Certain types of music can make us feel fancy, and other types of music can make us feel clean. I've found that most music that makes me feel this way is usually extraordinarily articulate. This is the case with 60's pop songwriter Peter Sarsted ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/15/2007 2:14 PM EST in 60's Pop, YouTube, Highly Recommended | Permalink
11/12/2007
The Middle Class: The First Hardcore Band?
LA's The Middle Class have been crowned by some as the first hardcore band. They ignored the clownish gimmicks of the Sex Pistols but kept the relentless speed of The Ramones. They also seem to have adopted ideals from "post-punk" bands ala Th ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/12/2007 3:31 PM EST in Hardcore | Permalink
VIDEOS: CLASSIC 70's POP FROM SHOCKING BLUE
Shocking Blue wasn't necessarily a groundbreaking group during their existence, but they did have serious pop appeal. You may or may not recognize their music from a Gillette commercial(sorry could only find the Japanese version), which featured ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/12/2007 1:22 PM EST in YouTube, 70's Rock | Permalink
11/08/2007
The Weird Science Shuffle
About a month ago, fellow Walrus-man Michael sent me an mp3. I didn't bother to even read what I was downloading, as I assumed it would be something new and exciting that I just had to hear. To my dismay, it was "Weird Science" by wacky new-w ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/08/2007 11:24 AM EST in New-Wave, 80's Pop | Permalink
11/02/2007
HORNY FOR THE FEELIES!
Dorks playing and inventing jangle-pop faster than a teenager pops a boner! The Feelies formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1976. Their happy go-lucky single "Fa Ci-La" (download it below!) was released on Rough Trade.
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/02/2007 5:07 PM EST in Indie-Pop | Permalink
10/30/2007
VIDEO: BONZOS DO DAH MONSTER MASH!
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band were wild art-students acting out their love of bizarre shtick to the fullest. In 1969, The Bonzos rocked out with Bobby "Boris" Pickett's classic Halloween hit, "Monster Mash" on English TV's Do Not Adjust Your Set. T ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/30/2007 7:26 PM EST in 60's Pop, Experimental | Permalink
10/29/2007
KLAUS NOMI: A Video Retrospective
The German-born singer, Klaus Nomi was a genuine performance artist, dedicated to his bizarre vision of futurist new-wave-robot-aliens. At face value, his absurdity comes off as humorous. However, it becomes apparent how serious he was about his ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/29/2007 10:52 AM EST in New-Wave, Glam, Video Retrospective | Permalink
10/26/2007
Open Your Eyes To The Nazz: A Video Retrospective
Todd Rundgren and company really had the boy band thing down way before pop music sucked. These Philadelphia natives made some real groovy tunes back in the day. Nazz (technically "The" is not included in their name) display a wide range of sou ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/26/2007 12:17 PM EST in 60's Psych, Garage Rock, Blues, Video Retrospective | Permalink
10/25/2007
Anyone Can Do It, Thanks to NYC's The Godz
Wouldn't it be fun to hear a tribe of primates cover The Beatles and completely embellish, mock, and destroy it all at the same time? Well, back in the high-tide of the hippies, before the birth of punk, an unknown band from NYC consisting of fo ...
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