Comments on: Bring on the friggin’ awesomeness http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:56:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Stu Pope http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-68512 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:59:27 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-68512 "Teen Babes" is the EP that got me into Redd Kross. I already loved the Stones' version of "Citadel," so Redd Kross' cover served as the segue to my getting into a band that would keep me amused and amazed for years to come. Living in L.A. (Redondo Beach), I used to go to as many of their shows as possible and even ended up hanging out with them backstage at the Roxy or the Whisky, watching their choreographed "hair flinging" being practiced before the show. I still have the vinyl and converted it to digital a couple of years back - though I wish some more pristine versions had been included on the re-issue of "Neurotica." “Teen Babes” is the EP that got me into Redd Kross. I already loved the Stones’ version of “Citadel,” so Redd Kross’ cover served as the segue to my getting into a band that would keep me amused and amazed for years to come. Living in L.A. (Redondo Beach), I used to go to as many of their shows as possible and even ended up hanging out with them backstage at the Roxy or the Whisky, watching their choreographed “hair flinging” being practiced before the show.

I still have the vinyl and converted it to digital a couple of years back - though I wish some more pristine versions had been included on the re-issue of “Neurotica.”

]]> by: Chris http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-56300 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:45:04 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-56300 I like that it mentions Candy Darling. I like that it mentions Candy Darling.

]]> by: mzamar http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-56191 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:06:06 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-56191 Steve Mc Donald was playing with Sparks when I saw them in London in May! Yay! Steve Mc Donald was playing with Sparks when I saw them in London in May! Yay!

]]> by: Pete http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-55813 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:51:40 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-55813 The <i>Teen Babes</i> EP was available on a limited edition Australian Tour CD along with the contents of the Seminal Twang EP they released in 1992 ("Trance," "Byrds & Fleas," "Huge Wonder"). I used to own a copy, but sold it in a fit of financial desperation while in grad school. I have kicked myself for doing so ever since. It is indeed nearly impossible to find. Fortunately I made a copy to minidisc, which I have since copied to iTunes. It sounds a little muddy, but it's still great stuff. This really, really needs to be reissued. The cover of "Duece" from the EP also showed up on the <i>Bordello of Blood</i> Soundtrack, so that at least is on CD. I happen to think <i>Their Satanic Majesties Request</i> is an under-rated album as well. Subtract the long version of "Sing This All Together" and add "We Love You" and "Dandelion" and song-for-song you would have a better album than <i>Sgt. Pepper</i>. Not my opinion, that's just a fact. With themes of dislocation, loneliness and distance running throughout the songs, it is actually surprisingly thematically unified. The Stones dressed their bad vibes up in candy-coated psychedelia for <i>Satanic Majesties</i>, but it is in many ways a harbinger of the direction other first-rank rock acts would take post 1968. I've always maintained that this album was a brilliantly cynical parody of the simpleminded "Summer Of Love" vibe, right down to the groovy looking, but unsolvable maze in the inner gatefold with the words "It's Here" in the center. The Teen Babes EP was available on a limited edition Australian Tour CD along with the contents of the Seminal Twang EP they released in 1992 (”Trance,” “Byrds & Fleas,” “Huge Wonder”). I used to own a copy, but sold it in a fit of financial desperation while in grad school. I have kicked myself for doing so ever since. It is indeed nearly impossible to find. Fortunately I made a copy to minidisc, which I have since copied to iTunes. It sounds a little muddy, but it’s still great stuff. This really, really needs to be reissued. The cover of “Duece” from the EP also showed up on the Bordello of Blood Soundtrack, so that at least is on CD.

I happen to think Their Satanic Majesties Request is an under-rated album as well. Subtract the long version of “Sing This All Together” and add “We Love You” and “Dandelion” and song-for-song you would have a better album than Sgt. Pepper. Not my opinion, that’s just a fact.

With themes of dislocation, loneliness and distance running throughout the songs, it is actually surprisingly thematically unified. The Stones dressed their bad vibes up in candy-coated psychedelia for Satanic Majesties, but it is in many ways a harbinger of the direction other first-rank rock acts would take post 1968.

I’ve always maintained that this album was a brilliantly cynical parody of the simpleminded “Summer Of Love” vibe, right down to the groovy looking, but unsolvable maze in the inner gatefold with the words “It’s Here” in the center.

]]> by: James http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-55753 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:26:33 +0000 http://www.littlehits.com/blog/?p=605#comment-55753 "2,000 Light Years From Home" is great, too. “2,000 Light Years From Home” is great, too.

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