Monday, April 11, 2005

Song Of the Day: April 11, 2005


The Speedies-Time

Speedies records 45, 1981


I know we just did the Marbles, but here's another great pop 45 by one of the lesser known New York bands, this one with a punk-glam edge, as opposed to the Marbles' dreams of being the new Raspberries. We thought about running their debut 45 from '79, because it has such a great picture sleeve, but instead we'll stick with this B-side of their Clem Burke-produced 2nd, because we love the affected sneer of the vocals and the rousing chorus. (As an aside, one of the more interesting peculiarities of this era was the tendency for guys to articulate miseries like "my girlfriend won't call me" in their best Johnny Rotten snarl. This may provide some clues as to exactly why she won't call; still, we believe this was overall a beneficial development.) There are unreleased Speedies tracks on the highly recommended Yellow Pills: Prefill CD.



5 Comments:

CW said...

You're just a sucker for anything with a chorus pedal, aren't you?

7:16 AM  
Jon Harrison said...

No, you're thinking of Mark Johnson.

8:41 AM  
Mark Johnson said...

Ouch!

8:08 PM  
Anonymous said...

Now that, my friends, was funny...

8:20 PM  
Anonymous said...

It wasn't a chorus pedal. It was an MXR Disttortion Plus.- Speediejohn

10:19 AM  

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