gts011 “rockish”
Getting robbed, getting took, it’s harder than it looks. That’s what they say, and they can’t all be wrong.
01-01 Al Jolson & Walter Rogers Orchestra – Victor 17081 – Ragging The Baby To Sleep (1912)
— went looking for an oldie to introduce rock and Muddy Waters was a cinch, can’t believe this one fits so well as our superoldie.
01-02 Muddy Waters – Hard Again 06 – Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock & Roll (1970)
— foundational.
01-03 ACDC – High Voltage 02 – Rock ‘N’ Roll Singer (1976)
— thought it would be Long Way To The Top, didntcha?
01-04 Ian Dury & Blockheads – New Boots and Panties!! 06 – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (1977)
— proves Sammy Hagar wrong, there is not only one way to rock.
02-01 Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks 12 – E.M.I. (1977)
— later here, MC Lars says the same thing: don’t need a million dollars to launch a career.
02-02 Nick Lowe – Jesus Of Cool 04 – Shake And Pop (1978)
— wait, you mean labels aren’t experts?
02-03 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping 04 – Workin’ For MCA (1974)
— at least it’s 3 squares and if you’re lucky you get a mule.
02-04 Nick Lowe – A Bunch of Stiff Records 01 – I Love My Label (1977)
— tongue poking a hole through cheek.
02-05 Sex Pistols – The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle 20 – The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (1979)
— finally lay it bare.
03-01 Satanic Surfers – Going Nowhere Fast 14 – Outro (Sold My Soul For Rock N Roll) (1999)
— hilarious, check this tune out, then the opening words of the next one. Note the dates.
03-02 Knuckel Drager – Everyone In The Music Industry Is Dumb (2008)
— nobody else was doing it, hmmmm?
03-03 Dr. Hook – Sloppy Seconds 11 – Cover Of The Rolling Stone (1972)
— took years, but they did indeed get on the cover.
03-04 MC Lars & Jaret Reddick – The Graduate 01 – Download This Song (2006)
— produced on an Apple G5 laptop. Did he get on the cover of Rolling Stone?
03-05 Good Rats – Tasty 01 – Back To My Music (1974)
— a central pillar to rock is getting the band back together, it’s a mission from god.
04-01 Mott The Hoople – Mott The Hoople 01 – All The Way From Memphis (1973)
— glamrock was a beaten orphan in the States.
04-02 Mojo Nixon – Frenzy 06 – Where The Hell’s My Money (1986)
— most of the time, you’ll never need a .32 Colt.
04-03 Josie & The Pussycats – JATPC OST 13 – Josie & The Pussycats (2001)
— not Rachael Leigh Cook on vocals, it was Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. But Rachael did some backing vocals.
… later at the Green Room After Party …
05-01 Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon 03 – Pop Star (1973)
— one way to escape the rock rat race, go be a monk in Egypt.
05-02 Martha Wainwright – Come Home To Mama 03 – Radio Star (2012)
— oh, me crack myself up. Last tune goes out on “coming home to mama” then look at what album this one’s from. Too bad she wasn’t named Loudon, then she’d be the IVth. Would Loudanne count?
05-03 Loudon Wainwright III – Attempted Moustache 02 – A.M. World (1973)
— it’s like he’s trying to warn future generations. Ahh well anyway.
05-04 Five Man Electrical Band – Absolutely Right 11 – We Play Rock ‘N Roll (1995)
— no one under 45? Wonder what a Stones show is like today? Can’t play Jumpin Jack Flash, too many oxygen tanks.
05-05 Four Horsemen – Nobody Said It Was Easy 02 – Rockin’ Is Ma’ Business (1991)
— like a lost ACDC song.
05-06 Beck – Satan Gave Me A Taco (1993)
— mmm, aphids tartare.
06-01 Killers – Hot Fuss 08B – Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll (2005)
— not on the regular album, and this isn’t from a CD bonus track, they re-released Hot Fuss as eleven vinyl 45’s with a bonus track on each B-side.
06-02 Untitled Musical Project – Artrocker Unsigned 02 – I Don’t Need You Honey, All I Need Is Rock ‘N’ Roll (2006)
— everything he says is wrong.
06-03 Genesis – Duke 02 – Duchess (1980)
— Duke and a disillusioned Duchess. Better call Oprah!
06-04 Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads 09 – The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (1965)
— yes, once the Rolling Stones were as wry as The Kinks.
06-05 Jackson Browne – Running On Empty 09-10 – The Loadout-Stay (1977)
— give a hand for the folks who really make rock happen.
… and the bonus track
07-01 Jimmy Buffett – Floridays 10 – You’ll Never Work Dis Bidness Again (1986)
— after a show like this, he’s talking at me!