gts149 “dishfigrd”
It ain’t gonna be pretty.
01-01 Gordon Polk & Don Brassfield & His Swing Sextette – Mastertone 75 – Body By Fisher (Face By Frankenstein) (1946)
— was unable to gussy this one up with a click’n’snick removal tool, it reported that “no changes can be made”. Hah, some things are too ugly to touch, even for modern software!
01-02 Nappy Brown & Kip Anderson – Best Of Both Worlds 09 – When You’re Ugly Like Me (1998)
— or, you can be uncool and really rich.
01-03 Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Devils Night Out 10 – A Little Bit Ugly (1993)
— have you seen video of the band? This should’ve been the first song of the show, as fair warning to attendees.
01-04 Gravedigger V – All Black And Hairy 205 – One Ugly Child (1984)
— first and only album by the band, critically warm reception but the group disintegrated anyway.
01-05 Shemekia Copeland – Uncivil War 04 – Money Makes You Ugly (2020)
— she takes the ugly rich out to the shed with a switch.
01-06 Olivia Rodrigo – Guts 11 – Pretty Isn’t Pretty (2023)
— futility of chasing your own ugly tail on CrakTok.
02-01 Julie Brown – Ugly Girl
— yes, the one from Earth Girls Are Easy.
02-02 Roger Alan Wade – All Likkered Up 01 – Butt Ugly Slut (2005)
— ahh my little wildebeest.
02-03 Hasil Adkins – Chicken Walk 03 – Ugly Women (1995)
— he don’t go into town less he can help it no more.
02-04 Goldfinger – Darrin’s Coconut Ass (Live From Omaha) 02 – Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1999)
— pearl of a Joe Jackson cover.
02-05 Sparks – Lil’ Beethoven 08 – Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls (2002)
— no, not bitter at all.
02-06 Fuzzrod – III 02 – Ugly (2024)
— Rochester’s own quirkrockers!
03-01 The Monks – Bad Habits 201 – Nice Legs Shame About Her Face (1979)
— wait for the twist at the end.
03-02 Marty & The Monks – Associated Artists 3065 – Mrs. Schwartz, You’ve Got An Ugly Daughter (1965)
— ‘answer song’ to a big hit for Herman’s Hermits.
03-03 Harry Belafonte – RCA Victor 47-6830 – Mama Look At Boo-Boo (1957)
— some versions of the 45rpm list it as “Bu-Bu”.
03-04 Buddy Max – Many Styles And Sounds Of Buddy Max 206 – The Birthmark Story (1980)
— is a giant scar really an improvement?
03-05 Elliott Shavers – Magnum 738 – Ugly In-Laws (1968)
— doesn’t get invited to their cookouts anymore.
03-06 Waylon Jennings – The Journey: Six Strings Away 519 – Poor Old Ugly Gladys Jones (1968)
— when Daddy dies, Gladys will become gorgeous.
04-01 King Perry – Octive 336 – I Must Have Been An Ugly Baby (1951-12-10)
— Octive was King’s own label.
04-02 The Maddox Bros & Rose – Columbia 4-40836c – Ugly And Slouchy (1957)
— one way to conquer infidelity.
04-03 Johnny Meeskite – Ugly
— so obscure, even Rhino Records couldn’t identify release info. Thought to be from 1978 or thereabouts.
04-04 Bob Dylan – Down In The Groove 201 – Ugliest Girl In The World (1988)
— thank god he went electric, this woulld bever work with guitar and harmonica.
04-05 Violent Femmes – Rough Trade 147 – Ugly (1983)
— also released on the 2002 re-issue of their eponymous album under the heading “Demos & More”.
04-06 Mark Graham – Natural Selections 08 – I Can See Your Aura (1987)
— last time I played a Mark Graham song was “Life Is Hard When You’re Dumb”.
04-07 The Woggles – Live! At The Star Bar 12 – Mule Lipped (2001)
— guitarist doesn’t sing much, and he doesn’t have to, with all those groupies.
05-01 Gary B.B. Coleman – Romance Without Finance Is A Nuisance 01 – She Ain’t Ugly (She Just Don’t Look Like Nobody Else) (1991)
— quote of the night: “she got feet like alligator shoes.”
05-02 Ferris Wheel – Ferris Wheel 205 – The Ugly Duckling (1970)
— prog + soul turns out to be not so bad a mutant.
05-03 Laurie Anderson – The Ugly One With The Jewels And Other Stories 07 – The Ugly One With The Jewels (1995)
— so what?
05-04 Johnny Anderson (as Alderson) – Äva Records C-134 – Zoola Zooky (1963)
— may play this again near the end of October!
06-01 The White Wires – The White Wires 08 – Your Mother Says You’re Ugly (2009)
— but you can still be DefSec.
06-02 Hipbone Slim And The Kneetremblers – Ugly Mobile 02 – Ugly Mobile (2016)
— new favorite band name.
06-03 Kris Kristofferson – Closer To The Bone 12 (Hidden Track) – I Hate Your Ugly Face (2009)
— listed as “Untitled” in online tracklistings, we know what this is, after watching the A&E Biography of Kris.
06-04 Aunty Jack & Thin Arthur – Polydor 2079 079 – Your Ugly (1976)
— fourth single by this pair of Australian nutters, played on this show earlier doing the tune “Teenage Butcher”.
06-05 Michael Sands – You’re Kinda Ugly (2013)
— online-only single released by a husband/wife duo out of Tennessee.
06-06 Wylie And The Wild West – Rocketbuster 09 – Ugly Girl Blues (2012)
— had to look up “carbolic acid”.