Thursday, February 03, 2011

Oh Sweet Jeebus, Not Another Damned Early Clue to the New Direction?

From their mostly awful Live 1967 album, please enjoy (if that is the word) The Monkees and their sub-garage take on Mickey Dolenz' actually quite wonderful (the studio version) "Randy Scouse Git."





As always, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded to the first reader who gleans the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

14 comments:

Sal Nunziato said...

Best or worst songs whose titles do not appear in the lyrics.

pete said...

Guys named Randy?

pete said...

I'm struck by how non-hysterical they're driving the crowd - the girls want to scream but can't find a reason to.

DJWildBill said...

Alternative titles to songs? They call them this, you know them as that. Example: Baba O'Reilly (Teenage Wasteland).

steve simels said...

Guys named Randy -- yes!!!!



Actually, uh, no.
:-)

Anonymous said...

Gee, that Peter sure was a cut up. Great CD cover, thought. Really raises your expectations.

Hmm, what are the clues? Monkees. Live.

Something about Mighty Joe Young? George of the Jungle? The Shaggs?

dSmith said...

Songs with titles featuring British idioms?
Songs that sound like "Flowers on the Wall?"
Live albums by musicians who sound bored?

Anonymous said...

Occam's Razor: Songs great in studio but butchered live?

Shriner said...

Songs with kettle drum solos!

dave™© said...

Songs whose titles came from mid-60s British sitcoms? (Let's see if YOU get THAT!)

dave™© said...

"Songs that sound like 'Flowers on the Wall?'"

Nice catch!

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

Flowers on the Wall?? Curse you, d.Smith, now that's all I can hear!

steve simels said...

Songs with kettle drums --- YES!!!!


No.
:-)

edward said...

Recordings that make you scream "Make it stop!!"

Songs with scat interludes.

Bands with animal-like names

Failed attempts to be funny by musicians

The sound of a band crashing and burning before breaking up