Slog - Comments on The Underture http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture Since you all loved my Tommy coverage so much (btw dunderheads: In the 7th grade, after I bought the Who album, I drove my mom, dad, and big brother completely crazy because I would not. stop. singing. "I'm a gypsy/the acid queen" over and over for about a month), I wanted to alert you to my coverage in this week's Stranger of the greatest punk new wave band ever. Here' the anti-Ramones thesis statement : It's the Kmart barre-chord electric-guitar riffs and spat-out lyrics—"Hero Worship" and "52 Girls" are the standouts—that give the album a "we are fucking serious" octane... Copyright 2008 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:47:02 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:20:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Garrett Cat power is the greatest. She's furry and soft and pricks up her ears when we turn on the stereo.

]]> Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737549 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:58:24 -0800 Comment by Dunder - wha? I know what you are...but what am I?

]]> Dunder - wha? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737560 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737560 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:07:39 -0800 Comment by elswinger I like the Ramones a lot, but my big problem with their progeny, particularly some of the 70s British punk bands like the Sex Pistols (another band I like) is that playing more than two or three chords per song was somehow "selling out." To them, bands like Television, the Patti Smith Group, the B-52s, or even the Cramps were not true punk because they could actually play and write music, some of it quite complex.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737570 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:16:36 -0800 Comment by Geni Ha, you think you drove your parents nuts with Acid Queen? Maybe it's entirely TMI to admit this, but I went about for YEARS singing Fiddle About more or less continually.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737634 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:03:59 -0800 Comment by vegetable lasagna Awesome album - 52 Girls, Planet Claire. I loved that the record said "Play Loud" right on it. If you can somehow put the video for "Love Shack" out of your mind, it still sounds great.

]]> vegetable lasagna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737641 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:18:32 -0800 Comment by Mark Mitchell I loved the Tommy review.

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737685 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:52:28 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I thought the lyrics were:

I'm a gypsum acid-wash jeans.

Great, another childhood memory blown all to heck!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c737715 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:20:44 -0800 Comment by Explorer The B-52's are tragically underrated for their many achievements, from music to fashion to AIDS awareness to the environment. Just because they're The World's Greatest Party Band, nobody takes them seriously.

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c738102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c738102 Arts Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:42:14 -0800 Comment by Bill MSN I NIIPET
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]]> Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c741323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_underture#c741323 Arts Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:20:48 -0800