There's also that Born Bad series which has a lot of the same songs as Songs The Cramps Taught Us.
Off The Bone is my fave cos it has Human Fly on it, amongst many other super-awesome songs. We played Human Fly at my wedding!
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Friday, 3 October 2008 16:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
Off The Bone is (I think) the British version of Bad Music For Bad People but has more songs on it?
"smell of female"!xpost
― Zeno, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
Purple Knif Show = CLASSIC
― StanM, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
there are like a million of the purple knif/songs taught/lux and ivy's favorites, aren't there? the latter in particular are real goldmines - guitar gospel like charlie jackson, sweet rockabilly, lots of link wray, ric cartey, weird novelty doo wop and stuff.
― schlump, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
You need the song "Surfing Dead" from the "Return of the Living Dead" soundtrack, which is a blast (I think it might also be on the CD version of "Smell of Female."
Agreed - one of the best live shows I've ever seen. I saw Lux and Ivy walking down the sidewalk in Glendale once and my heart started beating really fast.
― Savannah Smiles, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
"(I think it might also be on the CD version of "Smell of Female."
it is, and that cd is a must
― Zeno, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:35 (4 years ago) Permalink
indeed its is. "surfing dead" is astonishing, and there's also the kill! kill! faster pussycat cover.
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
IT is.
back to Psych Jungle:it's their darkest album, and the closest their sound got to the Gun Club/Birthday Party era (which came later!).also, Voodoo Idol is the best Crapms songs ever.
― Zeno, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
underrated: A Date With Elvis
― StanM, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
not for Priscilla
― Zeno, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
All of the supposedly bad ones are underrated! Even the Epitaph one has some great tracks.
― Savannah Smiles, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
my underrated fave. is Stay Sick!
― Zeno, Friday, 3 October 2008 16:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
"All of the supposedly bad ones are underrated!"
Absolutely OTM. "Look Mom, No Head!" is great. "Miniskirt Blues" with Iggy!
― Soukesian, Friday, 3 October 2008 17:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
one of the best bands ever but yeah required listening is the first batch - Psych Jungle/Songs the Lord Taught Us/Bad Music For Bad People/Smell of Female.
Even Flamejob is great ("Naked girl FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS")
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 3 October 2008 17:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
also whichever one has "What's Inside a Girl?" on it
there were a bunch of live vinyl albums making the rounds a few years ago, some of which are very entertaining. I think the one I stuck with was ROCKINANDREELININAUCKLANDNEWZEALAND
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 3 October 2008 17:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
That would be A Date With Elvis, yeah. Also contains Chicken ("Buh Buh Buckee!")
― StanM, Friday, 3 October 2008 17:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
I heard sean yseult from white zombie was going on tour with them this fall... wonder if that's still happening?
― Edward III, Friday, 3 October 2008 17:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
I guess it happened 2 years ago lol cramps update yr website
― Edward III, Friday, 3 October 2008 17:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
did anyone hear that comp a couple of years ago, how to make a monster? it had a lot of really great scrappy covers on there, like a tav-falco-ish sweet woman blues. it's not my very favourite cramps stuff, but i like the songs that sound halfway to bobby vee - green door, lonesome town &c.
― schlump, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
I still have never seen, but am dying to, the concert DVD of them playing live at that mental institution. Anyone seen this?
― Savannah Smiles, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, it's diverting but not something you have to die, or kill, to see. It's under half an hour so might be in bits on Youtube maybe?
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Friday, 3 October 2008 18:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
the mental institution thing is like 15 minutes long and the footage is incredibly shitty (lolz early 80s video quality) but it has its moments. audio quality is terrible - really the only fun thing about it is watching the inmates get into it.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
well the cramps themselves are also fun I guess but you can't really hear/see what they're doing
I mean, LONESOME TOWN.The perfect cover of a perfect song.
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah I got it off Slsk years ago and can attest to ^
xpost
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Friday, 3 October 2008 18:27 (4 years ago) Permalink
"audio quality is terrible - really the only fun thing about it is watching the inmates get into it"
this, and how band members are perfectly at ease, i.e. brian gregory grinning happily all the time.
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's all on Youtube & video.google.com & stuff.
Saw them a couple of years ago and they're now embarrassingly old. Imagine your granddad in a bikini: that's Lux on stage now.
― StanM, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
how dare people age, who do they think they are.
cramps were always grotesque
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
lolz early 80s video quality
more like late 70s! it's smeary b&w but totally worth seeing at least once. also very easy to find.
lux is very old... 62 now?
― Edward III, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
the napa footage on youtube looks like somebody filmed their TV while watching the video
― Edward III, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
friend of mine says last time they toured Sweden, grown men were weeping with horror
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Friday, 3 October 2008 18:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
buy the napa DVD
http://www.amazon.com/Cramps-Live-State-Mental-Hospital/dp/B00018D5RQ
watch this one online instead
― Edward III, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
there is something magnificent, about the cramps
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Friday, 3 October 2008 18:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've never seen the Cramps live. I should be smacked. Hard. Idiot!!!!
― peskypesky, Saturday, 4 October 2008 04:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
What in the fuck?
Human Fly by The Cramps, revisited by a classical group. 12 violins, 1 solo violin, 4 Cellos, 1 piano and 1 soprano.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 November 2011 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow. Will have to check that out later.
Oh yeah, the RIP thread was a different one
tell me things about The Cramps (RIP Lux Interior)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 November 2011 17:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
*wonders what's going on with Poison Ivy* :-(
She ruled at least as much as Lux did, IMHO.
― StanM, Friday, 18 November 2011 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
downloaded a crappy rip of the Purple Knif Show and this is still the best shit ever
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
OTM. (There's no better rip btw, I've only ever found shitty sounding copies - that's almost part of its charm)
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://scaryideas.com/content/26375/
:-(
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hanni El Khatib is fuckin horrible btw
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
they should just have used the original. no doubt some ad exec felt it needed to sound "modern".
― stirmonster, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe they didn't get permission or a cover was cheaper?
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's possible. there's a great human fly cover by sonovac they could have used.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink