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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
"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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
how dare people age, who do they think they are.
cramps were always grotesque
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
the napa footage on youtube looks like somebody filmed their TV while watching the video
― Edward III, Friday, 3 October 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
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 (fifteen years ago) link
there is something magnificent, about the cramps
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Friday, 3 October 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I've never seen the Cramps live. I should be smacked. Hard. Idiot!!!!
― peskypesky, Saturday, 4 October 2008 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
What in the fuck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAaT4btz-GA
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
*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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
http://scaryideas.com/content/26375/
:-(
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
Hanni El Khatib is fuckin horrible btw
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe they didn't get permission or a cover was cheaper?
― StanM, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
that's possible. there's a great human fly cover by sonovac they could have used.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
such an amazing band
they really deserve a career-spanning box set
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
True - but I'd like to see a feature-length documentary even more. There's amazing local news clips from Memphis TV in that Big Star doc, must be tons more great stuff out there.
― brio, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
that panther burns footage is the shit
― szarkasm (schlump), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
shitty quality version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUwbo_7pCnA
― brio, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
I wish Ivy would play guitar again - totally underrated.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
Yeah - would be nice to know how she's doing these days.
― brio, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:58 (ten years ago) link
was just looking at the Cramps section of my local store, I could swear that all of the LP versions of their regular studio albums were counterfeit pressings. Really hope Ivy does some kind of comprehensive reissue campaign, and yes a box set would be v nice.
― money, chicken and other DNA (sleeve), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
I can't blame Ivy for effectively retiring but seems like curating their legacy would be right up her alley. of course, there are probably legal/label problems up the wazoo, who knows who owns what
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
"just try and imagine how little I care"
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
"nobody stops a take of the fuckin Cramps in the fuckin studio!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDpNNwJLcQQ
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
amazing
― brio, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
There seems to be many of these types of compilations, anyone hear this? What's recommended?
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-beat-from-badsville-vol-1-trash-classics-from-lux-ivys-vinyl-mountain-mw0002410502
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 22 February 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
That looks like a fun set. I downloaded these years ago:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/02/lux-and-ivys-favorites-mp3s.html
but should upgrade to higher quality sets like this one when I get the chance.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 22 February 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
Ned pointed out on twitter that some of those have been cleaned up and the series expanded by the original compiler. Available here:
http://kogarsjunglejuice.blogspot.com/
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 22 February 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
who in the hell needs that cleaned up? it'd be better to have an unmastered underwater shortwave wax cylinder molten 96kbps cassette version
― massaman gai, Saturday, 22 February 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
exactly
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 February 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDtPU2lJJE&feature=youtu.be
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
O_O
― schlump, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Jesus they were great.
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
thanks!
Voodoo Idol 21:40! Love!
― nostormo, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
glad i saw them live..
― nostormo, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
yeah their Halloween shows were a treat
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
is this for real?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIsNGXEAL0v/
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_fan_made_the_cramps_a_fake_star_on_the_hollywood_walk_of_fame
― StanM, Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link