ILM Artist Poll No. 105 · THE CRAMPS · Results Thread

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33. Faster Pussycat 3 votes, 56 points.
https://youtu.be/PVtHrmj-3Dg

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32. Save It 2 votes, 57 points.
https://youtu.be/cqdzCGoXOB8

TOO LOW

I love Lux's evil laugh as this starts

it was my #8

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31. Strychnine 3 votes, 63 points.
https://youtu.be/_VooYj9WK1A

taking a small break will be back in 15 mins!

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30. Drug Train 4 votes, 66 points.
https://youtu.be/zOZtk5P7RCU

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29. Can’t Find My Mind 2 votes, 69 points.
https://youtu.be/5iyKLnY4Mo4

huge favorite, my #3

I got a crystal ball
and a divining rod
magnifying glass
and a pack of dogs

this song exemplifies the difference in sound between StLTU and PJ, this is so much HEAVIER than anything on the debut

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28. The Mad Daddy 4 votes, 70 points.
https://youtu.be/_QmDDQUn2Sc

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27. Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs 4 votes, 72 points.
https://youtu.be/E5mH38AhOHI

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26. The Crusher 4 votes, 75 points.
https://youtu.be/nRMQchwJcj8

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25. Can Your Pussy Do the Dog? 5 votes, 76 points.
https://youtu.be/N4JqNwDcJ7o

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24. Lonesome Town 4 votes, 80 points.
https://youtu.be/E_Uwh0w23K0

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23. I’m Cramped 4 votes, 83 points.
https://youtu.be/HYjIJAI67pQ

and a divining... rod

This is a great line delivery.

I just now realized that "Can Your Pussy..." contains the lyric "gonna do the bird, if I can I can" borrowed from Gregory Dee and the Avanties' "Olds-Mo-William." Worlds within worlds...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhYe8LebhwI

First time hearing this one! Love it as both a song and a reference.

Closing the day with a tie of covers of pretty popular songs

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TIE 21. Shortnin’ Bread 5 votes, 87 points.
https://youtu.be/uYinJU4Df6M

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TIE 21. Surfin’ Bird 5 votes, 87 points.
https://youtu.be/rb1bTiu4fW4

That's it for today! Come back tomorrow for the top 20 and get cramped.

Gregory Dee was from Minneapolis. It's actually a much improved cover of Paul Peek.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--MlEYC9vHE

Great stuff. Realising I have grossly under-represented Psychedelic Jungle. Psyched to see the top 20.

Fabulous. Thanks again Moka.

I feared I might have been the only vote for "Kizmiaz"!

"The Crusher" was one of my desperate, er, strategic omissions. Clearly the best song ever written though so it's cool that others voted sensibly on this front.

"The Crusher" made it low on my ballot, but ironically has been the biggest earworm since my re-listening binge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvBN3C2wepY

I mean basically everything after this (and a lot before) is 100% solid gold awesomeness

(in the countdown, I mean)

Yes! Listening in playlist form I'm virtually always thinking "yep, cool, could have voted for that". Other things I did actually vote for in this stretch include "The Mad Daddy", "Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs", "Journey to the Center of a Girl" and "Beautiful Gardens". I assumed "Drug Train" would be a bit higher. That was another late cut for me.

This poll had me reevaluating albums like Stay Sick! and Flamejob. It’s been years since I play anything off them and they sound much better than I remember them.

I got into cramps via bad music, and backfilled and listened a lot up to stay sick, but i have not had a listening binge in my dotage. Many many many years. Thx moka, this has been wonderful.

I still like what theyre doing, and love the songs, but it’s lux’s ecstatic exuberance that is ever more present to me now. He practically crawls right out the speakers.

That take sounds pretty “well, DUH!” Maybe i’d just forgot.

I got to interview Lux when Flamejob came out and he said that Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs was about Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, which turned into a conversation about art, and how he and Ivy actually owned an original Duchamp and were actually fairly accomplished art collectors.

peeking into the thread to say "holy crap moka." you always bring amazing artwork but you've outdone yourself this time.

Hahaha thank you! These were fun to arrange. Tbh The Cramps have a very marked aesthetic and most of their songs have specific references so I didn’t have to overthink these.

Ok everyone. Good morning. Let’s get fucked up!

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20. Let’s Get Fucked Up 4 votes, 88 points.
https://youtu.be/X0-asEGeCec

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19. What’s Inside a Girl? 4 votes, 90 points.
https://youtu.be/OT4AysVkuRs

Oh man, waaaaaay too low at # 19. One of my absolute favorite Cramps songs.

Grrreat pooollll

I had forgotten how much I like A Date With Elvis. That crisp airy sound juxtaposed with pretty much anything earlier is faintly jarring in a playlist. But I got out ye olde CD for highway listening last week and was overcome with "I'm not sure there are many tracks here I *don't* want to vote for" type thoughts.

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Happy that Let's get Fucked up made it. Probably the most recent one of their tracks I voted for.

Smell Of Female was my entry into The Cramps' interior also as a 15 year old!

Let's Get Fucked Up live in Norway. This must be one of the last Cramps performances. Lux still on fire!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwIMQvdBl88&list=RDLTWYapCe7UQ&index=7

oops. sorry, that didn't post. i won't try to post that again in case i mess up this otherwise lovely thread.

I love that Norway show, been watching clips of it for this poll. Lux still sounds great and I have to say he aged surprisingly well. By my calculations he was in his early 60s in that concert.

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18. Primitive 5 votes, 96 points
https://youtu.be/qpl-UcfPlYw

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17. Fever 5 votes, 117 points
https://youtu.be/E9RhLWcSkDM

^^ slow burn perfection. My #2.

My no. 6 but could have been higher another day. Perfection indeed.

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16. Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love 5 votes, 134 points
https://youtu.be/e8T45wL4eJs

yessss