― Dave225, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I have a feeling Beat Happening is going to be mentioned in this discussion (esp. since they best exemplify the bridge between the Shaggs' naive whimsy and the Germs naive thuggery). (Well, hey! I brought them up! Go me!)
― Daver, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― John Darnielle, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The Germs? Well, they were just drunk, sloppy, high and pissed off.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bob snoom, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link
god, darnielle couldn't be more wrong if he tried.
oh, and, Shaggs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Germs
― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link
amazon has "m.i.a." (GI+EPs+more) for $15. it's absolutely worth every penny, unless you're one of these 'original vinyl' suckers.
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link
get the "m.i.a." anthology, it's pretty easy to find (and it kicks ass).
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Ignoring the AMG reviewer of it, though. He's a punk.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:14 (nineteen years ago) link
do you get anything from that, money wise?
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 03:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 2 September 2004 04:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Thursday, 2 September 2004 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link
It's actually a considerably better album than the Feminine Complex album (which definitely has its moments).
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 2 September 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 2 September 2004 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
The fact that the drummer is so monomaniacal with her bass/snare thing on many cuts doesn't really detract from this. You just have to sort of adjust to it, syncopation and all that. I think that is what throws a lot of people off. But the real action is in the chromatic sashays of those brilliant guitars and voices, obliterating bar lines -- just like Charley P usedta do -- walking and resting and in love with their own internal swing. Shaggs for that one wonderful album burned as brightly as Don and Ornette and Harry and all the other 20th century American greats.
― Reed Moore (diamond), Thursday, 2 September 2004 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I agree with that..
Shaggs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Germs, obviously; but Shaggs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Germs may be going a bit far.
Oh, I dunno 'though.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link
haha! how about the go-go's (the post-germs "pop" incarnation) vs. the shaggs?
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:32 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't need "original vinyl" but I definitely prefer vinyl. Which is what I was referring to when I said everything I saw was $40+.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― gainfully employed (ex machina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Elvis is Dead, Thursday, 2 September 2004 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― dan (dan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Reed Moore (diamond), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
has 'what we do is secret' come out yet?
having lived in rural NH i just cant pick one
― kephm (kephm), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link
The Shaggs, meanwhile, grew up in complete musical isolation with no tangible influences to speak of, I believe.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Alex, I don't think your Shaggs comment is true. Check "My Companion."
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 3 September 2004 05:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 3 September 2004 07:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― darin (darin), Friday, 19 November 2004 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― don't blame me, i voted for ram jam (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Both are good, but I listen to the Germs stuff a lot more than I do the Shaggs, so Germs take it.
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 19 November 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link