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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #30 on: October 28, 2009, 10:29:35 AM »
Quote from: mshray on October 28, 2009, 10:28:31 AM
HOLEE SHIT, BATMAN!!!

The Monks again, even better than in Annalisa's first 1966 set (which iirc also featured Nancy's boots).

There's a docu about the Monks (the title escapes me) that has been showing up on cable recently.
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #31 on: October 28, 2009, 10:31:52 AM »
Oh hell, ten-way tie!  AL really shines in the '60s.
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #32 on: October 28, 2009, 10:32:49 AM »
Sorry I missed the first five or six,  always great to hear the Kinks.

BTW, I'll be seeing Ray Davies when he comes to the Warfield Nov 12.!
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #33 on: October 28, 2009, 10:32:50 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on October 28, 2009, 10:27:26 AM

Wow - this garage-punk hate screed is NTM.  Weird and unsettling.

I have this CD, I'll have to make some copies.  Truly remarkable breakthrough stuff.  A full decade ahead of its time.  See below, (courtesy of Richie Unterberger at Allmusic.com):

One of the strangest stories in rock history, the Monks were formed in the early '60s by American G.I.s stationed in Germany. After their discharge, the group stayed on in Germany as the Torquays, a fairly standard beat band. After changing their name to the Monks in the mid-'60s, they also changed their music, attitude, and appearance radically. Gone were standard oldie covers, replaced by furious, minimalist original material that anticipated the blunt, harsh commentary of the punk era. Their insistent rhythms recalled martial beats and polkas as much as garage rock, and the weirdness quotient was heightened by electric banjo, berserk organ runs, and occasional bursts of feedback guitar. To prove that they meant business, the Monks shaved the top of their heads and performed their songs — crude diatribes about the Vietnam war, dehumanized society, and love/hate affairs with girls — in actual monks' clothing.

This was pretty strong stuff for 1966 Germany, and their shocking repertoire and attire were received with more confusion than hostility or warm praise. Well known in Germany as a live act, their sole album and several singles didn't take off in a big way and were never released in the U.S., it was rumored, because the lyrical content was deemed too shocking. They disbanded in confusion around 1967, but their album — one of the most oddball constructions in all of rock — gained a cult following among collectors, and has ironically made them much more popular and influential on an international level than they were during their lifetime. Bassist Eddie Shaw's 1994 autobiography, Black Monk Time, is a fascinating narrative of the Monks' stranger-than-fiction story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2TM8e3Vo1c&feature=PlayList&p=2336C62375068ECB&index=0&playnext=1
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #34 on: October 28, 2009, 10:32:55 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 28, 2009, 10:29:35 AM
Quote from: mshray on October 28, 2009, 10:28:31 AM
HOLEE SHIT, BATMAN!!!

The Monks again, even better than in Annalisa's first 1966 set (which iirc also featured Nancy's boots).

There's a docu about the Monks (the title escapes me) that has been showing up on cable recently.

and TANC: AL confirms that fact!
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #35 on: October 28, 2009, 10:33:25 AM »
I'd never heard "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" either.  Glad I got to be around for this set in real time!
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #36 on: October 28, 2009, 10:37:35 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 28, 2009, 10:31:52 AM
Oh hell, ten-way tie!  AL really shines in the '60s.

a phenomenal decade!
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #37 on: October 28, 2009, 10:41:05 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on October 28, 2009, 10:33:25 AM

I'd never heard "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" either.  Glad I got to be around for this set in real time!

this is a more astonishing admission than having never seen The Godfather, at least for you Gaz.
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #38 on: October 28, 2009, 11:15:12 AM »
BT = Dylan, "Stucki Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"

a song which for some reason got stuck inside my head most of the weekend, and now I can foresee it will be stuck inside my head again all day.
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #39 on: October 28, 2009, 12:27:59 PM »
Quote from: mshray on October 28, 2009, 11:15:12 AM
BT = Dylan, "Stucki Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"

a song which for some reason got stuck inside my head most of the weekend, and now I can foresee it will be stuck inside my head again all day.

[Dylan voice]"Now ahm stuck inside of m-shray with the stinky tofu blues again"[/Dylan voice]
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #40 on: October 28, 2009, 12:33:45 PM »
10/28/09 - Wednesday!  Sounds like...1966!!

   1.  Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
   2.  Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - Devil With the Blue Dress
(TV:  Flipper)
   3.  Beatles - Yellow Submarine
   4.  The Who - Happy Jack (BOS!)
(News:  Swinging London Fashion)
   5.  The Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion (BOS!!)
   6.  Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind
(PSA:  Bat Girl for equal pay)
   7.  Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walking (BOS!!!)
   8.  Simon & Garfunkel - Hazy Shade of Winter
(Movie:  Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?)
   9.  The Monks - I Hate You
  10.  Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down

BONUS TRACK:  Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #41 on: October 28, 2009, 08:22:30 PM »
I like the way whoever posted the list indicated the three-way tie with the exclamation marks.
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Re: 28 Oct 2009: 1966!
« Reply #42 on: October 31, 2009, 09:02:34 AM »
digging the Saturday replay.  Entwistle was always there, wasn't he? [Happy Jack]
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