Monday Music

It's been quite a while since I dropped some Monday music so how about today. Here's some tunes I've been digging the most the last few weeks. 

First up is some Cleveland power pop from 1980 by Wild Horses. Dig that "Oh yeah alright" in the chorus and then the great bridge. "You've got your finger on the trigger, but there's nothing in your gun." This comes from a superb YouTube channel called I Don't Wanna Cry. Like and subscribe and get lots of obscure power pop. 

Wild Horses - Neighborhood Angel

 

Kim Shattuck is so missed. The Muffs are in my rock and roll hall of fame. 

The Muffs - Really Really Happy

Here's another from the fabulous I Don't Wanna Cry YouTube channel with some power pop from Iowa. "Green Hearts" by Luxury is just an insanely great tune. I love how guitarist/singer Rick Swan stretches out syllables. It reminds of the way Liz Stokes of The Beths does the same thing. If you see this record in the wild for cheap pick it up. I would love to get a copy, but the median price right now is $75. Wow.

Luxury - Green Hearts

Since I mentioned The Beths let's listen to a tune which I've shared here before, "Jump Rope Gazers" which features some syllable stretching. The video is neat too. It's like E.T. with a much cooler alien.

The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers

I got a still sealed copy "Playin' Up A Storm" by The Gregg Allman Band from Wuxtry Records in Athens, GA this week. I didn't go there. I ordered it online. I have been to Wuxtry, both locations way back in 1986, so it was cool to get another record from them. I got The Pandoras way back in 1986 with Kim Shattuck on bass of course. This Allman tune is a slow burner. You know he spent lots of his youth living in Nashville so perhaps that's one of the reasons why I dig him so much. 

The Gregg Allman Band - It Ain't No Use

RIP Paula and Kim. The Pandoras were great. 

The Pandoras - Stop Pretending

I've been on a Cheap Trick bender the last few weeks. They are, along with Kiss, the band I discovered in elementary school and they have been with me ever since. Their latest album, In Another World, is good, but I still miss Bun E. Carlos behind the skins. Four of their songs were used in the classic teen exploitation film Over the Edge which was on constant rotation on my cable TV circa 8th grade and here's a cool unofficial video of "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" which should whet your appetite for a region free blu-ray coming at the end of this month from Arrow Films. I've preordered my copy. 

Cheap Trick - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

In case you ever wondered what the original "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" by Terry Reid recorded in 1969 sounds like here you go. It's a killer tune. 

Terry Reid - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace