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March 08, 2006
I turned into a martian (whoa - oh -oh!)
Categories: Sounds
For my birthday, I received an iTunes gift certificate, courtesy of my colleague Dave Vawter. I just got around to using it last night. Upon recomendation from my student, Josh, I bought Ryan Adams and the Cardinals "Jacksonville City Nights". I like a lot of Adams' stuff, but his prolifficness (is that a word?) works against him; he puts stuff out that, well, should be left in the studio until someone unearths them for a Basement Tapes. I haven't listened to "Jacksonville" very much yet, primarily because of my other purchase.
The gift certificate was for $15 and the Ryan Adams album was only $10, so I was poking around iTunes for five more songs. Venturing into the "iTunes essentials", I clicked on the "80's Hardcore" list, revisiting my youth in the process. There was Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and a bunch of other stuff that fuled the straigtedge-adolescent rebellion-self-construction of my high school years. On that list was "Bullet" by the Misfits.
I sampled the 30 seconds of "Bullet" and knew I needed a lot of Misfits RIGHT THEN. So, screwing the fact that I only had $5 left on my gift card, I just downloaded the entire 'Collection" of 13 or so songs. The Misfits are 2.5 chords, elvis impersonating zombie-evil monster movie goodness. I mean, wow. I wasn't the hugest Misfits fan in high school; I was more into bands that "said something" like Minor Threat. Now, however, I can really appreciate a band that doesn't take themselves too seriously, yet still has sound and fury. I mean, look at these songs I downloaded:
"Bullet"
"I turned into a Martian"
"Skulls"
"Die, Die My Darling"
"Where Eagles Dare"
"London Dungeon"
"Astro Zombies"
Only one "Die, Die My Darling" is over three minutes long (3:09). How can you not love these songs?
I really, really want to get some professors together and start a Misfits cover band. I know I don't play any instruments, but how hard is it to play these songs, really?
Posted by Nakia at March 8, 2006 08:26 AM
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