Monday, February 21, 2011

AND YOU ARE?


Seeing as how Jon Spencer's name has mentioned numerous times on posts about other bands, here's a few from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. I've been listening to his different bands for a long time, but know this, I'm no coddler. He's put out his share of crap. Years ago, intrigued by the concept, I bought the Pussy Galore cover (in it's entirety) of Exile on Main St. on cassette. It was, in a word, unlistenable. Thrown into "sell later" pile, it stayed there for years. (Quick side story: After trying to sell it with a stack of other stuff to a record store, who wouldn't even pay a buck for it, I put it on Ebay, and because there were only 550 released, got a hundred bucks for it.)


Blues Explosion (French TV)

But I kept buying later Pussy Galore records, one by one, waiting to hit paydirt. There were moments on different LP's (particularly, their cover of the Barbarians "The New Breed" on Right Now, which ended up on a few mix tapes), but nothing that I could really fully sink my teeth into. Finally, when the Sugarshit Sharp EP came out, it seemed that they had finally hit their stride. Of course, they would break up shortly after that. Spencer would continue with Boss Hog amongst other bands, and continue the hit and miss track record of Pussy Galore. By the time he popped up with the Blues Explosion, I'd accepted the fact that every single Spencer release will have songs that go in the permanent mix, and some that suck. Here's a few that don't suck.

~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~
Music:
Blues Explosion - Ghetto Mom mp3 at Recidivism (Direct mp3 linking disabled. Go there to get it directly. One more click. Call the pol-ice.)
Blues Explosion - Sweet n' Sour mp3 at Bizart (Czech site)
Blues Explosion - Bent mp3 at The Daily Rind
Blues Explosion - Son of Sam mp3 at Spin.com
Boss Hog - Chocolate mp3 at Last Days of Man on Earth
Boss Hog - Monkey mp3 at Bizart (Czech site)
Video:
Pussy Galore - Alright video at YouTube
Boss Hog - I Dig You video at YouTube
Blues Explosion - Devil Got My Woman (Martin Scorsese) video at YouTube
Heavy Trash - She Baby (live, in store) video at YouTube
Read:
Blues Explosion at Wikipedia
Boss Hog at Wikipedia
Pussy Galore at Wikipedia

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