Wicked Little Town performed by Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Angry Eyes performed by Loggins & Messina
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Fuel performed by Ani Difranco
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In my eyes performed by Minor threat
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Your Emotions performed by Dead Kennedy’s
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terrorist performed by heavens to betsy
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Only One performed by Goo Goo Dolls
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I Don’t Wanna Have A Nice Day performed by Greg Brown
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You Fucked Up performed by Ween
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you’re going down performed by sick puppies
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Call Me performed by Chris Montez
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| | : 'That's because when Chris Montez comes to town, it's a party'
So funny. So true. : Missed this review the first time 'round. Very funny indeed and a thoroughly good theory for sure.
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Vicious performed by Lou Reed
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| | : It's on Lou Reed's "Transformer" LP so that would be 1971, I think. Not that it probably wasn't written before then. And possibly the coolest LP Rick Wakeman played on.
If you only know this song from the greatest hits you should check out Transformer itself, a quality record. In fact all the Velvets LP's individually, including 1969 and everything Reed did solo up to, say, 1975. : The coolest LP Rick Wakeman played on (apart from the Six Wives of Henry VIII and the Yes oevre, of course) - Hunky Dory. : Transformer was released in 1972, and Rick Wakeman played on Lou\'s first solo album released earlier in that year, not on Transformer, just wanted to clear things up.
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The March of the Black Queen performed by Queen
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6060-842 performed by The B-52s
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Heaven Up Here performed by Echo & the Bunnymen
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Prams performed by Vital Disorders
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Skin Trade performed by Duran Duran
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Paint A Vulgar Picture performed by the Smiths
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| | : Am I the only one who thinks this song is about Ian Curtis and Factory Records? Think about it. Morrissey would have certainly gone to JD shows in the late 70's. Reportedly, he was at the 4 June 1976 Pistols show at Lesser Free Trade Hall. Clearly, Moz and the Smiths rejected Factory Records when their time came about to find a label. Maybe, Moz was not only disgusted with Factory's obsession with repackageing JD material into new releases, but perhaps Moz had a romantic eye for Curtis. Perhaps, they touched "at the soundcheck." And though somewhat morbid, he sang about never tainting his love for Curtis because Curtis was "on their hands a dead star." : I wouldn't have thought it was the case, it must have been 20 years before factory compiled Joy Divisions stuff. When he died they bought out the scheduled releases: "love will tear us apart", "Closer" and then I think it was a few years before "Still" appeared. They got on pretty quickly with developing new Order IIRC, it couldn't have been that long before "ceremony" appeared.
I'm not Tony Wilsons biggest fan, but I think Factory did a pretty good job of handling Curtis' suicide. And they weren't really that popular anyway, at that time.
Now, the frenzy that marked John Lennons death. That was something else. : Paint a Vulgar Picture was 1987, long after Factory, and the remainder of JD had moved on to New Order. By that time, NO had released numerous 12" singles and LP's all the way through FAC 150, Brotherhood. For the record, FAC 37 was a video release called Here Are The Young Men of JD in Aug '82, FAC 40 is the JD compilation Still released in Oct '81, and NO's first release Ceremony is FAC 33 in Jan '81. There are also many JD appearances on various Factory Records compilations, both LP and video. All of this, of course, going on long before Moz, Marr, Rourke, and Joyce ever were together as the Smiths. One final thought, and please excuse the macabre, listen very closely to the last line of lyric in Vulgar, there is a distinct, but obvious choking sound just after the last word. If Moz hadn't made a career of singing about the "romantic" side of death, suicide, et. al. I would dismiss it as just a gutteral noise, but... : I bow to your superior research.
And wince to your final thought! : I just tonight thought for the first time about who the song might be about (bizarre, since it's one of my favorite songs) and the first person I came up with was Ian Curtis. This story is old (I know) but it goes on... : The new Smiths bootleg "Unreleased Demos and B-sides" has a great rendition of this song with slightly different lyrics. Grab a copy of you have the chance. : It has literally never occurred to me that this could be who it's about. I guess it's possible but it just seems wrong to me somehow. And I don't remember any tacky badges on Factory releases (unless I missed them). Interesting bootleg for sure...
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Sob Story performed by Minor Threat
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Straight Edge performed by Minor Threat
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you oughta know performed by Alannis Morissette
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O Verona (Reprise) performed by unknown
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Escape From Mantua performed by featuring Mundy
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Paranoid Android performed by Radiohead
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Deceptacon performed by Le Tigre
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| | : aren't deceptacon the 'evil' transformers?
i have to agree with you, this song is wonderful. : If I hear this song on the dancefloor, I go nuts. Absolutely nuts. The only other song that can make me reach that height of sweaty bliss is Blur's "Girls and Boys".
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midnight radio performed by hedwig & the angry inch
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| | : Everything on that album rules!
The movie rules!
You rule!
You saw the original show?! I swell with envy. : i'm blushing! keep your eyes and ears open, 'cause there are people putting on productions of hedwig in the unlikeliest of places... one day, i hope to produce one in my city.
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���� performed by ��
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| | : Sorry about the character encoding! The site\'s getting a bit old...
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Wicked Little Town performed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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| | : Trivia: 'Wicked Little Town' is Trask's reflections on Grinnell, Iowa.
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Understanding in a Car Crash performed by Thursday
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Penetration performed by Pedro The Lion
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Lover I Don�t Have to Love performed by Bright Eyes
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Say Hello to the Angels performed by Interpol
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Repined bastard nation performed by Satyricon
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Slipped Away performed by Avril Lavigne
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Leaving So Soon performed by Keane
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Head Like A Hole performed by AFI
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| | : good cover, you like KMFDM?
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