Saturday, September 02, 2006

Number 853 - The Tubes



Number 853

The Tubes

"She's A Beauty"

(1983)
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Genre:Rock
The Tubes were arch satirists of popular culture whose outrageous performance-art concepts -- which swung wildly from soft-core pornography to suit-and-tie conservatism -- frequently eclipsed their elusive musical identity. The beginnings of the group originate in Phoenix, Arizona in the late '60s, where guitarist Bill Spooner, keyboardist Vince Welnick and bassist Rick Anderson formed as the Beans (alternately billing themselves as the Radar Men from Uranus). After moving to San Francisco in 1972, the Beans recruited guitarist Roger Steen and drummer Prairie Prince (from Red, White & Blues), and later became the Tubes with the addition of Michael Cotten on keyboards and former roadie Fee Waybill on lead vocals.
Over the course of the next few years, the Tubes earned a devoted cult following on the strength of Spooner's parodic songs and the group's surreal live shows, which featured Waybill adopting a variety of personas including the "crippled Nazi" Dr. Strangekiss, country singer Hugh Heifer and Quay Lewd, a drug-addled British pop star. After signing to A&M in 1975, they released their self-titled debut, followed a year later by Young and Rich; while both failed to transfer the manic energy and theatrical complexity of their live set onto record, the single "White Punks on Dope" became a minor hit and a radio staple.
After signing to Capitol, they recorded 1981's Completion Backwards Principle, an album based on an actual sales training instruction manual; both "Talk to You Later" and "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" earned significant radio play, and the LP became the Tubes' first Top 40 hit. Thanks to its provocative video, the single "She's a Beauty" reached the Top Ten, and pushed the 1983 LP Outside/Inside into the Top 20 Albums chart; after 1985's Love Bomb stiffed, however, the Tubes disbanded, and Welnick later joined the Grateful Dead. In 1993, the Tubes reunited; consisting of Waybill, Steen, Anderson, Prince and new keyboardist Gary Cambra, they toured the U.S. and Europe before releasing a new LP, Genius of America, in 1996. Spooner also issued his own solo record, Mall to Mars. In 2000, the Tubes embarked on another extensive tour, issuing the greatest-hits-live album Tubes World Tour to commemorate the event. ~ Jason Ankeny
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Oh I don't think so ) and the Album ranked at Number (To extreme for us fun loving hippies)
This song has a total rating of 60.9 out of 108
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Number 852 - Huey Lewis



Number 852

Huey Lewis

"I Want A New Drug"

(1983)
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Genre:Rock

Huey Lewis & the News are a bar band that made good. With their simple, straightforward rock & roll, the San Francisco-based group became one of America's most popular pop/rock bands of the mid-'80s.
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (A bar band? we dont think so) and the Album ranked at Number (Pedigree only)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 60.9 out of 108
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Friday, September 01, 2006

Number 854 - Strawpeople





Number 854

Strawpeople

"Beautiful Skin"

(1994)
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Genre:Alt Pop
One of New Zealand's best groups of the 90's and early millenium. They are sadly missed by this crowbarred.
"Formed in the early '90s as New Zealand's premier electro-pop band. Paul Casserly and Mark Tierney fuse electronics with strings, trumpets, and double bass that add finesse to the music and greater support to the weighty selection of female singers which to date have included: Stephanie Taueuihi, Fiona McDonald, Leza Corban, and then unknown Anika Moa. Their classy production is born out of Casserly's day job as a jingles man but the style is far from vapid muzak as their covered material name checks the Church, whose "Under the Milky Way" provided one of their biggest hits in 1994, and John Hiatt. Strawpeople draw from wide influence; the commercial awareness of Beats International, the artiness of St. Etienne, the depth of Blue Lines period Massive Attack. Their first album, Hemisphere, arrived in 1990, but it wasn't until their third in 1994 that they really got into gear. "Broadcast" stayed on the NZ chart for over a year. By 1996, Tierney had left to pursue other projects including A&R work with similar outfit NV. Vicarious was left principally to Casserly and Fiona McDonald, who in turn departed for a solo career. Remix album 100 Street Transistors was a precursor to No New Messages, which covered the Cars' "Drive" sung by Bic Runga, who had a hit with her own song of that title. A best-of followed at the end of 2000."
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Who?) and the Album ranked at Number (They make music in New Zealand??)
This song has a total rating 60.9 of out of 108
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