Fun With Numbers
I woke up the other day with an strange urge to listen to “20 Eyes” by the Misfits, which lead me to start thinking about a way to include some songs by bands that might not get their own individual post. Maybe some kind of numbers game? After considering songs with numbers, band names that include numbers, album titles with numbers, etc. I ended up with this simple counting game. And after all of that I still didn’t find a way to work in “20 Eyes”. Here’s the first ten, no need to take of your shoes and socks to count unless you’re a freak or have been involved in some kind of farming accident:
Fugazi - Song #1.mp3
from their 1990 Sub Pop single (and Dischord single, and Dischord CD)
Bad Religion - Part II (The Numbers Game).mp3
from 1988’s Suffer LP, one of the original song ideas for this post
Sheer Terror - Three Year Bitch.mp3
From 1992’s Thanks For Nuthin’ LP, reissued on the Bulldog Edition double CD.
Volcano Suns - Four Letters.mp3
From 1985’s All Night Lotus Party. The first 3 Volcano Suns LP’s are all worthwhile (and OOP, I think)
Sugar Shack - Five Weeks Ahead of My Time.mp3
Choice garage snarl - this is the title track from their 1997 album on Estrus
Pagans - Six & Change.mp3
First Pagans single from 1977. This guy just sold one for $885!
Blight - Seven Winds over the Gobi Desert.mp3
Weird noise damage circa 1983 from Tesco Vee and former Fix members on Touch & Go. This is just about to be reissued by T&G.
Husker Du - Eight Miles High.mp3
Mould & Co. own this cover of the Byrds. Originally released as a 7″ in 1984
Born Against - Nine Years Later.mp3
From the coincidentally titled 1991 LP Nine Patriotic Hymns for Children
Beasts of Bourbon - Ten Wheels For Jesus.mp3
Countrified skronk from Tex Perkins and some of the Scientists. From 1984’s The Axeman’s Jazz
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That Husker Du cover is often painful to listen to; at one point, I either read a comment about it or heard a discussion about that song where the commenter was wondering whether he would survive until the end of the song. (It wasn’t you, was it?)
And that’s what makes the song so great. Mould & company hit a high mark with that one…
The Beasts of Burbon’s cover of, “Psycho” (have you heard it?) is genius. Gotta love those crazy Austrailians…
that born against song is great. my old band used to cover it. it’s also on their 7″ and the CD that collects their 7″ and comp tracks.
Eight Miles High is THE best song Huskers did… so much raw emotion… totally blew me away first time I heard it and started a life-long love affair.
(the original’s pretty good too).
Thanks for posting the Blight. I’ve been trying to hunt that down. Good to know it’s being rereleased–I’d be pissed off if I payed $40 for a 7″ on ebay only to have it rereleased a week later!
What a treat to see the Volcano Suns. I had a copy of the album in high school, and much like my other tapes got destroyed. This is the third track I’ve been able to find off the album.
Talking about numbers, what about ‘40 Fingers’ by THE MICRONOTZ? It’s the title song for their 1986 album (Homestead); a really catchy, urgent song, not unlike Hüsker Dü’s ‘New Day Rising’ era. The rest of the album is pretty good, too, though not as memorable.
Greetings from Spain/Basque Country/Whatever!!
Oops, wrong song! The best one on that album is “Pay your Bill”, the opener; “40 Fingers” is an ok fast semi-anthemic song.
Guess memory sometimes lets one down.
Pagans were one of the best damn bands ever!To bad that song was so poorly recorded.I’m gonna burn so much shit off this site.Thanks! Fuck $$$$$$$$
[…] I was gonna post “Six and Change” as well but the always-cool Something I Learned Today, beat me to it. Seriously, check it out. Its an amazing track.For another dose of the Pagans, consult KBD Records . “Dead End America” is more representative of how the rest of The Pagans material sounds. Great songs but kinda tinny….Photo stolen from the always helpful Punk Rock Of Picture Sleeves . […]