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STOOGES
HUH?
"hey man, where'd you get that lotion..."
"It's 1969 OK / All across the USA / Another year for me and you / Another year with nothing to do" - and so opened the debut recording by Detroit's finest sons, the soon-to-be-infamous Stooges. This is the album that started it all. This is the one that would hurl a million imitators onto an unsuspecting public for decades to come. This is the album that still makes your parents cringe, even though it was recorded when they were teenagers themselves. They, like the majority of the era, probably missed the boat. They were most likely listening to Jefferson Airplane or, God forbid, The Carpenters. With the honorable exceptions of The Velvet Underground and fellow Detroit locals The MC5, The Stooges possessed the single most exciting and dangerous guitar chords to slap the world in the face as the 1960s drew to a close. The legendary lineup: Iggy Stooge (vocals), Ron Asheton (guitar), Dave Alexander (bass) and Scott Asheton (drums). The songs were tough, the vocals were wicked, and the end results were nothing short of revolutionary. Although he didn't know it at the time, 22 year old James Osterberg was soon to be dubbed "The Godfather Of Punk" (a mantle he would forever be saddled uncomfortably with). Nearly every song is a classic, and nearly every song has been covered more than once; sometimes not so successfully. "1969," "I Wanna Be Your Dog," and "No Fun," in particular, have become standards over the years, but time has not diminished their potency. 27 years later, this particular piece of wax still has the power to turn good boys and girls into raging juvenile delinquents, and thank God for that.
Angel City
MOTORHEAD I wanna grow my hair, live in Bel Air,
Lose my head, keep a live snake in my bed,
I wanna backstage pass, drink Bon Jovi's booze for free,
I wanna be a star & buy a hundred guitars,
Eat everything I can bite,
I wanna feel a little danger, feel a little stranger,
Angel City tonight,
I got a buncha boys, we make a lot of noise,
Little bit crazy, playing with chemical toys,
We're such bad ass dudes,
Almost can't stand it myself,
I wanna get the crabs in my elegant rags,
Make my mom & daddy uptight,
I wanna be an intellectual, heterosexual,
Angel City tonight,
I'm gonna live in L.A. drinkin' all day,
Lay by the pool & let the record company pay,
Talking to the devil on the bathphone all of the time,
I'm gonna kick ass, I'm gonna spit broken glass,
I'm gonna shoot out all of your lights,
I wanna eat dirt, I'm gonna eat my own shirt,
Angel City tonight,
Angel City, Angel City, the way I'm used is a shame and a pity,
Angel City, Angel City, rock 'n' roll alright,
Angel City, Angel City, the women here ain't got no pity,
Angel City, Angel City, shape up and fly right.
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