WIGGLE AND RIGGLE - Power Pop […can ease away the pain] vol. 5: les cornichons mélangés

 

Power Pop has always had access to my turntable and CD player. So here’s another slice in a series of 5, of which number 1 is still to come. And it will come soon.

Find more Power Pop to listen to in “older posts”. I hope you enjoy the bands as much as I do.

 

CD 1

1 THE SPONGETONES  -  Have You Ever Been Torn Apart

2 CHRIS VON SNEIDERN  -  Sun

3 TINTED WINDOWS  -  Back With You

4 MATTHEW SWEET  -  Devil With The Green Eyes

5 FOTOMAKER  -  Plaything

6 PAUL STANLEY  -  Tonight You Belong To Me

7 MATERIAL ISSUE  -  Kim The Waitress

8 THE MARLOWES  -  Shanghaied

9 GREAT BUILDINGS  -  Hold On To Something

10 THE MOONS  -  English Summer

11 MANUAL SCAN  -  And If

12  PHIL SEYMOUR  -  Dancing A Dream

13 THE MARSHALLS  -  You Need Some Lovin’

14 MYRACLE BRAH  -  Whisper Softly

15 THE SEARCHERS  -  Feeling Fine

16 THE RED BUTTON  -  Girl Don’t

17 THE SHINS  -  Caring Is Creepy

18 THE RED BUTTON  -  Cruel Girl

19 TOMMY KEENE  -  There’s Noone In This City

20 CHRIS VON SNEIDERN   Go On, Go On

21 HANS ROTENBERRY & BRAD JONES  -  Back To Bristol

22 GREG KIHN BAND  -  The Break Up Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)

23 SUGAR STEMS  -  If You Want Me To 

 

 

 

 

 

CD 2

1 BRENDAN BENSON  -  Gold For Straw

2 MATTHEW SWEET  -  Future Shock

3 NADA SURF  -  What Is Your Secret?

4 THE OUTFIELD  -  Voices of Babylon

5 THE RUBINOOS  -  Hit The Nerve

6 THE A’s  -  After Last Night

7 CHEAP TRICK  -  Such A Good Girl

8 ARTFUL DODGER  -  Come Close To Me

9 THE MASHED POTATOES  -  I Don’t Want Your Sympathy

10 LET’S ACTIVE  -  Every Word Means No 

11 HARVEY DANGER  -  Flagpole Sitta

12 THE SEARCHERS  -  Murder In My Heart

13 20/20  -  Remember The Lightning

14 THE MAD TURKS  -  Tempers Fire

15 THE RUBINOOS  -  Promise Me

16 BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY  -  Heart Of Stone 

17 THE SUMMER SUNS  -  Angel Angeline

18 DM3  -  Little Town Crier

19 THE GRIP WEEDS  -  Salad Days

20 THE MINDERS  -  Pauline

21 MANUAL SCAN  -  She Said It’s Late

22 JAMMË  -  Strawberry Jam Man   

23 ROSS  -  Son Of Joy

24 BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY  -  Nobody Knows 

25 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS  -  The Laws Have Changed

 

 

THE GENTS live – GERMAN TEENBEAT MADNESS

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, these boys mostly don’t sing fantasy lyrics – in fantasy English – like a lot of German bands did. But that’s not what it’s all about. These boys really deliver – they throw genuine Teenpunk about the ears of the boys and girls in the audience. And these answer with enthusiasm. That’s how things were happening in almost all the German dancehalls in the early to mid-sixties – be it village or big city. The Gents were from Hamburg. These recordings were done between 1962 and 1964 with a primitive mono-tape recorder and a single microphone and yet they capture so much excitement on and off stage. The band members celebrate the songs, so many of the songs will clock in at over 4 minutes. It was common then to put a lot of echo on the vocals, as it is the case here. Full throttle Rock ‘n’ Roll. And they wouldn’t stick to the song’s original melody line, but turned it into Teentrash… just listen to “My Soul”. They recorded a couple of singles, but they never did them justice.

 

The Gents were: Sundolf Köhler, voc, lg, Rainer Lange, dr, Bahne Markowski, voc, rg, Manfred Markowski, voc, rg, Günther Schultz, voc, b.

 

Auch bei den Gents ist nicht alles textsicher, aber darum geht es gar nicht. Da haben andere die Nase weit vorn, was Fantasieenglisch angeht. Bei den Gents wird Teenpunk gescherbelt, dass die Fetzen fliegen. Und so ging es auf vielen deutschen Bühnen zu, egal ob Dorf oder Metropole. The Gents sind Hamburger. Die Aufnahmen entstanden zwischen 1962 und 1964 mit einem Mono-Tonbandgerät und nur einem Mikrophon. Die Tonqualität hat natürlich keine Studioqualität.

There are more Gents-live recordings coming.

Ja, von den Gents kommt noch mehr.

CD 025

01.     The Gents live in Hann.-Münden  -  It’s All Over Now (voc. Günther)

02.     The Gents live Club Holiday, Kassel  -  Skinny Minnie (voc. Bahne)

03.     The Gents live in Hann.-Münden  -  Kansas City (voc. Bahne)

04.     The Gents live in Hann.-Münden  -  My Soul (voc. Bahne)

05.     The Gents live in Hann.-Münden  -  Do You Love Me (voc. Sundolf)