Hounded by political enemies and reaching their personal breaking point, the Kennedys bowed with a retrospective of some of their fiercest, finest moments. If one needs a starting point for the band's fierce, funny assault on any level of complacency imaginable, Give Me Convenience is indeed as convenient as it gets. Focusing for the most part on non-album cuts or various rarities, it appeals to hardcore Dead Kennedys fans as well as neophytes. The collection includes some of the band's earliest greats, like the legendary rant "Too Drunk to Fuck," as withering a depiction of getting trashed and stupid as any. While the definitive "California Über Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia" make the cut from the first album, there are also plenty of more obscure and unknown goodies. The second half features live tracks like the hilarious "Pull My Strings," which vivisects typical rock star pomposity (knowingly quoting the Knack's "My Sharona") before shifting into an even nuttier chorus. Another screamingly funny number is the improv "Night of the Living Rednecks," done "while Ray was changing strings" at an Oregon date in 1979. After threatening to play the theme from the Dinah Shore show, the remaining three members light into something resembling a beat/'50s hep groove, only with Biafra recalling a tale of idiots encountered during a previous visit to Portland. Meanwhile, there's a version of "I Fought the Law," which easily trumps the Clash's version, helped by a lyric change or two along the way. Messy, nutty, and fun, Convenience is a treat and a half.
--- - |- Spinner.com: The name of the band alone - Dead Kennedys - is about as Twisted as they come. They were looking for some action, and they got it. San Francisco's answer to the Sex Pistols had more than their share of colorful episodes.Where to begin? We... Read more ~~- Dead Kennedys
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Now that Milk is on its way to almost certain Oscar love, allow me to remind you about one of the few songs written (or in this case, re-written) in honor of the man. As the titles of the film at the end mentione, Dan White, who killed Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone in a fit of twinkie-induced rage (or so he'd have you believe) in 1978, the trial in the subsequent year reduced his sentenc...
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this post is dedicated to the tony hawk fans out there. if you didn’t play the game, you won’t appreciate this. my homie smokeYYY hooked me up with every single track from the tony hawk’s pro skater games. that’s right. those classics that you’ve been thinking about for years but never could attain? we got [...]
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Have you ever put your playlist on "shuffle" and felt an eeire feeling that every song you heard applied to something in your life at the time? Or, maybe the song was just what you needed to hear at that particular moment?It happens to me all the time.I've been getting into blogging my playlists. It's just a thing I got.This week I posted a playlist of me walking my dog to Starbucks. It was ...
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