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Topic	Husker du is the best punk band ever. fight me i dont care
argonautweakend 10/24/18 12:14:56 AM #50:	X/Los Angeles/1980/various styles/Los Angeles, CA A band like X managed to take an awful show review in an LA newspaper and spin it into having Ray Manzarek of The Doors produce and play keyboards on this album, giving a welcome twist to what would have just been a very americana-esque piece rooted in punk ferociousness. I don't know if I could think of a better album title for this than Los Angeles, because, maybe perhaps the facts it is the title, I can't stop getting a mental image of what a place LA must have been in 1980. In contrast to some of the songs, such as "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" about the sexual assault of a woman that really evokes some of the dangers of this high type of living, the fun rockabily style of the songs also makes me think of LA. Los Angeles has several things going for it you didn't see much of at this stage of punk. A female Vocalist(Exene Cervenka). The aforementioned rockabily(I...I think I am using this term correctly) sound. The keyboard player for The Doors, with copious amounts of keyboards to make the album a fun listen. That's why I find it hard to classify this album, though it is definitely rooted in punk. But that's okay. I love my genre labels but really, I can't think of one specifically for this. Its got too much different stuff going on. It even has a cover of The Doors song "Soul Kitchen" Ray Manzarek produced this album, but its got a real natural feel to it. His keyboard playing is a little whacky. At times it feels like its not necessary, but in tracks like "The Worlds a Mess..." it completes it. The story I referenced earlier is true. Ray was reading a review of a show of this band, and the journalist called it disparaging names such as I think audible garbage, trash, stuff like it. Ray said he had to see what the hell this could possibly be, fell in love, and produced and played on their first few albums, though he did not write any songs. Whereas bands like Bad Religion gave you a look at Los Angeles through more of a political lens, this is that same story told by the art kids. <cite>argonautweakend posted [p:911055678] in Husker du ... [t:77110877]...</cite> <quote>X/Los Angeles/1980/various styles/Los Angeles, CA A band like X managed to take an awful show review in an LA newspaper and spin it into having Ray Manzarek of The Doors produce and play keyboards on this album, giving a welcome twist to what would have just been a very americana-esque piece rooted in punk ferociousness. I don't know if I could think of a better album title for this than Los Angeles, because, maybe perhaps the facts it is the title, I can't stop getting a mental image of what a place LA must have been in 1980. In contrast to some of the songs, such as "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" about the sexual assault of a woman that really evokes some of the dangers of this high type of living, the fun rockabily style of the songs also makes me think of LA. Los Angeles has several things going for it you didn't see much of at this stage of punk. A female Vocalist(Exene Cervenka). The aforementioned rockabily(I...I think I am using this term correctly) sound. The keyboard player for The Doors, with copious amounts of keyboards to make the album a fun listen. That's why I find it hard to classify this album, though it is definitely rooted in punk. But that's okay. I love my genre labels but really, I can't think of one specifically for this. Its got too much different stuff going on. It even has a cover of The Doors song "Soul Kitchen" Ray Manzarek produced this album, but its got a real natural feel to it. His keyboard playing is a little whacky. At times it feels like its not necessary, but in tracks like "The Worlds a Mess..." it completes it. The story I referenced earlier is true. Ray was reading a review of a show of this band, and the journalist called it disparaging names such as I think audible garbage, trash, stuff like it. Ray said he had to see what the hell this could possibly be, fell in love, and produced and played on their first few albums, though he did not write any songs. Whereas bands like Bad Religion gave you a look at Los Angeles through more of a political lens, this is that same story told by the art kids.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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