Song after song… A great album produced in the waning days of the great record album.
I was mesmerized by the cover art when I was a kid. It hung high in the record department of the Nichols Discount City in Dover, and the absolute “Don’t give a fuck” of the anti-rock star picture and brash yellow and black touched my soul. That picture was my first encounter with a punk esthetic.
What is Back in the USSR?
That first line resonates with today’s scandals: “Now that your picture’s in the paper being rhythmically admired.”
The backing band, by the way, is not the Attractions but Clover, otherwise known as Huey Lewis’ backing band, The News.
Song after song… A great album produced in the waning days of the great record album.
I was mesmerized by the cover art when I was a kid. It hung high in the record department of the Nichols Discount City in Dover, and the absolute “Don’t give a fuck” of the anti-rock star picture and brash yellow and black touched my soul. That picture was my first encounter with a punk esthetic.
Assuming the album itself is familiar to all, here’s the second song of the album in its demo form, recording in Elvis’ room in 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hia8yTX1NGw