“Repo Man” Soundtrack

sfilzen — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:07:25 +0000

“Repo Man” Soundtrack, 1984. Today I’m spinning the soundtrack to the first film I ever saw starring Harry Dean Stanton, who died this past Friday (September 15th) at 91. Repo Man’s soundtrack was a who’s who primer of California punk (with godfather Iggy Pop in the mix with the title track “Repo Man”), introducing SoCal hardcore to the masses. Black Flag’s “TV Party” and “Coup D’Etat” by The Circle Jerks are perfect selections for the Emilio Estevez’s Otto: jaded, bored and broke. So, too, are Suicidal Tendencies’ “Institutionalized” and Fear’s “Let’s Have a War,” both punk classics and particularly popular among my group of friends in the mid-80′s. The more offbeat art-punk track and the endlessly quotable “Pablo Picasso” written by Jonathan Richman of the Modern Lovers (”Well some people try to pick up girls/And get called assholes/This never happened to Pablo Picasso/He could walk down your street/And girls could not resist his stare and so Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole”) and The Plugz’s Mexicali “Hombre Secreto” complete the film’s surreal storyline and southern California setting.

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Circle Jerks “Golden Shower of Hits”

sfilzen — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:21:23 +0000

Circle Jerks “Golden Shower of Hits” 1983. Allegiance Records. I don’t care if the news reports are true or not, but links to this record showed up in many of my feeds yesterday – I laughed – so figured I’d take it out for a spin. Golden Shower of Hits is the Circle Jerks’ third studio record and is neither a comp nor technically hit-containing, though “Coup d’Etat” and “When the Shit Hits the Fan” both showed up on the Repo Man soundtrack in ‘84, and “Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)” is a spoof on the gawd-awful “Stars on 45 Medley” #1 hit by Stars on 45, a Dutch novelty group, in ‘81. Overall the LP is exactly what was fun about 80′s west coast punk: obnoxious, loud and fast. I’m also finding that 80′s punk is increasingly relevant again today: angry, often whip-smart and culturally critical, hurled in hurried bite-size pieces to gnaw on, like “High Price on Our Heads” and “Parade of the Deplorables Horribles.”

Dark warnings fill the air
Some conform, others spell the
Parade of the horribles
Parade of the horribles
Parade of the horribles
And you’re life’s just so fucking miserable
Something’s screams’ fill the skies
Men spell…
Parade of the horribles
Parade of the horribles
Parade of the horribles
Just so fucking wonderful
The sea will overflow
The seeds you plant will grow
The livestock of the yo
The fresh water will distill
OVERTHROW!

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