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my loveliest vinyl, part 29
The Briggs – Come all you Madmen (SideOneDummy Records SD1357-1, 2008)

There is one memory i connect with The Briggs: Many years ago (memory is faint here, must have been early 2000’s) The Briggs did a support stint for Flogging Molly, graceing the old “Grünspan” in Hamburg. Standing upstairs on the small balcony at back of the club i thought it was raining through the roof – only to realise that The Briggs got the masses sweating so much that the vaporing sweat condensed on the not too high ceiling above me … outsch!

The show was great and my lovely wife at the end of the Briggs stagetime pushed a Briggs T-Shirt into my hands :”This is for – you got carried away totaly by The Briggs i noted“. Lovely, i still wear that shirt!

But this is not about memories, this about great records that mean a thing to me.

The verdict:

1977 – sure thing and quite a different sound to the rest of LA!
published by a cool lable – yes – independent and cool bands on it!
found in a cool shop – … Burnout, Hamburg!
catching sound – best when slower, best when a wee bit “dramatic”. And produced by a BossTone so must sound great!
The lyrics – clever and well written, dare i say “intelectual street credibility”? Mhhhh?

Read loud!
```
Can peace keep this from happening?
Waging fear we can’t forget
A disease, his words are spreading it
There is no need to argue
Now just do what he says

You must learn to trust no one
Smile as we charge into the sun
And when it’s over we can say
I saw it on TV

The need, no there’s no stopping it
And you won’t believe your eyes this time
The last message we tried to send
Fell into the wrong hands again
Remember they can make up anything

You must learn to trust no one
Smile as we charge into the sun
And when it’s over we can say
I saw it on TV

Let the truth unfold
We’re waiting for an answer
This silence is our hymn
Our fists are raised and it’s time
To take back what is mine

You must learn to trust no one
Smile as we charge into the sun
And when it’s over we can say
I saw it on TV, yeah

You must learn to trust no one
Smile as we charge into the sun
And when it’s over we can say
I saw it on TV, yeah

(c) 2008 SideOneDummy / The Briggs
```
Now listen up, this is the song i realy like most – outstanding hymn!

And there is one more reason to love The Briggs – a St. Pauli scarf in their video!
2012/09/19
my loveliest vinyl, part 28
No Hope For The Kids – Das Reich (Backwards Masking, 2003)

7″ are to be at the core – both of any bands oputput and in any record collection. Buying singles was the only item i could afford in the early 70s when i got attracted to mu-sick. Glory old days, when single charts where there. Nevermind, rewind into 2000something, music and punk is still there and from sunny Denmark come “No Hope For The Kids” with a monster 7″ to pleasure us and specificaly all germans!

The verdict:

1977 – sure thing!
published by a cool lable – DYI, sure thing!
found in a cool shop – … mailorder, mmhhh, forgotten from where actualy…tststs
catching sound – Yes – marching integrated and that chorus, splendid! And clocking in just over a minute – why does a song need to be longer, all said!
The lyrics – simple and to the point!

Read youself:
```
Germany 1943
Soldiers marching in the streets
No one talks cause who can you trust
Shut your mouth or you'll get busted

Das Reich!
Das Reich!

The neighbor is the GESTAPO house
No one sleeps cause they scream so loud
Germany 1943
Germany 1943

Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Who they fight for? Das Reich!
Das Reich!

(C) 2003 No Hope For The Kids
```
And now crank it up loud:
2012/09/13
my loveliest vinyl, part 27
Saint Vitus – Born too late (SST Records SST082, 1986)

Now this is something completly different – at least back then, when we did crave for US Hardcore and stuff comming from SST (Black Flag’s Greg Ginns own lable). Saint Vitus reminded all of early Black Sabbath and generaly where seen as Hardcore slowed down to the max. In short: They had a fucking unique selling preposition!

Saint Vitus where around the “hard” music scene in LA but actualy only made it big when the charismatic Scott “Weino” Weinrich joined the band in 1986, spot on when this record was completed. After an “normal” disbanding of the band in the early 90’s (when Grunge broke big) they reunited in 2008 and are still going strong.

The verdict:

1977 – in essence yes but hey, this is now considered “doom”
published by a cool lable – SST, tick!
found in a cool shop – … Konneckschen for sure!
catching sound – Yes – unique, slow, hard – best in class and genre defining!
The lyrics – dark and doom as doom should be! And no surprise drugs!

My loveliest song on this is a rather short one – if you dare check out the long rolling ones!
```
I see colours everywhere
I have things living in my hair
In the dark, I see lights
My brain is working overtime
On clear windowpane

In my house, all things glow
My walls are a living light show
Purple dragons, smoke with me
I have friends only I can see
On clear windowpane

I can't handle coming down
'Cause I can't take the human crowd
I can't face reality
So I fly back to where I am free
On clear windowpane

(c) 1986 Cesstone Music
```
Now listen up:

And see this just again as a perfect set, performing live at the Palm Springs Community Center on May 16th, 1986. It will kill all your thoughts about rock’n’roll galmour and brings it right back to the bare bone:

Note of warning: For those of you who complain about the visual effects on this video rember that back then it was VHS (analog) and most likely the guy on the camera was stoned too! So shut the fuck up – this was 1986 you twat!
2012/08/19