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  • my loveliest vinyl, part 29

    my loveliest vinyl, part 29

    The Briggs - Come all you Madmen (SideOneDummy Records SD1357-1, 2008)
    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!

  • my loveliest vinyl, part 15

    my loveliest vinyl, part 15

    Big D and the Kids Table - For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious (One Side Dummy Records, 2011)
    Big D and the Kids Table – For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious (One Side Dummy Records, 2011)

    Ska-core is a Boston stronghold, but beyond the might of the Mighty Mighty BossTones there is more. Since the mid 90’s Big D and the Kids Table (what a name!) have added their abilities to the genre and with their latest record out in late 2011 (and beating the new Mighty Mighty BossTones record by a month) they have made it big, at least for me. And, yes, even after about 1 month of listening it is already in my all-time fav list (but, cool down, that list is long, very long).

    As a life-long BossTone supporter surrounded by an even more die-hard BossTone (Frosch, that is) and a wife that likes Dicky’s voice (and the music) it is a hard to judge, but not too hard (as i dig it 🙂 ). The band actualy states:

    "For The Damned, The Dumb & The Delirious" is filled with driving
ska-punk bangers, leaping off the stage thrash, seedy dub and 
topped off with a lot of that good ol’ fashion working class,
Boston bar room beer toasting anthems. 
It’s gritty, bratty and raw – confident, witty and fun.

    The verdict:
    1977 – now this is tough! is it in true spirit of the 1979 2Tone revival of Ska in the UK? published by a cool lable – SideOneDummy is a cool lable with a cool rooster, yes! And, bonus, it is a double-12″!
    found in a cool shop – Burnout Records in Hamburg (currently the best shop in town).
    catching sound – yes, the beauty of the ska-rhythm paired with speedy guitars – perfect!not too bad words – the decisive one – seldom before i have seen a better explanation why a musician is the way he is and why he hangs on and on and on, go read yourself:

    One day,
I'll stop stealing beer from clubs,
toilet paper, paper towels,
light bulbs and even the cigarette stained rug

One day,
I'll stop hanging in the bars
With the late-night punks and lousy women
And all those toxic hangers on

And did you know,
Life is easier than they claim,
When you ain't obsessed with fame,
And the world knows you'll never be tamed
When gasoline soaked,
With an open zipo's flame,
Livin' life is a no-rules game,
And if I ever step in line - then I'm to blame.

No, don't wait around for me,
I'm stickin' to the first plan,
It's workin' out for me
No, don't wait around for me,
There's still a mess of countries left that I haven't seen.

Old friends have grown into American bodies,
Have given up on their hobbies,
And pull me aside and say "Don't you ever change."

An old man,
Take a seat next to me at the bar,
And we find out who each other are,
And pull me close and go "Don't you ever change."

So don't wait around for me,
I'm enjoying life too much,
I'm self-made free
Nah, don't wait around for me,
Go ahead with your own life,

But me....

I explode on mics,
Dive on endless heads,
Play with as much power to wake the living dead
Why I don't fear,
Adrenalize new heights,
I'll make your Monday into fuckin' Saturday Night.

No, don't wait around for me,
I don't agree with the values and interests of society
No, don't wait around for me,
What a decrescendo, Huh?
Humanity!

No, don't wait around for me,
To taste this whole world
That's life for me
No, don't wait around for me,
Gotta do my own thing,
I'm self-made free

(c) 2011 Big D and the Kids Table

    Could not find a real good video of this song, but nevermind, at least you can listen to it:

    One a side note (dated 2012): The band is like a poor travling gypsy type of thing (and that means they live for the music, the don’t make a living from the music) and when word came around in Nov 2011 that fontman David McWane was diagnosed with Thyroid-Cancer a rush of support set in (for us over in EU we need to remind ourselves how health care, insurance and the hospital system works in the US – seldom people have full insurance cover) to offer support (and that also in hard $). It looks he is covered and able to pay the bills (or, have them paid by Mass Health) but if you feel it needs support:

    See http://bigdandthekidstable.com/ and buy a T-Shirt or donate money.