[kj] OT: The Damned

[Alexander Smith]

I remember during my freshman year of college getting into a spanish  
inquisition-styled argument wherein I had to defend "punk rock" to a  
room full of Allman Brothers/Grateful Dead fan classmates. Being  
grossly outnumbered, I thought I'd simply let the music do the  
talking, so I reached into my closet and pulled out my copy of THE  
BEST OF THE DAMNED and dropped the needle on "Smash It Up," with an  
emphatic "JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN!"

They politely sat through the instrumental bit (Pt. 1), but when the  
song kicked in in earnest, they all started laughing, got up and  
derisively air-guitared and took the piss (as you Brits say). For some  
reason, the excitement just didn't translate.

They couldn't wait back to their "Whipping Post" and "Casey Jones"  
snooeze-a-thons.

Perhaps i should have chosen something off the first Damned record --  
or something by a different band entirely -- but I thought the fact  
that the Damned were actually fair accomplished musicians would buffer  
my argument.

I still love the track, but I can't listen to "Smash It Up" without  
thinking of that incident now.

Alex in NYC






On Apr 25, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Jim Harper wrote:


> I notice that 'Smash It Up' doesn't appear in many people's lists  

> (none, actually). Has the song been disowned by the faithful, or  

> just not rated next to their other material?

>

> Jim.

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