Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!mit-vax!csdf From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Why, oh why, do these remakes? Message-ID: <504@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 16:43:33 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-vax.504 Posted: Tue Jul 30 16:43:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Aug-85 06:49:42 EDT References: <1197@pucc-k> <1311@pyuxd.UUCP> <415@petfe.UUCP> Reply-To: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 25 In article <415@petfe.UUCP> evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) writes: >Well, Rich (and everybody else), there was a record made a few years ago >by a group called [I swear] The Circle Jerks, called [I swear again] Golden >Shower of Hits. It was basically a punk/new wave/new music(what a dumb name!) >answer to those Stars on 45 collections, and included most of the songs Rich >mentioned above, along with lots of others (Afternoon Delight for instance). > >--Evan Marcus Ah yes, but the Circle Jerks' original stuff is very inspired. Repo Man fans may recognize a song called "when the shit hits the fan" that was very badly done in the film. A very energetic band, they managed to squeeze what was usually a two-hour concert into one hour for recording purposes. -- Charles Forsythe CSDF@MIT-VAX "You are a stupid fool." -Wang Zeep "I'm not a fool!" -The Hated One