[kj] OT: The Damned

Bob Barathy bbarathy at btinternet.com
Sat Apr 24 12:09:46 EDT 2010


The Damned's last to albums (with the song writing talents of Sensible) have
been excellent recording too for me and even the mysterious I'm Alright
Jack... is a great album to listen to (but is it really The Damned?)
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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On
Behalf Of jpwhkj at aol.com
Sent: 24 April 2010 14:54
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned


Both the Buzzcocks and SLF produced loads of great songs, but I don't
think they've displayed the breadth of talent that the Damned have.
Admittedly, I haven't listened to either of them exhaustively, so maybe I've
missed the fantastic variety somewhere...

However, if I had to choose (now) between seeing the Damned, the
Buzzcocks, and SLF, it would be the latter every time.

Jamie





-----Original Message-----
From: GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com>
To: gathering <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 4:18
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned


I know I'm in the minority, but from what little I've heard from the
Damned (but have seen them twice--early 80s and about 10 years ago) they
always
seemed to be weak on the song writing (and from what I remember of Lords
they were weaker still). I wouldn't rank them up there w/songwriting
geniouses
like Buzzcocks and SLF (Jake Burns), who've had amazing careers (the only
weak albums I've heard by either is the yellow Buzzcocks one from the
90s -All Set, i think--and
the other yellow one from SLF (Jump Street, i think).


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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:49:31 -0500
From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Damned

Jamie had the audacity to write:

"The Damned were a fairly average early punk band for DDD and MFP, and
then James fucked off and did great things with the Lords, and the Damned
came into their own as one of the most original, talented, and adventurous
punk bands. Now that's what I call win-win."



Me:

Dude. (Yes, I am an American, so I can say that.)

Bryan James or not, pretty much everything The Damned did until 1982 is
flawless. Flawless. This includes 1978's _Music for Pleasure_, as far as I
am concerned, as well as, yes, their near-perfect, post-Bryan James
masterpiece, _Machingeun Etiquette_, probably their greatest overall LP. (I
first heard MG on cassette with the "Lemmy on bass" 'bonus tracks' put on,
but they were NOT as listed bonus tracks, so that always made me think
Lemmy had been in The Damned briefly!)

Whether Bryan James was in the mix or not, I think The Damned were pretty
much flawless up until _Strawberries_. Especially when you consider the time
period/musical historica context/sociological blah blah blah, etc. :)

-0liver


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