[kj] OT: The Damned

Alexander Smith vassifer at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 24 12:10:44 EDT 2010



I haven't weighed in on this until now, but DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED and
MACHINE GUN ETIQUETTE are both entirely unimpeachable. Did they make
some patchy albums after that? Certainly, but those two are flawless
in my book.

Alex in NYC



On Apr 24, 2010, at 9:50 AM, jpwhkj at aol.com wrote:


> Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Damned Damned Damned, and bits

> of MFP. But are they great albums? Personally, I don't think so.

> (And yes, I'm aware of period, etc etc.)

>

> Conversely, the breadth of songs and talent on display in MGE, TBA,

> and Straweberries (and the Friday the 13th EP, and the many singles,

> b-sides, etc) was a game-changer for punk. And as somebody else has

> just said, the first Lords album is an absolute blinder as well

> (albeit nothing like as original as MGE etc). So for me the

> departure of James was fantastic news: the Damned were a different -

> and much better - band without him, and I enjoyed him more in the

> Lords than in the Damned.

>

> Jamie

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

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> >

> Sent: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 2:49

> 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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