Podcast #14

This week, a mix of stuff from the 80s and stuff from this millennium. Does punk have a future? If it does, it might be with some of these bands.

All told through youtube - footage exists of all these folks.

The Replacements:
I Will Dare - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCl0AyYxyM&feature=related
Androgynous - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvzUEM0wFVk&feature=related
and at the tail end, Left of the Dial and Alex Chilton - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrMn9TTMSoE

Husker Du:
Makes No Sense At All: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1sYN0PuRs4&feature=related

Mission of Burma:
That's When I Reach for my Revolver - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMu6ugTNfA
This is not a Photograph - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrtaMTYBU-A&feature=related

Beat Happening:
Pinebox Derby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D6lJbFdXdc

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Ted Leo/Rx:
Me and Mia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsuC_dB77PI&feature=related

Titus Andronicus:
Titus Andronicus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KniCoepfBWE

The Hold Steady:
This is on Don't Look Down, a feature from Pitchfork that has bands playing on NYC rooftops.
Constructive Summer + 3 more - http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/226-the-hold-steady

Gogol Bordello:
Immigrant Punk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maocOiES-Mo&feature=related

Wavves:
So Bored - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9Tu35-pBo

Art Brut:
Good Weekend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjnYdh3CIdU

Podcast #13

This week, hardcore from DC. The bands here are an interesting mix. Minor Threat originated the straight edge movement, Fugazi (which also features Ian MacKaye) are one of the most important post-punk bands and are the model of DIY (Do It Yourself) ethics, Rites of Spring are arguably the first "emo" band (though very different than the emo bands of today), and Bad Brains are one of the few "afropunk" bands.

Found here: http://www.ourmedia.org/ia/details/AlisonWielgusRhetoricofPunkPodcast_13/

Minor Threat:
1. Seeing Red (1:03)
2. Straight Edge (:46)
3. Out of Step (With the World) (1:16)
4. Guilty of Being White (1:18)
5. In My Eyes (2:49)

Fugazi:
6. Give me the Cure (2:58)
7. Bulldog Front (2:53)
8. Glue Man (4:24)

Rites of Spring:
9. For Want Of (3:09)
10. Drink Deep (4:55)
11. Theme (2:19)
12. End on End (7:24)

Bad Brains
13. Banned in D.C. (2:13)
14. I Luv I Jah (6:23)
15. Pay to Cum (1:26)
16. Right Brigade (2:28)

Podcast #12

This week we're in La with the hardcore scene. Two of these bands, The Minutemen and Black Flag, share a record label, SST. The Dead Kennedys ran into trouble with the PMRC.

All the Minutemen tracks are taken from their double album, Double Nickels on the Dime. Most of the songs are from side Watt: I'll explain what that means next week.

Found at: http://ourmedia.org/node/516970

The Minutemen
1. It's Expected I'm Gone (2:05)
2. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? (1:51)
3. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (1:31)
4. Maybe Partying Will Help (1:56)
5. Toadies (1:38)
6. Retreat (2:01)
7. The Big Foist (1:31)
8. God Bows to Math (1:16)
9. Corona (2:26)
10. The Glory of Man (2:58)
11. Take 5, D. (1:40)
12. My Heart and the Real World (1:06)
13. History Lesson (Part II) (2:12)
14. Viet Nam (1:30)
15. There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight (1:35)
16. This Ain't No Picnic (1:58)

Black Flag
17. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (1:47)
18. Police Story (1:33)
19. Rise Above (2:27)
20. Out of This World (2:15)
21. Retired at 21 (5:03)
22. Drinking and Driving (3:24)

Dead Kennedys
23. Kill the Poor (3:06)
24. Let's Lynch the Landlord (2:13)
25. California Uber Alles (3:02)
26. Holiday in Cambodia (4:34)
27. Terminal Preppie (1:30)

Podcast #11

This week features music from the short-lived No Wave movement from New York, and from figures associated with that movement, with noise rock, and with art rock. This will probably be the most difficult week to listen to. Pay attention to Sonic Youth and Ciccone Youth in the middle of the podcast - they're easily the most popular bands here and are more art rock than noise (and will have a new album out in a few months).

Podcast found here: http://ourmedia.org/node/514399

Track List:

1. Flip Your Face, James Chance and the Contortions (3:13)
2. I Can't Stand Myself, James Chance and the Contortions (4:44)
3. The Twitch, James Chance and the Contortions (5:22)
4. Burning Rubber, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1:42)
5. I Wake Up Dreaming, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (3:04)
6. Carnival Fat Man, Lydia Lunch (2:14)
7. Hairwaves, Mars (3:41)
8. Egomaniac's Kiss, DNA (2:09)
9. Lying on the Sofa of Life, DNA (1:52)
10. Young Teenagers Talk Sex, DNA (1:05)
11. Big Strong Boss, Swans (3:02)
12. Six Six Sixties, Throbbing Gristle (2:07)
13. Live in a Hole, Big Black (3:02)
14. Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog, Sonic Youth (3:39)
15. Teen Age Riot, Sonic Youth (6:58)
16. Satan is Boring, Sonic Youth (5:13)
17. Needle-Gun, Ciccone Youth (2:29)
18. Monobrow, Rapeman (3:45)
19. Structure, Glenn Branca (3:06)

Podcast #10

New Wave this week. There's a grab bag here of some of the original stuff and some of the knock-offs that come later.

Find it here: http://ourmedia.org/node/499242

1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town, Talking Heads (2:55)
2. The Girls Want to Be with the Girls, Talking Heads (2:38)
3. This Must be the Place (Naive Melody), Talking Heads (4:56)
4. Once in a Lifetime, Talking Heads (4:19)
5. Modern Dance, Pere Ubu (3:30)
6. Navvy, Pere Ubu (2:43)
7. Heart of Glass, Blondie (4:34)
8. Head over Heels, Tears for Fears (4:16)
9. Video Killed the Radio Star, Buggles (4:14)
10. I Don't Like Mondays, The Boomtown Rats (4:21)
11. Pump it Up, Elvis Costello (3:18)
12. Oliver's Army, Elvis Costello (3:00)

Podcast #9

This week, we have the soundtrack to Decline of Western Civilization, Part 1, a doc on the LA punk scene in the late 70s.

Podcast #9 found at: http://ourmedia.org/node/494104

Track Listing:
1. Disclaimer
2. White Minority, Black Flag
3. Depression, Black Flag
4. Revenge, Black Flag
5. Germs Interview, Germs
6. Manimal, Germs
7. Catholic Discipline Interview, Catholic Discipline
8. Underground Babylon, Catholic Discipline
9. X Interview, X
10. Beyond and Back, X
11. Johnny Hit and Run Pauline, X
12. X on We're Desperate, X
13. We're Desperate, X
14. Kickface Boy on New Wave, Kickface Boy
15. Red Tape, Circle Jerks
16. Back Against the Wall, Circle Jerks
17. I Just Want Some Skank/Beverly Hills, Circle Jerks
18. Cops, Various Artists
19. Gluttony, The Bags
20. I Don't Care About You, Fear
21. I Love Living in the City, Fear
22. Fear Anthem, Fear

Podcast #8

For Podcast #8, all the songs are from the band The Clash. Please listen all the way through; this will give you the chance to appreciate the real evolution of sound from the Clash's earliest to latest recordings. Pay special attention to the tracks from London Calling and onwards, as they indicate a real shift from the kinds of ideas that other punk bands have been advocating and move in a much more global direction, both politically and musically. Also, for your enjoyment, the music video for arguably their most famous song, London Calling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVvA9YQpiI

Link to podcast: http://ourmedia.org/node/490154

Track Listing:

From The Clash:
1. Janie Jones (2:09)
2. I'm So Bored With the U.S.A. (2:25)
3. White Riot (1:57)
4. White Man in Hammersmith Palais (4:03)

From Give 'Em Enough Rope:
5. All the Young Punks (4:55)

From London Calling:
6. Brand New Cadillac (2:08)
7. Rudie Can't Fail (3:29)
8. Spanish Bombs (3:19)
9. The Right Profile (3:55)
10. Death or Glory (3:55)
11. Koka Kola (1:48)

From Sandinista:
12. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe (3:06)
13. Charlie Don't Surf (4:54)
14. Police on My Back (3:17)

From Combat Rock:
15. Rock the Casbah (3:44)
16. Straight to Hell (6:57)

Podcast #7

England's Dreaming, Part 1:

While listening to this music, consider the influence of the New York Dolls and other groups we've listened to. Also, consider Guy Debord and the Situationists in relation to the Sex Pistols.

Podcast found here: http://www.archive.org/details/AlisonWielgusRhetoricofPunkPodcast_10

Ignore the mislabeling on the podcast, it is number seven.

Sex Pistols, from Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols:
1. No Feelings (2:51)
2. God Save the Queen (3:20)
3. Anarchy in the U.K. (3:32)
4. New York (3:06)
5. Pretty Vacant (3:17)

Wire, from Pink Flag
6. Lowdown (2:27)
7. Pink Flag (3:51)
8. Mannequin (2:37)
9. It's So Obvious (0:54)

Siouxsie and the Banshees
10. Spellbound (3:21)
11. Happy House (3:55)

The Buzzcocks, from Singles Going Steady
12. What Do I Get? (2:54)
13. Everybody's Happy Nowadays (3:12)
14. Oh Shit! (1:37)

The Damned, from Damned Damned Damned
15. Neat Neat Neat (2:43)
16. Born to Kill (2:36)
17. So Messed Up (1:51)

Podcast #6

Lower East Side Punk. Podcast found at: http://ourmedia.org/node/486903

From Horses by Patti Smith:
1. Gloria (5:58)
2. Land: Horses - Land of a Thousand Dances - Le Mer (De) (9:26)

From Easter by Patti Smith:
3. Babelogue - Rock N Roll Nigger (4:50)

From Marquee Moon by Television:
4. See No Evil (5:58)
5. Venus (3:54)
6. Friction (4:46)

From Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids
7. Blank Generation (2:49)
8. Down at the Rock and Roll Club (3:46)

Assorted Ramones Tracks from It's Alive and The Ramones
9. Sheena is a Punk Rocker (2:16)
10. Judy is a Punk (1:32)
11. Blitzkrieg Bop (2:13)
12. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (1:18)
13. I Don't Care (1:46)

Podcast #5

Origins of Glam

Podcast found here: http://ourmedia.org/node/485241

From the New York Dolls:
1. Personality Crisis (3:54)
2. Lonely Planet Boy (4:13)
3. Frankenstein (6:02)
4. Trash (3:10)
5. Pills (2:52)
6. Jet Boy (4:40)

From David Bowie:
7. Oh! You Pretty Things (3:12)
8. Cracked Actor (3:02)
9. Watch That Man (4:30)
10. Queen Bitch (3:16)

From Roxy Music:
11. Virginia Plain (3:00)

From T-Rex:
12. Diamond Meadows (2:00)

From Mott the Hoople:
13. All the Young Dudes (3:33)

Podcast #4

MC5, The Stooges, and Iggy and the Stooges this week. Podcast can be found here:
http://ourmedia.org/node/483897


Track Listing:

From Kick Out the Jams by MC5, 1969:
1) Kick Out the Jams, 2:52
2) Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), 5:41
3) Motor City is Burning, 6:05

From The Stooges by The Stooges, 1969:
4) 1969, 4:07
5) I Wanna Be Your Dog, 3:10
6) No Fun, 5:16

From Fun House by The Stooges, 1970:
7) T.V. Eye, 4:17
8) 1970, 5:14

From Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges, 1973 (a bit outside our current time, but still relevant for the week):
9) Search and Destroy, 3:29
10) Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, 4:55
11) Raw Power, 4:27

Also, check out Iggy's solo work (produced by David Bowie) on Lust for Life and The Idiot, both from the mid-70s, if you like any of this.

Podcast #3

Podcast #3 can be found here:

http://ourmedia.org/node/482347

All tracks are by The Velvet Underground. Featuring:

From The Velvet Underground and Nico:
1. I'm Waiting for the Man (4:40)
2. Femme Fatale (2:39)
3. Run Run Run (4:23)
4. Heroin (7:13)

From White Light/White Heat:
5. White Light/White Heat (2:48)
6. Sister Ray (17:27)

From The Velvet Underground:
7. Candy Says (4:04)

From Loaded:
8. Rock & Roll (4:39)

Lyrics found here: http://www.lyricsty.com/lyrics/v/velvet_underground/

Podcast #2

Until I can figure out a better way of doing this, here are links for the songs for next week. Links are also given to youtube when available (not all the videos are actually of the bands performing, but I wanted to put up backup audio files just in case).

In one big file: http://ourmedia.org/node/480675

1. William and Versey Smith, "When That Great Ship Went Down"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480574

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dMF-QH4GI

2. Frank Hutchison, "Stackalee"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480575

3. Count Five, "Psychotic Reaction"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480576

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODR6rGcluRs

4. Count Five, "Out in the Street"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480577

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5CoGOumv9E

5. Holy Modal Rounders, "Indian War Whoop"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480578

6. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "I Put a Spell on You"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480581

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR81PGlBeqE&feature=related

7. Vince Taylor, "Brand New Cadillac"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480582

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XgO4MKIjI

8. The Balloon Farm, "A Question of Temperature"

9. The Castaways, "Liar, Liar"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480586

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SsFK3JJ_-E

10. The Barbarians, "Moulty"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480584

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25x3aIWs76E

11. The Elastik Band, "Spazz"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480585

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFKWsfOKLsQ

12. The Fugs, "I Couldn't Get High"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480587

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vHZv7jbICg

13. The Fugs, "Nothing"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480588

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HmJX11_AQE

14. Silver Apples, "Oscillation"
http://ourmedia.org/node/480589

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09jb-eBcGE

Homework for 1/21

Links to videos of the two songs we listened to in class:

The Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FxSM88H-G4


Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come" - apologies for audio and for this being a political video, but it was the only copy of Sam Cooke singing it I could find.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si8p2NSfrSo&feature=related

Podcast #1

Here's the link to the first podcast. A listening response is not required for this, but please let me know if you have any difficulties accessing the files.

http://www.archive.org/details/RhetoricofPunk1_522

The lineup includes:

Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come": One of the hallmark songs of the civil rights movement.
Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues": Nice overview of 60s counterculture, good example of Dylan going electric.
Percy Faith, "Theme from a Summer Place": Number one song of 1960.
Jackson 5, "I Want You Back": Pop from the late 60s, with young Michael Jackson.
Shangri-Las, "Leader of the Pack": Girl group music.
Crystals, "And Then He Kissed Me": Girl group again, this time with Phil Spector production.
Aretha Franklin, "Think (Freedom)": Circling around the feminist movement.
The Band, "The Weight": Old-time music recorded up in Woodstock but not connected to the hippie movement.
Bob Dylan, "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll": Early Dylan folk song, telling a story about the slaying of a black woman by a white man.
The Beatles, "The Word": The Beatles on Love