Figures of Light IT'S LAME PUNK PSYCHE 45
$
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Description
Description: Original pressing from 1972 on Midnite Swan
There were 100 pressed.
Exceptionally fine condition...strong VG++...plays perfect
The group's signature tune, "It's Lame," has been described as " . . . one of the ultimate proto-punk basement rock singles of all time . . . [l]ike the dinosaur etched into relief at Angkor Wat, it shouldn't be there. It's either 6 years behind it's time or 27 years ahead . . . They cite the Stooges and the Velvet Underground as influences . . . During their first gig, where they played such unreleased material as "Why Not Knock Yourself Off?", "Seething Psychosexual Conflict Blues" and "Black Plague Blues," they rode up to the stage on a motorcycle, played their songs and destroyed 15 television sets
The first concert of July 23, 1970 was recorded in stereo, complete with the television smashing finale. Listening to tapes of their first concert, Norton Records producer Billy Miller commented, "you guys make [the Velvet Underground's epic 17 minute song] Sister Ray sound like [ Richard Harris's 60s pop hit] MacArthur Park!"
Re-released on Norton in 2006
In the 2006 Pazz and Jop year end poll in the Village Voice, David Sprague, rock critic for Variety, voted "It's Lame" the number one pop single of 2006
