best performance from URGH! A MUSIC WAR

Klaus, winner

Yeah, pretty much. The incongruity between him and his hastily recruited backing band makes it.

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toe-to-head pan of klaus is one of the greatest onscreen introductions of anyone ever filmed

i vote devo.

but a lot of the stuff is great.

XTC was good in this too

that otway part was bonkers too

NOMI.

poison ivy's sneer is also a thing of wonder

I was almost certain we'd get a numan-in-the-little-car vote from ned

Oh, that's entertaining enough. But still Nomi.

also I love the au pairs, and that's apparently their only footage on youtube

cramps is out of control

easy to forget how good they were, at first

they were that good for years

OMD for me

I'm stuck between G04 and Otway.

This was like my favorite video tape when I was 14 in 1988.

I always liked that alley cats song on that movie but it seems they did nothing else over the years.

they were that good for years

-- contenderizer, Monday, May 19, 2008 10:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

yeah, cramps unassailably great from '78 - '86, at least. where the expiration date falls is up for debate. saw 'em live in 89 and it seemed like they had lost some steam. maybe lux cleaned up? I'm actually impressed he's still out there in high heels and leather squirming on the floor, dude's over 60 years old.

and here are some urgh! outtakes, now with bonus sneer

human fly
I was a teenage werewolf

the werewolf clip is totally off the hinge, the only reason they didn't put it in the movie is they were afraid every other band would burn their instruments and commit suicide after seeing it

I like the part in "human fly" where somebody throws a sneaker onstage, lux pours his drink into it, sips from the sneaker, then kicks it back into the crowd. pure class.

sorry, the context for my comment is that i know people who *still* go to cramps shows

actually I'd kinda like to see their tour this year, with sean from white zombie on bass. but yeah, it'd probably suck and be overpriced anyway.

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Pere Ubu hands down. Great song, great performance.

Everyone knows that Gang of Four absolutely SHRED in this. But I'm still dismayed that I never found the version that included John Cooper Clarke's performance. Please won't a merciful person hook Mr. Humble Bimble up with JCC?

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First Paul Weller solo album from 1992 is making me real happy right now.

I still love Gary Numan's "Down in the Park" here.

Au Pairs or Alley Cats... (votes Alley Cats) but GO4, Pere, XTC, Nomi, X, Skafish - all tore it up ...

Good show from Steel Pulse here.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uahZLfoZ954

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had a huge impact on me the first time I saw it

fucking classic