The Damned-Grave Disorder: Classic or Dud?

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Captain Sensible devotes a song each to slagging Michael Jackson, John Lennon, and George W Bush. The best tune, "song.com," is ruined by the same trite preoccupation with being "current" via an internet reference that ruined Prince's "My Computer". Absinthe is kinda smoothe but wears after a few listens. Some cool guitar solos.

Anyone else check it out when it dropped last year?

― Remy, Monday, 26 August 2002 18:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Good Lord -- allusions to Prince and heinous hip-hop lingo ("...when it dropped...") in a thread devoted to the Damned. Who'd have thunk it?!

The last studio album of then-"new" material I bought from the Damned was ANYTHING back in, what, 1987? Not very encouraged by those results (save their cover of "Alone Again Or"), I believe I resigned myself to making do simply with their back catalog. While I admire their tenacity, I can't imagine a Damned album of new studio material to be anything to really get excited about.

― Motel Hell, Monday, 26 August 2002 19:50 (twenty-three years ago)

That said, anyone who slags Michael Jackson and George W.Bush gets my full support.

― Motel Hell, Monday, 26 August 2002 19:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Haven't heard it, much as I love them. I have fears the hopes would not live up to the reality.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 August 2002 20:18 (twenty-three years ago)

nine years pass...

Spun this for the first time in ages, I think it's a great Damned album with a few weak tracks towards the end which makes it lose momentum.

Anyone expecting another "Machine Gun Ettiquette" is silly but for top notch psych-punk, this really satisfies.

The follow up, "So Who's Paranoid" is even better.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 3 September 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)

Still haven't heard this but I'll probably be seeing 'em on Halloween -- for the first time in twenty years!

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 3 September 2011 05:21 (fourteen years ago)

Some Fest called Fun Fun Fun in Austin in November has Slayer, Danzig playing Misfits, and Damned top billed on one stage. That's a cool lineup.

― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 3 September 2011 06:11 (fourteen years ago)

I think "So Who's Paranoid" is one of their best...

― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Saturday, 3 September 2011 07:11 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, after I posted I realized there's been NO discussion about "So Who's Paranoid" on ILM! I then went and spun it again, it's full of gems with maybe 2 weak tracks (and the epic "Dark Asteroid" isn't one of them, what a short 14 minute track!). Dave's still got the pipes and the whole album shows off all aspects of their style, from punk to psych to garage rock to orchestral pop. I hope we don't have to wait another 7 years for more!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 3 September 2011 14:24 (fourteen years ago)

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