Friday, April 1, 2011

Folk-Punk: God's Little Monkeys - Lip


Some people consider much of punk rock just cruder, less-developed heavy metal but to me a lot of the best punk sounds like amped-up, sped-up, riled-up folk music.

God's Little Monkeys (more here), the English folk-punk band previously known as Malcolm's Interview (more here) bade farewell to the world with the 1991 album Lip, a slightly more contemporary (read: commercially palatable) version of their sound.



It's a nice little record with hummable songs like "Hollywood or The Humber" and some more bass-centric tunes, like a cover of The Temptations "Ball of Confusion".



If you appreciate the music the bloggers you visit regularly post, then I would exhort you to comment - such feedback is the very oxygen of the blogosphere.

Speaking of comments, that is the section wherein you will find the Lip link.

(Since I have been unable to fix track four on the Malcolm's Interview album, I have added a link to the original .flac file in the comments.)

Go check out singer/guitarist Jon Townsend's YouTube Channel

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    Remember

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    It's the people who commented on our Malcolm's Interview post

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    That inspired this follow-up post

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    So please don't forget to leave a comment behind

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    http://www.mediafire.com/?2pav956ghyg8ev8

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    (And here is the .flac file for track 4 on the MI album:

    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rl2i94w4bv9ci94

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  2. gracias muchas gracias por ambas
    un saludo

    karlos

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  3. la cancion del ep Malcolm's Interview sigue sin funcionar
    el disco de gods little monkey es genial
    gracias

    hablando de folk punk o folk pop
    ?¿no tendrias cosas de gone to heart?¿?

    saludos
    karlos

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  4. thank ya this is ineresting stuff

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  5. Havent thought of GLM in 20 years... played em on my radio show in Santa Cruz, CA, back in the Bush I era... made me happy. Thanks!

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  6. Commnters!

    Loved the feedback

    Thanks!

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  7. Thank you! Love your blog.. your regular posts keep me inspired to keep updating. Keep it up.

    Rach

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