Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Skank - I Never Said That
Spindletop Records 106 / 1985 - funky rock outfit with plenty of drum machines and gloria estefan beats layered over synths galore. but it works. its just the right mix of funky and cheesy to make a desirable listen for those into good pop records. i sense a Mary Jane Girls / B-52's / Rip Rig & Panic influence here. the keyboards go into spooky sci-fi rhythms and almost touches on Au Pairs territory vocally. another reference might be a jazzed out version of Trap Door.
this record was listed as a jazz record on a few sites, but um... no. on google searches, i found a price of 2-, and two prices of 15-. this record is not on ebay and is not the easiest to find. my LP is from the Brooklyn collection, stickered at 5- from 1989. i would buy this sound for 5- again. cover has a spraypainted logo, looks like a heavy metal album. when you flip it over, seven band members including the lead girl Lisa Gamache, and another girl who plays Keyboards, DX-7, Casio, Piano, and synth horns.
i was about to comment on a funky bassline during song '47th street', it is damn funky. i noticed the lead bass players picture, who has the hairdo of the keyboard player from Prince during the 'when doves cry' video. he's the one in the surgeon outfit. you remember, curly mullet? anyway, his wife beater is airbrushed with the saying 'The Bass is Love'. the word Love is written in the style of Arthur Lee's band logo. . .
the lead singer sounds a bit like Debbie Gibson, and the music is so perfectly cheesed out. i like this one. guilty pleasure here folks, but a damn good find from a damn crappy look. overall grade B/needs to be used, but probably not reissued, at least until the world decides it needs more Tanita Tikarim dance beats being made into deluxe edition cd's.
this record was listed as a jazz record on a few sites, but um... no. on google searches, i found a price of 2-, and two prices of 15-. this record is not on ebay and is not the easiest to find. my LP is from the Brooklyn collection, stickered at 5- from 1989. i would buy this sound for 5- again. cover has a spraypainted logo, looks like a heavy metal album. when you flip it over, seven band members including the lead girl Lisa Gamache, and another girl who plays Keyboards, DX-7, Casio, Piano, and synth horns.
i was about to comment on a funky bassline during song '47th street', it is damn funky. i noticed the lead bass players picture, who has the hairdo of the keyboard player from Prince during the 'when doves cry' video. he's the one in the surgeon outfit. you remember, curly mullet? anyway, his wife beater is airbrushed with the saying 'The Bass is Love'. the word Love is written in the style of Arthur Lee's band logo. . .
the lead singer sounds a bit like Debbie Gibson, and the music is so perfectly cheesed out. i like this one. guilty pleasure here folks, but a damn good find from a damn crappy look. overall grade B/needs to be used, but probably not reissued, at least until the world decides it needs more Tanita Tikarim dance beats being made into deluxe edition cd's.
Labels: Funk Punk Finds
# posted by Cajon Cavador @ 7:19 PM 
