God I LOVE the MC-5 [View All]

[DrBB]

Yeah, a blast from the distant, pre-punk--proto-punk?--past. But jeez they were a great hard-ass, kick-ass, POLITICAL as hell band.

Just listening to the MIT radio station, which does a great oldies show at noon--all kinds of obscure stuff, old garage rock, psychedia, whatever, or not-so-obscure but stuff that NEVER would get on a commercial "oldies" station. And they ended up the show with a superb old MC-5 song, Over and Over

People talkin 'bout solutions, over and over
'Bout how we need a revolution, over and over
I was talking 'bout ecology, over and over
'Bout how we'll be saved by technology, over and over
While the cat next door spends all his time
Trying to think up new antisocial crimes

I said no, I said hang on a minute now
I set let me outta here
I said no, no, no

People talking revolution, over and over
About a mass execution, over and over
Well I was working in a factory, over and over
Just trying to make it satisfactory, over and over
But all these inclinations toward manic frustration
I want my vaccination against castration
Vietnam, what a sexy war
Uncle Sam's a pimp, wants us to be whores,

I said no, I said I can't take much more of this
You better let me outta here
I said no, no, no

Oh you see I need a release for my frustration
Oh don't you see I can't hold my aggravation
Oh...no, no, no, no

I see people dyin', over and over
Why don't I sit around crying, over and over
I see people taking, over and over
Why don't I sit around waiting, over and over

The cop on the street wants us down on our knees
The president says we've got to have peace
The other cat says we need our liberation
The hippies telling us we're in the love generation

I said whoa, I said hang on a minute now
This can't go on much longer
I said no, no, no

Over and over, over and over
Over and over, over and over

Next proto-punk post, we revisit....

THE DICTATORS!