A quick note to say the following two things:
1. An ungodly number of tasks (proofing proofs, mostly) have landed on my desk with ridiculous due dates, so I'll likely be on hiatus for most of the week. If anything truly indicative of DOOM happens, I'll let you know. Otherwise, behave yourselves.
2. I've long held the (common) view that Machine Gun Etiquette is the best album by the Damned. I was for a brief while in the 80s of the view that The Black Album was their best (I still take "Wait for the Blackout" to be among their best songs, though). Since early spring always brings me back to the Damned, I've been working through their catalog. I'm now convinced that Damned, Damned, Damned is by far their best.
A friend with whom I've discussed this shift at length contends that the move from Black Album to Machine Gun to Damned, Damned, Damned signifies some deep truth about how punk rockers age. And I have no idea what the fuck she's talking about. Over.
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I think *So, Who's Paranoid* is their best album. I saw it on Craig Ferguson.
Shouldn't that last sentence read "the move from 'Damned, Damned, Damned' to 'Machine Gun Etiquette' to 'The Black Album?'"
Justin: Good joke.
Anon 7:55: "Black" to "Machine" to "D,D,D" seems correct to me: it's in the chronological order of my preference (earliest first), and the sentence is about aging...
Oh, I thought that you were speaking of the aging of the Damned as a group. I have a friend who says that MGE is his all-time favorite album. He gets visibly annoyed when people suggest that the Damned were one album wonders.
Anon:
Nah... I'm the aging one here... MGE is great, but I now think DDD is even better. Tell your friend.
Heh. Lost interest with Black album. Got all trendy then (Seriously? "Curtain Call"????? What the hell was that? I'm still pissed off about that $8. Not as bad as what followed, but. . ..) :) Damned Damned Damned and MGE sound straight outta Motor City most of the time. Aces. The most americun of the 77 scene. Maybe I should dig black album out and throw it on the usb turntable and see whether it sounds less lame now that I'm older.
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