Worst Band Ever II

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 28 Aug 2006 4:44 pm

YEAHHHHH BABY!!!!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Aug 2006 4:52 pm

I can't get that infectious tune outta my head...

...as crazy as this sounds... I'm actually starting to like this Shaggs crap! I have a few of their tunes on CD. The songs sound a lot alike... surprise, surprise![This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 28 August 2006 at 05:58 PM.]

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 28 Aug 2006 6:20 pm

The band that opened for our fellow forumite Jim Ives' band when I saw them was worse. (Jim's band was pretty cool though.)

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Aug 2006 6:29 pm

Mike, I think I remember your post about that band. Wasn't that a hardcore band with screeching vocals, and lot of "F" word?

The Shaggs would never do that. They're nice girls![This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 28 August 2006 at 07:33 PM.]

Duane Reese · Post by **Duane Reese** » 28 Aug 2006 7:25 pm

I feel like getting the CD and listening to it over and over again, inlcuding some horrible sounding stuff I got of mp3.com back in the day, and that way when I listen to real music it'll be like ecstasy!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Aug 2006 8:27 pm

ANOTHER SONG!! from the Shaggs...

The response has been so overwhelming I must post one more Shaggs classic...
Things I Wonder.
Note the introspective lyrics and the incredible drumming! This one has a lot of chord changes too.

Here’s a 1 min. segment, mp3:

Things I Wonder

LYRICS:

Things I Wonder

There are many things I wonder
There are many things I don't
It seems as though the things I wonder most
Are the things I never find out

I wonder about the stars above
I wonder about the birds that fly
I wonder about your love
But most of all I wonder why you make me cry

I wonder, I wonder
I wonder why we have to say goodbye
There are some things I don't understand
There are some things I do

But one thing I don't understand
Is why we have to be so blue
I understand why you feel the way you do
Because I feel the same way too

I wonder why our minds drift astray
I wonder why life goes on this way
I wonder why we have to part
We both know it'll break our heart

There are many things I wonder
There are many things I don't
I'll be glad when I find all these things out
But until I do things won't change with me and you

With me and you things will stay the same
With me and you things won't change
With me and you things will be the same

[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 28 August 2006 at 09:33 PM.]

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 28 Aug 2006 8:43 pm

I think they made it on their looks.

Dave White · Post by **Dave White** » 28 Aug 2006 9:21 pm

Finally---something easy I can play along with while practicing my banjo...

Dave White · Post by **Dave White** » 28 Aug 2006 9:28 pm

Quote from the Shagg's website:

"In garages everywhere - kids are writing songs and expressing themselves by stretching their talents. If you love music for its own sake, and perform what you believe in, you possess the noblest gift of music and art.

In the case of The Shaggs, this gift was a lucky, charming moment captured on audio tape."

Mr. Ampex and Mr. Scotch are rolling over in their graves.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Aug 2006 9:46 pm

The recording engineers must have been blowing their lunches in the control room!

garbage in - garbage out

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 28 Aug 2006 10:08 pm

Man! I dig that "herky jerky" rhythm. Them gals got it goin on! I bet if I hit every pawn shop and yard sale in town I might be able to find this classic on 8 track.[This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 28 August 2006 at 11:11 PM.]

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Aug 2006 10:33 pm

It sounds like the drummer phoned in her part from another planet. It's cute how the rhythm player strums only when she sings a word.... eeeech!

IT'S TORTURE!! ...but why do I like it so much?

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 29 Aug 2006 12:41 am

I love that album.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 29 Aug 2006 2:28 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>But one thing I don't understand
Is why we have to be so blue<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I thought she was singing "Why we have to eat tofu."

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 29 Aug 2006 3:45 am

Truly ahead of their time, altho they were pretty together on the first downbeat.

P Gleespen · Post by **P Gleespen** » 29 Aug 2006 4:47 am

"My Pal Foot Foot" is one of my all time favorite songs. ...and "My Companion" is up there too.

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 29 Aug 2006 6:07 am

WOW...I just listened to those clips....just awful!

Can you imagine being the recording engineer on that session?

Engineer - "Ummm...should we try that one again?"

Shaggs - "No way dude...that was awesome"

Engineer - "Maybe we should check the tuning on that guitar first"

Shaggs - "It's just the way we like it"

Engineer - "OK....will that be cash or check?"

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Aug 2006 6:20 am

Pat, you really know the classics! My Pal Foot Foot is in another zone altogether.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Aug 2006 6:32 am

Philosphy of the World

LYRICS:

Philosophy Of The World

Oh, the rich people want what the poor people's got
And the poor people want what the rich people's got
And the skinny people want what the fat people's got
And the fat people want what the skinny people's got

You can never please anybody in this world

The short people want what the tall people's got
And the tall people want what the short people's got
The little kids want what the big kid's got
And the big kids want what the little kid's got

You can never please anybody in this world
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Things I Wonder

LYRICS:

Things I Wonder

There are many things I wonder
There are many things I don't
It seems as though the things I wonder most
Are the things I never find out

I wonder about the stars above
I wonder about the birds that fly
I wonder about your love
But most of all I wonder why you make me cry

I wonder, I wonder
I wonder why we have to say goodbye
There are some things I don't understand
There are some things I do

But one thing I don't understand
Is why we have to be so blue
I understand why you feel the way you do
Because I feel the same way too

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 29 Aug 2006 6:34 am

We named our cat "Foot-Foot" after the Shaggs song.

I thought everybody knew and loved the Shaggs!!

Terry

Mark Lind-Hanson · Post by **Mark Lind-Hanson** » 29 Aug 2006 7:39 am

I don't know about the music, if I ever heard it, it certainly wasn't memorable. But the NAME! I think for about two weeks in 1967 my garage band called ourselves the Ruggs, because of this. Ha. That would have been an interesting double-bill.

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 29 Aug 2006 8:40 am

I kinda dig it.

Duane Reese · Post by **Duane Reese** » 29 Aug 2006 9:13 am

See I'm trying to figure out who's the weak link in the band...

You've got the guitarists/singers following each other somewhat, and the drummer is out of time with them, but the drummer has the most consistent beat happening so it should be the others that are following her... Unless the ole 2-out-of-3 statute is applied here.

Hey, notice the drummer uses the kick drum on this song!

I actually would be interested to hear what they sound like now - it can't possibly be that bad now. I don't know that we would be dealing with the Dixie Dregs or anything, but it just has to be better.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Aug 2006 10:08 am

See I'm trying to figure out who's the weak link in the band...

LOL that cracks me up. I think there are no links.... there isn't even a chain!

I will never complain about Shenia Twain or the Dixie Chicks again!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Aug 2006 4:37 pm

Rolling Stone magazine named The Shaggs Comeback Band of the Year, 1980

Better Than the Beatles The Village Voice, 1988

“…these girls are saying we love you, whether you're fat, skinny, retarded… Don't make no difference, they embrace all because they are true one-world humanists with an eye to our social future.

…How do they sound? Perfect! They can't play a lick! But mainly they got the right attitude, which is all rock’n'roll's ever been about from day one… You should hear the drum riff after the first verse and chorus of the title cut -- sounding like a peg-leg stumbling through a field of bald Uniroyals.

They just whang and blang away while singing in harmonies reminiscent of three Singing Nuns who've been sniffing lighter fluid and their voices are just so copacetic [sic] together (being sisters, after all) you'd almost think they were Siamese triplets. Guitar style: sorta like 14 pocket combs being run through a moose's dorsal, but very gently. Yet it rocks. Does it ever. Plus having one of the greatest album covers in history, best since Blank Generation. God Bless the Shaggs.”