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Punk Rock Valentines
(Cleopatra)
As passions so urgent they demand vehement ejaculations be splattered succinctly across starkly arresting canvases number rapture among their bristling troops, curators assembling this compendium of ripped-and-stitched paeans to affaires d amour had copious examples from which to select. Their endorsements provoke. Available as 2-CD set or red-marble vinyl.
(At this writing, David Johansen is recuperating after a serious fall. Sentiments for quick and full recovery are extended.)
Recommended: "Baby Baby" (Vibrators), "Love Song" (Damned - demo), "Kiss of Death" (Mourning Noise), "I Wanna Be Loved" (Heartbreakers) *, "For Your Love" (UK Subs / Dead Boys), "She's My Little GoGo Dancer" (Anti-Flag), "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" (Flamin' Groovies), "You Shook Me All Night Long" (Queers), "Perfect Girl" (D.I.), "Sea of Love" (Iggy), "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (Johnny Thunders), "Looking For a Kiss" (New York Dolls), "Motivator" (UK Subs)
* For the purposes of this blog, this band-name only identifies the Thunders cell; that's only proper.
Videos: "Baby Baby" "I Wanna Be Loved" "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" "Looking For a Kiss"
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