Top 10 Songs Chosen By Mike Spent (The Spent Idols)

   I've been looking forward to posting today's update for a while now. Mike Spent formed Spent Idol way back in 1979 in San Diego though it wasn't until after a 10 year break  and a relaunch in '92 with new members that they really honed their signature sound. Even though they haven't released any new material for many years they still have many a loyal fan, none more so than Angelo Ruggiero who has published some great articles and interviews on his blog and who is co releasing (alongside Spentcityunlimited) Land Of The Lost, a brand new double cd which features unreleased Spent Idols material. You can find out more about this here : http://rawkunroll.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/the-spent-idols-land-of-lost.html

  After you've checked that out you can check out Mike's top 10 songs of all time (though as with most of these lists these might be the top 10 today but not necessarily every day).......

 1)  The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
see below....

 2)  The Professionals - Join The Professionals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pmUjiUph1s

 3)  Sex Pistols - Black Leather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bpz2Zvr8Lg

 4)  New York Dolls - Frankenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4OLrtsefwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=innYh_cQtWc

 5)  Dee Dee Ramone - Chinese Bitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_0fB68bow

 6)  Joe Strummer - Love Kills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeeZRw52FxE

 7)  The Consumers - Teen Love Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AD198ezo0

 8)  The Outsiders - Calling On Youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2hVDDYqY4k

 9) The Saints - River Deep Mountain High
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBIzEACbZE

10) The Wire - I Am The Fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDJepLY8JQ

 Thanks Mike.


So messed up 
I want you here 
In my room 
I want you here 
Now we're gonna be 
Face-to-face 
And I'll lay right down 
In my favorite place 

And now I wanna 
Be your dog 
Now I wanna 
Be your dog 
Now I wanna 
Be your dog 
Well c'mon 

Now I'm ready 
To close my eyes 
And now I'm ready 
To close my mind 
And now I'm ready 
To feel your hand 
And lose my heart 
On the burning sands 

And now I wanna 
Be your dog 
And now I wanna 
Be your dog 
Now I wanna 
Be your dog 
Well c'mon

The Spent Idols - Can't Help It

   Today's update came about after I saw a very impressive video that was made by Angelo Ruggiero promoting the forthcoming new album by The Spent Idols. I recalled that a while back Angelo had conducted a great interview with the band's frontman, Mike Spent, ( http://rawkunroll.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/oh-no-here-they-go-again.html ) so I decided to ask him to write today's intro. Thanks Angelo :

San Diego's punk rock legends, the Spent Idols, celebrate their

anniversary in 2014. It's been 20 years since the band's formation.

To commemorate this event, a killer album is going to be released

on December 25, 2014. 

It's a decisive moment in history when Land Of The Lost CD comes 

out. The album is a Spentcity/Rawkunroll co-release, comprising

some original previously unissued studio tracks, and in the good 

tradition of Lousy Rock N Roll, mono lo-fi off cassette rehearsals

covers songs, recorded in the nineties until 2003.These forgotten 

songs, will prove you that the Spent Idols are for real. They are for

real, they are punk rock, and live in every one of us...

This is Can't Help It.....