I suppose as it's Halloween I'd better attempt to make this update Halloween related. I'm going to go with a song from a 27 track compilation album titled Punk Rock Halloween - Loud, Fast And Scary. It's full of songs about zombies, creatures of the night, ghosts, Jack The Ripper etc and features lots of great bands (UK Subs, 999, Vibrators, The Adolescents, Anti Nowhere League, The Members, Guttermouth, JFA, Down By Law just to name a few). You can check it out here : https://punkrockhalloween.bandcamp.com/album/punk-rock-halloween-loud-fast-scary
The song I'm highlighting is a new one by The Dwarves. The band needs no introduction, they always go down a storm when I feature them on here and it gives me an excuse to plug their new ep, Julio. It features 4 tracks and is available from Riot Style.... http://shop.riotstyle.com/product/the-dwarves-julio-ep-7-vinyl-direct-edition
Ok, I confess. I've ulterior motives for posting a song today by those purveyors of good taste, The Dwarves. It's because not only do The Dwarves rock, they also pull in the most visitors to this blog. Anything Dwarves related gets attention.
And the reason for wanting your attention today? Well tonight, at 8pm GMT (yep, that's GMT, a time when most of you guys in the US are out at work so won't be around anyway!) Just Some Punk Songs will be broadcasting it's first proper internet show.
It's a show that's part of the newly formed (and newly renamed) Global Punk Network and it'll feature an hour packed full of great new(ish) punk music (including a track from The Dwarves, although I haven't decided which one yet). The intention is for there to be punk music shows streaming live 24/7 so if you fancy checking it out this is the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/stenchofhardcore/
As for the Just Some Punk Songs show, as I mentioned, it starts at 8pm GMT and it'll be here :
For those of you that can't listen live, the show will be saved so that you can stream it at your convenience. I did a test run last night so there's already a show saved (tonight's will be all different songs). There's no sound for a minute or so as I hadn't put the volume up!
Please listen if you can as I just do it as I'm a punk fan and I enjoy pointing people in the direction of great music that they might otherwise miss. Like this blog, it's an amateurish labour of love. Also check out some of the other shows as there's some really great and varied ones.
Back to The Dwarves, I've already written about them elsewhere on here and you all know how great they are so let's just get to the song.
Looking Out For Number One.....
I saw my girl, she was hanging By a thread, she was gone Left a note, wrote in crayon Saying, “So long, death lives on” I really thought that she loved me Because we’ve had so much phun Now I’m living on the run, looking out for number one
I took a ride to the city Had to get out of this town My little girl looked so pretty When they laid her in the ground Her daddy said he don’t like me But he don’t like anyone And now I’m living on the run, looking out for number one
I had a drink at the station Had to get out of my head Saw my face on a TV Wanted dead was all it said Now my life could be ending When it’s only just begun And now I’m living on the run, looking out for number one
One day she - laughed at me And left me dunder-hearted L.A.P.D. is after me Let’s get this party started
I've been doing this blog as a labour of love, posting songs which I think are great and deserve shouting about, since the arse end of 2013. In that time the song that has received the most views is a cover of The Dwarves' One Time Only by The Holograms. I'm not sure why (maybe it's because The Dwarves are young and good looking) but it's had over twice as many hits as any other song. So although I usually try to post songs by lesser well known bands and steer away from the giants of punk rock, today I'm shamelessly chasing visitors and hoping lightning strikes twice.
I don't really need to write much of an intro about The Dwarves as I'm sure anyone who loves punk is already familiar with them but I'll mention that they're currently based in San Francisco, they comprise of a multitude of band members (including one of the best vocalists in the business in Blag Dahlia) and they've released some excellently subversive punk n roll records that you should check out... http://thedwarves.bandcamp.com/ (though I'm sure most of you already have). This month sees the release of their excellent new album, The Dwarves Invented Rock 'n' Roll from which comes this song, Sluts Of The USA.......
