GONNA BALL

You know it, Hub, I also love that album and it's funny because it's just what I'm listening when I drive.
And what about "you don't believe me"? Great song!
Thanks for the link: Rev it up & go (and not Rip it up) is one of my favorite Stray Cats song, really. I couldn't buy "Rumble in Brixton" in Europe just because this title is missing (it's a bonus track for the japanese release).

FrenchyCat

I love Gonna Ball just like you guys (and I'm sure like most people in the lounge ) but I've read a few times that when the album was released people just didn't dig it as much as the first album, mainly complaining that it had more of a 'blues influence' and less of a 'rockabilly' feel.
Strange because I think Gonna Ball shows a maturity in the band as players, songwriters and overall performers. The album has an amazing cover too

Cheers PP

Paul, your avatar is terrific!!!!!

FrenchyCat

Paul, you're right about Gonna Ball's greeting : it was half-heartedly in the better case...

Frenchy, talking about avatar, yours is pretty cool too...

Here is an other one from the Gonna Tour :

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfzI5aGhSo

Salut CCHT,

When people ask me, what's your favorite album.

I said, GONNA BALL it's the best album.

The sale was weak but the music was great.

Two things are so true:
1. Gonna Ball is a great album
2. Music journalists and rock critics were, most of them, stupid and "nuls à chier" (sorry for this french sentence, I couldn't translate my thought!)

Frenchy(angry)Cat

OK, it's not the subject of this topic but I just want to thank our favorite pirate for making my avatar a little more hot than it was!!
Merci beaucoup Paul!!

Frenchy(hell)Cat

FrenchyCat wrote:

OK, it's not the subject of this topic but I just want to thank our favorite pirate for making my avatar a little more hot than it was!!
Merci beaucoup Paul!!

Frenchy(hell)Cat

I thought I recognized his handywork! Great job! Great looking avatar!!!

open the show with "crazy mixed up kid" will be great

I fear that the show is the same the last.
no risk-taking, they plays again & again the same classic hits.
There is such a potential rare songs (superior at hits) to make the most wild show for ever. Will they take the risk ? I hope.

I just made this rather rockin' playlist from the collection of Euro Tour CDs from 2004, and tried to pick out as many unique songs as I could beyond what was on Rumble In Brixton, and I came up with the following:

That's All Right (Included on Brixton)
Good Rockin' Tonight (Included on Brixton)
My Baby Left Me (Included on Brixton)
Twenty Flight Rock (Included on Brixton)
Sweet Love On My Mind
Unchained Melody (in French)
Race With the Devil
Drink That Bottle Down
Brand New Cadillac
Hound Dog
Baby Let's Play House
Mystery Train
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Summertime Blues
Somethin' Else
Red Hot
Rock Therapy
High School Confidential
Malagueña
Baby Blue Eyes
Oh Boy
I Fought the Law

Granted, these weren't all at one show, and they're not all that risky, but they did mix it up last time they were in Europe. Not so much, of course, on the 9-song opening act business in the US last year. I wouldn't expect much of anything that is mind -blowingly different if you have a lot of bootlegs in your collection. But in terms of getting to hear 2-3 songs you have never experienced in person at a Stray Cats show, I'd say there's a good chance. Unless you've been lucky enough to see 25-30 Cats shows in your lifetime. If that's the case, then that should be its own reward.

What a thrill it would be if they dusted off some of the rarely performed album tracks like Crazy Mixed Up Kid or How Long You Gonna Live Anyway?


Under the Covers-billy

Rickabilly wrote:

I just made this rather rockin' playlist from the collection of Euro Tour CDs from 2004, and tried to pick out as many unique songs as I could beyond what was on Rumble In Brixton, and I came up with the following:

That's All Right (Included on Brixton)
Good Rockin' Tonight (Included on Brixton)
My Baby Left Me (Included on Brixton)
Twenty Flight Rock (Included on Brixton)
Sweet Love On My Mind
Unchained Melody (in French)
Race With the Devil
Drink That Bottle Down
Brand New Cadillac
Hound Dog
Baby Let's Play House
Mystery Train
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Summertime Blues
Somethin' Else
Red Hot
Rock Therapy
High School Confidential
Malagueña
Baby Blue Eyes
Oh Boy
I Fought the Law

Granted, these weren't all at one show, and they're not all that risky, but they did mix it up last time they were in Europe. Not so much, of course, on the 9-song opening act business in the US last year. I wouldn't expect much of anything that is mind -blowingly different if you have a lot of bootlegs in your collection. But in terms of getting to hear 2-3 songs you have never experienced in person at a Stray Cats show, I'd say there's a good chance. Unless you've been lucky enough to see 25-30 Cats shows in your lifetime. If that's the case, then that should be its own reward.

What a thrill it would be if they dusted off some of the rarely performed album tracks like Crazy Mixed Up Kid or How Long You Gonna Live Anyway?


Under the Covers-billy

Rick-babe... aren't you working? LMAO

Cut-n-paste is a wonderful thing. Think I remember any of this stuff? I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning!

Now-You-Can't-Use-the-Car-'Cuz-You-Didn't-Work-a-Lick-a-billy

Funny you should mention the lyrics on Bring It Back Again. Lee sang it on the last Stray Cats US tour, since he regularly incorporates it into his solo shows, and was more comfortable with the words. I'd be OK if they skipped that one. I'm a little tired of Lee's line "This next tune is the ONLY Stray Cats recording without a guitar solo. It's also one of my favorites."

Take It Back Again-a-billy

I know this is a little (OK, a LOT) off topic, but Rickabilly are you planning on recreating any of your wonderful CD reviews here? I miss having access to all of that stuff.

Maybe. The thing I enjoyed about writing the reviews was being able to offer up my thoughts when the album was just released and reading everyone else's first impressions as well. That excitement fades a bit after the album's been out a while, and I'm sure my thoughts would be influenced by the other reviews I've read over the years.

I'm not sure what I was writing was a review so much as a description of what I was hearing, and some people aren't too keen on reading it because: 1) They're busy, lazy, or busy being lazy; or 2) Too much is given away with such a detailed review - there's no surprises left.

Since "busy being lazy" is probably what I do best, I could probably cut and paste some of the drafts I wrote and open up discussion threads on that particular album. She we're all old friends here, I would hope we could discuss 13, for example without re-hashing Really Rockabilly 1,000 times.

And now back to our regularly schedule topic: Yes, more Gonna Ball tracks besides Baby Blue Eyes and Rev It Up and Go on this tour - and record it, please!

Stateside-billy

I've just bought this "Mini LP". Just have to wait now (it comes from... China !)

always being a little different, I gauge most music by how fast it makes me want to drive (mph). Of course after driving hard all day I may need a rest and thus songs like Sleep Walk rate highly on the "Z" meter ZZZZZ...ok maybe I should quit on that note...

Kbilly