Hm, The Easybeats certainly did not catch my attention before (aside from "Friday On My Mind", of course), so thank you for this review. Now I somewhat wish for Slade cover of "I'm A Madman" - I feel Easybeats somewhat lack the proper vocal power for their own song, in this case, and Noddy Holder had the right mix of "clown" and "lion", too, so he'd be a good fit for this song. Well, power of Neural Networks to the rescue someday, I guess.
"one... two... three... six! Sorry, ’arry!" remind my of one of my favourite The Monkees song, "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" - they also have a countdown joke (along with tons more - it's really more of a comedy skit than a song) in there.
I guess it's just personal perspective, but I find track listing for this album somewhat confusing - so many song titles I know, or that are very close, but they're different songs (e.g. "It's So Easy" - Buddy Holly, "Cry, Cry, Cry" - Johnny Cash, "A Letter" is subtly different from The Box Tops' "The Letter", of course, but not on the first look).
"rocking out with the swagger of a ‘You Really Got Me’ but a much more humorous and tongue-in-cheek attitude." I suspect You Got It Off Me is a slower drunker parody of You Really Got Me.
And is I'm a Madman in 12/8 time? There's not any waltzes in Brit Rock, so clearly ahead of the game there.
Hm, The Easybeats certainly did not catch my attention before (aside from "Friday On My Mind", of course), so thank you for this review. Now I somewhat wish for Slade cover of "I'm A Madman" - I feel Easybeats somewhat lack the proper vocal power for their own song, in this case, and Noddy Holder had the right mix of "clown" and "lion", too, so he'd be a good fit for this song. Well, power of Neural Networks to the rescue someday, I guess.
"one... two... three... six! Sorry, ’arry!" remind my of one of my favourite The Monkees song, "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" - they also have a countdown joke (along with tons more - it's really more of a comedy skit than a song) in there.
I guess it's just personal perspective, but I find track listing for this album somewhat confusing - so many song titles I know, or that are very close, but they're different songs (e.g. "It's So Easy" - Buddy Holly, "Cry, Cry, Cry" - Johnny Cash, "A Letter" is subtly different from The Box Tops' "The Letter", of course, but not on the first look).
"rocking out with the swagger of a ‘You Really Got Me’ but a much more humorous and tongue-in-cheek attitude." I suspect You Got It Off Me is a slower drunker parody of You Really Got Me.
And is I'm a Madman in 12/8 time? There's not any waltzes in Brit Rock, so clearly ahead of the game there.
Great band. How about a look at some other Aussies, starting with The Masters Apprentices?