Teenage Head - Frantic City
#231
By Rob Slater
Teenage Head
Frantic City.
Genre: Brian Setzer gets punked before he starts.
Allen’s Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Rob's Rating: (First time through 3) [Second 3.5] Kind of inclined to give it 4 out of 5.
Rob’s Highlights:
Infected
Take It
Let's Shake
Fun, rockabilly, only sorta punk, a several playlist worthy songs. Great if you need to get energized, the first side is great, second side is okay. 1. "Wild One" - Requisite eighties cover. Probably unnecessary, but fun. 2. "Somethin' on My Mind" is a nice mellow 50s dish almost like an Elvis song, complete with a sax, but the lyrics are pretty wicked. 3. "Total Love" Getting a little more back to upbeat and an original. Great harmonies and country twang guitars. 4. "Let's Shake" was their biggest hit off this record. It's great rockabilly. 5. "Infected" First actual punk song. “Where do I go to get infected?” More 'great' lyrics. 6. "Those Things You Do" – Like Total Love 7. "Somethin' Else" - Requisite eighties cover #2. Cochran did it better. Still fun, but... 8. "Take It” This one grew on me. 9. "Brand New Cadillac" - Requisite eighties cover #3. Check out the history of this song. Vince Taylor wrote it, covered by The Clash, Mott the Hoople, Van Morrison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Cadillac 10. "Disgusteen" And it is disgustin'! Very punk. The last two went down hill for me. But I would listen to the first 8 regularly.
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