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Van of The Damned
Mar. 9th, 2005 12:03 amSo do I consider having to take an agency van from the Santa Barbara to the Lompoc offices a drag? Especially when I'm forced to drive the speed limit?
Traffic was light, and the hills were yellow with fields of 6' tall mustard plants, The fog was drifting in interesting clumps, rather than being the usual slate grey.
And best of all, the van was equipped with a CD player, and truly kickass speakers. Undoubtedly so the staff can listen to training CDs on long trips.
So, I popped in a Damned Cd, popped on the cruise control, and enjoyed the trip by singing along to songs like "song.com"
I get up and save the world
And though it may be a game
I know it may sound absurd
But I dig the challenge
The Damned exist somewhere in a nebulous territory between punk, rock, and goth music- they have an incredible talent for mixing elements into a highly melodic, yet high energy whole. Dave Vanian has a voice that is rarely heard in pop music today- deep, spooky, resonant, and according to my female friends, incredibly sexy. In the next world over, he's probably an opera singer, or has a lounge act- here he has too sharp an attitude to be anything but a rocker who defies stereotyping.
Chatting with a new made chum
Doesn't know I look a bum
She thinks that I'm 6 foot 3
Look like Jason Priestly
Dave is complemented by Monty Oxy Moron on near-psychedelic keyboards, and kept grounded by Captain Sensible who gives sharp, guitar licks that range in style from surf to hardcore to metal. The songs themselves, while they have from gothic overtones to sly, satirical digs at current events in songs like "Song.com and "Democracy"- and a notably sharp dig at music fans and beatlemania in "Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren't Dead?)".
The Damned are an old band, one of the first, if not the first punk bands. This album is a perfect example of why they've been able to survive and keep recreating themselves, when other punk bands have fallen by the wayside.
And it was a perfect thing to listen too on a foggy day on the freeway.
Traffic was light, and the hills were yellow with fields of 6' tall mustard plants, The fog was drifting in interesting clumps, rather than being the usual slate grey.
And best of all, the van was equipped with a CD player, and truly kickass speakers. Undoubtedly so the staff can listen to training CDs on long trips.
So, I popped in a Damned Cd, popped on the cruise control, and enjoyed the trip by singing along to songs like "song.com"
I get up and save the world
And though it may be a game
I know it may sound absurd
But I dig the challenge
The Damned exist somewhere in a nebulous territory between punk, rock, and goth music- they have an incredible talent for mixing elements into a highly melodic, yet high energy whole. Dave Vanian has a voice that is rarely heard in pop music today- deep, spooky, resonant, and according to my female friends, incredibly sexy. In the next world over, he's probably an opera singer, or has a lounge act- here he has too sharp an attitude to be anything but a rocker who defies stereotyping.
Chatting with a new made chum
Doesn't know I look a bum
She thinks that I'm 6 foot 3
Look like Jason Priestly
Dave is complemented by Monty Oxy Moron on near-psychedelic keyboards, and kept grounded by Captain Sensible who gives sharp, guitar licks that range in style from surf to hardcore to metal. The songs themselves, while they have from gothic overtones to sly, satirical digs at current events in songs like "Song.com and "Democracy"- and a notably sharp dig at music fans and beatlemania in "Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren't Dead?)".
The Damned are an old band, one of the first, if not the first punk bands. This album is a perfect example of why they've been able to survive and keep recreating themselves, when other punk bands have fallen by the wayside.
And it was a perfect thing to listen too on a foggy day on the freeway.