That's it for now (06/25/2005). If you're reading this and know of a Static Cling song that I forgot please send it along. If you've got any questions or comments on what's already here...send 'em along. If you're, lonely, desperate and need to contact a real live psychedelic rock & soul band...reach out in the darkness, honey. We'll be there.
252. THE MUNSTERS (Jack Marshall) - Can't believe I forgot this. We used to play (back in the Karen Porter days) The Munsters Theme Song in a medley with "You Really Got Me".
253. WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO (Holland, Dozier, Holland) - Another one from the Karen Porter days that I forgot. Great Karen & Cathi Lee harmonies and I quite enjoyed approximating the sax solo on the guitar. Would love to reconfigure and bring this one back.
254. MOROCCAN STROLL (Shayler) - This is an instrumental that Ron wrote and plays all instruments on. You can listen to it on this website.
255. MIKE'S ABDUCTION (Draheim, Static Cling) - This song was commissioned as a surprise birthday present for a long-time fan. His name's Mike. This recording marks the Static Cling debut of our drummer's son, Alan Birmingham, on bass. Alan, along with webmaster, Dave Henninger, also engineered and mixed this song that came out as a nearly seven-minute screaming rocker somewhere between Queens of the Stone Age and Quicksilver Messenger Service. For the time being this one will exist only as the mysterious Mike's gift but will eventually find its way onto one of our future releases. (Tim Jennings also appears on this on guitar.)
Here's some new songs entering our active set list (or being brought back through the mists of time)...
You should be seeing these songs played out starting April 7, 2006.
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON returns !!! "Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night..."
256. SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK & ROLL STAR (McGuinn, Hillman) - This Byrds favorite kicks off one of Static Cling's patented high-energy medleys - morphs into >
257. KICK OUT THE JAMS (MC5) - What can one say? It is time to kick 'em out - morphs into >
WHO DO YOU LOVE - other than the one public performance by Helen Wheels & The Skeleton Crew at The Rongovian Embassy, this one dates back for me to my Uptown Dogfood days !!!!
MY GENERATION - Well, what exactly does one mean by "old" ?
258. LONG GONE (Syd Barret) - This comes from Ron and his never-ending solo project. He's done an amazing job on this recording - himself on bass, acoustic guitar and synth guitar, from Static Cling, Cathi on lead vocals and Kim on lead guitar and from The Catatonix, Al Anderson on lead and surreal guitar and Jim Andrews on bongos. This recording was submitted to, loved by, and posted on a major-league Syd Barret/Pink Floyd website.
www.pinnaclespeakers.com/pete/pfftp.htm
www.madcapslaughing.com
Here's some extra info regarding #11, the origainal Bob Jordan/Static Cling recording of the song, "WHO WAS THAT STRANGER"...
> Everyone was drunk except me.
> Ron had to figure out the chords and arrangement from a boom-box demo of Bob J's. He then taught it to Bob B & Cathi. I left the house while he did this so as to maintain the purity of my lead which I believed would be better if I didn't know the chords - and I was right.
> Bob J. had a kerosene heater in the room where we recorded that we had to be careful not to touch as it would electrocute us. (Thanks, Ron.)
259. RING OF FIRE (June Carter, M. Kilgore) - Added to repertoire 5/26/2006. We worked on it awhile with real shimmery verses and driving punk choruses. No good. Then I thought "Well, what would this sound like if Bad Company wrote it instead of June Carter?" (I'm not a Bad Company fan and I don't know why this occurred to me, but it works.)