MELVIN LITTLE CAN'T WIN

Melvin Little on the Mekons and Linda



Linda,

I never owned an album by the Mekons, but I heard a few songs by them that I like. One of the songs was called "Ghost of an American Astronaut" from 1990. It was a video that I saw several times on "120 Minutes." I have been trying to find the CD for quite some time now. Another song that comes to mind is called "where Were You" from 1978. That can be found on the "Hey Ho Let's Go: Punk and New Wave (1976-1979)" Box Set. I own it, and I highly recommend it to anyone trying to get familar with punk and new wave. I hope that helps.

Cheers,
Melvin Little

In a message dated 9/2/01 5:30:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, webmaster@coololdstuff.com writes:

<< Subj: Melvin Little Can't Win
Date: 9/2/01 5:30:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: webmaster@coololdstuff.com (Linda)
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Poor guy can't catch a break - first someone tells him to stop discussing politics, and then someone else says it's ok!

So Melvin, tell me about the Mekons. The only thing I've really listened to is "I Love Mekons" - bought it, hated it, and promptly sold it on ebay (for more than what I paid for it - hooray!). Which albums of theirs do you recommend?

-Linda

> I think its fine to go into other subjects. The music and politics of the 60's certainly had a relationship. We're also talking about films, clothing, etc. Some Bompers could miss some cool stuff if they think they've read it before and delete it simply due to the subject line.
> ed
>
>> redlabour@cs.com wrote:
>> I'll have to agree with Ed here. We are supposed to be a list that talk about garage rock, punk rock, new wave, rockabilly, etc... I will have to bear some responsibility for bringing the Vietnam era into the mix



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