![]() ![]() Good" due to a legal conflict with the estate of American actor Steve The album "Steve McQueen" was released in North America as "Two Wheels In North America, we got the title Two Wheels Good. For example, I never knew, until I looked up this record on Discogs (when I added my collection to Discogs some years ago) why this record was entitled Steve McQueen all over Europe as well as in New Zealand, Israel, Japan, and Australia. Their second studio album, Preoccupations, was released as a self-titled album under the name Preoccupations on September 16, 2016. On April 21, 2016, Flegel announced in a Pitchfork interview that the band would henceforth be performing and recording under the name "Preoccupations". On March 29, 2016, the Canadian music magazine Exclaim! reported that the band were still booking shows under the name Viet Cong, and began running a real-time "Days since Viet Cong promised to change their name" counter on the magazine's website. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past". In September 2015, the band announced that they were going to change their name, posting to their Facebook page, "We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. In March 2015, the band was set to perform at Oberlin College, but the show was cancelled due to their "offensive name". The band frequently faced controversy over their original name, involving accusations of both racism and cultural appropriation because of the name's association with the original Vietnamese Viet Cong. But, shouldn't the market dictate things like this? I mean, if the name is so offensive, won't people stop supporting them? Well maybe not. Ultimately I think it's better that they opted to change the name of the band from Viet Cong to Preoccupations. The '50,000,000' phrase remained there for several years, but by 1968, it was removed from the new orange RCA labels and was not found on any record labels for years afterward, but then it was added (again), this time to the compact disc releases of this album, where it has remained The boasting on the label appears nearly exclusive to records manufactured at RCA Victor's Hollywood pressing plant copies pressed at the other plants tended to use the proper title only. Beginning no later than 1962, RCA Victor added "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong" to the labels of a few mono records and to the then newly released "electronically reprocessed stereo" records. Therefore, the phrase was not part of the original title of the album. The phrase "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong" does not appear on the labels on any of the original records, and it is the title of the records on the labels-not the jacket-that is usually given preference when conflicting titles appear on albums. 2," with a comma and an abbreviation of "Volume", but on the jacket, it appears as "Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2". The title is shown on the original record's labels as "Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. Who can say? Obviously, this record is a compilation.Ībout that title, Wikipedia says: There has long been some confusion over the actual title of this album. My brother was a fan, though (but really only once Elvis died), and so we had lots of Elvis records, but then he gave them away or lost them or they were stolen. FewĪlbums, let alone debuts, are ever this astonishingly addictive." Īnd so began my adolescent crush of Chrissie Hynde, which persisted along side of my crushes on Joan Jett and Pat Benatar.Īlthough originally released in 1959, I have a copy from 1978 that is still in shrink wrap. Series of melodies, hooks, and infectious rhythms in its 12 songs. Moves faster and harder than most rock records, delivering an endless "It's a deep, rewarding record, whose primary virtue is its sheer energy. I do like what Allmusic said about this record: The debut record is a new wave, pop, punkish masterpiece, and definitely one of my favourite records of all time. This album also has two huge hits: Stop Your Sobbing (written by Ray Davies) and Brass in Pocket. I think I sprinted to the record store to pick up this record. That might seem tame by today's standards, but back in '80, this was powerful stuff. If you don't know what "changing tires" means, just remember that tires are made of rubber. I shot my mouth off and you showed me what that hole was for" ( Tattooed Love Boy) "I was a good time, yeah, I got pretty good Perhaps that is my adolescent brain speaking here, but every time I heard Chrissie Hynde sing "But not me baby I'm too precious I had to fuck off," it really did something for me. The Pretenders are a pop/punk band crossed with new wave, with an infusion of - dare I say it? - the erotic. We was a duet duet duet duet do it on the pavement ![]()
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