Minutemen double nickels on the dime full album 1984. So, this led to the downfall of man i can make seconds feel hours i make certain. Rifling through a kind of lurching punkfunk, this san pedro, california, trio poses philosophical questions, mocks lovesong cliches and michael jackson, covers ccr and van halen, and gets drunk on. Material nagrano w listopadzie 1983 oraz w kwietniu. Minutemens double nickels on the dime by michael t.
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The minutemens double nickels on the dime is 30 this summer. Double nickels on the dime by the minutemen turns 25. Minutemen double nickels on a dime on 2 x vinyl lp. Released on sst records in 1984 it regularly appears in greatest album of all time lists, perhaps most notably in rolling stones 500 greatest albums of all time, and with good reason. The minutemens revolutionary workingmans jazzpunkrock 1984 album double nickels on a dime sprawls across 43 angry, literate, incredibly short tracks. I spent the last four hours listening to double nickels on the dime by the minutemen with the goal of collecting all the lyrics and posting them to this site. In 2019 i also discovered the minutemen and their phantastic double nickels on the dime, which in a.
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Their lyrics are mostly about political issues, but they talk about. But we were playing on the one after three way tie was getting a little steam back. Double nickels on the dime showed that the band were influenced by funk. Minutemen musical group double nickels on the dime.
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Double nickels on the dime, an album by minutemen on spotify. Fm minutemen double nickels on the dime mp3 download. Ill post more true facts about this amazing record during the week. I would be honored to personalize and sign any book. Nov, 2016 the minutemens classic double album is unlike any punk record, or double album, before or since. One of the greatest american punk records of all time if not the greatest was released 25 years ago this month.
Ive always assumed it was a phrase that had some meaning of which i was not aware. Underscored by george hurleys crisp, offkilter drumming, the tight clarity of these compositions is still stunning. Minutemen post mersh vol w paranoid time 7 80 w joy 7 81 w the punch line lp 81 w beanspill 7 82 w what makes a man start fires lp 82 w buzz or howl under the influence of heat 12 ep 83 w the politics of time lp 84 w double nickels on the dime 2cd 84 w tourspiel 7 84 w project mersh 12 ep 85 w 3way tie for last cd 85. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. It was a thrilling time, when these and other postpunk and indie bands were growing by leaps and bounds. The minutemens double nickels on the dime is 30 this. A music album by an american punk band called the minutemen was titled double nickels on the dime. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
The minutemen s double nickels on the dime was released at about the same time in 1984 as the replacements let it be and husker dus zen arcade. Double nickels on the dime was the third studio album by punk trio minutemen, a band cited as being one of the most influential rock bands of all time. See also following boons death, watt and hurley originally intended to quit music. A double album containing 45 songs, double nickels on the dime combines elements of punk rock, funk, country, spoken word and jazz, and references a variety of themes, from the vietnam war and racism in america, to workingclass experience and.
Double nickels is trucker jargon for the 55 mph speed limit from the national maximum speed limit set from 19741995. Mar, 20 minutemen double nickels on the dime original vinyl side chaff duration. Double nickels on the dime is definitely not a perfect album, as it is marred by a few personal blemishes. I knew that simply submitting clips from my blog wasnt. I dont want to hurt see, my position was here i mean, as it was, i was. Oct 03, 2011 i originally thought it was a betting thing and perhaps it still is, but this is my take. Cav video disk in constant angular velocity format. Minutemen double nickels on the dime rare 1987 remix. It is a compact explosion of ideas and a prism for the energies coursing through the 80s. Minutemen do you want new wave or do you want the truth. So the band compromised and named their album double nickels on the dime. Suffice it to say that this record features on nearly every top 100 albums of the 1980s list youll find and for good reason.
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