Title: MC5 - American Ruse Source:
motor city five URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6pfU9wli8g Published:May 30, 2007 Author:mc5 Post Date:2007-05-30 21:44:53 by Dakmar Ping List:*Music Club* Keywords:None Views:526 Comments:9
One of my fave MC5 songs. Along with Human Being Lawnmower. I only got to see them just before they broke up, when they were, frankly, a shambles, although part of their show really rocked. But all three of their albums are terrific, and now there are several really good live CDs available. Also, the ROIR CD of demos and alternate takes, The Big Bang, has rawer, better versions of several songs, although I think American Ruse on Back in the USA is a better take.
Wayne Kramer, the rhythm guitar player, has several solo albums out, and he's great live, if your're interested.
I remember my uncle turning me on to MC5 when I was like 9 or 10 years old. He had a sort of suite in big old house my dad was renovating, two rooms and a full bath, I vaguely recall the house had been sectioned out as apartments and ripping out a bunch of walls. Anyway, my uncle had recently bought a high-end reciever and turntable, and must have thought he'd struck stereophonic gold with the aquisition of Kick Out The Jams, and looking back I can see how it would have been hard to come by in central Indiana in 1974 or so. MC5 played hard, that appealled to me.
Fast forward twenty years and there I am reading High Times and what is featured in their record review but Wayne Kramer's Citizen Wayne? I was a bit surprised that the big-box electronics outlet had it.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago, when I posted Wayne's Back to Detroit
Not many comments on that thread either, but I think it's an awesome song.