I generally don't do reposts, but due to the sheer number of Google search hits and emailed requests, I've decided to make an exception. The fact that the song in question is a longstanding favorite of mine, and ranks right up with the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" in terms of my intimate familiarity with the cited geographic features also played a major factor in my decision.
So here it is:
The Gremies - No Surfing in Dorchester Bay (from a 1980 single) - The Gremies were a local supergroup of early Boston punk acts, featuring members from DMZ/The Lyres, Unnatural Axe, and the Real Kids. (The b-side of the 7" consists of a dub version of the track.)
I first became aware of this single after stumbling across an entry (with a photo of the picture sleeve) in the college library's copy of Who's New Wave in Music, and I made locating a copy of it the highest of acquistional priorities -- mainly because I have spent nearly every weekday since the autumn of 1990 toiling away on the shore of that frequently pungent body of water. The view from my cubicle window looks right out onto it, actually, and I can indeed confirm the bay's lack of surfability.
Friday, January 25, 2008
ride the mild surf
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HUGE request tune from college. "Still sounds fresh..." etc.
Say: Anybody remember the novelty tune "Jacques Cousteau" by The Young Jacques -- a Paley Brothers/Modern Lovers/Cars/Atlantics/Birdsongs supergroup ? Came out about the same time.
Very nice... quite appropriately, it strikes me as a melding of the Lyres and Insect Surfers... god, what a show that would have been... they must have crossed paths at some point back then... no?
THANK YOU!!!!! I first found your blog because of your earlier Gremies post. I grew up a few blocks from Tenean Beach.
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