You may have heard Tupperware Hell on Soundcloud or our BandPage, but you probably haven’t heard this one. This is another song from the 1995 album “Interstate" featuring Alayne and The Dead Milkmen. This time, the backing track is "Vince Lombardi Service Center” off The Dead Milkmen’s classic 1986 album “Eat Your Paisley”. The song is a diss of a person we went to high school with named Dave. I can think of only one other song in our catalog that could be considered a “diss” as we were dorks who were made fun of on a regular basis. Enjoy!
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Jackass Penguins – Silver Queen
We chose this 2002 song for our YouTube debut. Pardon the cheesy graphics. We will someday make this into a proper 45.
Happy May Day, comrades. This track from the 1997 album “Fashion Victims” fits the bill for today’s posting perfectly. There are no lyrics, just a menacing riff over a stereotypical Native American beat. The perfect song for frolicking around the maypole.
Another song from the 1997 album “Stolen Shoes” that screams for my revisiting. Although it’s just me singing with the guitar on this track, it’s catchy as hell, even with my pitch problems.
One of the few new songs off the 2011 “Something New” EP, this was pretty much just goofing around and seeing what happens. Nothing profound here, merely some random riddims.
The title track from our 2006 album shows the band dipping its toes into the R&B and soul genre. I’d like to record this again with the newer equipment, as this is very primitive. It kind of sounds like karaoke, but you get the idea of what we were trying to accomplish. Besides, I sure ain’t tryin’ to pleez.
From the 1998 album “Pornucopia” comes one of the first political songs in the Jackass Penguins catalog. The lyrics to this are half-satire, and half-real, reflecting the general emotions of the period in the wake of the twin bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. The refrain of “Osama is a fuckin’ beast” would prove to be an understatement in the years following this release.
From the 2010 EP “Furlough Jam” comes this cover of Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg with a reggae twist. Recorded on a whim during the dog days of the Great Recession, when I had plenty of time and not enough money. A little over a year after this (and an alternate cut called “Dub Thang”) came out, Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Lion and enthusiastically records reggae music. Coincidence? Most likely. But it’s nice to imagine that somehow Mr. Snoop Dogg was inspired by this cut.
I know it’s a day early, but in honor of 4/20 I decided to upload this song from the 2002 EP “Strand” which was recorded around the same time as Silver Queen. Every April 20 I go to the beach, so I won’t be posting much until next week. Have a great weekend. Peace.
One of the worst songs Jackass Penguins has done in relation to tempo, but then again most of the songs on the 1998 album “Not An Album” had some kind of fatal flaw. If you can manage to listen through the tempo problems, the concept and vibe of the song is actually not that bad, good even. Enjoy?
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