MC5- The American Ruse
I like Kick Out the Jams, is this one before or after and how does it compare, if ya don' min' sayin ? MC5 was bad!
Oh yeah, KOTJ was their classic live album (and first release), and the song I posted was from their studio album,
Back In The USA, released right after that one. As far as a comparison b/n the two LPs -- I see it pretty much as an apples / oranges kind of thing, in that they are both great recordings, but for different reasons. A live album will usually have a certain spontaneity that a studio album generally lacks. This holds true in this case. The song I posted is one of several tight, rockin' and relatively concise numbers from
Back In The USA, which despite the compressed production style, is still a great collection of songs. I would have liked it if more of these short numbers had been performed on the live one instead of the longer, repetitive stuff that ended up on KOTJ. My personal favorite of the two would be
Back In The USA, but for the content, and not the form. It's not quite as raw as I'd like it, but most of the songs are under 3 minutes, and are well written and played! We can check it out next time you're over here, or I'll bring it up or whatever.