EPISODE · Feb 17, 2024 · 1H 47M
(Don't Give Me No) Friction
from In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast · host Weldon Hunter & Erik Komarnicki
We're back with a great garage tune that is the inverse? obverse? reverse? of 1965's "Satisfaction" - the tune is "(Don't Give Me No) Friction" by The Green Beans, released the same year as the Rolling Stones gem. The lyrics were written by a couple of middle-aged people, so it appears to be masquerading as hip, but of course our analysis finds deeeeeper meanings. It has a great chorus, a cavernous scream midway thru, and lotsa FUZZ! Australia's Misslng Links discovered the song like a group of cavemen discovering fire, and there's a lot goin' on in their version - a faster R&B feel, trebly, metallic guitar, boom crash drums, and a total primitive proto-psych freakout! Eat yr beans!!
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We're back with a great garage tune that is the inverse? obverse? reverse? of 1965's "Satisfaction" - the tune is "(Don't Give Me No) Friction" by The Green Beans, released the same year as the Rolling Stones gem. The lyrics were written by a couple of middle-aged people, so it appears to be masquerading as hip, but of course our analysis finds deeeeeper meanings. It has a great chorus, a cavernous scream midway thru, and lotsa FUZZ! Australia's Misslng Links discovered the song like a g...
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