Honestly, i dont particularly care for do anything you wanna do, even though its one of their best known songs, and the bonus tracks with rob tyner are surprisingly listless. But to do so means ignoring the mans often brilliant writing his diary of a drug fiend. Do anything you wanna do was the first music released from the sessions for the hot rods second album, life on the line. Do anything you wanna do is the bands best known song, and leant its name to the biography eddie and the hot rods. Powerful rock that influenced the leaders of the punk scene do anything you wanna do has got to be one of the greatest punk tracks of all time. Jan 01, 2012 gasoline days is the fifth studio album released by pub rock band eddie and the hot rods. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do 2000. They are best known for their 1977 uk top ten hit do anything you wanna do. The addition of guitarist graeme douglas from neighbouring band the kursaal flyers in february 1977 gave the hot rods a bruce springsteen style lift and provided hollis with a new songwriting foil. A disc longer than that 1994 cd, do anything you wanna do digs deeper, offering a few more album tracks, a few more live cuts, and a few more singles, and even if it doesnt offer anything revelatory. Like that attraction, life on the line revealed a considerably more mature musical outlook than did its predecessor, the furywhipped teenage depression aware that. Do anything you wanna do by eddie and the hot rods.
Do anything you wanna do track by eddie and the hotrods released in august 1977 reaching number 9 in uk charts. Jimmy page, aleister crowley and the curse of eddie and. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do music. In those pre download days, holliss library was an allimportant resource.
As you can expect, this sudden news is a huge shock to the band and family. Gloria and the top ten uk do anything you wanna do, alongside newer songs taken from their last two studio. Eddie and the hot rods doing anything they wanna do. Higgs left after the tour, but the band carried on. The rods were one of the first bands to be described by the music press as punk and in 77, with the addition of graeme douglas on guitar and songwriting, they hit the uk top 10 with the anthemic do anything you wanna do. It is produced and mixed by the hot rods themselves and simon milton. The group broke up in 1985, but have reformed several years since.
Devotees will rave about this album, but if youre a firsttimer youd be better off picking up teenage depression first. Singer barrie masters was the only constant member until his death in 2019. Its easy to turn your nose up at any mention of aleister crowley, especially if you have little interest in the occult and esoteric world in which he thrived. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Barrie masters, dave higgs, graeme douglas, lew lewis, paul gray 2, richard holgarth, steve nicol, tex axile, warren kennedy. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do lyrics. The best rivals the previous standardbearer, 1994s the end of the beginning. Their albums teenage depressin,life on the lineand thriller are well represented. Along the way they scored a big hit with the classic do anything you wanna do. Higgs left after the tour, but the band carried on with steve walwyn of dr. The hit singles i might be lying, quit this town and the legendary do anything you wanna do are featured as are eight bonus tracks including the rods collaboration with former mc5 main man rob tyner. Eddie and the hot rods provided what the young generation wanted music with no holds bared. The best of the hot rods brief lifespan can be found on this excellent compilation. Gonna break out of this city leave the people here behind searching for adventure is the type of life to find tired of doing day jobs with no thanks for.
Bass for do anything you wanna do by eddie and the hotrods. Gonna break out of this city leave the people here behind searching for adventure is the type of life to find tired of. Im gonna break out of the city leave the people here behind searching for adventure its the kind of life to find tired of doing day jobs. Cdmgram 108 1996 the pop group ive seen live more than any other, second only to volcano the bear who arent pop i suppose. In 1992 the classic lineup regrouped for a european tour. Do anything you wanna do, by steve crancher, which was published by desert island books, southendonsea, essex in 2008. You ll get so lonely, maybe its better that way it aint you only, you got something to say do anything you wanna do do anything you wanna do gonna break out of the city leave the people here behind searching for adventure its the type of life to find tired of doing day jobs with no thanks for what i do im sure i must be someone now im. The best of writing on the wall, cruisin in the lincoln and more. The hit singles i might be lying, quit this town and the legendary do anything you wanna do are featured as are eight bonus tracks including the rods. In those predownload days, holliss library was an allimportant resource.
Gonna break out of this city leave the people here behind searching for adventure is the type of life to find tir. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do karaoke. Outkasts hey ya was the first song in history to rack up 1 million downloads. If the band never replicated this and so failed to achieve the success many. Eddie and the hot rods scored a memorable top 10 single in 1977 with the anthemic do anything you wanna do. Barrie masters feature on bbc essex oct 2nd 2019 eddie and the hot rods youtube. Mar 22, 2017 pretty sure that last time i posted the life on the line lp, it was my slammin vinyl ripdont think ive ever posted this deluxe cd version, which is loadedfirst of all, the original album is a classic, with the fantastic single do anything you wanna do, telephone girl, the awesome beginning of the endbut we also get a ton of bonus tracks, live stuff they were great. This 2 cd set covers material from their 3 lps including cuts from 2 eps and a few unreleased tracks. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. Do anything you wanna do is a song written by eddie and the hot rods manager ed hollis and guitarist graeme douglas and recorded by the band, although. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do lyrics genius. Other choice cuts include teenage depression, quit this town, and power and the glory.
Gasoline days is the fifth studio album released by pub rock band eddie and the hot rods. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do flac. We welcome tributes posted to our facebook and twitter sites which will be passed on to barries family. Eddie and the hot rods were a pub rock band from essex founded in 1975. For the full story of the curse of do anything you wanna do, see my interview with the band in this months issue of uncut magazine. Eddie and the hot rods do anything you wanna do amazon. Barrie masters feature on bbc essex oct 2nd 2019 eddie. Im gonna break out of the city leave the people here behind searching for adventure its.
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