Friday, August 8, 2008

"Crucial B-B-Q" by Murphy's Law (from the Album "Good For Now")

Murphy's Law is one of my top ten favorite bands ever. They are the number 2 live band I have ever seen, only behind Deftones.

I liked a girl in high school (same girl from my BossTones story) and she was always suggesting new bands to me as I was such a punk rock novice in the fall of 1993. She started with the ska bands, hit me with the transitional Operation Ivy and Big Mistake, and then we started moving into actually pure punk rock. That fall was the first time I heard such bands as Rancid, Green Day, and Murphy's Law.

This girl gave me a mission to go get some Murphy's Law, so I went to the Strawberrie's in Bristol near the Bristol Center Mall which, at the time I felt, had the best selection of less mainstream music. So I found their Murphy's Law section and found they had 3 albums in the bin: "Back With a Bong", "The Best of Times", and "Good For Now". I had no idea which to choose. I had never heard this band before, so I had no clue. In the end I went with "Good For Now" becasue it was an EP and cost less than the full lengths.

The standout track on this CD was "Crucial B-B-Q". Punk rock with horns. Not ska, but actual punk rock with a horn section! It was triumphant. It spoke of beer and orgies, boobs and burgers. Most importanly, it was fun.

2 years later I finally got to see Murphy's Law live for the first time, when they played Maxaluna's in my hometown of Plainville. Jamey Jasta from Hatebreed booked the shows there and in addition to allowing my shitty band to share the stage with some modern hardcore legends, he brought in many great bands I would never had expected to play a small suburb in CT.

Jimmy Gestapo became my new hero that night. He talked more in between songs than any singer I'd ever seen. He gave Jamey shit and mocked his missing finger. He swung from the ceiling beams over the crowd (which was a big no-no in the club). And he let the crowd call the songs to play.

Since then, I've seen them many more times. For a while Ken and I were going to see every MA, RI, and CT show they played. And tomorrow night it's down to RI for us to see them with Rancid and Bloodshot Hooligans.

good times!

download Crucial B-B-Q

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songs involving girls

a couple quick ones:


"Faithfully" by Journey: This song was the theme played at our 8th grade graduation dance. Ended up being the first time I ever kissed a girl

download Faithfully


"Roads" by Portishead: In addition to being one of my top ten favorite songs of all time, this was also playing the first time I got into some "heavy petting" with a girl.

download Roads


"Lovesong" by the Cure: This was supposed to be my wedding song, which I always thought was an excellent choice.

download Lovesong