Also, they censor the words “nuclear war” for some reason I can’t imagine.
I also love Dance Commander and might listen to Synthesizer on loop sometimes… Just a happy song.
Hahahahahah I covered this with a band at one gig on a lark. It… was not well received. 🤣
If you ever get a chance to see them live, do it. Dick Valentine (the singer) is super nice and puts on an amazing show. They travel all over and usually play at small venues, so tickets are reasonably priced.
I’m not super far from Michigan (west-central Indiana), so maybe they’ll play nearby sometime. Thanks!
Looks like they’re in there UK for the rest of the year. They tour pretty often, so you’ll definitely get a chance. They used to come to the Boston area twice a year for like 5+ years. Amazing every time.
Electric Six is a weird band to me…some of their songs I love (“I Buy the Drugs,” “Hello, I See You”) and some I haaate (“Gay Bar,” “Dance Commander”) and I can’t explain why one works for me and the other does. My wife thinks they sound exactly the same…I’m hard-pressed to disagree. But the ones I like I really really like.
Same with me, they have some really awesome songs (Gay Bar, Danger, Synthesizer, a few others), but then a large part of their stuff is just really sub-par drivel, and I have trouble reconciling those two facts. I can’t believe it’s the same people that made all the same songs, did a key member of the band leave at some point?
I went to see them in my old hometown in West Virginia and apparently one of the members is from here. Anyway they talked so much shit about my state between every song. Far beyond the point of ribbing. I walked out. Hope they made a lot of money off the 30 of us that came to see them.
