Black Flag – “TV Party” 7”
SST/ Unicorn, 1982
Acquired: Half Price Books, Used, 2014
Price: $3
Black Flag’s ripping bit of satire against a generation
glued to their televisions unable to talk about anything but their favorite
shows feels eerily applicable to thse modern times where people can’t even take
their eyes off their phones to drive their fucking cars. Or take their eyes off
of there computer screens where they sit reading commentaries on 30 year old
seven-inch records. The greatest feat of “TV Party” isn’t its satire, but that
it’s a fucking blast. Just a joy to
listen to. A group of punker dudes having a ball. The Chuck Dukowski loops
around like someone stumbling around a room and the hilarious chant-a-long lines
like “Don’t talk about anything else/ We don’t wanna know!/ We’re dedicated/ To
our favorite shows!” make you want to chant right along with the gang. The
icing on the cake is the shouted television programs that litter the song
(“Dallas!” “Monday Night Football!”). The B-Sides “I’ve Got to Run” and “My
Rules” are a couple of Damaged
b-sides that have a little bit of My War
on them. Fun fact: Five years ago I compared “Loose Nut” to a drunk guy
stumbling around the room! I don’t know whether this is the universe trying to
tell me something, or I’ve got one simile for cyclical music made by schlubs.
"TV Party"
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