Comments on: Tonight?

Question: Tonight?

monospace — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:32:16 -0800

"Tonight" from West Side Story - punk rock cover by ... ?

Back in the eighties, I had a single of "Tonight" from the musical West Side Story. It was an awesome punk rock cover, but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of the band. Any ideas?

By: iwhitney

iwhitney — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:38:46 -0800

The band Schlong did a cover album of West Side Story called "Punk Side Story". But it was released in 1995, and I don't think Schlong existed until the early 90s. But I could be wrong about that.

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:41:46 -0800

Yeah.... the Schlong one is the one I know, too. I've gotta say -- for what it is, that's a pretty remarkable album.

By: monospace

monospace — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:13:29 -0800

No, it's not the Schlongs. It's older than that.

By: emd3737

emd3737 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:17:07 -0800

Are you sure it isn't The Ramones? They did tons of fun and unexpected covers.

By: monospace

monospace — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:50:01 -0800

Nope, not The Ramones either. All I remember is that the song started out slowly, kinda like the musical, and by the time the chorus comes around it takes off in full blast. Great stuff.

By: kumquatmay

kumquatmay — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:12:37 -0800

Me first and the gimmie gimmies? they did an album of bway covers (and one of country, and more)