Looking for name of band from Underground USA#3
July 11, 2020 8:36 PM Subscribe
Was watching "Underground USA #3" on exptv.org (focusing on late 70's/early 80's underground music/clips from such folks as Da, Minutemen, and Crime), and about 13 minutes in there was a video featuring a catchy post-punkish tune featuring a succession of folks posing in front of a single stationary camera. Unfortunately exptv doesn't include the names of the bands/songs in the clips, so I'm wondering if anyone else who saw the show knew the name of the band and the song being played.
Response by poster: Transmissions From Vrillon that's the one (playing from 13:50-16:27), thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't mention the band name there (or in the YouTube info) either.
posted by gtrwolf at 10:05 PM on July 11, 2020
posted by gtrwolf at 10:05 PM on July 11, 2020
Response by poster: (Realized I accidentally deleted part of my response). Still, if anyone checks out the link and recognizes the band/song, I'd definitely be grateful for an ID.
posted by gtrwolf at 11:44 PM on July 11, 2020
posted by gtrwolf at 11:44 PM on July 11, 2020
Reddit’s Name That Song subreddit might be able to help.
posted by Transmissions From Vrillon at 5:01 AM on July 12, 2020
posted by Transmissions From Vrillon at 5:01 AM on July 12, 2020
Sounds a lot like Gang of Four, but not sure which song. I’m on my mobile so can’t make out the lyrics very well, but perhaps a google of Gang of Four plus a lyric line and you’ll have it?
posted by stillmoving at 6:13 AM on July 12, 2020
posted by stillmoving at 6:13 AM on July 12, 2020
The main chorus is "can't believe you're not a fag" but that doesn't produce any good results via internet search.
Here's the main lyrics, repeated twice:
"
there's a column in a room of a building on the corner of a street where the curves runs through
there's a sticker of a hand in the middle of a man....
There's a person who can prove that is tied to a chair in the middle of a room that is full.
can't believe you're not a f***
Second chorus is repeated:
"
take to a room wear white on black
take me back
"
None of these lyrics seem to be googleable.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:40 AM on July 12, 2020
Here's the main lyrics, repeated twice:
"
there's a column in a room of a building on the corner of a street where the curves runs through
there's a sticker of a hand in the middle of a man....
There's a person who can prove that is tied to a chair in the middle of a room that is full.
can't believe you're not a f***
Second chorus is repeated:
"
take to a room wear white on black
take me back
"
None of these lyrics seem to be googleable.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:40 AM on July 12, 2020
You might try just dropping a message to the exptv folks (there’s a contact thing at the bottom of their main page). They’ve been very knowledgeable and eager to chat about their work, in my experience.
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 10:14 AM on July 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 10:14 AM on July 12, 2020 [1 favorite]
I did write to the exptv folks, but haven’t heard back.
posted by Transmissions From Vrillon at 4:55 PM on July 21, 2020
posted by Transmissions From Vrillon at 4:55 PM on July 21, 2020
Response by poster: I also tried writing to them, but never heard back. (It's entirely possible said clip was just on some random video they obtained, and that even they didn't know who it was). Shazam didn't help, and running the main chorus lyric through Discogs only got me some noisecore band.
posted by gtrwolf at 5:39 PM on July 28, 2020
posted by gtrwolf at 5:39 PM on July 28, 2020
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posted by Transmissions From Vrillon at 9:40 PM on July 11, 2020 [1 favorite]