Song Of The Day 6/1/2015: The Elastik Band – “Spazz”
Striking as the song is, it caused the Elastik Band more than a bit of trouble. The song was so aggressively unique that it kind of doomed the band’s stature outside their Bay Area home base. In actuality their other stuff drew from many varied influences, though nothing quite as memorable as this song. Also, as this 2010 Goldmine interview with lead singer David Cortopassi explains, “spazz” was considered a derogatory expression for the developmentally disabled, especially in Europe, where protestors “were ready to stone the group once they got off the plane.” Yeah, I get it, but I don’t get it. “Spazz” was one of the songs Rhino appended to their Nuggets box set in 1998; it is still the strangest of that reissue’s 118 songs. Over here, that’s high praise.
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