 Battle Of The Bands (1966) [ larger cover art ] |
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I feel depressed, I feel so bad
'Cause you're the best girl that I ever had
I can't get your love, I can't get a fraction
Uh-oh, little girl, psychotic reaction
(shouted) And it feels like this!
[Instrumental break]
I feel so lonely night and day
I can't get your love, I must stay away
I need you girl, by my side
Uh-oh, little girl, would you like to take a ride, now
I can't get your love, I can't get satisfaction
Uh-oh, little girl, psychotic reaction
'Cause you're the best girl that I ever had
I can't get your love, I can't get a fraction
Uh-oh, little girl, psychotic reaction
(shouted) And it feels like this!
[Instrumental break]
I feel so lonely night and day
I can't get your love, I must stay away
I need you girl, by my side
Uh-oh, little girl, would you like to take a ride, now
I can't get your love, I can't get satisfaction
Uh-oh, little girl, psychotic reaction
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 05:58 It's a great album.... or at least it is for my varied tastes. |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 13:01 LOVE this song. It's also the opener of a fantastic compilation called 'SEX: Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die', that was compiled from the records on the jukebox at Malcolm McLaren's shop SEX in London. Great track list: |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 12:54 Gonna have to crank up my Nuggets LP while I do the dishes tonight! |
| gary2000 (London England) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 04:00 Thanks Bill. Takes me back to the summer of 1966 in NJ... from a cold rainy London morning... |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 18:22 Where are they now? How many of them are dentists? Satisfaction meets Ina Gadda Da Vida. |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 09:17 Quite possibly some of the earliest punk rock. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 09:24 WonderLizard wrote: 1966—the same summer ironically (or not) as Revolver and "Taxman." That was also the same summer as "Sunshine Superman," "It's No Secret," and "Mother's Little Helper." A great summer for rock'n'roll. In 1966 and 1967 I was in jr. hi, but remember how extraordinary especially '67 was from all of the new rock that was being born in those days. Cream, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and that ilk were all brand new and radically different than any of the other bland pop that was aired on most radio back then. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 09:21 scraig wrote: guess they recorded everything in the shower in 1966 Not everything, but this was one of the original "garage bands", so it is unlikely that they did much recording in state-of-the-art, classical-music, recording studios. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 22:44 Don't know why there would be any comparison to the Yardbirds. This is good but it sure isn't up to the level of the Yardbirds. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 14:26 Can you say "Yardbirds"? Still, I've liked the tune since my youth in the 60s! |
| Patti (the 'burbs of so cal) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 14:25 d-don wrote: Yeah...brings back memories of John C. Fremont Junior High School, mid 60s. Thanks for the roadtrip back. In Anaheim?? I was over at Sycamore then. LOL! Small world! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 14:25 ........ and Carbeurator Dung. Long live Lester Bangs. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 11:27 Awesome booty shakin.  |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 11:26 This tune cooks |
| hifi (Campinas, Brasil) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 11:30 let's rock!
let it roll |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 11:30 guess they recorded everything in the shower in 1966 |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 11:30 Yeah...brings back memories of John C. Fremont Junior High School, mid 60s. Thanks for the roadtrip back. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 11:01 Suzl wrote: When was this song born?? 1966—the same summer ironically (or not) as Revolver and "Taxman." That was also the same summer as "Sunshine Superman," "It's No Secret," and "Mother's Little Helper." A great summer for rock'n'roll. |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 10:56 Great tune! Also on the Nuggets box set. |
| PopKombo (Monrovia, CA) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 10:54 I love this ... always have ... I can't help it! |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 02:42 Love the obligatory guitar freak outs. |
| mcYammer (Beervana) | Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 01:36 The Count Five Psychotic Reaction Beck Pressure Zone The Beatles Taxman Terri Hendrix Gravity
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| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 12:14 aw, one of my favorite songs—i missed it! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 08:29 dionysius wrote: The Count Five are more punk than your whiny emo band could ever hope to be.  Jack_Jefferson wrote: I agree. Great stuff, even if the guy on the right looks eerily similar to the Scorpio goon in Dirty Harry. The guy just to the left of him looks like Alfred E. Neuman. I don't think very many "emo" bands ever aspired to be "punk". Great song. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 08:23 Check out the great Lester Bangs' book "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 08:21 Boy, do I ever remember this beauty!!! 9 |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 08:20 Jack_Jefferson wrote: I agree. Great stuff, even if the guy on the right looks eerily similar to the Scorpio goon in Dirty Harry. pretty in pink |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 21:00 This jams. |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Dec 28, 2009 - 10:36 dionysius wrote: The Count Five are more punk than your whiny emo band could ever hope to be. I agree. Great stuff, even if the guy on the right looks eerily similar to the Scorpio goon in Dirty Harry. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 18:49 As much fun now as it was in the '60's. If the lyrics weren't so doinky, I'd give it a 10! And Bauhaus owes them royalties for the rhythm section of Poison Pen! |
| Rick_V (New Orleans) | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 15:24 Classic garage rock tune. |
| meadowwoods (Madison environs) | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 15:16 DrLex wrote: Well, this is the first time I hear this and it seriously rocks. It was pretty cool when it came out, too. I loved to turn up the volume on this one! (still do). |
| Suzl (Boston) | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 15:16 When was this song born?? |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Jul 24, 2009 - 05:03 lemmoth wrote: One of the great works of rock criticism: The late great Lester Bangs Psychotic Reactions and Carbeurator Dung I miss Lester. And, I can't resist —- I think he would have hated Radiohead. |
| samiyam | Posted: May 21, 2009 - 21:22 ScottFromWyoming wrote: So I'm walkin' down Telegraph with that book in my hand, just snatched it up from Rasputin's, and a guy sees it and says "Oh, wow, man" and I say to myself, "uh-oh" but you know how when you buy a book or record sometimes you're just so full of cool you want someone to acknowledge it, so I made eye contact and he jumps at me, saying "that book looks really interesting!" I say I'm sure it is, can't wait to read it and he says "can I look at it? I've never seen that book before" so I show him and he starts to mutter something about it not being an author with any credibility... dust jacket reviews from Rolling Stone, not JAMA or whatever and then he sees the rest of the title finally and it doesn't make any sense and says "what is this book, really?" so I say it's music reviews by Lester Bangs and he starts to breathe really fast and starts talking really fast and I think he's going to take my book and do something untoward to it so I snatch it back and he really starts going off and the last thing I remember is "people shouldn't write books about music that make fun of other people!" So I'm not sure what that was all about but hey, it's Thursday and you wanted a story. "Uh, I dunno, Dick... I give it an Eighty-Eight. It's got a beat, you can dance to it." |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: May 21, 2009 - 10:50 lemmoth wrote: One of the great works of rock criticism: The late great Lester Bangs Psychotic Reactions and Carbeurator Dung So I'm walkin' down Telegraph with that book in my hand, just snatched it up from Rasputin's, and a guy sees it and says "Oh, wow, man" and I say to myself, "uh-oh" but you know how when you buy a book or record sometimes you're just so full of cool you want someone to acknowledge it, so I made eye contact and he jumps at me, saying "that book looks really interesting!" I say I'm sure it is, can't wait to read it and he says "can I look at it? I've never seen that book before" so I show him and he starts to mutter something about it not being an author with any credibility... dust jacket reviews from Rolling Stone, not JAMA or whatever and then he sees the rest of the title finally and it doesn't make any sense and says "what is this book, really?" so I say it's music reviews by Lester Bangs and he starts to breathe really fast and starts talking really fast and I think he's going to take my book and do something untoward to it so I snatch it back and he really starts going off and the last thing I remember is "people shouldn't write books about music that make fun of other people!" So I'm not sure what that was all about but hey, it's Thursday and you wanted a story. |
| Zep (Kissing) | Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 06:17 Zep wrote: Eclectic and retro. Retro and eclectic. |
| reason06 (Kansas City MO) | Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:24 oh well, they tried :) |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:20 groovy man. way kool.  |
| Zep (Bleacher Seats. Beer me!) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:51 Eclectic and retro. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:45 dionysius wrote: The Count Five are more punk than your whiny emo band could ever hope to be.
Yep. What a motley bunch. And those threads! Dig. c. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:43 One of the great works of rock criticism: The late great Lester Bangs Psychotic Reactions and Carbeurator Dung |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 11:07 nice nugget |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 11:02 Whenever this song came on the radio my brother and I would dance around like madmen. There's just something about it . . . |
| Alifreckles50 (Frederick, MD) | Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 11:01 omg!!! great beat...I'm totally rocking out in my desk chair to this one! |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 20:15 1wolfy wrote: I wish someone would cover this track and bring it back to life
Check out Michael Powers' version. |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 14:12 love this song! i haven't heard it in a while. great songs the last 40 minutes bill. Playlist for the last 6 hours: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:09 pm - The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction 2:07 pm - Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker 2:04 pm - Beatles - Taxman 2:01 pm - Porcupine Tree - Four Chords That Made a Million 1:58 pm - Sebadoh - Ocean -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:55 pm - Ryan Adams - Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. 1:53 pm - Patty Griffin - You'll Remember 1:48 pm - Talking Heads - City Of Dreams 1:45 pm - Andrew Bird - Imitosis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:38 pm - The Smiths - How Soon Is Now 1:33 pm - Bonnie Raitt - Spit of Love 1:29 pm - Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 14:12 I wish someone would cover this track and bring it back to life |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 14:11 gjeeg wrote: Into the blender went: Stone's Satisfaction, a touch of The Last Time and a little bit of Ted Nugent and out came this cool hit.
Don't forget a heapin' helpin' of Yardbirds! It sounds like a dead ringer for one of theirs. |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Dec 02, 2007 - 04:55 Into the blender went: Stone's Satisfaction, a touch of The Last Time and a little bit of Ted Nugent and out came this cool hit. |