Cerrone - “Supernature” (1979)

EPIC JAM ALERT

I had to stay true and post the full 14-minute version of this song, so the audio quality is reduced a little - hope you don’t mind. Here’s a little video for you, too. Mutants in the desert, what? I tell ya, Frenchies do it better. Take me to Paris ‘79!

“But the potions that we made
Touched the creatures down below
And they grew up in a way
That we’d never seen before
Supernature, supernature, supernature, supernature
They were angry with the man
‘Cause he changed their way of life
And they take their sweet revenge
As they trample through the night”

Aside from the awesome production and instrumentation on this track, I couldn’t help noticing the tripped-out, post-apocalyptic, eco-centric lyrics. Upon further research, this makes total sense, as Cerrone co-wrote his third album, Supernature, with soon-to-be-new-wave-diva weirdo Lene Lovich. Lovich’s album Stateless is a bit of a cult classic (complete with a slammin’ cover of Tommy James’s ” I Think We’re Alone Now” - take that, Tiffany). However, I will never forget my first introduction to her, in a wacked-out duet on the B-side to her long-time pal and fellow cray-cray Nina Hagen’s single “Zarah.”

Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich - Don’t Kill the Animals (1986)

“A-a-aanimal testing is a dangerous game
All systems are different — we’re not the same
It’s a terrible risk — so no surprise
We get wrong results — hey what about Thalidomide
Abuse yourself of your own free will
Get hurt — get high — get in distress
But don’t drag the animals into this mess!”

Sing it, sisters.
xo_a

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Also: TONITE!!!! DOUBLE HEADER in CHICAGO!!!

Part the first: VEST FEST at FKA

Get Sleeveless in Chicago with DJs Reaganomix and Butch Cassidy:

FKA
at Big Chicks - 5024 N. Sheridan
9p-2a

Part the second: SSION at STARDUST

Top of your night with the hottest mess out of Missourah - KC’s very own SSION!

Ssion - Bullshit (2008)

“Waiting 2 Exhale, the supergroup featuring Jaimie Warren as Madonna, Natalie Meyers as Roseanne, and Venus Star as Courtney Love have a hit record and decide to play a “girls only” show in outer space. Unfortunately, some lame-ass indie rock dude shows up and pisses on their parade, which ultimately forces all them to revolt against the entire world by fighting a giant turd on Wall Street.”

see it live at
STARDUST
at Berlin - 954 W. Belmont
10p-4a