My Top 1000 Songs #198: Point That Thing Somewhere Else

This cut from a 1981 EP by New Zealand indie rockers The Clean is admittedly a left-field pick. It's a garage-rocking Velvets/Stooges-inspired extended guitar vamp, a basic three-chord guitar groove with some drony (and kinda spooky) (and deliriously sloppy) jamming, the understated, opaque lyrics occasionally asserting themselves into the mix (that kinda creepy title refrain perfectly meshing with the antagonism of the guitar and the insistent rhythm section. Not exactly the makings of a stand-...
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Published on February 22, 2023 08:34
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