#Listening to Crippled by Supergroove;
"These days go on
The nights are empty now you're gone
And I can see
You carry on unerringly
I hope that you don't turn into what you used to hate"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cZQMeO_ifUU
This was one of the new tracks on the epic 1994 EP Tractor. Released as a companion to the shortened radio version of You Freak Me, which was on heavy rotate on commercial music radio the same year.
(1/?)
Like All that is Good, Crippled is among the more emo tracks from the 'groove's classic lineup. But they have a sharp musical and lyrical edge, standing head and shoulders above the insipid pop of 1996's BackSpacer. That travesty - none of which is canon to me - came after the band had shorn off half their horn section, Che Fu's soulful vocals, and Joe Loni's epic slap bass, reducing him to plodding along beneath the guitar like the bassist in The Feelers and later, Zed and Elemeno P.
(2/?)
If I had *my* way, Supergroove would release a retrospective of their edgier funk metal. Capturing the vibe I was hoping for in their next album, after Tractor was released.
Nominated to choose the tracks, here's my picks.
An industrial remix of Here Comes the Supergroove by Avotor, to open.
Traction;
* You Freak Me
* Scorpio Girls
* Bugs & Critters
Tractor;
* Scone Farm
* Where the Sun Don't Shine
B-sides of singles;
* Five Word Headline
* Sex Police
(3/?)
I would absolutely pay money for a piece of physical merch to go with that, and listen to it on high rotate for months after release.
EDIT: One thing I really hope shines through this thread is my intense passion for Supergroove's music. Not just in a 'I like your old stuff better than your new stuff' way either. I've seen them live twice this century, and they were every bit as good as when I saw them as a proto-punk greenhorn in the early 1990s (I still have a drumstick!).
(4/4)
Strypey