LOOSE Vol 8! Now with more Hank Hill!

Anyone who’s familiar with the LOOSE series knows that the songs focus on folks who are intent on acting on their baser instincts.  There are songs about twerking, jerking, & merkins (alright, maybe not merkins).  They’re songs that celebrate being outside the sexual norm—songs by outliers, trailblazers, & the occasional pervert.  

Female artists on this collection include Amyl & The Sniffers, Joan Jett, Sue Saad, Pearl Harbor, The Waitresses, & Jean Shepard.  Frequent commenter Richard suggested a track that has really grown on me: Barbara Markay’s Give Your Dick To Me, & Jon suggested Channel 3’s Wetspots.

The previous volume has songwriter Richard Berry’s version of his Get Out Of The Car (Uh Oh) which is made slightly less date-rapey by Sammy Davis Jr. adding a postscript.  Have Love, Will Travel makes another appearance courtesy of The Sonics, as does Who's Makin' Love? By The Amazing Rhythm Aces’ vocalist Russell Smith.

One of the most unsung heroes of rock & roll; Screamin' Jay Hawkins contributes Bite It!  As difficult as it is to believe, his massive influence on shock rockers has been all-but erased by time.  Alice Cooper’s allmusic listing doesn’t even list Screamin' Jay as an influence—and there simply wouldn’t have been an Alice, a Marilyn Manson or a Rob Zombie without Jay laying the foundation he put down brick by brick (at a time when many parents were threatened by their kids idolizing a black man—never mind a black man who rose out of a coffin to start his shows!)

The inclusion of a few acts will come as no surprise to anyone.  Tenacious D can always be counted on to serve up a track like Kielbasa.  As can The Dictators, The Beat Farmers,  Richard Cheese, River City Rapists, The Devil Dogs, & Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (courtesy of Shel Silverstein’s songwriting skills).

The mortar between these cinderblocks is supplied by a collection of artists that any CD-length compilation would be lucky to have: Tim Curry, Gene Vincent, Frank Zappa, Bad Company, Elephant’s Memory, Stephen Stills, & Kurtis Blow.

So sample the salacious sounds on this collection--get on your good foot, get down with it, & (if you're so inclined) get down on it.