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Thread started 06/15/12 10:38am

MickyDolenz

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Wendy O. Williams ~ It's My Life

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #1 posted 06/15/12 6:51pm

ea1313

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I love WOW! The Plasmatics documentary made me appreciate her even more. I particularly like her solo work. This song and "None of Your Business" are the best. headbang

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Reply #2 posted 06/15/12 7:16pm

dancerella

ea1313 said:

I love WOW! The Plasmatics documentary made me appreciate her even more. I particularly like her solo work. This song and "None of Your Business" are the best. headbang

This song is pretty cool. Ready to rock is my jam though!! Is there a plasmatics documentary? I need to look it up. Wendy O. scares the shit out of me though! eek

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Reply #3 posted 06/15/12 8:03pm

MickyDolenz

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dancerella said:

This song is pretty cool. Ready to rock is my jam though!! Is there a plasmatics documentary? I need to look it up. Wendy O. scares the shit out of me though! eek

She'd be more of a competitor for Grace Jones than Aretha Franklin or Nina Simone. razz

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #4 posted 06/15/12 8:37pm

Gunsnhalen

NICE NICE NICE!

Damn Mickey you always post some stuff i never expect lol

I love Wendy, she had that ruff metal voice. And was just nasty as hell lol in a good way!

Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen

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Reply #5 posted 06/15/12 10:12pm

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I remember this! Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley from KISS wrote "It's My Life", and Gene produced Wendy O's "WOW" album. Micki Free from Shalamar played guitar on "Legends Never Die" from the "WOW", too!

http://www.kiss-related-r...l/wow.html

I got into the Plasmatics from seeing them on late-night TV shows, and I still have my CD of their first album, "New Hope For The Wretched", too. I hadn't seen (or heard) anything like them before!

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Reply #6 posted 06/16/12 5:06am

SPYZFAN1

Kick ass tune from a kick ass album. In the KISS circles this record is known as the "lost KISS album". I always thought back then that Ace was the lead guitarist on this song but it was Wes Beech (Plasmatics guitarist). KISS re-did this song on their box set.

The Plasmatics were a cool visual band. There's a new group called the Butcher Babies who are carrying the Wendy tradition of "black tape over the nipples/thong hanging out" look.

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Reply #7 posted 06/16/12 9:49am

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Here is a link for the documentary, packed with WOW greatness:

http://www.amazon.com/Wen...B000IU3YF0

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Reply #8 posted 06/16/12 12:14pm

MickyDolenz

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SPYZFAN1 said:

the Butcher Babies

Never heard of them, but I wonder if that name is Beatles related.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #9 posted 06/16/12 12:44pm

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MickyDolenz said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

the Butcher Babies

Never heard of them, but I wonder if that name is Beatles related.

"Butcher Baby" is the name of the first Plasmatics single.

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Reply #10 posted 06/16/12 3:26pm

MickyDolenz

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ea1313 said:

MickyDolenz said:

Never heard of them, but I wonder if that name is Beatles related.

"Butcher Baby" is the name of the first Plasmatics single.

Thanks. I was thinking about the original album cover of Yesterday And Today. It is known as "butcher babies" or "butcher" because it shows decapitated dolls and slabs of raw meat.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #11 posted 06/16/12 8:24pm

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MickyDolenz said:




W.O.W underrated and definitely under appreciated. She had a 'I dont give a fuck mentality and a 'Dont fuck with me way about her that certainly must've scared alot of people. Lol

I always thought she had a nice pair of tatas which I envied.
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