Love his snarling razorblade of a voice. Such a crazy song.

Always like Cale better than Reed. He was always reaching just beyond his grasp and it is always exciting.

Out punks his punk resume plus circa 1970s punk scene. Cale is in full acidic welshman mode here. Still chasing Reed here...

I recall finding this in the import bin, at The Trucker's Union, on Water Street, Eau Claire Wis, circa 1978. Still have it too.

Classic song. Eclectic and melodic at the same time. This whole EP is great. Memphis has an immediacy to it and Hedda Gabler is a haunting masterpiece.

The sound of GREATNESS!!!

Man, am I glad I found this. Bitchin', just bitchin'.

Love this track. My vinyl went AWOL years ago and I've never seen it on CD. My band Shriekback used to play it in soundchecks, it was a hoot.

@zelzabez593

7 жыл бұрын

Shriekback!! Such a great band! Any chance of a reunion?

@pianobanter

4 жыл бұрын

It was released as a bonus track on the Sabotage Live cd, it is hard to find though.

@johngroves2850

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I brought the album but the 12in single still rocks love it in 77 love now

@wudzee

3 жыл бұрын

@@johngroves2850 Got an extra I'd part with for a fair price.

@Charlie-mb8il

Жыл бұрын

BOOOO to you!!!!

When we got this EP, we thought it was meant to be played at 33. we later realized it was meant to be played at 45, but still like the 33 version of chicken shit better. those with the EP try it!

The band who recorded Chicken Shit was: John Cale - vocals Ritchie Flieger - guitar Jimmy Bain - bass Bruce Brody - Moog synthesizer Kevin Currie - drums

@wuckle

8 жыл бұрын

Shit Hot they were too

@albatross1977

6 жыл бұрын

His voice sounds so completely different than it does on the White Light White Heat album. I noticed that with Rosegarden Funeral of Sores as well.

@raefinoh1172

3 жыл бұрын

John also played guitar, piano, and viola

@krisscanlon4051

3 жыл бұрын

Really prolific and in full cbgb mode

absolute total favorite john cale noise.

Love this! I'm only just discovering Cales work outside of the Velvets... Thanks!

@daveriebe3163

7 жыл бұрын

His genius lives under a rock. It is wonderful when it is unearthed, shared and glorified.

@henninghoeg568

Жыл бұрын

Lucky you

I bought this, Guts and Sabotage on vinyl (French pressings) at the Laney Flea Market in Oakland for one dollar a piece back in the late 1990s! I recall playing Chickenshit at 33rpm, thinking it was the correct speed 🤣. Sadly sold my Cale finds during the early days of eBay (to eat and pay rent). Nice to hear this track again and its influence on Flipper's Sex Bomb Baby.

A wonderful gift of a bassline for Peter Hook to recontextualise into one of Joy Division's most driving and dead-end numbers.

@jacobtauck8368

Жыл бұрын

What song?

@ForARide

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobtauck8368 I think he means Exercise One, almost the identical bass line. In various Interviews Peter Hook named John Cale as one of his absolute music gods. Cale has been so influential, it beggars belief that he is still so underrated. E.g. take his song Leaving It Up To You, released in 1975 on his lp Helen Of Troy, which sounds like the blueprint for the Talking Heads. Then there is also Nick Cave, certainly been listening to Cale's dark ballads and also Cave's Birthday Party surely had been influenced by Cale's song Sabotage from 1979. And then there are also all of his productions and collaborations such as The Stooges, Patti Smith, The Modern Lovers or Nico, with whom he laid the foundations for postpunk and goth music. JC was/is the real Mr. Underground, and also the musical brain behind those revolutionary sounds on those two seminal albums, that opened up totally new horizons for the evolution in rock music.

The " Oh- oh my god... did- did you see what he did, he did WOO OOH OOH OOERRGH" part cracks me up every time!

The 3 tracks on the 12" "Animal justice" EP have been tagged onto the reissue CD of John Cale's live "Sabotage" album.

rock on John !

Best shit ever forreal.

Intro] Hi. My name's Arthur, and I quit... CHICKENSHIT! [Spoken] Oh, y'know, he said something about taking a feather home for his wife, y'know, for a hat that he was making or something, I dunno. I don't know what he's going to do with that chicken. He said he's not gonna hurt it so, so it's okay... [Verse 1] Ain't no body gonna waste my time Nobody tells me what's his and what's mine Break down the window, break down the door Don't want to listen to you no more Verse 2] Go on by my houses, you tear down the wall Darling don't like it, better stay at home I need her trouble like a hole in the head Get out yer gun and use it instead [Verse 3] Wasting your time, telling me what to do Take it or leave it or put it down Get out of the way, don't bring it down Gotta be, gotta be put out on the ground [Bridge] Chickenshit! Chickenshit! Chickenshit! Chickenshit! [Verse 4] Nobody gonna push me around Nobody gonna put words in my mouth Listen to no one, I don't get my mail Told me a fool always ends up in jail

been searching for this for years!

This sounds like Exercise One by Joy Division. Now I know where Peter Hook cadged that bass line!🙂

what a song!

@MrHoefnix

7 жыл бұрын

So this where the bassline in Joy Division's exercise one came from.

I picked up this E.P for 2 Euro on vinyl today! Had never heard it before because I'm only a new John Cale fan, and this song just blew me away!

@ForARide

3 жыл бұрын

You also need to check out his live stuff. Cale is a beast on stage

Joy Division borrowed this riff for Exercise One

Fucking brutal.

The bass in this song is beautiful.

@christopherthomas7253

9 жыл бұрын

Dylan H Yes indeed, and I gather Flipper thought so as well.

@Sporado

8 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Thomas Sexbomb, baby, yeaaah!

@Daniel_Delayne

5 жыл бұрын

@@christopherthomas7253 and Peter Hook, for Exercise One

@christopherthomas7253

5 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel_Delayne Good call.

@williamaeronlewis

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherthomas7253 flipper know whats up :)

I hadn't laughed so hard since 1966

awesome track....shared to the Netshows Radio "Program 180" Playlist on youtube

Still have the vinyl at home somewhere. Great Cale tune.

@Gerasimo_Carbone

9 жыл бұрын

lasher500 me too, in front of me

I had this on 12", Fucking brilliant.

I've got this - I bought it on release - 12" - the above image is the cover art. I'm sure this is more than interesting information for you all.

A keeper!

JEEZ has Cale EVER had a misstep?

Did Flipper rip off this riff?

John Cale goes punk!

@ForARide

Жыл бұрын

Well he had a massive influence on the sound of Punk.

@sir.public

Жыл бұрын

Cale was just doing his thing, punk co-opted it

@calzabbath

Жыл бұрын

John Cale invented punk

Esquizofrénia pura y dura.

nice xxx

where is the original Hadda Gabbler?..seems like it's only on the original 12 inch lp....if u have it..pls share!!

Anybody figure the spoken word dialogue throughout is a goof on Lou Reed's "Kicks"?

@christopherthomas7253

8 жыл бұрын

You say tomato...

@sdovas

5 жыл бұрын

@@christopherthomas7253 okay, "tomato."

@krisscanlon4051

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

I imagine Alice Cooper could have done this...I think Cale was going for that "shock rock" here...it could have fitted perfectly on "Billion Dollar Babies."

@Charlie-mb8il

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry - but John Cale & Alice Cooper (to me) cannot be mentioned as equals - Cale was a renaissance man!

@LucyOLastic

Жыл бұрын

@@Charlie-mb8il Yes, he still is one. but he was doing his own shock rock for a few years, in ski masks and straitjackets, trying to out do Alice by killing chickens on stage and acting like a raving lunatic on "Fear", "Heartbreak Hotel" or "Leaving It Up To You." Alice did all that first on "Love It To Death." Even the version of "Sun Arise" provides a chill mid way. But it was fun. Even David Bowie took from him at that point when he recorded Man Who Sold The World. I recommend "The Ballad of Dwight Frye."

@Magicmatty2024

3 ай бұрын

Alice cooper was boring glam rock

i love sacrificing chickens.

Punk song.

Some times Zappa blows Fripp away Some times Fri

ÉNNOOORRRRME!

damn

70s grunge.

This easily could have been on Incesticide or In Utero

You had your time

Scott Wieland on vox?

"Sexbomb Mama Yeah!"

Stone Temple Pilots?

Bowie probably stole the female voice talking through the song idea from here for his Scary Monsters album.

@stupidhipsterdoofus3278

Жыл бұрын

Originally Bowie was gonna do the lines himself but he found it too difficult so he got the Japanese teacher to do it instead. Though Bowie definitely listened to Cale. TVC15 sounds very much like Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll and Station to Station riff is a bit similar to Mr Wilson's riff. According to Cale's latest song's music video, him and Bowie were friends around mid 70s so maybe that explains it. Leaving It Up To You sounds as it was taken directly from Bowie's mind at the time, military, magic and media all colliding into chaos.

@ForARide

Жыл бұрын

@@stupidhipsterdoofus3278 and David Byrne and his Talking Heads had a close listen to Leaving It Up To You, sounds like the blueprint for them. Byrne collaborated with Cale live in 1976 (also on board where Patti Smith, Lou Reed and Chris Spedding), performing in NY at the Ocean Club. That gig is also here on YT.

Cluck! punch the clock

feels really psychedelic

punktaste

cale dealing badly with success, stardom and the "godfather of punk" label stuck on him by lazy music press.

@silversnail1413

Жыл бұрын

No, it's a song mocking two whiny vegetarians who quit his band when he chopped off a chicken's head during a live performance.

SOUNDS LIKE NIRVANA....

@Spectrescup

3 жыл бұрын

it has its good points too though

@calzabbath

Жыл бұрын

That idiot stole from Cale too