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Popdose: Why You Should Like … The Judybats

  • Rich · 1 year ago
    Hooray!
  • esque · 1 year ago
    Four, five reasons to like the Judybats? No one should require more than a single reason: "All I Wanna Do Is Fuck Your Hair."
  • JohnHughes · 1 year ago
    I was gonna go there, but A) it's a b-side and B) it's really fucking tough to find!
  • Ocelopotamus · 1 year ago
    John, "Alliwannado is Fuck Your Hair" is included on a fan-assembled Judybats rarities compilation I have called "Hold Your Horses." If by any chance you don't have a copy of that comp yourself, feel free to get in touch with me and I'll hook you up. It's got some great stuff on it.

    By the way, speaking of horses ... in case it helps get those images out of your mind, I've always assumed Jeff was pulling a Bowie in that Advocate interview -- putting the interviewer on because he was pissed about being outed by his hairdresser.
  • Bill S. · 1 year ago
    What, no "All I Wanna Do Is F@#$ Your Hair"? I love that song, and I've never been able to think of Morgan Fairchild without giggling ever since.
  • MarlboroTestMonkey7 · 1 year ago
    Can't see youtube at the office, firewall and all that..... will have to wait till i get back home...

    Ocean Blue! fooder for another Why you should like....
  • RLB · 1 year ago
    Too true, and like the Judybats write-up, an Ocean Blue WYSL would necessitate another mention of The Advocate (or one of its competitors?)

    As a high school newspaperman I deemed OB "the next U2," in 1989. Which may explain my utter failure in the field of journalism.
  • JohnHughes · 1 year ago
    WYSL Ocean Blue coming up!
  • Titsley LeMieux · 1 year ago
    Are you sure it's not "All I Wanna Do Is Fuck Your Mare"?

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  • jack · 1 year ago
    Saw them in concert at my small college, when "Being Simple" was getting a lot of college rock airplay, and Heikell complained about being tired of having to play their "hit."
  • Jeff · 1 year ago
    I only know a couple of Judybats songs, Being Simple and Our Story, so this gives me a little wider exposure. If you like the janglepop sound they are your cupotea. Thanks for the retrospective, nicely done.
  • xolondon · 1 year ago
    I am so happy that you did this post. I love Judybats. I'd say that my favorite song is Wasting Time - everything about that song is perfect.

    But I grew up to find that pain does not make you beautiful. I tried in the 90's though!
  • Ocelopotamus · 1 year ago
    John, thanks for writing this. You even picked my two favorite songs on "Shacks" to mention! I'm an obsessive Judybats fan and would nominate them as my favorite band that came along in the 90s, even if they may have spiritually belonged to the 80s. Jeff Heiskell's voice -- its versatility and the way he colors words as he sings -- still astonishes me after all these years.
    It's a crying shame that those first four 'bats albums are out of print ... and thank heavens that the Internet makes that not as big a problem as it used to be.
  • Plarocks · 6 months ago
    Hi,

    I have been looking for a copy of that fan assembled compilation CD "Hold Your Horses" for years.
    About 10 years ago a nice fan made me a CD-R. But sadly, now it is starting to deteriorate :(

    If anyone can point me to where I can purchase the real thing, I would be eternally grateful.

    Thanks so much.