March 9, 2006

Party

Lately I’ve really been in the mood to listen to midtempo glammy party anthems, like Andy Kim, or the song below, or some other artists (who I’ve decided to save mention of for later posts; you didn’t think I’m brimming with ideas, did you?). Maybe I’ll go visit Vietnam – I understand they’ve got some platform-heeled rebel rocking planned there for at least the next three years.

This tune by the mid-seventies band Warwick is taken from Velvet Tinmine, a 2003 U.K. compilation CD of obscure and semi-known jewels from the glam rock era. You’ve really got to hand it to the collector maniacs who assembled this exuberantly cheesy slice of history (hand it to them here). There were only a couple of selections out of the 20 tracks that fell flat for me. It’s really good stuff.

My researching abilities don’t extend much past Google, and I wasn’t able to find out much about Warwick except that a song called “Eddy Flashing Folks” may or may not be the b-side to this single.

The singer and band’s namesake was Warwick Rose, who was in the Soul Survivors in the 1960s, and who had been in the psych band Tangerine Peel with the (later) famous producer/hitmaker Mike Chapman.

Perfection with a reverberating sing-along rock hymn vibe, “Let’s Get the Party Going” sounds like the theme to an imaginary seventies. Can’t you see yourself making out to this song? I know I can. I have a very good imagination. Anyway, it’s incredible to me that it wasn’t a chart hit. Put on your boots and wide belts, feather your hair. Let’s keep the party going on – now, now-now-now-now, now-now, now-now-now-now.

Warwick – “Let’s Get the Party Going”

Rick at 10:43 am

4 CommentsÈ

That song makes me feel like squeezing into my dancing pants, then immediately taking them off to reveal my naked, glittered bottom. Do you know the feeling?

Comment by Balb Kubrox Ñ March 9, 2006 @ 5:43 pm
Pants back on now.

Comment by Balb Kubrox Ñ March 10, 2006 @ 10:52 pm
Whew!

Comment by Rick Ñ March 11, 2006 @ 12:41 am
I think that this is a killer song. Believe it or not, I am working on a girl band in Brisbane (where Mike Chapman is originally from) to promote the naturist approach to life and want to do a cover of this song as a semi-rap rock number similar to what Kid Rock did with “Werewolves Of London” and “Sweet Home Alabama”. This song is just crying out to have someone cover it!

Comment by Dario Western Ñ November 14, 2008 @ 4:30 pm