{"id":477,"date":"2004-01-22T00:44:38","date_gmt":"2004-01-22T00:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/22\/BushAndBlairTheNewPunkRockDuo.aspx"},"modified":"2004-01-22T00:44:38","modified_gmt":"2004-01-22T00:44:38","slug":"bush-and-blair-the-new-punk-rock-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/22\/bush-and-blair-the-new-punk-rock-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush and Blair&#8230; the new punk rock duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><DIV class=Section1><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">Detroit<\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"> rockers <A href=\"http:\/\/www.electric6.com\/\">Electric Six<\/A> have an entertaining, less-than-serious song called \u201cGay Bar\u201d.&nbsp; The song takes on a whole new tilt, however, when lip synched by George Bush and Tony Blair (I\u2019m pretty sure they didn\u2019t mean to ;)).&nbsp; Check out <A href=\"http:\/\/www.campchaos.com\/othershows\/video\/03h.html\">the unofficial video at Camp Chaos<\/A>.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.campchaos.com\/othershows\/video\/03h.html\"><FONT color=black><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none\"><IMG height=175 src=\"\/blog\/content\/binary\/image0011.jpg\" width=226 border=0><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">Here\u2019s how a description on <A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">Amazon<\/A> (yeah, they fixed my account and are, once again, on my good side) describes Electric Six:<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in\"><A name=b00008vaje7499><\/A><A href=\"http:\/\/www.electric6.com\/\"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">Electric Six<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"> is the most exciting band to come tumbling out of Detroit since <\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kiss\/e\/B000ARC510\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1413922036&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=thelittlefamil00&amp;linkId=UHN7UXYVOFRHWOJ4\">Kiss<\/a>. Sporting grimy leisure suits and hilarious stage names (the guitarists are known only as Surge Joebot and the Rock and Roll Indian), the ragtag group comes up with a deliriously catchy disco trash sound on its smart, hyperactive debut. Studio 54 horns mingle anxiously with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/AC-DC\/e\/B000AQU2YI\/digital\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;sn=d&amp;tag=thelittlefamil00&amp;linkId=LHBKIIJQGIGHDNNT\">AC\/DC<\/a>-influenced garage riffs, while frontman Dick Valentine rants maniacally over jerky, suggestive punk-funk songs like &#8220;Gay Bar&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;m the Bomb.&#8221; Plus, rumor suggests that single &#8220;Danger! High Voltage&#8221; features the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-White-Stripes\/e\/B000APOAGA\/digital\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;sn=d&amp;tag=thelittlefamil00&amp;linkId=UDHTFJCDG5QKGSQZ\">White Stripes<\/a>&#8216; Jack White on backing vocals and, less plausibly, Bill Clinton on saxophone. How cool is that? Very. <I><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: italic\">&#8211;Aidin Vaziri<\/SPAN><\/I><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">Incidentally, <A href=\"http:\/\/www.electric6.com\/\">Electric Six<\/A> also appears on <A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B00009MGGL\/qid=1074732135\/sr=8-3\/ref=__3\/104-3412097-2241566?v=glance&amp;s=music\">the Charlie\u2019s Angels soundtrack<\/A>, a fabulously eclectic mix of music.&nbsp; I give it a ::thumbsup::.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit rockers Electric Six have an entertaining, less-than-serious song called \u201cGay Bar\u201d.&nbsp; The song takes on a whole new tilt, however, when lip synched by George Bush and Tony Blair (I\u2019m pretty sure they didn\u2019t mean to ;)).&nbsp; Check out the unofficial video at Camp Chaos. 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