Here it is!
YouTube - Social Distortion live HOB 11/28/07
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Here it is!
YouTube - Social Distortion live HOB 11/28/07
<font color="#FFFF00" size="1">[ December 01, 2007 05:08 AM: Message edited by: Rudeboy88 ]</font>
Yeeeess, cool song.
Holy Mackarel! the piano part is killer, the singalong style refrain and overall structure goes back a little to the bluesier days of the somehwere between heaven and hell album and the general impression is that the band is fresher, more energetic and tighter than it ever was. me likey, would vote for this one to go on the next album (comes on tuesday) if I had a say.
Thanks for posting. I just found this site to download youtube to itunes.
http://www.stevegoulet.com/PermaLink...f427014e4.aspx
Can anyone convert this to audio mp3?
haha, i was about 2 feet to the right of the guy who filmed it.
awesome. i used that program to download it and now i got the video on my ipod. thanks for the link.
wow you guys rule!
can you download the song from the megaupload link? is that how it works? thanks!
HOLY SHIT.... HOLY SHIT.... I THINK THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE SONG!!!! FUCK ME MAN... THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL AND SOCIAL D AT THEIR FINEST MOMENT!!!! DEFINETLY LIKE SWBH&H ERA... VERY BLUSEY!!!
thank you for the megaupload link as well.
Fuck yeah!!!!!!!
awesome song. thanks for posting.
best song out of the "newer" tunes in my opinion...i agree it sounds like a lost "SBH&H" session song (minus the piano)...great!
<font size="2" face="verdana, arial">Hey Kraut, the same imprerssion i have too.Only you right it down.Thanks [img]smile.gif[/img] .Quote:
Originally posted by kraut:
Holy Mackarel! the piano part is killer, the singalong style refrain and overall structure goes back a little to the bluesier days of the somehwere between heaven and hell album and the general impression is that the band is fresher, more energetic and tighter than it ever was. me likey, would vote for this one to go on the next album (comes on tuesday) if I had a say.
This may one of the best songs I have heard from them...very, very cool
I'm speachless.
Anyone have any idea of what the lyrics are, besides the chorus.
I second that MikeAZ...
I second that MikeAZ...
yes finally!! dammit!! THANK YOU!!!!
It's Rockin'!!! Can't wait to see it live sometime next year!!
how do i download it from the megaupload link i tried and couldnt find away do i have to download that program? if someone has a second could you just email me the mp3 at [email protected] it would appreciated thanks
<font size="2" face="verdana, arial">I sent it t your emailQuote:
Originally posted by MAiNLINER9143:
how do i download it from the megaupload link i tried and couldnt find away do i have to download that program? if someone has a second could you just email me the mp3 at [email protected] it would appreciated thanks
But for futures times, on the first page you type in the letter code in the box, and then it takes you to another page and theres a button that says please wait 40 seconds, once that is done you just click on Free Download
Just heard/saw it then. I love it! Sounds a lot like their early 90s (ST/SBH&H) stuff!
Any word on the new album yet? I assume this will be on it.
BadLuckLuke - I imagine the new record will not we out for a while since they haven't even entered the studio yet. Probably a few years... I hope not but looks like it. They are not ones to make any deadlines. "Quality over quantity" is what they believe. Glad to hear that you7 liek the new tune - i'm in love with it too myself!
Rudeboy88 thanx for the link!!! Song is excellent!!! We love it! Especially guitar riff. Maybe somebody can help us with lyrics? for us it's hard to get all 100% of meaning from such sound quality.
[img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] Can't take it with you [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="verdana, arial">Well, here is a little interview Mike did a couple of days ago talking about recording plans....Quote:
Originally posted by glenn76:
BadLuckLuke - I imagine the new record will not we out for a while since they haven't even entered the studio yet. Probably a few years... I hope not but looks like it. They are not ones to make any deadlines. "Quality over quantity" is what they believe. Glad to hear that you7 liek the new tune - i'm in love with it too myself!
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7645600
Social Distortion rocking strong
By Ricardo Baca
Denver Post Pop Music Critic
Article Last Updated: 12/06/2007 11:16:07 PM MST
Mike Ness is a rock star — a legend, even.
But in his home state of California, the Social Distortion frontman is a bona fide deity.
And for good reason. If you look at Social Distortion's past, going all the way back to its debut in Los Angeles area warehouses in 1978, the band — technically — has no business being together in 2007, let alone being a relevant band.
Considering Ness' heroin addiction; the loss of guitarist Dennis Danell to a brain aneurism; the death of the legitimate Southern California hardcore scene; the birth of the illegitimate, commercial-oriented SoCal pop-punk clan; and more member changes than the cast of "Saturday Night Live," Social Distortion should have broken up and faded away long ago.
But it hasn't. Instead Ness pushes on, even in the face of adversity. Ness is a living relic, and while he may not express himself as coherently as he once did, Ness is still well aware of how lucky he is still to be making music — and that his music still has such an audience, some of whom will rock out with Ness and his band tonight at Vail's Dobson Arena as part of the resort's Snow Daze celebration.
The Denver Post caught up with Ness as he was driving back to his home in Orange County to talk about his band's popularity among the snowboarding set, the bands that have expressed their gratitude and his unrelenting popularity in California.
Q: I see you have a long string of California dates coming up, and the majority of them are sell-outs. Is a Social Distortion show in California different than a Social D. show somewhere else?
A: On this tour, we're trying to do a set that we don't normally do anywhere else, integrating some acoustic performances into it, doing a different set every night so we get a lot of repeat offenders coming out. And that way they can't say, "Oh, they played the same set." We don't play at home a lot, so when we do, we try and make it a little special.
Q:Is the vibe out there different?
A: It's home, and that's always a little bit better, because you're familiar with everything, and the fans have a sense of pride and ownership. We're theirs. Orange County feels like we're a part of them, and we're something they grew up with.
Q:What bands have outright thanked you for inspiring them to make punk rock?
A:Everyone from the Offspring to Green Day to Good Charlotte. That's a good feeling. To ever think that we had that sort of impact is amazing.
Q:In Colorado, you'll be playing at a ski and snowboarding resort. Do you feel that your music goes as well with snowboarding as it does skateboarding?
A: Of course — anything regarding a board. We're good for sports in general, because it's music to inspire you and get you pumped up and motivated. Whether you're working through issues or trying to get inspired, it works both ways.
Q:It's been a couple years since the release of "Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll." Have you guys started recording the next record?
A:It's actually been closer to four years. We're writing, and we're doing a new song in the set. But we have to stop performing live before we can do anything in the studio, but we keep booking work. We might get a rest one of these days. You really do have to stop for a while and get yourself into reflection time and get into writing mode before that can start. I can multitask, but it's really us having to say, "No more shows, we've got to start writing," and we won't be at that point until February at the earliest.
Q: That's a long time to go without writing. Do you miss writing songs and being in the studio?
A: I love writing records as much as I love performing onstage.
Q:You lost Dennis in 2000, and then bassist John Maurer left the group in '04 after 20-plus years with the band. How is it different fronting Social D. now than it was 10 years ago?
A: We've gone through a lot of personnel changes, some have been unfortunate and out of our control, and others have been for specific reasons. But in the past, musicianship always came after us having friends in the band or things being convenient. And now I want this band to be the best it can be, so I find accomplished musicians first, and then we can be friends. For me, that way I know I have the best band behind me and that people are getting their money's worth.
Q:Is it still fun that way?
A: Oh yeah, I have fun. But I also take it very seriously.
ok, so mabye around the time of the beijing olympics we'll have a new record (Aug 8-24 2008). i know that sounds far off, but it actually makes sense when you think about it:
1988: Prison Bound... Seol Olympics
1992: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell... Barcelona Olympics
1996: WLWHWT... Atlanta Olympics
2004: SLRnR... Athens Olympics (i think it came out in september, so only a month after Athens).
2008: ________... Beijing Olympics
so now, what do you think the new album will be titled???
Here is another recent interview talking about futrue plans....Maybe we will see the acoustic album before the next studio album.
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20071206/AE/71206012
The guys in Social Distortion have grown up a little bit since their early days as a band, proof that growing up doesn’t always make you uncool.
Good Charlotte might be all the rage with the kids right now, but without Social Distortion, Good Charlotte likely wouldn’t exist.
Looking into a fun-house mirror might be the best way to describe life as a teenager for Mike Ness. His rocky childhood inspired Ness to name his band Social Distortion when they came together in 1978.
“It’s basically how I felt when I was 17 years old,” Ness said during a phone interview. “Just a kid from a broken home, alcoholic home, and that’s just basically how I felt at the time.”
Now, three decades later, the band is considered a punk-rock legend and consistently sells out shows across the country. They will be playing Friday night at Dobson Ice Arena in Vail as part of Vail Snow Daze.
A signature sound
Social Distortion plays high energy punk tempered with a mixture of blues, country and American roots rock — their style is often called “cow punk” — which has become the band’s signature sound.
During the band’s early years they grew in popularity in the Orange County underground punk scene, but didn’t find mainstream success until the early ’90s with hits like “Ball and Chain” and “Story of my Life.”
Usually when a punk band reaches the level of popularity that Social D has attained they are labeled “sell-outs” and while there are bound to be those unaccepting critics out there, Ness is sure that his true fans are stoked about their success.
“I think there’s a lot of stereotypes that come along with the word punk and most of them I didn’t really buy even back in the day when it wasn’t considered cool to become successful,” said Ness who cites The Clash — a highly successful punk band that frequently played to huge cowds — as one of his biggest musical influences.
Selling out means changing or compromising for the sake of getting ahead, something that Ness said he would never do. He believes it’s for that very reason the band is so well-respected today.
No bed of roses
The rise to the top hasn’t all been easy for Ness, who is the only living original member of the band. The tragic death of co-founder Dennis Danell as well as other members of the band, coupled with Ness’s own drug addictions during the ’80s has given him a lot to write about in his songs.
“It’s kind of profound — I do like writing about stuff that people really don’t want to talk about sometimes,” Ness said.
In fact, “When the Angels Sing” — a song about death and remorse — is the one song he penned that comes closest to summing up his life experiences, he said.
Ness emerged through the tragedy with a level-headed view that kept him writing songs; using what he learned he was able to rise above the rockstar melodrama.
So what does a punk rock icon who helped shape the genre think about the current status of today’s punk scene?
“I don’t think about it very often. It’s no different than contemporary country music. The stuff they’re playing on the country music channel is so far from its roots. It’s just really lame. It’s just like anything. When something cool becomes popular it can tend to get uncool and it takes certain artists to break through the crap. Radio stations and record companies sell crap all year long and every now and then a good band breaks through. And that’s the way it’s always been and that’s the way it always will be,” Ness said.
True, it may seem today that pop punk bands like Sum 41 and MXPX are a far cry from the glory days of the revolution, but the fact that such bands are now covering songs by Social Distortion is still flattering to Ness, even if he doesn’t keep up on the latest fads in music.
“I think it’s good to know a little bit about what’s going on (with the music scene) but I don’t base the song writing or the look of the band or the sound of the band around that,” Ness said.
Keep on rockin’
These days Social Distortion is busy and in high demand. Taking a break from playing a string of shows in his native California doesn’t make it easier for Ness to work on new studio projects — fans have been looking forward to a new album since the 2004 release of “Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll” — but he said that there are some things in the works, including a new documentary about the band, as well as an acoustic album.
In 2008 Social Distortion is eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an honor that Ness would love to see happen.
“I think if they don’t put us in there they’re really stupid,” Ness said.
Unlike the Sex Pistols, who mocked their nomination, Ness said it would be an honor and that fans of the band would appreciate the attention it would bring to them.
Whether or not they’re inducted, Ness feels that Social Distortion has done a lot both musically and historically.
“I feel fortunate to have made a change,” Ness said of his band’s role in the grand scheme of things. “When we started this band it was an out-and-out revolution against the music industry and against mainstream society and to have been a part of that and to have actually come out of it and to actually have done something, that’s what feels good.”
Arts & Entertainment writer Charlie Owen can be reached at 748-2939 or [email protected].
Yes, a confirmation on a documentary! I also like the wasy Ness ssys that the musicians in Social Distortion are simply the best!!!
what's all that good charlotte talk about? they claim that sxdx have influenced them? i can't hear that in their sound. so is it just the tatoos of that motherfucker madden or whatever his name is? i don't get it.
<font color="#FFFF00" size="1">[ December 10, 2007 10:27 AM: Message edited by: kraut ]</font>
Hey Krout, that's kind of a rediculous question about Good Charlotte. As a musician myself, I'm influenced by a lot of people past and present for many reasons. My point is, you don't have to look like or sound like somebody to be influenced by somebody. I can't remember the name of the song, but don't you remember Garth Brooks covering Kiss on national TV about 10 years ago? He said he grew up loving Kiss and it inspired him to start playing guitar.
I'm not sure I would refer to Social Distortion as a Cow Punk band though. I always hated that term. I always think of the Meat Puppets when i hear the word cow punk.
I hear you, but I don't agree that without social distorion bands like GC wouldn't exist. they would exist, and maybe even be commercially successfull becuase they were made successful by mtv. right time right place, that's it.
Hey Kraut, just by personal knowledge, I know they wouldn't exist, haha. They grew up listening to Social D and when I talk to them about SD the always say that if it werent for them, they wouldn't be playing music. So maybe another band wouldve come along and been just as popular with commercial success, but you know Social D made such an impact that even todays pop punk wouldn't sound the way it is today.
On a transitional note. Benji Madden (from GC) told me that he was once in an elevator with Mike and was too scared to say anything because he was so excited to just be standing in an elevator with him. XD
So Benji knows how it feels to be one of his 15 year old female fans when they see good charlotte. I want to throw up whenever i see either one of those ass clown Maiden brothers.
I don't know why this subject is even being debated...
Lets be real, none of these motherfuckers even Ness would be around or Rock & Roll music without T-BONE WALKER, Les Paul or Charlie Christian!!!! They are true musicians!!!
Inspiration is a personal thing and I don't think its something to even be brought into debate. Hell, my mother inspires me and she died 4 years ago. for every person who thinks that Social D is the shit there is another who thinks that Good Charlotte is the shit and I don't think I'm better than them. As music evolves, artists draw their inspiration from those that came before them. In 20 years, im sure bands will credit Good Charlotte for inspiring them to pick up the guitar. IM sure 50 years ago, Les Paul credited musicians from decades earlier for his inspiration.
Yeah BigBallz, but Social D. is carrying that same torch for Rock and Roll music of the old days! That's what they are all about, remember?
That?s the very reason why I listen to Ness, I'm a HUGE fan of old blues and rock & roll and they put a modern twist on some great songs. Have you even heard the Beatles ver of Roll over Beethoven? Not the greatest cover, I like the Beatles but not there rockabilly covers. I just can?t relate to this new Emo Screemo bullshit that you can?t get away from, anyways back to the subject...
Hey Wolfpits, do your reserach buddy, without Les Paul there would be the solid guitar that we know of today (he created the solid body guitar)and all the shit double stops, bends that Chuck Berry doe's he stole from T-Bone Walker... Music on the Electric guitar that we know today was created by these wonderful musicians... Know the history of the music you play, before you even pick up the guitar...
@ knuckles: if you know it, fair enough. makes the way the band went even worse.