Friday, May 17, 2013

Golden Earring - Tits'n Ass - #131

Golden Earring - Tits'n Ass

I can't stand it, when Folks, who should have retired years ago, release a new Album, because they think they are still relevant. They might have been a marker thirty/fourty years ago, but the world has moved through space a couple of miles in the meantime and noone is waiting for old pensioners reliving the heydays of their youth. Really, these bands are a sad sight. Except the few who can pull it through and there's not a bad aftertaste in your mouth. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Golden Earring, 2012 style.

This Dutch rockband was a favourite of mine, back in the days when "Moontan" was still not recorded and "Radar Love" a hit reserved for future generations. I remember quite well the double LP "Pop History" (still in my collection), that had almost been played to a seethrough state. Four sides and not a bad song in sight. Of course, "Eight Miles High" followed and Golden Earring were forever in my heart and mind. And then, after "Radar Love" I just lost track of this band. Not forgotten, because I still used to put their LPs on the turntable, but just kind of faded (at least where newer material was concerned). This has been rectified over the last couple of years, but I still have not all of their post "Moontan" output. But I still have time.


2012 and the band is offering a new album and I cringe. Suddenly I have a bad stomach and my head aches. I dare not listen to the album for fear of absolute trash. My nightmares about have been rockers  seem to come to life once more. And yet, I took the jump into the cold water (I admit, not without having read a few reviews about "Tits'n Ass) and I'm surprised, really taken by what I hear. The band rocks and is contemporary without clutching to days of fame past. This is a bunch of great songs, based on excellent songwriting and delivered by a smoking band.

Fourteen tracks available on CD (also as a limited edition with a DVD "The Making Of Tits'n Ass") and double vinyl. I haven't watched the DVD yet, but I can vouch for the audio. Normally I'm nursing my rocksolid prejudices (I'm mastering at it), but Golden Earring proved me wrong (at least in their case). Give the album a chance, even if you think Golden Earring should have been stuck in the seventies. You'll be surprised.

Cheers

Devon

1 comment:

  1. 1965 - Golden Earrings - Just Earrings
    1966 - Golden Earrings - Coca Cola
    1967 - Golden Earrings - Fore Collectors
    1967 - Golden Earrings - Winter Harvest
    1968 - Golden Earrings - Miracle Mirror
    1969 - Golden Earring - Eight Miles Back
    1969 - Golden Earring - Eight Miles High
    1969 - Golden Earring - On The Double
    1970 - Golden Earring - Golden Earring
    1971 - Golden Earring - Live at Regensburg Germany [2CD]
    1971 - Golden Earring - Seven Tears
    1972 - Golden Earring - Live in Rome
    1972 - Golden Earring - Together
    1973 - Golden Earring - Moontan
    1973 - Golden Earring - Moontan [International Release]
    1973 - Golden Earring - Moontan [Japan]
    1974 - Golden Earring - Live at Cobo Arena Detroit MI
    1975 - Golden Earring - 10 Years 20 Hits The Best Of
    1975 - Golden Earring - King Biscuit Flower Hour Sausalito CA
    1975 - Golden Earring - Live at Winterland San Francisco [2CD]
    1975 - Golden Earring - Live in Toronto Canada
    1975 - Golden Earring - Switch
    1976 - Golden Earring - Contraband
    1976 - Golden Earring - Greats
    1976 - Golden Earring - To The Hilt
    1977 - Golden Earring - Live [2CD]
    1978 - Golden Earring - Grab It For A Second
    1979 - Golden Earring - Live Vliegermolen Voorburg the Netherlands
    1979 - Golden Earring - No Promises No Debts
    1980 - Golden Earring - Prisoner Of The Night
    1981 - Golden Earring - 2nd Live [2CD]
    1982 - Golden Earring - Cut
    1982 - Golden Earring - Live at Rockpalast Köln
    1983 - Golden Earring - Live at Breakaway Club Akron OH
    1983 - Golden Earring - Live at Tampa Stadium Tampa FL
    1984 - Golden Earring - N.E.W.S
    1984 - Golden Earring - Radar Love
    1984 - Golden Earring - Something Heavy Going Down
    1986 - Golden Earring - Live At Scheveningen Beach
    1986 - Golden Earring - The Hole
    1988 - Golden Earring - Live at Quartier Latin Berlin Germany [2CD]
    1988 - Golden Earring - The Very Best Of Vol. 1
    1988 - Golden Earring - The Very Best Of Vol. 2
    1989 - Golden Earring - 3rd Live Huizen The Netherlands [2CD]
    1989 - Golden Earring - Keeper Of The Flame
    1989 - Golden Earring - Live Römerbad an der Nordbrücke Bonn Germany
    1989 - Golden Earring - The Continuing Story Of Radar Love
    1991 - Golden Earring - Bloody Buccaneers
    1992 - Golden Earring - The Best Of
    1992 - Golden Earring - The Naked Truth
    1992 - Golden Earring - The Singles Collection Vol. 1
    1992 - Golden Earring - The Singles Collection Vol. 2
    1994 - Golden Earring - Face It
    1995 - Golden Earring - Love Sweat
    1997 - Golden Earring - Naked II
    1998 - Golden Earring - The Complete Naked Truth [2CD]
    1999 - Golden Earring - 3 Originals [2CD]
    1999 - Golden Earring - Last Blast of the Century [2CD]
    1999 - Golden Earring - Paradise In Distress
    1999 - Golden Earring - Please Go
    2000 - Golden Earring - Fully Naked [3CD]
    2000 - Golden Earring - Greatest Hits
    2000 - Golden Earring - The Devil Made Us Do It [4CD]
    2001 - Golden Earring - Live [Remaster] [2CD]
    2001 - Golden Earring - Moontan [Remaster]
    2001 - Golden Earring - The Spectrum Complication
    2002 - Golden Earring - The Naked Truth [Live]
    2003 - Golden Earring - Millbrook USA
    2005 - Golden Earring - Naked III Live at The Panama
    2006 - Golden Earring - Live at Graauwrock Netherlands [2CD]
    2006 - Golden Earring - Live in Ahoy DVD Audio
    2007 - Golden Earring - Live at Heineken Music Hall [2CD]
    2009 - Golden Earring - Appelpop Festival Tiel
    2009 - Golden Earring - Collected [3CD]
    2009 - Golden Earring - Live at New Luxor Rotterdam [2CD]
    2009 - Golden Earring - Live in Ipswich UK [2CD]
    2011 - Golden Earring - Golden Hits Box [4CD]
    2011 - Golden Earring - Live at Paaspop Feesttent Den Hout [2CD]
    2011 - Golden Earring - Radar Love [Remaster]
    2012 - Golden Earring - Fully Naked [2CD+DVD]
    2012 - Golden Earring - Tits 'N Ass

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