Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Sonics - The Witch



The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, originating from the early and mid-1960s. Among The Sonics' contemporaries were The Kingsmen, The Wailers, The Dynamics, The Regents, and Paul Revere & the Raiders. This movement is credited with founding Seattle's music scene which survives to the present.

The songs that the band played were a mixture of garage rock standards ("Louie, Louie", "Have Love, Will Travel"), early rock and roll ("Jenny, Jenny", "Skinny Minnie") and original compositions such as "Strychnine", "Psycho", and "The Witch", all based upon simple chord sequences, played hard and fast.

The lyrics of The Sonics' original material dealt with early '60s teenage culture: cars, guitars, surfing, and girls (in songs like "The Hustler", "Boss Hoss" and "Maintaining My Cool") alongside darker subject matter such as drinking strychnine for kicks, witches, psychopaths, and Satan (in the songs "Strychnine", "The Witch", "Psycho", and "He's Waitin'", respectively).
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32 comments:

  1. Speedy EdJune 14, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    now that's a very nice tune :)

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  2. phosportsJune 14, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    awesome song, great post

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  3. DejchJune 14, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    now that is something i like! :)

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  4. BTN Hip HopJune 14, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    these guys were awesome and way ahead of their time!

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  5. randomfactsJune 14, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    nice tune!

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  6. KopiteJune 14, 2011 at 3:16 AM

    Garage punk is usually not my scene but i can dig this.

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  7. ScrewsAndFeathersJune 14, 2011 at 3:36 AM

    This is nice. Sounds old, but decent! :)

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  8. Solsby KidJune 14, 2011 at 3:48 AM

    Great track! :D

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  9. Jack of DiamondsJune 14, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    love it!

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  10. HiFiJune 14, 2011 at 4:48 AM

    Coool! :)

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  11. JayJune 14, 2011 at 5:12 AM

    nice. :D

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  12. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    Good song

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  13. PopularAiJune 14, 2011 at 6:01 AM

    Always good to be introduced to new things. Cheers.

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  14. JOUBZJune 14, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    Nice song, 'm glad to hear some new songs :)

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  15. cezaryJune 14, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    not bad, but I feel weird listening to this

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  16. Bob Ross Afro BlogJune 14, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Love the groovy string plucking solo in the end.

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  17. EmptyJune 14, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    i like this! :)

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  18. KenJune 14, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    good song, thanks!

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  19. AllenTeschJune 14, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    I'll agree. Nice song.

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  20. WhitelightJune 14, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    I really like this:)

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  21. Astronomy PirateJune 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Sounds like it belongs in one of those old grindhouse movies.

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  22. Follower #99872301June 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    nice blog. Following!

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  23. MRanthropeJune 14, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    I love old garage rock like this. thanks.

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  24. Terminally IllJune 14, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    SIQ POST BRO!!!

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  25. DIYgamingJune 14, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Dude awesome song!

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  26. JbloggerJune 14, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    very nice!

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  27. Athanasian ComplexioJune 14, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    So THIS is what was part of what started the hipster movement!? I know one of the things I'm gonna do once I get a time machine. >>

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  28. T. Roger ThomasJune 14, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    I REALLY like this song.

    With simple cords and dark subject matter one could perhaps make the case that this band was a sort of precursor to The Misfits.

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  29. GermsJune 15, 2011 at 4:33 AM

    Beautiful song, totally love it

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  30. Jack of DiamondsJune 15, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    Great link!

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  31. AJune 15, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Haha I love this stuff

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  32. dazza.tJune 20, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    bit before my time but i remember dad belting this one out when i was a kid. oh how music has changed..

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