The Simpletones

[dannybanker2]

I BEEN INTO PUNK FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS OR SO AND THIS IS TOP SHELF

!!! MY BUDDY JOSH GONDERSON MADE THIS SEEN AND TURNED ME ON TO THIS!! THANKS JOSH AND THANKS SIMPLE TONES, IM 29 AND LOVE THIS SHIT STILL!

[adaytimedilema]

Pop brilliance.

[moviewatcher12494]

I did a cover of this song with a friend. Does anybody know how to contact Jay Lansford??? I want to post my cover music video on YouTube but I want to make sure I don't need some kind of license or permission first.

[lancelking]

@moviewatcher12494 Fuck license!

[moviewatcher12494]

@lancelking Already posted it! Look for "I Have a Date" Shrink the Giant :)

[lancelking]

@moviewatcher12494 That cover rocks big time :D

[moviewatcher12494]

@lancelking Sweet! Glad you like it :) There are far too few bands doing anything punk these days...wanted to make my mark on the genre.

[metaller8]

Much better than The Vandals version!

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

one of the better socal hardcore punk bands. sort of reminded me of a cross between the beach boys and hardcore punk.

[cmuckley]

This version is my favorite. But I love that the Vandals covered it, because it's an homage to a great song. Also love that the pic in this video caught an Angelyne billboard.

[TimDeanXTC]

OK the vandals version is "slicker" but this version was the one I know, love, and remember from my youth. I was a 13-15 year old kid living in Sioux City Iowa, and Beach Blvd. and many other comps layed the ground for what became a great midwestern scene. Myself and the other "15 or so" kids at the time that had enough guts to walk/skate downtown on a friday night with thrift store button shirts w/ saftey pins and bleached hair, to go to a fucking movie at the Riviera loved it! take care man!

[norxcontacts]

This is the first time I heard this version..It's better than the vandals.

[zakolotnyk]

This is the best version period now shut the fuck up about it.

[BurlyBurrrl]

this version kicks ass! i love the simpletones!!

[pnkroq]

I've never liked anything by the Vandals

[mckinleyralvarez]

the crowd, simpletones and plugz?? angelyne billboard and ac/dc, that's los angeles. god bless you snickers.

[mckinleyralvarez]

the crowd, simpletones and plugz?? god bless you snickers.

[chaoticthrasher]

ACDC poster at the whisky a go go thats classic too bad they dont have stuff like that anymore heh :]

[DantetnaD63]

how come i can only find 3 simpletones songs

[DerDerLamar]

The Vandals version blows...i haven't heard it, but could care less.

[curbstompoioioi]

This is so much better than anything the Vandals could even hope to do! Vandals are novelty music AT BEST. This is punk. Whoever is saying the production on this sucks is fucking retarded.

[discohospital]

re: "the vandals did it better..."

ARE YOU HIGH?!?!?!?!?!?

I effing love the simpletones. I wish I wrote something like now, let alone at 16.

xo

[krentch]

any chance for a reunion show?

[RudieCantFail1977]

@krentch

seein them on friday

[CatapultYourMom]

@krentch They just had one!

[GoPlayOnTheTracks]

This version is WAY better. You people are nuts!

[muler321]

I like the vandals better...

[ampegsvt666]

I agree, the Vandals version sounds better. We were in high school when we wrote this song and were teens when we recorded it in 1979. The production is Low Budget (at best). The Vandals recorded it 16 years later.

[muler321]

It's a very good song ;) You did a very good job. Both versions sound very similar, all the way down to the singer's voice. The Vandals version is just better produced. I'm a fan of both :D

[CatapultYourMom]

@ampegsvt666 You don't have to defend this. It sounds great. It's punk rock.

[trapadoored]

@ampegsvt666 -I think the vandals covering it is an honor of course but I'm glad I've finally heard the original version! -to me this is what punk rock is all about-just like the Ramones you wrote an amazing pop song and played it hard and loud with attitude."bubblegum with teeth" as Joey would say.-And you may have been in high school but you were smart enough to know not to take yourselves too seriously which is more than some bands with members in their 40's can say.

[DantetnaD63]

@ampegsvt666 i like this version better.

[guitarpop]

@ampegsvt666 No way...the Vandals Epitaph'd it up with slick production and zero character

[Seiraryu]

@ampegsvt666 Honestly? I've always liked the Simpletones version better; and this is coming from someone that LOVES covers.

[MrLongboarder94]

@ampegsvt666 Still sounds great!

[JBrizzzz]

@ampegsvt666 damnnn '79? That's sick to hear how punk was already pretty strong. I'm young (17) so I have A LOT to learn about the history of punk. Love it <3

[punkandoi69]

@muler321 me 2

[CatapultYourMom]

@muler321 The Vandals were great, but The Simpletones are gods!

[HelmetRaw]

@muler321 the original is always better fagget

[muler321]

@HelmetRaw Dear Mr. Troll,

It is faggot, not fagget; didn't they ever teach you to spell your own name?

[ARGHxBLAHxKILL]

@muler321 WTF?!?!?!?!

[ARGHxBLAHxKILL]

@muler321 WTF?!?!?!?!

[FetishJade]

I knew snickers.... he used to wear a little leopard hat, he was so cute... saw him at the hong kong cafe a lot.

- PHOENIX - Redondo old school

[blinkettaro182]

but the real song was made by the vandals or simpletones??

[jabsco23]

simpletones

[tubetoprocker]

The Simpletones... Greatest Punk Band out of Orange County

[mjlotus]

Beautiful vintage punk rock. Yes.  Yes.

[neworldorder65]

back in high school i used to listen to this fridays before going out with my girlfriend. thanks for the upload!

[KingofCzars1]

How great are the backup vocals? "I'm in love, I just can't wait, toniiiiiiiight, I have a date".

Perfect.

[FuckSoG00D]

good song

[tcampbellla]

That brings back great college memories. Great song. The "video" could be better....

[sadrobot]

the vandals redid this.