Cristina - Is That All There Is (1980) RARE

[ludiekmagick]

Cheers, @KioBlaze ! The John Parish & Polly Harvey version is one of my favourite songs, and it's a treat to hear this.

[beehivecity]

could be about two minutes shorter

[djbidup]

she did a killer cover of Drive My Car too

[djbidup]

Actually it had nothing to do with Peggy Lee. It was Lieber and Stoller (who wrote it). The story goes that she recorded it (with August Darnell and the rest of the Coconuts) but didn't clear it with the writers. They were sent a copy and hated it and forbid its release during their lifetime. Copies were hastily withdrawn - hence the single being so rare and collectable. It was only relased when Ze did the remaster.

[cbnh239]

this scares me :P

[lachica609]

Thank you!!

[SlushPile]

Only discovered this song yesterday , and this version today. Mad but good!

[colossus999]

I can appreciate the updated lyrics, but I don't find the singing very compelling. Just my take on it.

[ieatbabies3131]

rad.



[artguy2006]

effin awesome, thank you! as far as Peggy Lee goes, she would have LOVED it, but her estate, well that's another matter. Peg had a great sense of sharing her music. Her family, not so much. THANK YOU.

[metallicatt316]

I belive this was on an album, No Wave?  Great song.

[thisones20eyes]

@metallicatt316 - -close. It was not the No Wave comp, but the Rodney on the Roq Vol. 1 record.

[yardman9]

I remember this being taken off the radio CFNY Toronto when the estate of Peggy Lee protested and I thought it was gone forever. Early days of the internet when I found it again I knew I had found my home.

[AbsoluteGleek92]

This is what I'm looking for, I heard this on the radio a few weeks ago, and I kept wondering 'this is good, who is it?' Thank God for YouTube

[Rottenhaus]

Read about this in a book called 'Fear of Music' thismorning. This is MUCH better than the enthusiastic review lead me to believe.

[adi77077]

Oh this is Good !

[PAULLONDEN]

Great, I've got it too, always thought it was somewhat too long. When I became too familiar with this version, I edited myself a more to the point 3½ minute version, without some of the smeared out bits in the middle and the end. Especialy handy ,if you want to play it regularly in a club or bar, (how good it is) when you hear this often ,it begins to grate a bit.

[quisestu]

The single was banned by the BBC because of the line "...why doesn't she just slit her throat and shut up", and was re-released with a tamed version "...why doesn't she just take a long walk off a short pier" Such were the censors in the 80's (Mary Whitehouse et al). This made this version scarce and I think the new version flopped after the media hoo-ha.

 Thanks for the best version!

[tomyazvids]

@quisestu peggy lee pulled the rights

[DerelictVampire]

One of the best songs of the '80s.

[LaiguemarinAn]

GREAT, LikE !!!

[ZERecordsOfficial]

Cristina : Album « Doll in the Box» 1979

Produced by August Darnell

This track is a ZE Records Original Sound Recording

Remastered Digital available from our web site @ zerecords com

ZE Records Independent since 1978

[SuzyQ847]

I was a DJ '79 - '82 and got a copy from the record label before it came out. I LOVED it, and played it regularly. But I don't think it was widely released. What I remember was that Peggy Lee's reps made the record label pull all copies from release. I think it was because they objected to the drug reference, but it was a long time ago....

[geebeeman1]

What the heck is this crap?!?

[phnuggle]

I love how when she declares "Is that all there is to a DISCO?" Cristina sounds just like one of the Peanuts, perhaps especially Charlie's little sister Sally...

ps.- another great Cristina song is "Things Fall Apart"

[peterchoyce]

it is said that PEGGY LEE liked this version of her song but objected to "He beat me black and blue and i LOVED every minute of it." But for me- I do think of this song whenever i see a house on fire. It does get boring after the first few flames...

[smartalek1]

Always knew this was a cover.

But I'd always thought the original was Lotte Lenya, Marlene Dietrich or some such (doubtless penned by Brecht/Weill); & shocked 2 find it went back no further than 1968.

But if it wasn't a relict of Weimar decadence, it shoulda been - and (no disrespect to the great Peggy Lee) this cover ironically sounds way more faithful 2 the song's “Weltschmerz” (see – there isn’t even an English word for it) than any other.

Great orchestration, too – right outta “Cabaret.”

[mrchuck3000]

@smartalek1 You know,"Caberet" only goes back to about 1966.

[jtarantula3390]

she is sooooooooo cool, and only with two records, genius

[leoleahyBEHHH]

THANK YOU SO MUCH UPLOADING!

i found this song in my dad's record collection on a compilation when i was younger. the lyrics and the emotion in this song is amazing. i will check out some of her other music now i know her name.

<3 brilliant. xxxx

[tgd1947]

this song is awesome, i've always loved this song and gal. She tells it like it is. When I felt low and sad about something terrible that happened to me i always thought about Peggy Lee's version but this is so much better and funny. Really picks me up

[GriefTourist]

i've felt like that my whole life

[Toocold]

Absolutely incredible!

[riotbabez123]

THIS IS GAY!!! SHE CANT SING! HOW WAS SHE FAMOUS!? THANKGOD FOR MODERN MUSIC!!! ''/

[ICit4U07]

@riotbabez123 A shame you don't appreciate great satire -- albeit with an edge.

[riotbabez123]

@ICit4U07 yeah but i suppose I'm not used to music like this at all...

[fubar50cat]

all these years later, i still rememberr heaing this song, before i ever heard the original, and in some ways, this is my original version of it, and wow, i still love it. In it's own way, it is almost as original as the song that it comes from.

[henrypeckstv]

let us sing the praises of christina.

[theRoyKILLERwar]

<3 <3 <3

[YoussefDonovan]

i never get tired of this song- best version, brilliantly nihilist

[76659gll]

A violently-reworked, young-people-oriented, punked-punk-rock, chop-shop version of this song. Kinda reminds me of the Gov-a-chopper Chris Christie of New Jersey.

[bckm54]

this is fucking BRILLIANT!!! :)

[yt090584]

I gather from posters here that this Rodney fella was a champion of this record. In the UK it enjoyed similar cult status on the Anne Nightingale show in the 80s.

[fubar50cat]

the first time I heard this, was after breaking up with my girlfriend of 3 years, and I was down in a basement shop doing woodworking, this came on the radio, and dammit, it was exactly how I felt. Still remember it, too damn well. I can remember cracking a beer and just dancing by myself to this song, and I know Peggy Lee ownes the song, but really, this is the version that I always think of.

[PJCoan]

"he'd beat me black and blue and I loved it..." and "why doesn't she slit her throat and shut up?" CLASSIC.

[nauort23]

@PJCoan  KId, you must be hopped-up on dope!!

[PJCoan]

@nauort23 Ring ring- Mr. Kettle- it's Mr. Pot and you're black! LOL

[PJCoan]

KROQ- the rock of the 80's- those were the days! 106.7 FM

[bishop42962]

She had another song that I'm looking for. The chorus part goes,'drop your trousers to your ankles, things get better when you get wetter'.

[WoodRatGirl]

I love the dark sarcasm of this lol.

[jiminybeam]

@WoodRatGirl

>] who said its sarcasm?

>)

[beketaten]

This is so twisted it makes me grin broadly.

[tomc1167]

Classic WLIR stuff. Cristina is still one of my faves

[simongreenham]

great ! haven;t heard it in 30 years - a classic..

[StanRd2005]

I've got the 12inch record of this , Is it worth anything ?

[mortiisdelamorte]

it might be especially because i cant find it anywhere.

[kelseylynore]

YES! You wanna sell?

[lulussong]

Thank You-Yours is my FAV version-I look forward to listening to more of your uniquity

[langelapine]

cool

[PAULLONDEN]

Let's bring out the "ludes" ☺

INfuckin'DEED (with care though ;)

[realitytv]

For many , this will be the only track Cristina is known for. A bitter shame there is no video as this song really should be embued into 80s nostalgia, although maybe she's been dealt a favour from all that. Doll In A Box would be so much better if the CD was mastered properly; instead the sound is fuzzy, everything drowns in the ear when turned up to any enjoyable volume. Don't Be Greedy and the "poo poo" faux French disco song are the other gems.

Sleep It Off has the sharper bite.

[tomyazvids]

@realitytv NOT TRUE! She made disco clone and ticket to the tropics, things fall apart and lots of more on her album, This was pulled by peggy lee.. BTW ursula 1000 remixed some of her tracks a few years ago i need to get them.

[realitytv]

@tomyazvids what isn't true? Sadly her material isn't widely known, but this gave her the most publicity. If anyone investigates they will of course find all those recordings you mentioned, and I never stated she didn't make other music so I don't know why you responded directly to my comment. I knew Ursala 1000 had worked on a new recording with Cristina, but not about the remixes so thanks for letting me know.

[tomyazvids]

@realitytv she has a real music video for ticket to the tropics on youtube for while. i have a friend that was in the studio while she recorded her album SLEEP IT OFF. OMG the stories.

[realitytv]

@tomyazvids I liked the video, do you know why it was taken down? It was kind of fun.... Oh, feel free to share any stories if not them all (private message if need be), I'd love to know, I regard Sleep It Off so highly. My favourite is actually You Rented A Space, but there's little in it, what an album.

[sharkattacksteve]

@realitytv Christina was in a a band named "Noh Mercy" before this and they had one infamous song "Caucasian Guilt" that was banned by Maximum Rock'n'Roll . The Meatmen do a cover of it.

[realitytv]

@sharkattacksteve do you have a copy of the Noh Mercy version?

[sharkattacksteve]

@realitytv Not at the moment but I'll look to see if i can find it and send you a link.

[sharkattacksteve]

@realitytv I found it on bee mp3. Try this link. I don't know if you've heard it before, but remember it's satire.

" beemp3 com/download php?file=1292394&song=Caucasia­n+Guilt "

[mookiefat5]

LOL

[PunchDrunkMusicLover]

OMG indeed

thank you so much for posting this delightfully twisted little song

I heard this when I was a little boy listening to Rodney Bingenheimer's show on what was then almost a pirate radio station based in Pasadena called KROQ.. I've never been able to find it and can't listen to the original for remembering this one! I posted it for my friends in Yahoo Answers and they loved it TY TY TY TY

[theonlytruepunk]

It's 8'o clock and time for Rodney on the Roq...those were the days. great times and great music.

[cherrykitten68]

@theonlytruepunk ya i wish rodney was still on @ 8 o clock!

[theonlytruepunk]

@cherrykitten68  Loved those days...and the music/noise that Rodney played, gave me an exciting and interesting life!!

[LONGBEACHPUNKROCK]

@theonlytruepunk

CORRECT!

You Gotta be Olde & From L.A. To Know That!

rodney BINGENHEIMER, ONLY RODNEY!

Everybody Who Isn't Olde & Ain't From L.A. (or O.C.)

Have No Idea What Yer talkin' About!!!!!!!!!!

[ICit4U07]

@PunchDrunkMusicLover ..."can't listen to the original for remembering this one!" Yeah, now I've got the same problem -- and I love the versions by Lee and Midler. This is pure punk, from when punk was the new kid on the block. Well done.

[AlabasterDog]

OMFG THIS IS AWESOME!

Thanks so much. My mom told me to find the song and listen to it- although I'm pretty sure she NEVER heard this version- She'd drop dead! This one is more MY speed!

LOL!

:)

[CG2Channel]

I fucking LOVe this...