Human Sexual Response - Jackie Onassis

[deadmanswife2]

I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses oh yeah

[gildo9]

I was introduced to this song via the demo which is in my opinon is heads and tails better. still good but it lost something.

[tinkrn99]

I remember seeing the Humans years ago at Lupo's.  I still have this album!!

[frank02111]

" I want my poertrait done by Andy Warhol "

[andydavenhall]

saw the guitarist with Frank Black on tour, I mean "Charles.." :D

[MetalMouthJeff]

While Im here does anyone remember the name of the Club, I believe it was on Comm. Ave. The bands played on a small second story stage that u had to look up from the 1st floor to watch. We saw Pousett Dart Band there in 1980.It had kind of a long name, I can still see the Big Red Letters of the sign. This has been killing me for yrs. I grew up in Natick, joined the Navy in '87 and retired to Sunny Florida now.

[bigtony10]

@MetalMouthJeff You talking about the Ratskeller or Spit (although I know that's not a long name)

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[imbwinkle]

@MetalMouthJeff do you mean lucifers in Kenmore square?

accross the street from the rat.

[MetalMouthJeff]

I saw these Guys the Summer of 1980 at Wellesley College! I WAS Jackie Onassis! those '80s Boston Sounds still rule my Head! I miss The Rat too!

[Dannoga]

@MetalMouthJeff The RAT! man what a time to be alive!

[Dutchyankees]

From the Good-old day in Bean town 1980 - 1982. Thanks for posting this, great song to remember great Times on the corner of Newbury Street and Fairfield above the Tech HIFI (above Daisey Bucanens

[Dutchyankees]

From the Good-old day in Bean town 1980 - 1982.

[tinklestinkwater]

i wanna be jackie on acid

[ronpaul2008rocks]

Man! I've had this song in my head for 30 years! Damn!

[nightliter]

Oh I love this tune and the vocal orgasm at the end.  Thank you.

[hhhlll122]

My dad was the drummer 4 this band

[paterson44]

@hhhlll122 excellent band

[lovelaj0149]

@hhhlll122

and sugar hah

[horymski]

I need to karaoke this. And I'm a dude.

[nightliter]

@horymski Oh yes, anyone can sing this song. The lyrics don't matter - it's a great singing tune!

[ezandycle]

I lived in Boston from 78-81, and the Humans were one of the best of a very fast track of great bay area acts. Labeling the wife of a Mass. icon as a gold digger; outrageous to this day!

[aimefournier]

Here's another great memory for all the posters about WBCN in 1981 etc.

Search youtube for "The Motels: Dressing Up"

[tc4sure]

Gotta love this band! One of my favorite Berklee Music School efforts!

[bakunin555]

oh yea!

[Dannoga]

Duanne Ingles Glascock WBCN Boston! Damn!

[WhiteBoy41]

Old School WBCN.

[WhiteBoy41]

Old School WBCN BOSTON MASS !!!

[jivetalkin03]

The comments here are almost as good as the tune and the band. Its great to read these things after so many years, the graffiti of my mind once again gets to see the light of day.

[italoman9]

Finally found this. What a blast. Total flashback to '82 or so, and driving home down Memorial Drive from classes at Boston College!  Thx.

[mysticalHeir]

dini performed at the spit reunion on may 1, 2010 on lansdowne street doin this song... she's still fab

[bobtis]

I have been looking for this for a while. YouTube comes through again! Great song. About 1982 I think living in Berkeley. Wow!

[mantrap9]

tips backwards is spit.

[boomerman54]

Rathskeller, Kenmore Square Boston great band among many others that played there late 70's

[knittingfreak]

Takes me back to the original days of YNMT with Lee Paris on WXPN. Good times!

[cvrboy]

Great song! wow really takes me back..lol, way back.

[1968RYS]

KROQ in the 80s was great. This song fits in with that good old time...

[bigrebone]

I can't believe that this is on here! Many thanks!  I have the album. My roommate in college was from Everett, MA. He turned me on it.

[toughtoney84]

This is Haute!

[herrrob14]

Mmmm.....great memories! Thanks for posting!

[TruthAddic]

oh so this is where Zack got the idea for Tire Me...

[amethyst22]

RIP the old KROQ :-(

"Fly low and avoid the radar"

-Dusty Street

[MomInventor]

@amethyst22 - I TOTALLY agree........miss the old days - everything now sucks. :(

[twolfb4u]

OMG this song goes to my life after high school in Los Angeles KROQ sums up the New Wave times

[livvidd]

dude kroq changed my life!

[livvidd]

omg i loved this

[willwjl]

It was cool to be punk, new wave and gay in Boston at that time. Not so much in SF. Gay men were older (around 30) at the time and not into rock at all! It was all about the clone look and disco. Then came AIDS, it all changed then! I do miss my friends. All but about 2 are dead now. All gone by 1990.

[twolfb4u]

your story is the same as mine exactly

[willwjl]

kfmay1962 I used to go to SPIT on sundays too! I lived in beantown for one year. july 80-july 81. I had to get the hell out of their. SF here I come. And I am still here!

[pt109girl]

I looked jackie up on wikipedia... and at the bottom its got a list of songs, books, and films about her...

I wonder why on JFK's page they dont have the same thing. I'd like a list of songs that mention him

[ronpaul2008rocks]

I remember hearing this song ONCE while I was in a a punk record shop in Berkeley when I was 15 years old. I have never heard it since, but the tag line "I wanna be like Jackie Onassis, oh yea!" has been stuck in my head ever since.

I finally decided to track it down to hear it again. Thanks for posting!

[YummieLA]

Oh Man, I had this album (as in the 33RPM record) back in what, 1981? One of my "friends" stole it.

[kfmay1962]

I used to go to the 12 on Thursdays and Spit on Sundays, wow what memories

[tnttntowny]

remember hsr and lou miami performing at the twelve on thrusday nites, two for one night, spit on sunday and tuesday...

"Boston in the early 80s what a place to be" ....people have no idea, except the ones that were part of it!

Rember the Neats?.. what a great band.

[isusafriendorfoeruss]

Sounds good!5 stars!

[futuregirl45]

Neats were great. I haven't thought about lou miami in forever

[dpgibbsrx2]

What a blast! They were awesome.. We saw them at eh Paradise, casino hampton, Spit, and the much missed 1270 club. I vaguely remember outfits made from Donnie and Marie bed linens ! I good time was had by all.

[noho76fro]

Saw them at "The Space" where, for 25cents extra, the bartender would bite the beer cap off the bottle. I love to wear the Jackie O glasses....

[ICantRemember3]

Wayyyyyy before Oprah put out O magazine, there was Jackie O. She married a billionaire wayyyy before Bill Gates made his first billion.

[beautydaddy]

"After my date with tragedy, I'll let Aristotle take care of me." -Priceless

Any chance of uploading "Sex?"

[ynohuh]

What does sex mean to me is up there

[catchersmitt0]

@ICantRemember3 At his death in 1975, Onassis' wealth was estimated to be about a $ half-billion.

[EffLabels]

@catchersmitt0 a Billion back then was a shit-load. Aristotle (the golden Greek) actually had a really interesting life.

[joshc235]

were can i download or get this song??????

I love it

[tommyfuller78]

a great tune! i remember seeing this band at a club called Spit on lansdown street in Boston back in 1980! as well as the Rat in Kenmore square, they were a lot of fun live!

[dsduchin]

Ha! I remember getting turned away because I was underage at the Rat. Had to head back to Fathers Too and drink my tears away with Mr Butch and the best jukebox in the world. Those were the days, eh?

[tommyfuller78]

mr butch was around in the early 80's and i remember him with his roller skates and a guitar with an amplifier on his back. he was kinda cool! i heard he died a few years ago!

[Arkady63]

Mister freaking Butch!

I know where you went to school, dude!

It was my freshman year when these guys did a free show at the student union. I'd never heard of them and love every minute of it.

Boston in the early '80s what quite the place to be.

[twofillies]

luv luv luv this band, experienced them in newport & providence, thank you, maybe caroline k. could use this band and song for her campaign movemeent?

[RewBee]

i LUV u..x0x0x0

LuV<

ReW*

[Piexing]

"I wanna be Jackie Onassis

I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses"

Rage Against the Machine used that line in "Tire Me". :D

"I wanna be Jackie Onassis

I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses

I wanna be Jackie O., oh, oh, oh please don't die!"

Sweeeeet.

[digitalArtform]

ltns

[leeraconteur]

Like how the last chord is similar to Heart/Yes.

[leeraconteur]

Thanksgiving Week, 1981 I headed down to U of Ga to hook up with my girlfriend. That week HSR, Pylon and others were at 688. I was too broke to go, but did pick up This Is Radio Clash in the record store that week.

Still regret not seeing Pylon in their day, although I did catch the 1989 reunion tour.

[paterson44]

Fantastic band...its a shame they broke up before the rest of the world got a chance to hear who they were. Soome excellent songs left for us though...thanks guys

[slothiegachoo]

Who would buy this crap?

It sounds like some guys in their basement pretending to be The Cars.

It's funny cause I love imitating this song in the shower.

My GF has scolded me when I do this!

OUCH!

I guess reliving your past is all these guys can do...

A shame,,,

They do have talent!

Just not as musicians.

taxiboysdrummer

[dwtime]

Nice cut and paste comment post, how many video's did you cut and past this to? Your lack of writing originality exposes your unoriginal douche bag troll personality.

[slothiegachoo]

I actually happened to know HSR and thought they were quite nice. Real weird though...

I was wicked str8 then and they were a little too flamboyant for my tastes.

Now I like SEXY, Exotic, Well Hung, Cut, Shemales so I gotta listen to HSR again.

Copy and Paste I reserve for lousy BASTIN bands.

I never do this to the Real Kids or Lou Miami!

LUV ON YA,

taxiboysdrummer

PS___I write great. I luv writing.

Where are your websites?

Mine make $ and people cum!

[graciaraul]

I can't believe you got this! Saw them at Hurrah's Disco - eons ago. Anyone remembers that place and all the videos?

[Snickersandlaughs]

I saw these guys (and gal) many many times. I never thought the records(yes records) did them justice. You just couldn't put that energy on vinyl. I made a friend go to the last dise show with me and after the show we hung around and talked to the band. My friend was in a frenzy and declared that he wanted to see them again. Alas, I burst his bubble and told him that was the last show. That was a good time for clubbing Boston, Mission of Burma, Angry Young Bees,The Rat and the Channel.

[Reefercrabness]

Great share Pete..this one came crawlin back!

[Ratdog93]

as I go zooming back to my teenage years!!!! Always wanted to do this a pre-show number @ rocky..  Never did though..

[ChiquillaND]

I want to be Jackie Onassis!! Catchy song!

[Hoggiedoo]

I work with the bass player now. It's such a riot knowing someone who was such a big part of the punk scene in Boston.

[AlanBergMcGrath]

Great Song =]

[AtomicStatic]

I LOVE THIS BAND..

THEY ARE AMAZING.

[LauritzH]

God I loved these guys. The first time I saw them was at (of all places) ULowell.  There were about 5 of us up front loving every second of it, and about 300 sullen drunks at the back of the room getting angrier and angrier.

[UnabomberJr]

Saw these guys at their final concert at the paradise. Used "andy Fell" to torture my landlord in Cambridge while watching larry, DJ and the Chief with Johnny Most on the wireless. those were the days.

[UnabomberJr]

Saw their final concert at the Paradise theatre across from Fenway on Lansdowne Street. An amazing show that is on my top ten list and I've seen 'em all. Andy Fell is a song I tortured my horrible neighbors with in my Cambridge rent control apartment while watching Larry, DJ, and the Chief with Johnny Most on the wireless. those were the days.

[MoreToleranceNow]

Seems music was just a little freer in those days.

[revjillmaxi]

great band. great big studio sound.

[minodude01]

so why would Rage Against the Machine quote this? Is this song serious or sarcastic?

[voidingindigo]

It´s probably sarcastic. If it´s not sarcastic per se, it´s tongue in cheek rather than serious. And Rage probably quoted it for the same reason they quoted "OPP".

[Lassevj]

Love it!

[Stigbool]

No better night at the old Living Room in Providence than a night w/ HSR. We'd dance our asses off all night. What wonderful memories of the early 80's. Shit man, where did the years go??? :-(

[PYRAMIDALIZEE]

Hey I saw them at a club called CENTER STAGE in East Providence, There was a great band from Rhode Island called THE HI BEAMS that opened up for them They were just as good. The early 80s really had the best local bands of all time. Hail Randy Hein from the Living Room, rest in peace bro...

[Janybody17]

I like this song... I've been on this Jackie O kick lately... She was such a wonderful woman!

[Arkady63]

Saw these guys at a free concert in the Boston University student union...had never haerd of the...was blown away by this song and some others. Ah, the underground sound of Boston in the early '80s. Cooler white people never existed.

[richardofdiamonds]

From a blog on Frank Stamm's myspace page:

"It's odd how some bands disappear from history and others go on to become generally regarded as some of history's best. Back in the early 80's, in the time when New Wave was big and CDs were only starting to replace the LP, the band Human Sexual Response really caught my attention. I bought their second LP ("In a Roman Mood") and was quite impressed. I feel it measured up to the best product of the age, which was quite good."

[btownsurf]

A video of this tune would be cool. Jacky O actually liked the song according to JFK Jr.

[missjibba]

That's incredibly cool!

[BostonRocker51]

Dini from the band said the whole band was totally thrilled when Jackie Onassis showed up at one of their gigs in NYC, and liked their set. This was a GREAT band. very cool.

[btownsurf]

I really like this song, total "80's" Boston-style. I have compilation CD "Mass Ave: The Boston Scene" that features this song. The cd was put out by DIY.

[BostonRocker51]

ooohhh! THANKS SO MUCH for posting this! I used to see HSR at clubs and parties around Boston. Their sound was so amazing considering they were a power trio with vocalists... they got a lot of local air play with this tune...

[bartleby2007]

Now I wanna be your cow.

[pleeezeeatme]

I wanna buttfuck.

[bartleby2007]

I must have seen them perform live at least 100 times.

[ctdomer]

Would be nice to see a video. Have the audio.

[TommyDore]

though a non-video it's still cool