Fleetwood Mac - "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite"

[Quispel]

I think this is Fleetwood Mac's parody on Elvis

[bjorn2run]

One of the few cases where a cover (by The Rezillos) is better than the original - IMHO :)

[ManFromMelbourne]

The Macc lads did a cover of this too

[RockinProff]

Just a bit of fun, in the same vein as Vic Stanshall's Teddy Boys Don't Knit. But this record was one of the curious assortment of records that formed the genisis of psychobilly - before the Meteors. I still love it.

[MaggitTooth]

Sounds like Cramps. Respect.....Rezillos version trumps though. Peter Green is pure class.......his Fleetwood Mac were incredible.

[bluebadgeumpire]

I saw them perform this on a teatime news review show around about 1970/71 or thereabouts....think it was on Calendar on Yorkshire ITV......they performed it to show the opposite side to their Albatross ......remember the performance was wild and amazing1

[TheMightyGusset]

Only ever heard the Rezillos version of this !

I'm liking this though.

[gnowave]

shit compared to revillos/rezillos, whats that put on big deep meant-to-be-elvis voice all about..

good audio quality tho....

[CAWGregoryBlack]

@gnowave I've heard the Rezillos version and it's fine if you want to hear a bunch of screaming like the lead singer is getting raped by an elephant but respect the original.

[tikitortured]

@CAWGregoryBlack You obviously don't get it..With a song title like this, it "screams" for a vocal performanve like Eugene Reynolds from The Rezillos gave it...you know, the 'ol getting raped by an elephant thing.

[Velton500]

@gnowave

I saw the original Line up of Fleetwood Mac live c.1968 when they were a proper, serious Blues band and well -respected by people like John Peel, not to mention John Mayall and other great musicians.

Their "encore" at London University was a very good rock'n'roll set which was basically a pastiche of old 1950s R'n'R, including Elvis.

Those of us of their generation would appreciate the humour.

Warjack seems to "get it!"

[Warjacki]

Great "style parody" of Elvis. It's hard to believe this is Jeremy singing, but I've heard others say that he was a talented mimic.

[podcastshmodcast]

so many Punk bands cover this, Rezillo's most infamously... When i learn't the song was a cover I went off to find the original, which i figured musta been a 1950s rockabilly number. Totally surprised to discover its a FLEETWOOD MAC goddamn song. Do they have any other songs that sound like this? When they added the girls in the 80's THAT was a huge buzzkill- hell on earth.

[clashboy1977]

@podcastshmodcast check out green manalishi. judas priest covered it!

[Velton500]

@podcastshmodcast

Try looking for Peter Green - the band a lot changed after he left.

And thanks to The Chrismatic (below) for reminding me of the Alias used by the band for this release.

[lovesharkMGF]

Gotta laugh, never knew this was big Mick, always loved the Rezillos. Like learning about L. Cohen's Halleluya or M. Davis's Move on Up. As long as you dig it , who cares ?

[manwhassup1]

This is like the rockabilly / lounge version from 1969. Gotta love it. Admittedly, the "Rezillos" kicked everyone's head in with their cover. Best ever. Only time i lost a tooth in the mosh pit.

[TheChrismatic]

On Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Man Of The World’ the B-side of the single was “Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite”, credited to Earl Vince and the Valiants, in reality Fleetwood Mac performing under a different name. The song was composed and sung by Jeremy Spencer, the only member of the band who did not appear on the A-side.

[Maxshard]

Hijacked by a number of punk bands in the seventies and turned into a classic but I'm sure this is the original version.

[prideandhonour777]

sounds like elvis haha. been wanting to hear this for years

[MrStevee989]

This was the 'b' side to 'Man of the World' in 1969 , and was credited to 'Earl Vince and the Valiants' !

[kevindlinc]

Fleetwood mac gave it's audience several different looks.You had Jeremys fifties tribute as well as his remarkable Elmore James Danny Kirwan played great blues with a very distinct vibrato and he also had a pop sensability, Then there was the Green Manalishi who's songs and mastery were on par with any of the greats.Man I wish I could have seen this line up.

[luvdastuf]

Also think Fleetwood Mac had a sense of humor and were just taking the mickey ;)

[luvdastuf]

I hear it by the Rezillos first and loved it for its energy and the sneering vocals.

Now I hear this and I really like it coz its so laid back and I can almost picture the 60's stoners watching the punchy drunks wanting to start something and them just saying 'whatever man'. lol

One good song done in 2 very different eras.

[unmedication]

Remarkable. You "synchronized the time clock" tonite, greatstuff zero nine (greatstuff09).Thanks.

[BlackEyedSun]

well the song is great...but, I think the Rezillos did a damn good version....

Not to say I don't like this one. Just a bit more punky inside :O)

[bluepig47]

@BlackEyedSun Youth Brigades version is by far the best.

[peterchoyce]

Hard to imagine, but before they added those 2 girls and put 'em up front, F Mac was a pretty decent band. Big influence on the Rezillos in any event....

[SilverWolfMoon]

@peterchoyce "before they added those 2 girls"

Christine McVie was part of the band {unofficially, as a session musician} from the 2nd album onwards. It's likely she was the pianist on this track!

[gnowave]

@peterchoyce yeh, they were a reasonable english r&b band, and once the girls were added just sounded so old peopley. growing up there was always this "PROPER GROWN-UP BAND" aura about them just just put me right off them.

tho i enjoy some of the docus on them! they wernt "normal" as people at all! stark raving bonkers.

[MrAndysoul]

i still have a copy of this

i think it is from 1968/69

great tune !

[monkeytown1000]

Ahem. This was the original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green having a joke as 'Earl Vince and the Valiants'.

In the middle of the set Jeremy Spencer would come out in a gold Elvis suit and do this, give some hippies the shock of their lives.

Saw them do it at Manchester's Free Trade Hall around 1970.

[Herioter]

I had the original 45 of MOTW and this was on the B-side credited to "Earl Vince and the Valiants." Think it was just a kind of joke to confuse F. Mac stoners...

[yesTHATironingboard]

jeremy sounds more like elvis than elvis!

[fujichia]

love the zombie back-up vocals!

[cooltype]

This song was written by Jeremy Spencer and originally performed by Earl Vince & The Valiants and covered by the Count Bishops too. That's Jeremy on lead vocals.

[janiesue7]

I think its more  Elvis-like than Beach Boys!!

[mangusb]

From everything I know about the Mac this was simply a bit of fun. Something funny to throw on a B side and probably nothing more or less. The conjecture and speculation around this song is just ridiculous/hilarious. Just listen to the fucking thing and make a decision.

[Yercuzn]

True representation of the 50,s to 70's when guys went out to fight and getting a girl were the secondary objective. She either did want or did not. You either won or lost.

But there was always next Friday to settle the score

[DrBeardo]

I usually hate covers but this original version is just terrible, the style just doesn't mesh at all with the lyrics. Just too slow, down toned and nothing you'd associate at all for a fight. Not even trying to be ironic with it.

The Rezillos version is still the best version, even beats the Youth Brigade version.

[jamesbain00]

@DrBeardo I agree, I prefer the Rezillos but you gotta remember this is the late sixties and Peter Green wanted a change from that "Black Magic Woman" shit, which Fleetwood Mac also wrote

[rooneyt00nes]

@jamesbain00

It was Peter Green, not Fleetwood Mac, that WROTE Black Magic Woman..

[shittyassholefucker1]

@DrBeardo have you heard murphys law's version?

[bfish89ryuhayabusa]

@DrBeardo "the style doesn't mesh at all with the lyrics"

That's the point. This song doesn't work the same way without the cognitive dissonance.

[quintincollins]

Lame hippy put down of rock and roll. Sounds tired.

[jamesbain00]

@quintincollins When were you fuckin born, dweeb. So shut the fuck up.

[quintincollins]

Err, no, I'll continue to post. Cause I'm 100 % correct.

[andy501954]

My other song of the day

[gogogocfcblue]

used  to play this at the lyceum,in the 70s on ted nites

[SteikePannelugg]

Holy shit, it's weird hearing this version after listening to The Rezillos.

[jamesbain00]

@SteikePannelugg Yeah, but had Fleetwood Mac not written the fuckin' song, there would be no Rezillos cover, what is it with you fucking no-minds?

[christianalexlea]

joe perry has also covered this on his new album got guitar, will travel! he does it pretty much the same as this version but its still cool

[petehall347]

wicked a classic

[Mccampbellthomas]

after hearing it thrashing around going crazy, it is really funny to hear it like the beach boys were playing punk

[jamesbain00]

@Mccampbellthomas Not the Beach Boys, I don't recall Brian Wilson sounding like Elvis.

[ZLUGGO]

Earl vince & The Valiants was what they called themselves when they recorded this tune. Great Beach Boys beat...

[PaulTettam]

nice song. The Mantovanni version was possibly a bit better, though. Talkin' about your comments.

[Rowland108]

I think this original version predates The Rezillos by a decade or more

[yorkie6687]

@Rowland108 YOU ARE CORRECT, I HAVE THIS ON A 45RPM!

[jamesbain00]

@yorkie6687 yeah, it's the b-side of "Man of the World" so it would be on a 45rpm

[freekye]

@Rowland108

Youth Brigade covered it way before the Rezillio's as well.

[Toestubber]

@freekye  That's not correct. The Rezillos version predates hardcore by at least a couple of years.

[thereagauze]

@Toestubber if we're going here, can't stand the rezillos was recorded in february 1978, released in July 1978, Black Flag-Nervous Breakdown was recorded in January 1978, released in October 1978, which is arguably the first hardcore record.

[tuskedbeast]

@freekye Nu-uh.

[RushNLV]

@Rowland108 yeah alot of punks know that this is a fleetwood mac cover. too bad some poseurs i've been talking to, don't :(

[punkrockefeller]

the rezillos did it better!

[NewAgedRage]

Agreed...this song needs to be fast and violent.

[BipolarBearry]

agreed...this one's really good too, but I prefer the Rezillos.