The Dickies - Fan Mail

[1386969]

Backing vocals singing it wrong :)

[bodoono]

the most entertaining band in the world!

[mosesgershbein]

"i find myself in all your shoes... could you tell me where you buy your boots?" l.g.p. is a poet.

love me some dickies! bought my first 10" dickies maxi-single at music plus in thousand oakes in 1976... i'm so old!

[aspire9000]

2 people dont like fan mail :D

[Rigsbymortis]

storming song with great chord progression and lyric. perfect.

[cultureshock29]

one of their best songs ever!!

[jazramone138]

Fucking love that song, god bless the Dickies

[Weeseman4922]

Saw them last night! Still great!

[tetiontkon]

awesome!

[WhiteWayRightWay3]

Leonard gave me his "The Thing?" shirt after a show at the Galaxy Theatre in '06! Shook Stans hand,told him to "keep it up."

[GdR696]

Found out about this band just recently and I kinda like it, but can anyone explain what is up with the leadsinger putting his finger in his ear? what is the story behind that?

[dadweb]

@GdR696

You can hear yourself sing better with your finger in your ear- especially when there is poor monitors on stage. Leonard kind of adapted it into his style- he told me so himself.

[GdR696]

@dadweb tnx for the explanation;)

[MarkyKobane666]

i,ve been trying to find the stukas video just for this for 10 years now.... thanks! post killer klowns live!

[charlieramone666]

@MarkyKobane666

sorry i only had this one!

[makkiz]

I found "dickies over stukaland" DVD (r?) in ioffer and try to buy it but theres some trouble in registering new customer......goddamnD!!!!!

[stevec1964]

Len and Stan rule. These guys should be folklore. 30+ years of great punk at 100 miles an hour. awesome stuff x

[ZLUGGO]

One of their best tunes. This band is absolutely brilliant.

[pliuts]

the dickies have been consistantly good and entertaining over the years

[gmartinz01]

The best band ever from the San Fernando Valley.

[trevorkemske]

amazing dood

[Vercingetorix2006]

This is one of those songs that taught me way back when that punk could be beautiful and melodic.

[milsorgen]

They have that, it's called pop punk.

[ScottAln05]

Thank you for the info about Mr. Lansing. The Dickies brought fun & intelligence to punk...which way too often took itself way too seriously.

[doggplasma]

Proves that they are among the best of all time.

[thedigitalcollective]

love the album this is on. good post! dickies are sooo underated.people in the "punk" scene wont even give them a listen.i think they need thier ears checked lol.

[drummerboy69n]

Just to let all Dickies fans know, Robert Lansing ( Enoch Hain ) has passed away today July 25th at 10:56 am. He was a former employee here at the Bermuda Guitar Institute as an instructor. As a born again Christian he led me to Jesus and we had some excellent times jamming at our local church on the praise team. You will be missed brother.

[batmanshan213]

i went to his funeral =( i cried my heart out. he was a big inspiration to me

[MrRollenrock]

'Fan Mail' ;- my favourite Dickies track ;- I saw 'em with The UK Subs at Brixton & nearly drowned in my own vomit. Wonderful evening ;- yeah, if it wasn't for The Ramones, The Dickies would have been bigger, but it doesn't matter ;- they were and are one of the finest punk bands to leave an impression on this planet. I blame their parents.

Nutters.

[jhonwanegasey]

rip chuck but lets get karols and billy back in the band and someone on keyboards and sax

[thedigitalcollective]

with uk subs huh? wow.i hate being young...with i was like 45.yeah dickies for some reason werent that big.i grew up to stukas over disney land.the the album with fan mail on and attack of the mole men.i think that was on the same album or let me say tape. hahahaha.i switched to digital music but i still go back to the good bands when i want to remember the old party crew wich i lost 16 out of 19 in 2008....oh well...

[MrRollenrock]

Lol ;- yeah, it was a f-ck Reading weekend when I saw 'em. I still find it hard to let go of my tapes, but its going to happen soon - market stall - 50p each ;- ha ha. If I am fortunate enough to reach the death bed stage, I'll think or say 'Thank f-ck for punk' & then die.

[mrbobloblaw666]

This Is Great, Classic! It looks Familiar, Hey charliramone666, Where and When Is This From? Oh What A Great Song By The Mighty Great DICKIES! Fan Mail, Just So Good

[charlieramone666]

Filmed in 1990 and taken from the Dickies Over Stukaland home video, this clip of one of the band's classic tracks sees them live in Europe.

[4skateroots]

de los mejores

[Ricer1968]

great fun band

[skipkent]

Remember when...it was punk rock MUSIC?

Effing brilliant!

: )

[pollmeister]

I LOVE this! Still have my red vinyl 7" wrapped in free poster of this. Totally under-rated track and great lyrics.

[punk77xx]

the dickies great stuff memories flooding back thanks for putting this on one of my favs

[harajuku7girl]

Nobody does this song better than The Dickies you retard!

[lilscrappybnh]

good song, good band, but NOFX's version is way better.

[podunkgoddess]

This is a perfect song by one of the GREATEST bands EVER. I agree with harajuku7girl...you are retarded.

[axmaxx]

Great! Cool music, crafty lyrics.

I'm a fan ;-)

[Vercingetorix2006]

I never get tired of hearing this song.

[facistkiller21]

props to NOFX for helping me discover this awsome band.

[Ogremagefromhell]

NOFX is shit...

[facistkiller21]

And Why is That Sir?

[FuctUpGlam13]

Agreed.

Shit's Fuckin' Spent

[posicore92]

nofx IS shit, thats why i love them haha. but fortunately i was into the dickies before i got into nofx

[hecticcargo]

@facistkiller21 Damn, I hope you're joking...Come on...haha..But ya, one of the best punk band ever...Period. Still goin and soundin good...One of the few bands left of this genre that still have style and soul...

[luismosh]

I love this song!!!

[stevec1964]

a fantastic band, in the uk this year. 30 years on the road. awesum. thanks 4 all the memories Len, Stan et all. devoted fan

[arrowsf1]

One of the best singles ever from the best punk band ever.

Keep on Rocking guys

[eydyabass]

great memories - I brought silent night to our school's xmass disco - it was a catholic school and the teachers thought it was the xmas carol - pogo'd on my own and nearly got expelled - happy days.

[lacusicusi]

This Leonard guy is pound by pound among the most talented singers you can find...And the band can be considered punk in a sense, but plays more elaborated music... And their style is different than "regular punk", alone by itself among its peers... They are really top quality material. Just by listening to their cover of black Sabbath's "Paranoid" you can tell. They make me proud of living in S.Cali

[podunkgoddess]

What an impressive and intelligent comment! You are 100% correct!

[stukasoverdisney]

what a band.

[gurpst]

Just ordered Stukas, Dawn, & Incredible off of Amazon! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!

[gurpst]

BETTER THAN SEX!

[gurpst]

Phuck me! I can't believe the great sh^t on Youtube! My God, this is great stuff! The memories; I just can't believe it. I'm freakin' out! I used to love the Dickies! Man, I gotta pull out my vinyl collection! Thanks for posting this! What in the hell happened to great music?!?

[podunkgoddess]

btw I was replying to ih8tbush...

[ih8tbush]

Thanks for the reply...I'm a little partial to the climactic quote in "If Stuart could Talk!" (maybe its a male thing).

[podunkgoddess]

"Could you sign my little sister's face?" is one of the best lines ever written! This song rocks!

[meatwadski]

F**kin awesome!! Dickies rule forever!!!

[poikkeus]

Brilliant, LIVE version.

[ih8tbush]

Q: Who is the single most under-rated act in the history of Rock and Roll

A: The Dickies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

Q: Who has a better attitude than Leonard?

A: Nobody!!!

[podunkgoddess]

You are correct. Everybody needs to go out right now and buy more Dickies! I think they're better than the Ramones!

[Vercingetorix2006]

I never tire of this song, even after 20 something years...

[pernicketty]

As long as his ear consents to it then it's OK for him to stick his finger in it.

[denimdemon]

Great Band, Great Show and Great Pants!!!

[dzuzinho]

one of my most favorite song!!thx man for posting it...

[OFR]

This was an amazing lineup - with Lorenzo, Cliff and Enoch. Best rhythmn section ever.

[StephanieEM23]

Verse 2 is not on this recording (I would like to know just if and when, you'll be in town again...). Too bad.

[000CrUstyJoE000]

gotta b eve of destruction

[rick48059]

I used to love this band but why the hell does Lenard stick his finger in his ear during every song live. I saw them twice and he did it all night both times. It takes away from the performance big time

[benballen]

he is not the only singer who does that.try sticking your finger in your ear and sing ,then take it out and sing

[StephanieEM23]

makes it easier to sing on pitch, b/c you can hear yourself better with finger in ear

[djandyk]

absolutely brilliant band from my teen years very very underestinated and judged on banan splits and unfairly so ...the dickies and the toy dolls were great thanks for posting this tune

[Vercingetorix2006]

Thanks a bunch for posting this! It is a great song I agree, but their version of the Banana Splits theme and Manny Moe and Jack are two of my other favorites by them. Of course, the album version of this song is of much better quality, but seeing them perform it live is so cool.

[misterslats]

The GREATEST song EVER written in the history of the world. PERIOD.

[warrenpeace66]

This is also my FAVE song of all time WOW what a tune!!!!!!

[benballen]

where did his eye go is better

[Arjanist]

Great song, Great video!