The Cramps - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

[nikitawah]

so so good

[NLOVEWITHJOANJETT]

flesh for lulu has good version also,if you kids care

[ElAlacranRojo]

So good

[H1N1777]

I was in my mother's womb when my parents saw the cramps. It did me well...

[eddie100]

Tombstone Hands 1983 Melbourne Australa. The Prince Of Wales Hotel

[tbirdtim]

No, the Cramps are NOT the original. The Standells back in 1966.

[IrishMetalCop]

I regret never having seen the Cramps.

[OrangeCatGlow]

So Minor Threat covered this song? and is the cramps version the original?

[johnnydelrey]

Cramps destroyed almost everywhere they played.........

[loop66]

don't forget Las Dillys Sisters. Theirs is the cutest version.

[charlyW34]

Hi bloodred, no chance it's Eugene, the boot is from Seattle for sure, 100%. Cheers

[bloodredvinyl]

Get this - I saw the Cramps in Eugene, OR within a day or two of this show. During this very tune, Lux crouched down on the stage, put his arm around me, and said almost EXACTLY the same thing during the part where he talks in this tune (including the line about the Ramones shirt). Not uncommon to use the same banter more than once, but...is there any possible way this could be Eugene and not Seattle?

[MrChanchudo]

what's is shit, fuck you uploader stupid

[Alphabex8]

I had no fucking clue who originally did this song and it turns out it wasn't even the cramps! But this, with 1 2XU, proves that ian mackaye has taught me a good deal in what i should be listening to.

[viveledeux]

I love the cramps, have done since 1979 when i first saw them in Birmingham UK. I fully agree with charlyW34 below, this band introduced me to a huge vault of wonderful music that could have laid dormant for generations. I cant understand anyone who doesn't like this stuff.

stay sick, turn blue

[corinthecat]

Minor Threat do it a lot better!

[charlyW34]

hey folks, it's not that the Cramps were trying to best anyone with their cover versions, they were meant to be paying respect to those great songs and bands. God bless 'em for introducing the killer 60's punk to the newer punk audience. After all, the Cramps also had great material of their own. Lux, Ivy and the rest always worked hard and were amazing live. Lux is really missed.

[14up0]

I find Both versions pretty Groooooooooooooooooooovy!

[angeltosome]

Only good guys wear Ramones shirts.

[cementbug]

Like them or hate them, there seems to be no middle ground, ands how it should be. The Cramps were a unique, mindblowing act: how can you listen to such rawness and not want to groove or pogo? Any of the songs that the Cramps covered became their singular version. How can you listen to "Sunglasses After Dark" and not be blown away. My all time favorite is still "Green Fuzz". What an amazing band. People need to lose the arrogant who did what first or better, and just dig it.

[longbeach5446]

@ stankler its obvious who are real cramps fans and who are not... I mean why bash an album? i love everything the cramps ever put out, including a date with elvis and flamejob... i cant describe it any other way than pure genius. and paleblue498, dont comment on something if you dont like it, its just annoying. sure, the standells might "own" the song, but honestly, the cramps are amazing in my opinion

[paleblue498]

Forget it. The Standells own this one and these guys can't match it....

[jln55]

These guys stink.

[stankler]

a date with elvis not great.but they got it back later...

[ClashCityRockers0]

@stankler Imho Date With is a very fine LP. There's not really any filler, save maybe a track or so.

[eiensm252]

i like the cover by minor threat

[ClashCityRockers0]

@eiensm252 This is better ^_^

Sorry, I just had to say that. By the bye, this is originally by the Standells

[MrRaygunfizz]

@ClashCityRockers0 Naaahhh. I love the Cramps, but the Minor Threat version kicks the ass of this.

[dnzg66]

@eiensm252 I can only agree. The original version by The Standells puts me to sleep, and Ian MacKaye had a much better vocal interpretation.

To each his own, I guess, but I really have a hard time seeing how anybody could like this more than the Minor Threat cover.

[Plopkap]

@eiensm252 I like the cover by Yoni

[KingFahtah]

this sounds like a hot boot. posted anywhere?

[ClashCityRockers0]

Yeah it really is, I'll find the link for you!

[PoireauMan68]

I bought a STANDELL reissue in the 80's I loved that album, haven't listened to it for ages. It had DIRTY WATER on it but Good guys featured on additional single and not on the compilation album...Wacky hair and frilly shirts...1966 Huh? I think I had just been born ! Thanks for yr help refreshing my memory.

[PoireauMan68]

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUITARISTS LEGS on that photo??? maybe he didnt have any?

[oiboydirect]

oh i remember this cover me and my friends used to play this single to death and i think i still got it somewhere ;)

[ClashCityRockers0]

My band's covering this version!

[fiendwithoutaface66]

poor boy born in a rubber? haha interesting change from the rubble. Definitely prefer originals over all of the cramps covers but this is ok

[ClashCityRockers0]

You mustn't like the Cramps much - most of their songs were covers. But that's okay - they're brilliant ;)

[fiendwithoutaface66]

nah I like them but only their first two albums before they kind of became a parody of themselves. Their originals are way better than the covers. Even their originals have lots of stuff lifted from old rockabilly stuff, check out songs the cramps taught us to hear most of it.

[ClashCityRockers0]

Yeah their first two were for sure the best, but I still love their other stuff.

I've got Lux & Ivy's Faves vols. 1 to 12, which is like an extended version of "Songs The Cramps". I haven't lietened to all of it (lol) but I usually prefer their covers. Not always though. Like they took the "Teenage Werewolf" tune from a "Strolling After Dark" by the Shades (I think)

[PoireauMan68]

well RNR is often ripping soemelse's tune. SETZER did CRAWL UP AND DIE out of PLEASE GIVE ME SOMETHING, Lennon allegdley ripped off BERRY who threatened with lawsuit I think. THE STRANGLERS very nearly sued ELASTICO in the nineties...and ARTHUR BIG BOY CRUDDUP got famously ripped off by...ELVIS PRESLEY...RnR is full of stories like that !

[VoodooFlintstone]

Basically they were good til they got a bass player.

[ClashCityRockers0]

The Cramps were always good. Listen again.

[VoodooFlintstone]

Nah, their late 80s stuff was rank compared to their early stuff, youre kidding yourself if you disagree.

[ClashCityRockers0]

The gold years were mid-1970s to 1986 or so, but though I much prefer those years to the later ones, they had it to the end.

[VoodooFlintstone]

Each to their own I guess.

[jesselakerr]

@VoodooFlintstone why you say that??

[VoodooFlintstone]

@jesselakerr:

Because to me, they became a parody of themselves with their later stuff.

Much cleaner sounding is also a reason I don't dig their later stuff.

I don't HATE it, but i'd rather listen to 1000 other things instead.

Get me?

[PoireauMan68]

isnt it I WAS A POOR BOY BORN IN A RUT in the original? I used to play it too...frist time I heard it it was the LYRES playing it live on stage...which was good! I've never heard this by THE CRAMPS...i like it, man.

[fiendwithoutaface66]

poor boy born in the rubble, standells why pick on me album 1966

[georgie23]

We got this sigle on record. very cool cover by the cramps.

[ClashCityRockers0]

Georgie, I am SO f'ing jealous of you right now...!!

[ClashCityRockers0]

Er... and I mean that in thee nicest possible way! ;)

[thegarage5]

I love The Cramps

[ClashCityRockers0]

So do I