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

B-side of 1969 single "Man Of The World".

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• World

[Rowland108]

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

[Mccampbellthomas]

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

[Quispel]

I think this is Fleetwood Mac's parody on Elvis

[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.

[bjorn2run]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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!"

[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