Learn to jitterbug and be a real Hep Cat!

I love this film and so will you, just make some space in your living room and in 10 mins you'll be king and queen of the jitterbug!

YOU GOT GOOD TASTE volume 20 - Motorpsycho!

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I’m Mr A the Barber and your listening to vol. 20 of YOU GOT GOOD TASTE

This month’s mix 'Motorpsycho!' screeches into your ears with one hour of rockin'n'rollin', rebel riding, motorbikin' tunes.

So for all of you out there with the ‘too fast to live, to young to die’ mentality, whether your a leather clad ton up boy, or a hard riding she devil on wheels, it doesn’t matter, cos this exhilarating show is dedicated to all of you motorcycle maniacs.

'Motorpsycho!' is gonna be going full throttle to bring you the craziest biker tunes in a fast’n’furious show packed with all the thrills'n'spills of a fast living and hard riding lifestyle.

Right I think it’s about time we kick start this show into action, so hold on tight and get ready cos your about to go racing with ‘Motorcycle Mike on his suped up bike‘ and trade punches with the fiercest female gang of all time the ‘Maneaters’, chicks on motorbikes who don’t take nonsense from no man!!

Aw c’mon what’s the matter with you they’re just a bunch of girls!

Lets go ‘motorbikin’.

Willie the Wild One - William The Wild one

On the Go - The Leather Boy

Motorcycle Mike - Davey Day

The Big Black Jacket - Marcel St. Jean

Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots - The Cheers

Rebel Rider - Phil Campos

She's A Bad Motorcycle - The Crestones

Downshiftin' - The Ree-Gents

Get Off The Road - The Cramps

Get Off The Road - The R Lewis Band

I'm a Leather Boy - The Leather Boy

The Rider - Pussycats

Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-La's

Werewolves on Wheels - The Born Losers

Hindu on a Honda - Count Down And The Moonster

Little Honda - The Beach Boys

Yum Yum Yamaha - Carol Connors & The Cycles

Bad Motorcycle - Storey Sisters

Motorcycle - Billy Balls

Motor Bikin' - Chris Spedding

Motorbike Beat - The Revillos

Riding The TT Races - George Formby

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She-Devils on Wheels 'man eaters on motorbikes'

The Hellcats- leather on the outside...all women on the inside!

1950's Motorcycle races

Ooooeee this cool clip is dedicated to Gavin, 'Harley' Paul and all the London vintage Harley riders.

Girl on a Motorcycle (1968)

Just a taste of the subject matter for the next YOU GOT GOOD TASTE podcast show! Can you see where I'm going?

YOU GOT GOOD TASTE volume 19 - Bongo Madness

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I'm Mr A the Barber and this is YOU GOT GOOD TASTE vol. 19 "Bongo Madness'

Something from the more exotic side of Rock'n'Roll this month with an hour long mix of latin flavoured dance numbers with special emphasis being given to the irresistable sound of the BONGOS.

So if you too are a BONGOMANIAC like me then get ready to loose yourself in what is gonna be 'BONGO MADNESS'.

Cerveza - Boots Brown

Bongo Rock - Preston Epps

Bongo Festeris - Jack Costanzo

Do The Clam - Elvis Presley

Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Socks) - The Nite Riders

La Sorella di Cristina - Andrea Tosi

Damelo Baby - Aztecs

El Loco Cha Cha - Rene Touzet

Pedro Joe - Red "Hot" Russel

Fever - La Lupe

Mambo Shevitz (Man, Oh Man) - Crows

El mambo cha-cha - The 4 El-Moroccos

Bongo guitar - Unknown Wombat

Hurricane - Dave "Baby" Cortez

Don't Sit Down - The Rockyfellers

Shake Your Body Girl - Larry Williams

Midnight Limbo - Tides

Drum-a-Mania - Jack Costanzo

Mister Bongos - Preston Epps

Congo Twist - The Revels

The Beverly Hills Telephone Directory Cha Cha Cha - Bob McFadden

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Buddy Rich vs Jerry Lewis!!

Watcha weirdos, YOU GOT GOOD TASTE vol. 19 is coming soon so get ready to Shake, Rattle and Roll cos this month's show is all about the DRUMS!!!!!

Here's a great clip to get you in the mood!

YOU GOT GOOD TASTE vol. eighteen - "Teenage Dance Party 2'

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Mr A the Barber here with vol 18 of YOU GOT GOOD TASTE and it's time to get your dancin' shoes on cos Teenage Dance Party 2 is here to get you shakin'n'vibratin' to a whole load of wild'n'crazy dance tunes. So roll that carpet back and get ready DO THE 'Slosh', 'The Peanut Duck' 'The Monkey' and my favourite of all the crazee dance that is 'The Log'.

'It's a dance for people who are OUT not In'

'Don't move, your in the groove, DO THE LOG'

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Now are you ready to DO THE............

Let's go Hully Gully - Danish Sharks

The Hully Gully - The Angels

Louie Louie - Travis Wammack

The Boogala - Jay Jay Imus and Freddy Ford

A Dancin' Whippersnapper - Billy "The Kid" Emerson

Shake and Vibrate - Sir Latimore

The Kick-A-Poo part 1 - KIckapoo Kidd & The Deputies

The Uncle Wille - Bobby Miller

The Peanut Duck - Marsha Gee

Annie Do The Dog - The Underbeats

Do The Pig - Merced Blue Notes

The Frog - Lonnie Brooks

The Fish - The Supberbs

The Monkey - Guitar Crusher

The Rub - Joey Charles Drums

The Itchy Scratch - Little Becky Cook & The Rag Mops

The Slosh - Bernadette

Mashed Potato Mary - Guy Villare

(Do The) Mashed Potatoes part II - Nat Kendrick & The Swans

Foot Stomp - Los Straitjackets With The World Famous Pontani Sisters And Kaiser George Carl's

Dance Party - Carl Lattimore

Hunky Twist - Bowleggs

Snacky Poo part 2 - The Del Mars

The Log - The Uglies

Twist Craze (1962) short film

Twist Craze (1962) an amazing short film about the dance craze that swept the nation!

Teenage dancers 'Do The........'

As a taster of what to expect in the new mix from YOU GOT GOOD TASTE here's a whole bunch of crazy cats dancing some kinda Kung Fu inspired moves.

SAD MUSIC for SAD PEOPLE - a melancholic tribute to Lux Interior

Watcha Weirdos Mr A the Barber here. Well what can I say, it's one year now since Lux Interior passed away, and if your feeling anything like I do I know you'll be feelin' kinda blue. So win a blue kinda mood this tribute to Lux entitled 'SAD MUSIC for SAD PEOPLE', is a dark'n'melancholic collection of songs that I hope will create a fitting atmoshere to help us all remember the one half hillbilly, one half punk, Garbageman that was Lux Interior. The Beautiful Gardens await............ Stay Sick Turn Blue

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The Singer - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

More mood music for those of you who need some darkness to reflect Lux's upcoming anniversary, I give you Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds with The Singer.

Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson

As a tribute to Lux Interior and a thank you to Poison Ivy here's Ricky Nelson singing Lonesome Town. Stay tuned for the YOU GOT GOOD TASTE Lux Interior tribute show out Feb 4th.

Wow, this Garbage Man video is truly trashy

I take my Wighat off to this inspired and dedicated artist.

Check out this cool video.

Human Fly like you've never heard before

I always thought The Cramps were kultured!

How to turn into a Goo Goo Muck

The answers no before you ask, this cool cat ain't me,

but hey I am tempted to role back the rug and turn into a teenage Goo Goo muck!

How do you do the Goo Goo Muck?

Mr A the Barbers tribute to Lux Interior

Watcha Wierdos

For the next few weeks I'll be posting some random Cramps related posts to mark the forthcoming first anniversary of Lux Interior's untimely death.

Now if your already got the 'BUG' for the Cramps then some of my postings you'll gonna have seen already BUT, if your not fully up with all things Crampy then stay tuned to this blog cos in the next few posts I'll be bringing you a whole load of trash that'll be worth sifting through!

The posts will culminate in volume seventeen of YOU GOT GOOD TASTE being delivered to you on February 4th Lux's anniversary. I'll let you know more about the content closer to the date but lets just say it's gonna feature music of a more downbeat nature reflecting my current melancholic mood. Since the day I first dropped the needle onto my new copy of 'Gravest Hits', and first saw The Cramps in London 1981 I have been obsessed with the mad psychotic rock'n'roll rhythm beat out by Lux, Ivy and The Cramps. So if you too share my sentiments then I hope YOU GOT GOOD TASTE's forthcoming selection of dark'n'moody tunes will mark the day in a more sombre and reflective tone.

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But hey enough of all that blubbin' Lux or Ivy wouldn't want us to sit around moping, cos we should be rockin'n'reelin, so my first post is a mad slice of TV with Lux seemingly having the time of his life with a puppet!! Check this out.

Stay Sick Mr A the Barber

Mr A the Barber's classic CUTS vol. 1

YOU GOT GOOD TASTE - classic CUTS vol. 1

Watcha Weirdos

Mr A the Barber here with a New Show for the New Year!

Any regular listeners will notice that this is NOT a themed show, thats because I've decided to relax the fomat a bit in order for me to play some of my favourite tunes that might not have ever seen the light of day. So that's why I've called it cleverly Mr A the Barber's classic CUTS, get it!!!!! So as the title suggests this show will featuring some of my favourite rockabilly, R'nB, twang (you know what i mean)that you've heard for a while, now if these don't get you up and dancin' then.............

Now if the themed show was more your thing then don't fret cos I've got a few more ideas bubbling away, but in the meantime if you've got any suggestions for future subjects then let me have them and I'll see what I can do!

Hope you enjoy this little mix.

Mr A the Barber

Eddie Bond - Rockin Daddy

Ted Daigle - Cut Across Shorty

Little Jimmy Dickens - i Got a Hole in My Pocket

Johnny Powers and the A-Bones - Mama Rock

Clyde Stacy and the Nitecaps - So Young

Terry Noland - Hypnotized

Don Cole - Lie Detector machine

Robins - Riot in Cell Block Number 9

Delores Ware - Can't Eat, Can't Sleep

Annisteen Allen w/Howard Biggs Orch. - Fujiyama Mama

The 5 Wings - Pack, Shack and Stack

Buddy Vincent - Wooden Bird

Li'l Millit - Rock Around The Clock

Bing Day - I Can't Help it

Clint Miller - Bertha Lou

Johnny Waleen - Mystery Train

The Rhythm Rockers - Madness

Strangers - Caterpillar Crawl

Link Wray - Genocide

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Christmas is a time for WEIRDOS !!

'The story of the man who didn't believe in SANTA'

Merry Christmas Weirdos

Mr A the Barber here bringing you vol. sixteen of YOU GOT GOOD TASTE

and it's a special yule tide present just for you!

'The story of the man who didn't believe in Santa'

Inspired by 'Christmas Dragnet' by Stan Freberg I've put together a seasonal tale of a man who was an unbeliever, yes an unbeliever in the man we all know as SANTA CLAUS.

This shows a Christmas story for all the family packed with the best rockin' n rollin' xmas tunes this side of Lapland, mixed up with a genorous slice of seasonal humour from Mr A the Barber and you've got a Christmas present you won't forget!

Have a rockin' an rollin' Christmas and don't forget to listen out for more shows next year, now F**k Off and listen to the show.

Pour yourself a large one, put another log on the fire and settle down cos the story's about to start.......................

Don't believe in Christmas - The Sonics

The night before Christmas song - Cactus Jim and the Wranglers

To heck with ole Santa Claus - Loretta Lynn

You're a mean one , Mr Grinch - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

What is Santa Claus - Stan Kenton

I hate Christmas - Cast of Sesame Street

Dancin' with Santa - The Trashmen

Christmas twist - Charlie Starr

Give me a kiss for Christmas - Johnny Houston

Marshmallow world - Darlene Love

Rockin' on a riendeer - Henry Lee

I want the South to win the war for Christmas - Spike Jones

Country Christmas - Loretta Lynn

Run Rudolph run - The Outlaws

Rudolph the red nosed riendeer - Billy May

(We wanna see) Santa do the Mambo - Bill Darnel and the Smith Brothers

Mambo Santa mambo - Enchanters

Nuttin' for Christmas - Stan Freberg

Santa Claus boogie - Paul Bain

Rockin' Santa Claus - Moods

Zat you santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong

Boogie woogie Santa Claus - Patty Page

Hooray for Santa Claus - TV soundtrack

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'Get Your Hair Cut' with Mr A the Barber

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I'm Mr A the Barber and your listening to volume 15 of the YOU GOT GOOD TASTE podcast.

For this show I'm offering you something a bit special,

a chance to get your haircut with Mr A the Barber

So take a seat in Mr A's chair, relax and leave it all to me.

And as a treat whilst your barnet's being cut I thought I'd play you some of the best 50's and 60's hair related rock 'n' roll tunes to make this an appointment you won't ever forget. And I guarantee after this visit your gonna be telling all your friends that Mr A the Barber knows how best to CRAMP your style.

Are you sitting comfortably?

Good, now where's my razor?................

Razorback - The Savoys

Shorty the Barber - Lou Millet

Lend Me Your Comb - Carl Perkins

You Gotta Have a Ducktail - Billy Adams and the Rock-A-Teers

He's a Square - The Belvederes

Long Sideburns - Bolean Barry

Ducktail - Joe Clay

I Accidently messed Up His Hair - Jeanne hayes

Somebody Elses Dandruff - MAD Magazine

He's My Baby - Jean Shepard

Blue Black Hair - The Jades

My Girl - Huelyn Dyvall

Long Blonde Hair - Johnny Powers

Blonde Headed Women - Harold Lee

Let Your Hair Down Baby - Everett Carpenter

Livin' Doll - Lafayette Yarborough

Party Doll - Luke Simmons and his Blue Mountain Boys

Pigtail - Don Schraler

Long Long Ponytail - The Fireballs

Red Blue Jeans and a Ponytail - Gene Vincent

Pony-Tail - Nervous Norvus

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Meteor Madness

Any of you original Crazies will remember this short film made by the Meteors back in 1980. as far as I remember it was shown as a support film to the Ska related music film 'Dance Craze', I remember seeing it in the cinema but it was a long time ago and memories a bit shot now so forgive me for any errors.

This version is just as bad as the copy I have on VHS tape as the original was actually in colour. It features songs from the first Meteors EP 'Meteor Madness' and for what it's worth I think their best line up. The combination of Nigel Lewis's sci-fi related tunes combined with P. Paul Fenech's more traditional rockabilly rhythms inspired and helped create a whole genre of music later termed psychobilly. Seeing the Meteors for the first time at the tender age of 16 at the 'nite of horror rock' at Hammersmith Palais back in 1981, helped fuel my ongoing interest in rock'n'roll and rockabilly and importantly also opened my ears to searching backwards into the catalogue of early rock'n'roll artists. Anyway enjoy the film, it's in 2 parts, sorry about the quality but it's still worth a view.

And here's the promo for 'Graveyard Stomp ' from 1981

ZORCH

Screaming Lord Sutch

Now here's a story you might find interesting.

Born David Edward Sutch in London 1940, Sutch was both a rock'nroller and a politician, yes I said politician (more about that later).

First his music career:

Sutch's early rock'n'roll career began in the early 1960's, with his first record being produced by Joe Meek in 1961 entitled 'My Big Black Coffin', also known as 'Til The Following Night' the reverse being a rendition of Good Golly Miss Molly. In building a rock horror act, David renamed himself with the stage name Screaming Lord Sutch, in addition he also formed the band The Raving Savages to back up this new act. Complimented by his wild man of Borneo look, 18" of hair, a buffalo horned crash helmet & his aunt's old leopard skin coat, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Raving Savages were a great success.

During the 1960s, Sutch became known for his horror-themed stage show, adapting his look and taking on the persona of Jack the Ripper he'd begin his shows coming o

ut of a black coffin. Other props to the shows included knives and daggers, skulls and "bodies".

Political career:

In 1961 at the tender age of 21 years old thus eligible to vote, Screaming Lord Sutch decides that as he can vote he can also stand for parliament in the British parliamentary elections! The views of his peers and himself at the time about politicians was simply to sod 'em all, so the Sod 'Em All Party was technically formed.

In 1963 Screaming Lord Sutch had the chance to stand for parliament. much to the disgust of many serious

politicians. Dropping the 'Sod Em All Party' title for the more subdued 'National Teenage Party' he polled 208 votes.

Later in 1983 Sutch renamed his political party 'The Official Monster Raving Loony Party'. To a cry of 'We shall fight them on the benches' Sutch declares the OMRLP officially launched and that the loch ness monster will be the party mascot.

That same year Sutch stood against Margaret Thatcher in the General Election, carrying a giant tin opener during his campaigning to open up the Iron Lady herself! Unfortunately the Iron Lady lacked a sense of humour and wasn't impressed, setting the legislation in motion to raise the election deposits from £150 to £500 to deter candidates such as Screaming Lord Sutch. This did little to deter Sutch, who increased the concerts he performed to pay for campaigns!

His most significant contribution to politics came when he secured more votes than the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, led by former Foreign Secretary David Owen. Within days the SDP dissolved itself.

Life:

Despite his wide ranging exuberant contribution to music and politics, Sutch suffered from depression and committed suicide by hanging on 16 June 1999, following the death of his mother the previous year. At the inquest, his fiancée said he had "manic depression".

What a story, what a man, told you it would be interesting!

To read more about Screaming Lord Sutch's antics there's a dedicated website here detailing his life in both music and politics.

Listen to "Dracula's Daughter' by Screaming Lord Sutch on YOUGOTGOODTASTE vol.13 "House of Horrors"

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