Tenderness Junction

The Fugs - Tenderness Junction

Band lineup on this album:

Ken Weaver - vocals, drums

Ed Sanders - vocals

Tuli Kupferberg - vocals, erectorine

Charles Larkey - bass

Dan Kootch - guitar, electric violin, percussion, vocals

Ken Pine - guitar, mouth harp, organ, occilator, vocals

Allen Ginsberg appears on "Hare Krishna".

The Fugs are an underground rock band from the 1960s that is considered to be legendary. Their most acclaimed records include their first two albums which can be found on the nets if one puts in a little time to dig around. The band made their satirical and poetic socio-political chaotic folk-rock music on their first two albums and they were probably the first band to include profanity and explicit sexual references. Afterwards, the Fugs jumped to the majors and developed a more polished sound where their songwriting was improved, but the lyrics were still satirical and intellectually witty. This post and the following post features The Fugs more polished period. By the way, the LPs featured were briefly reissued as LPs in a limited supply and they are also now only available on expensive box sets. If you're interested in checking these out (which is different from what's been posted on this blog lately), I'm sure you don't mind dealing with vinyl noise.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Turn On/Tune In/Drop Out {4:33}

2. Knock Knock {4:13}

3. The Garden is Open {6:00}

4. Wet Dream {3:15}

5. Hare Krishna {3:12}

Side B

1. Exorcising the Evil Spirits from the Pentagon October 21, 1967 {3:10}

2. War Song {5:17}

3. Dover Beach {3:53}

4. Fingers of the Sun {2:17}

5. Aphrodite Mass {8:17}

I. Litany of the Street Grope; II. Genuflection at the Temple of Squack; III. Petals in the Sea; IV. Sappho's Hymn to Aphrodite; V. Homage to Throb Thrills

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