The Daily Challenge!

A song with orange or black- There are tons of songs mentioning black, for the purpose of this challenge, I wish that the band Agent Orange did a cover of Los Bravos’ Black is Black, or the Stones’ Paint It Black… But they didn’t (their Everything turns to Gray is close, but not close enough). There are a few songs that mention orange AND black, like Halloween by Mastodon… But to make it more of a challenge I’m going with the color Orange alone… And not orange the fruit like Apples and Oranges by (Syd Barrett)Pink Floyd… So my choice is Orange Alert by the Briefs

My Personal Prozac song. This one is easy. My head exploded the first time I heard it. It’s hard to be in a crappy mood when the opening chords of this come crashing out of the speakers.

Bad Brains I

A song about a vampire- Bela Lugosi by Mick Farren & the Deviants, this song about our most famous vampire was originally on Mick Farren’s excellently titled lp Vampires Stole My Lunch Money… This remixed version is from his more recent Dr. Crow lp (one of the rare times that I prefer the remix to the original)…

A song with the word evil in the title – Evil Boy by the late, great Stiv Bators… from the post-Dead Boys BOMP lp Disconnected… Btw, if you haven’t seen it already, check out the great film about him, it’s called STIV:No Compromise No Regrets, excellent! check it out

Third song from the third album of a favorite band- Hmmm, there’s the excitement of a debut album, the alleged curse of the 2nd album (sophomore slump), but third albums can be a real mixed bag… it could be another great album in a long line of great albums not entirely dissimilar to each other, like- Rocket to Russia by the Ramones… it could be an artistic breakthrough lp, a real masterpiece, like Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica… it could be a commercial break through lp – Parallel Lines by Blondie…or both an artistic AND commercial break through- Love it to Death by Alice Cooper… it could be a swan song lp like High Times by MC5… Some bands implode before an official third album, Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, Adverts (leaving their third album to be a “best of” or “live tracks”… Maybe the 3rd lp signals a personnel shift, like Waiting for the Night by The Runaways or an expansion of their sound, like 154 by Wire… Sometimes its even debatable to say what the 3rd album is, do EPs count? (Misfits, Cramps)…
But there are some rare times when the 3rd lp is an absolute classic, kick-ass, all time best lp from start to finish- like RAW POWER by Iggy & the Stooges, which is my pick for this category, and its 3rd track is YOUR PRETTY FACE IS GOING TO HELL

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A song about a devil or demon- Little Demon by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

A song that features a gunshot or shooting – Crash Street Kids by Mott the Hoople, the song ends in a barrage of machine gun fire!