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Someone asked me which album revolutionized my life. Ultimately, there are many albums that have had an impact on my existence, or marked crucial moments, or even highlighted drama or happiness...
So I started thinking about the first album that revolutionized my daily life. This too was a challenging task, indeed, growing up in a family passionate about rock (both my parents and a plethora of uncles, that is, my mother's eleven brothers), the "revolutionary" was at home. However, despite the listening, my parents were rather strict, meaning girls like me and my sisters could indeed listen to rock, but we had to behave and be "good girls." A bit convoluted as an upbringing, but typically Swiss: liberal, yet with strict discipline.
In the early '70s, there was only one musical television show, which was "Top of the Pops," the German TV broadcast recordings made in London. I was ten years old, and my absolute favorite character on "Top of the Pops" was Suzi Quatro. She was rock. She was fierce. She was strong. She was always surrounded by ill-reputed men. And my father didn't like her at all.
Identifying with Suzi Quatro (I got my hair cut like hers by a reluctant accomplice mom) was my first rebellious act against the homeland authority, and this amused my Uncle Albert greatly: he gifted me Can the Can, which I could only listen to secretly, and on whose cover I fantasized for months. Holding this album in my hands, singing at the top of my lungs the hit Can The Can, fighting with my father over wanting jeans (my first jeans!) as tight as Suzie's... and then in my child's eyes, those three - my heroine's band - so manly, hairy, full of hormones... particularly the guy downing beer, with his hand tucked in his jeans, he disturbed me a lot, he was quite animalistic. And I think it was precisely this attitude of Suzi, and her henchmen, that made my old man frown. Too little - ahem - intellectual.
Suzi Quatro was brazen, direct, and very likable. She was a bomb on stage, quite good at playing the bass, and, to my childish eyes, wonderfully revolutionary and feminist, a queen in a glam world full of men who were too effeminate and overly made-up.
I wanted to remember this album, and my childhood thoughts in the mood for small rebellions, also because the other night I watched a German show, where today's Suzi Quatro sang one of her old hits (Daytona Demon). Goodness, I said to myself, how badly she has aged, and what cheap music... but I immediately regretted these rational thoughts from a "music expert." Suzi was the first, before Joan Jett and Blondie, before all the riot girls and various Courtneys. And if today I am who I am, it's also thanks to her and her tight jeans, the ones I finally got at 12 years old (again from the complacent uncle), and I had to lie down on the bed to put them on. Guys, I wore them every day, for two months straight without washing them. How proud I was of my first jeans!
"The guys in my band don't wear glitter, they're real men... Black leathers, sexy, and it's got interesting zips..."
(Suzi Quatro)
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 48 Crash (03:58)
Well you got the hands of a man and the face of a little boy blue-ue
And when you stand you're so grand there's a case just for looking at you-oo oo-oo
You're so young, you could have been the devil's son
You're so young, but like a hang up I'll be sad when you're old and you're gone
Refrain:
Watch Out!
You know the 48 Crash come like a lightning flash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
And the 48 Crash is a silk sash bash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
48 Crash, 48 Crash
Come like a lightning flash, a lightning flash
And it's a silk sash bash, a silk sash bash, that's the 48 Crash
You've got the kind of a mind of a juvenile Romeo-o
And you're so blind you could find that your motor ain't ready to go-o o-o
You're so young, you're a hot shot son of a gun
You're so young, but like a teenage tearaway soon you'll be torn and you'll run
Refrain
Crash, Crash, 48 Crash (Crash)
Crash, Crash, 48 Crash (Crash)
Crash, Crash, 48 Crash (Crash)
Crash, Crash, AAAGH!
You know the 48 Crash comes like a lightning flash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
And the 48 Crash is a silk sash bash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
48 Crash, 48 Crash
Come like a lightning flash, a lightning flash
And it's a silk sash bash, a silk sash bash
That's the 48 Crash
48 Crash (Repeat And Fade)
02 Glycerine Queen (03:51)
[Lennie Tuckey; Suzi Quatro]
Born in the world of a fifty-dollar dream
Tailor-made coat with a straight back seam
Just can't resist the twilight life of a queen
Takin' pocket money givin' shady secrets back
Soft-spoken sillhouette is part of the act
Mother's undertaker wouldn't dig you a hole in the wall
Glycerine Queen fightin' hard to win
Glycerine Queen, Glycerine Queen
What's the matter, Queenie, Won't they let you in?
Glycerine Queen, Glycerine Queen
Five will get you ten here on the prowl again
Put your pot of gold in the lion's den
Your parasite mind ain't the truly respectable kind
Your life-style past is gonna get you soon
Spend a few years in a padded room
A book full of blues, bad memories to pass the time
Glycerine Queen fightin' hard to win
Glycerine Queen, Glycerine Queen
What's the matter, Queenie, Won't they let you in?
Glycerine Queen, Glycerine Queen
We all laughed at the Glycerine Queen
We all laughed at the Glycerine Queen
What's the matter, Queenie, Won't they let you in?
Glycerine Queen fightin' hard to win
Glycerine Queen, Glycerine Queen
What's the matter, Queenie, Won't they let you in?
Glycerine Queen, Glycerine Queen
03 Shine My Machine (03:53)
Down In Motor City Where I Come From
People Like Their Music Loud
Motown Was Born Down The East Side
Detroit Is The Name Of My Town
Factory-Workers, Hippies And Crew-Cuts
Jumping Up And Down In Their Seats
In The Daytime It Sure Looks Different
But At Night It's Just A Rock-N-Roll Beat
[Chorus:]
So Rev My Engine
Shine My Machine
Drive Me-Pet Me, Baby
Fill Me With Slo-Gin
Soul-Brother Likes His Old Motown
The Greaser Still Likes To Jive
You Can't Knock A Rocker For Rockin'
It's What Keeps This City Alive
[Chorus]
Soul-Brother Likes His Old Motown
The Greaser Still Likes To Jive
You Can't Knock A Rocker For Rockin'
It's What Keeps This City Alive
[Chorus]
04 Official Suburban Superman (03:09)
Give Me The Man Who Ain't Like No Other Man
Gives Lovin' Freely
Official Suburban Superman
No Dirty Laundry Lyin' Over The Chair
No Moody Judy
Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Of The Year
Acts Like Mr. Snow White With All His Seven Dwarfs
And The Streets They're Lined With Lamplights
And There's One For Every Door
The Gates Ain't Even Pad Locked
And The Windows Are Open Wide
And The Drapes...They're Pulled Completely
For What The Have To Hide
Keeper Of The Castle Don't Know What's Been Goin' On
The Lock On Lady Love-Life
Don't Appear To Be So Very Strong
Well, Ladies If You Look You'd Better Leave That Door Ajar
Wham, Bam And Thank You
The Official Suburban Superman
05 I Wanna Be Your Man (03:23)
I Wanna Be Your Lover, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Wanna Be Your Lover, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
Tell Me That You Love Me, Baby
Tell Me That You Understand
Tell Me That You Love Me, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
[Chorus:]
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Wanna Be Your Man
Love You Like No Other, Baby
Like No Other Can
Love You Like No Other, Baby
Like No Other Can
Tell Me That You Love Me, Baby
Tell Me That You Understand
Tell Me That You Love Me, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
[Chorus]
I Wanna Be Your Lover, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Wanna Be Your Lover, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
Love Me Like No Other, Baby
Like No Other Can
Love Me Like No Other, Baby
I Wanna Be Your Man
07 All Shook Up (03:52)
Bless my soul. What's wrong with me?
I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm acting queer as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
My hands are shaking and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Well, please don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feeling fine
When I'm with the girl that I love best
My heart beats so, and it scares me to death
She touches my hand and what a thrill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
[Instrumental break]
Well, bless my soul. What's wrong with me?
I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm acting queer as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Backup vocals]
Ummm, she’s all shook up, uh-uh-huh, she’s all shook up
Ahhhh, she’s all shook up
Ummm, she’s all shook up, uh-uh-huh, she’s all shook up
Ahhhh, she’s all shook up
Ummm, she’s all shook up, uh-uh-huh, she’s all shook up
Ahhhh, she’s all shook up
Ummm, she’s all shook up, uh-uh-huh, she’s all shook up
Ahhhh, she’s all shook up
[Fade out]
09 Skin Tight Skin (04:23)
Skin Tight Skin, Hair Dyed And Walks Like A Rainbow
Where She Goes The Joe Knows Her Middle Name
High Heels, Click, Clack
Hey Are You Walkin' Or Stalkin?
Because People Are Talkin'
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It Ah
Because People Are Talkin'
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It Ah
Lipstick Skin Per Plastic Made-To-Measure Warm
Chip Shop, Milk Bar Pickup Number One Off The Wall
High-Time, Play-Time, Even Daytime, Find Time To Sleep Some
Because People Are Talkin'
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It Ah
Because People Are Talkin'
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It Ah
Because People Are Talkin'
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It Ah
Because People Are Talkin'
Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It Ah
11 Rockin' Moonbeam (02:56)
Hip-Shakin', Boogie Baby
You're Never Gonna Be No Queen
Passed Your Time And Lost Your Prime
Now You're Twenty Years Past Your Teens
Well, Like A Blast From The Bloodline Special
And The Doctors Are Growing Rich
What The Guys In Town Are Being Passed Around
It Ain't No Seven Year Itch
Rockin' Moonbeam
You're A Cool Operator
Rockin' Moonbeam
You Old Heart Breaker
Rockin' Moonbeam
You Two-Bit Taker
Cover Up Your Frown
It's Only Age That Will Slow You Down
Rockin' Moonbeam
Rock, Rockin' Moonbeam
Rockin' Moonbeam
Rock, Rockin' Moonbeam
Rockin' Moonbeam
Rock, Rockin' Moonbeam
Rockin' Moonbeam
You're A Cool Operator
Rockin' Moonbeam
You Old Heart Breaker
Rockin' Moonbeam
You Two-Bit Taker
Cover Up Your Frown
It's Only Age That Will Slow You Down
Hip-Shakin', Boogie Baby
You're Never Gonna Be No Queen
Passed Your Time And Lost Your Prime
Now You're Twenty Years Past Your Teens
12 Shakin' All Over (03:35)
When you move in right up close to me
That's when I get the shakes all over me
Quivers down my back bone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the quivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
Just the way that you say goodnight to me
Brings the feeling out inside of me
Quivers down my back bone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the quivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
[Insturmental]
Quivers down my back bone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the quivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
Well, you make me shake, and you like to shake, you make me shake
Oh, you make me shake, and I like to shake, oh you make me shake
Oh you know you make me shake, and I like to shake, honey (Can the can, honey, can the can, honey)
Quivers down my back bone
I got the shakes in my thigh bone
I got the quivers in my knee bone
Shakin' all over
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