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Rating: About seven years ago, four guys who grew up in New Zealand on a diet of sheep and AC/DC formed a rock band to fight boredom and make some money.
They decided to be a "real" family and found themselves a surname: The Datsuns.
Two years later, after a series of hugely successful "live dates" that saw them playing in increasingly larger venues, especially in America and the United Kingdom, The Datsuns were greeted with feverish enthusiasm by both the public and critics.
At the moment, the handsome Datsuns are everywhere; they are the pin-ups of the month, playing in the most prestigious venues, from the Bowery Room in NY to the London Astoria, and all this with only one album ("The Datsuns" V2) under their belt.
Live, they are definitely entertaining, a cabaret of guitar spins over the head, super-splayed legs, and the wild-eyed look of the adrenaline-fueled frontman Dolf de Datsuns that transmits the urge to let go at 300km/h downhill and without brakes. When you see them live, you want to rush to buy the album, and when you've bought the album...
This debut contains all the essential ingredients for a "real" rock album. From the distorted and virtuous guitars clearly inspired by AC/DC ("Fink for the Man"), through the "extravagant" psychedelic rock of Led Zeppelin, without forgetting a pinch of US garage, the result is, without a doubt, an album full of testosterone and "rock'n'roll cool".
"In Love," the group's first hit single, is captivating, with an excellent rhythmic base and a playful vocal reference to Jimi Hendrix's "Wild Thing," and makes you want to spin your head, hair, and pelvis sensually.
The downside of this album is that it's a mini encyclopedia of the Greats of Rock, but it doesn't bring anything new to the musical landscape.
Well-executed, fun, and enjoyable to listen to, though it stands out from the current mediocrity of the "scene" (The Libertines, The Von Bondies, The Beatings), "The Datsuns" still remains another "The (band name)'s album."
Harmless.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 MF From Hell (03:33)
There's a girl running around my head
I know she makes me frown
She may be crazy, she maybe not be right
She makes me feel like
Like a motherfucker from hell
Around her finger
She makes me sigh
Wih a look
The girl
She made me cry
She may be crazy, may treat me bad
She makes me feel like
Like a motherfucker from hell
Like the man said its just a shot away
It happens Lord everyday
And she says it feels good
Damn I make her feel alright
And it's a damn sight better than I got from you
Damn woman she makes me oh so blue
Like a motherfucker from hell
She got me down spinning out of control
That woman
The devils own
She maybe be crazy, she may not be right
She makes me feel like
like a motherfucker from hel
Like the man said its just a shot away
It happens Lodrd everyday
And she says it feeels good
Damn I make her feel alright
And it's a damn sight better than I got from you
Damn woman she makes me oh so blue
Like a motherfucker from hell
03 Lady (02:55)
Lady
You got me fellin low
I felt sick, yeah
I just can't let you go
What you want
You might get
I feel good but
I might regret it
I come around but you'd hardly know
I come around and scream
Take me back
Lady
Take me back
I got that feeling little love
It makes it feel so sick
I know she just an
Acid love
That makes me
Make me
Scream
What you want
You might get
I feel good but
I might regret it
I come around but you'd hardly know
I come around and scream
Take me back
Lady
Take me back
What you want
You might get
I feel good but
I might regret it
I come around but you'd hardly know
I come around and scream
Take me back
Lady
Take me back
04 Harmonic Generator (03:03)
I'm gonna push the button flick the switch today
But you got nothing I want
I got nothing to say
It's been 16 days since I've seen your ass
Heading to the city
You think your high class
A harmonic generator intermodulator
A harmonic generator intermodulator
Wearing next to nothing she's out of control
She likes to shake what she got from her head to her toe
She got big yellow eyes lighting up like Christmas
Turning tricks baby
Electric Mistress
A harmonic generator intermodulator
A harmonic generator intermodulator
A harmonic generator intermodulator
A harmonic generator intermodulator
Come on let's shake it down
Like that harmonic generator
Here we go I said...
Yeah, yeah, yeah..
05 What Would I Know (05:34)
Come on baby baby don't deny
You got me standing at the end of your line
I'll take a number, just put me down
You know babe, I'll be the jewel in your crown
I see you coming after me
I know you ain't that good
At taking time to baby unwind
But just for your sugar
I'm gonna let it all go
She let me know lady everytime
She drives me crazy
Drives me out of my mind
It makes me angry
But what would I know?
Come on baby baby don't deny
You got me standing at the end of your line
I'll take a number, just put me down
You know babe, I'll be the jewel in your crown
I see you coming after me
I know you ain't that good
At taking time to baby unwind
But just for your sugar
I'm gonna let it all go
She let me know lady everytime
She drives me crazy
Drives me out of my mind
It makes me angry
But what would I know?
Tell me baby
Tell me again
Tell me sugar that I shouldn't pretend
That I know
Oh, I know
You tell me what's right
I know that it's wrong
Tell me baby
Wht you sing that song
06 At Your Touch (03:29)
Hold me close till I feel better
About that girl
About nothing at all
Push and pull in which direction
White lies
To break her fall
I got Glue
Inside
Damn woman
Drives me out of my mind
I got Glue
Inside
It keeps my mouth together
Tongue is tied
Yeah, all of the words do stick
Try and pull another
Cheap Trick
I got Glue
At your touch
Hold me close till I feel better
Says that girl
And now I cannot go
Push and pull in which direction
White lies
To break her fall
I got Glue
Inside
Damn woman
Drives me out of my mind
I got Glue
Inside
It keeps my mouth together
Tongue is tied
Yeah, all of the workds do stick
Try and pull another
Cheap Trick
I got Glue
At your touch
07 Fink for the Man (04:33)
Slick it back
Gimme some grease
You got it
I want it
So baby so sweet
Jett black hair
Leather on thigh
You make me flip baby
Whoa
Everytime
But you don't give a damn
You're just a fink for the man
You sure let me know
You don't give a damn
You're just a fink for the man
You make me flip
Get up and go
The midnight riders hanging round your neck
I wish it was me
Oh, we could be just the best
I seen your letters
They're written with spit
Your taking care of business
But baby
You flipped
I seen your letters
They're written with spit
And you're Fink for that man
You're buying us a big bag of trouble baby
But I know that's your plan
08 In Love (02:54)
Hey, I feel lonely
But I got so many differet women on my mind
It's uncool, to be kind
Why do you keep on running?
Why do you keep on humming?
It's uncool, to be kind
Kinda, kinda like I'm in love
I'm in Love
Oh, I believed ya
But when I saw you coming I couldn't concede yeah
It's uncool, to be kind
Why do you keep on running?
Why do you keep on humming?
It's uncool, to be kind
Kinda, kinda like I'm in love
I'm in love
Girl when we say that we're in love
We best believe that we're in love
But I don't know
Don't know what I'm saying..
Oh, baby this happnes all of the time
And sugar yeah it's driving me wild...
I'm in love
09 You Build Me Up (To Bring Me Down) (03:57)
Tin Loving
Disguised
Come join us on the other side
A false passion
A false cause
Does it really hurt to be ignored?
Hey, girl, I never knew
You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around
You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around
Everywhere, even your home town
Finally decides you've makde a sound
They turn their head and stare
At everything you got
And make you something you are not
Hey, girl, I never knew
You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around
You build me up
To bring me down
You build me up
So you can mess around
Cause it's all about looking
About looking good
10 Freeze Sucker (06:29)
What you want is a little piece of my love
Come on and get it
Come a little closer
A little closer
You won't regret it
Come on baby baby
Shake your tree tonight
Oh, it's what you wanna do
You know baby you want my love
I gotta give it to you
Hey, baby, now what she said
Freeze Sucker, you move and you're dead
Hey, baby, now what she said
Freeze Sucker, you move and you're dead
Lady Luck
Gimme your stuff
On that dance floor
Come a little colser
A little closer
Oh, you know
I want you more and more
Come on baby baby
Shake your tree tonight
Oh, it's whatyou wanna do
You know baby you want my love
I gotta igve it to you
Hey, baby, now what she said
Freeze Sucker, you move and you're dead
Hey, baby, now what she said
Freeze Sucker, you move and you're dead
You, You and me we take a ride
On a rocketship
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