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A short time after I had the great luck to hear Kina‘s “Questi Anni” (featured in the post before), I came over this release from Japan’s Voice of Angel Tapes & Records. Simple coverart that seems to be made in a hasty way of work, which stands opposite to the somehow well designed VOA-Logo. Strange! I wonder if there where any other releases…? I don’t think so, but I didn’t crawl the web for more info. So if someone did, please let me know.

As far as I know this is the only record that features the “Questi Anni”-Punkrock-Version beside the recording featured on their “Se ho vinto…se ho perso”-LP.

So that was the only reason for me to buy this record. The other tracks were nothing special in de olden days:

Instigators‘ “Full Circle” was on nearly every sampler, tape or record, around these days.
Flitox from France bring out a hectic, rudimentary kind of a hardcore tune combined with strange lyrics.
Political Asylum‘s “Olive Groves” was also featured on their “Someday”-Mini-LP.

So, once again I bought an expensive import record for just one song.

Instigators – Full Circle
Flitox – No Yogurt
Kina – Questi Anni
Political Asylum – Down Amongst The Olive Groves

Back in the late 1980′s Italian Hardcore was fast, loud, and had this special sort of uncontrollable power.
I think you know what I mean, Raw Power, Negazione, Indigesti, Peggio Punx, CCM, etc.
Kina were different and quite a phenomenon for me.  Their songs pass despair and lust for life at the same time. They had this power, they were fast, but they had a special emotional edge. Whether they were influenced from Washington D.C. Hardcore or from Italian Folkmusic or both or whatever, I don’t know.
With this tune featured here they took it to the extreme. It was the first time for me that I heard a political influenced hardcore band playing an unplugged, acoustic song. As I had a depressive period of life in these times (you know Weltschmerz, don’t you?), this was the absolute right thing for me.
When I hear it today it’s still nice, but it doesn’t give me the creeps anymore. Nonetheless this is still an outstanding tune from an outstanding band.

The B-Side features The Sphere. A little punkrock rumbler with a country-, folk-like drumming. Not bad.

Kina – Questi Anni (acoustic)
The Sphere – Proviamo Ancora

Take a look at the official website from Kina and Frontiera. You can can download the two songs there, too.
But remember my mp3s come directly from the old plastic!

This 7″ came with a big poster insert. Quite too big to scan (or am I just lazy?). Perhaps I’ll try it again.

This is the first Sloppy Seconds Record that was officially released in Germany. As the foldout cover says, it should have been a limited edition of 500 copies, but my copy isn’t numbered, so there will be some more out there.

I’m not really in the mood to write much at the moment. Maybe later.

I love Sloppy Seconds for their catchy melodies, this is poppunk as it should be.
If it comes to the lyrics…hm…let me call them “adolescent”.
Germany is just a “hate-my-ex-girlfriend” song,
The Men tells us that friends are better than girls (I think Mykel Board was it, who told us that beer is better than girls are, what should I believe?),
I Don’t Wanna… is about partying and
We Want Candy, which is my fave here, is in fact a cover of a Sammy Davis, jr. song called The Candyman. I think the lyrics of that song were not included in case of some copyright cases. But who cases…err….cares? Here they are anyway:

Who can take a sunrise,
Sprinkle it with dew?
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two…
The candyman, the candyman can,
The candyman can ’cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good…

Who can take a rainbow,
Wrap it in a sigh?
Soak it in the sun and make the stra’bry lemon pie
The candyman? The candyman can…
The candyman can ’cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good…

The Candyman makes
everything he bakes
Satisfying and delicious.
Talk about your childhood wishes.
You can even eat the dishes!

Who can take tomorrow,
Dip it in a dream?
Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream,
The candyman? The Candyman can, the candyman can…
The candyman can ’cause he mixes it with love
and makes the world taste good…
And the world tastes good
’cause the candyman thinks it should…

Here are the tracks:

Germany
The Men
I Don’t Wanna Take You Home
We Want Candy (a.k.a. The Candyman)