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KICK OUT THE JAMS GOES TO THE MOON
I am totally blown to super nova smithereens. The really flabbergasted, slack-jawed and drooling kind of blown away.
I was just surfing and dinkin’ around on the net and just for kicks I typed in “All Kick Out The Jams” on Youtube. I looked at the number of results on the top of the webpage and said to myself. “This can’t be!” there were 1,440 results! “What the f**k!”
Silverchair, Blue Oyster Cult, Pearl Jam, Presidents Of The USA, Rage Against The Machine, The Hellacopters, Monster Magnet, Jeff Buckley, Bad Brains and hundreds of others. I actually got tired of watching so many cover versions of the song, I had to come back next morning and check out a few hundred more! Just kidding…
Honestly though, I am flattered to the nine’s. I can’t even begin to tell you how great it feels to know I was involved in co-writing a world wide ROCK anthem. I really liked Silverchair, Hellacopters, and Rage’s versions, but truth be told the deeper I went in, there were so many damn fine versions by so many young and not so young bands. I didn’t recognize the names of so many that took the effort and time to film themselves playing our song.
What an honor!
I am flattered beyond belief, but mostly I am sincerely humbled by this phenomenon. Thank you everybody for Kickin’ Them Out. I never would have dreamed when we first started playing this song way back in 1968 that it would be so dear to so many people’s hearts in the 21st century. WOW!
Once again, I want to thank all the bands and all the listeners out there. This rockin’ universe never ceases to amaze me!
Very Gratefully Yours,
MGT
Silver Chair
Of Course... The Original...
8 comments:
Hell, yeah! When I wrote about this a while back, I put Rage's version up, along with yours. The fact that so many bands have covered this--and many have done it very well--shows that it is a true rock anthem. What a rare and wonderful thing to have been a part of a song that withstands the test of time. That doesn't happen every day. You should definitely be proud!
Dear Beth.
Thanks for the Kudos. It is a rare and wonderful thing indeed.
MGT
Man, thank YOU! The song is timeless. One question that I've always wondered, who (or what) is Miss MacKenzie?
Rob Tyner created that character as a symbol for all hot high school teachers
and hot girls in general.
Thanks for that :)
Greetings from detroitsblackroseband! We are warming up Boston in June! We are excited!Our new album will be released soon! Would like you to come out and jam at our jam house in clarkston? would you be interested DTE music theater has contacted us were pretty much booked solid for 2009! I have worked hard to get to this point This Is the big push!We would be honered to have you come out here to see for yourself!Let me know if you can make it we are only a stone throw away! Yours Truley Beatlebailey Love to jam with you!!!!!
Have you heard the Henry Rollins version? Probably my favorite of the covers.
aw shucks, you were the guys who put the mic in our hands!!!!
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