MALEPARTUS II Lisbeth 1966 WILD CRAZED GERMAN GARAGE PSYCH "Wild Thing" 45 HEAR
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MALEPARTUS II "Lisbeth" b/w "Ich Glaab', Die Hole Mich Ab, Ha-Haa!"
Original 1966 45 on the German TELEFUNKEN label
PICTURE SLEEVE is in VG++ shape, nice
Vinyl plays real nice VG++
Many years ago, a friend and I were visiting Amsterdam during the Queen’s Day festivities, and, besides witnessing small children play ring toss with giant phalli, one of the most memorable events we saw was a great local band called Die Beasten play classic American 60’s pop nuggets translated into a sort of bastardized Dutch-American. In other words, they sang as many of the English words as they could, but when they couldn’t remember a line, they’d seamlessly slip back into Dutch. Therefore, the Nancy Sinatra hit became “These Boots Are Made For Loompen,” and sure enough, “one of these days they’re gonna loomp all over yow.” We’ve never sang it differently since. Now I don’t know how this odd little single came about, or who really is behind this German band called Malepartus II. But it appears like the spectre of Die Beasten is here too, and that’s a good thing. “Lisbeth” is the Troggs’ “Wild Thing,” and whether they wanted to make it sound more Germanic or were simply avoiding a lawsuit is something I can’t comment on. Sadly, they couldn’t afford an ocarina. “Ich Glaab, Die Hole Mich Ab, Ha-Haaa!” is really “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha!” with all the wigged-out trimmings of the original. And don’t even ask me what the heck’s going on with the picture sleeve – is that girl grabbing the other girl’s hair and getting clubbed over the head with a rolling pin, or is she clubbing herself? Who knows? All I know is, this kind of stuff is priceless fun, just like listening to all those Group Sound Japanese bands mangle the f*** out of the old Motown lyrics. For some reason, Malepartus II seem genuinely demented, though, like a bunch of German mental patients who studied music at the home and were let out every few years to go make a single. There’s a thin line between genius and madness. And these guys loompen that line like pros.
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UPDATE: SORRY, I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).
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