The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction

by The Village Fugs

The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Broadside
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging from the Lower East Side literary scene, Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg recite explicitly vulgar, satirical beat poetry over rudimentary acoustic instrumentation. The album's lo-fi recording quality and gleefully offensive lyrics mark an early, provocative intersection of folk music and proto-punk aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: vulgar, protest, satirical, anti-war, parody, political, lo-fi, DIY

Tracklist

  1. Slum Goddess
  2. Ah! Sunflower, Weary Of Time
  3. Supergirl
  4. Swinburne Stomp
  5. I Couldn't Get High
  6. How Sweet I Roamed From Field To Field
  7. Seize The Day
  8. My Baby Done Left Me
  9. Boobs A Lot
  10. Nothing

Credits

  • The Fugs - primary artist, vocals
  • Ronald Clyne - design [cover design]
  • Ken Weaver - drums, written-by
  • John Anderson - electric bass
  • Steve Weber - electric guitar, written-by
  • Vinny Leary - electric guitar
  • Peter Stampfel - guitar, fiddle, harmonica
  • Ed Sanders - tambourine, maracas, music by, written-by
  • Tuli Kupferberg - tambourine, maracas, written-by
  • William Blake - lyrics by
  • A.C. Swinburne - lyrics by

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