dj zenn<p>1000 Day Album Challenge (#81) New York Dolls: New York Dolls: (1973) [21.03.24]</p><p>when I say I'm in love / you best believe I'm in love / L-U-V!</p><p>if you are or have ever considered yourself a punk rock fan and don’t know the Dolls then you have a lot of catching up to do. the Dolls were a bit too early for the scene at CBGBs that was ground zero for the birth of the punk rock movement, but they are still very much an essential band on that musical continuum.</p><p>in a sense they were the Rolling Stones of punk rock before it even existed. David Johansen and Johnny Thunders were the crossdressing versions of Mick and Keith. whereas the Stones began with a near slavish devotion to the blues and Chuck Berry the Dolls touchstone was the Girls Group sound of the sixties filtered though their outer boroughs trash aesthetic.</p><p>in addition to their own songs, they transform Bo Diddley’s little known Pills (1961) into their very own. I don’t think I knew Pills was a cover until much later. I doubt I heard the Diddley original until his Chess Box compilation was released in 1990. I fell in love with Bo Diddley during my college years, but I think one would have to be a Bo Diddley obsessive to prefer the original.</p><p>debut albums has become a bit of a theme here. It was not my intent when I started this project to focus on debut records but it’s where we’re at. New York Dolls is one of the very best and not to be missed.</p><p>I have three absolute faves – Personality Crisis, Looking for a Kiss, and Trash. as the times have changed they have each graced MixTapes, Mix CDs, and playlists I’ve made.</p><p>for fans, I would recommend Personality Crisis: One Night Only, the David Johansen documentary, directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi. Mary and watched it about six months ago and both enjoyed it.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/1000DayAlbumChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000DayAlbumChallenge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NewYorkDolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkDolls</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PersonalityCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalityCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LookingForAKiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LookingForAKiss</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trash</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pills</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BoDiddley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoDiddley</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MartinScorsese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MartinScorsese</span></a></p>