BOC: Tour-Spiel

[Stephen Swann]

On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, BRIAN HALLIGAN wrote:

>         I picked up the Minutemen double live album "Ballot Result" over
> mid-semester break.  It includes Tour-Spiel, the song that goes, "I dreamed
> I was E. Bloom but I woke up Joe Bouchard..." played in Albuquerque 5/25/85.
> Mike Watt takes the lead vocals and since this was actually a Black Flag show,
> let BF's bassist handle the bottom line.  The song itself is good, but the
> vocals are some of the worst I've ever heard (even for punk).  It's really
> a shame.  Does anyone know if this song ever made a Minutemen studio album?

You also will want the cover of this by the Brain Surgeons, from _Our
Band Could Be Your Life / a tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen_.  It's
a great, great version.

It's on:
        Little Brother records
        P.O. Box 3224
        Eugene, OR  97403

Steve