Ep449: CJ and Spike of Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
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9 years since the last album, CJ Ramone and Spike Slawson discuss the new album "Me First & the Gimme Gimmes ¡Blow It…at Madison’s Quinceañera!" - the victories and challenges of the band, disgruntled audience members, picking annoying songs to cover and what's next for the band.
Topic Include:
What is a quinceañera?
MFATGG music wasn’t familiar to 15 year old girls
Traditional Spanish songs in the album
Making the live album at a quinceañera
MFATGG is a live band – best way to capture them on record
Spike and band enjoys the live awkward moments
A nasty email from a disgruntled audience member
Dealing with difficult audience members
American schlager culture / antagonizing the audience
The process of selecting Madison for the quinceañera
The family struggled through parts of the show
Comparing to MFATGG Ruin Johnny’s Bar mitzvah album
The quinceañera was filmed, when will we see it?
MFATGG hearing back from artists they covered
CJ comparing MFATGG to Ramones doing “Acid Eaters”
Spike hates the original versions of songs MFATGG play
How are the songs selected for a MFATGG project?
Nate screws up the “Queen of Hearts” lyrics
What other songs would Spike like to cover?
They like covering songs that give them negative responses
Folding in punk riffs into covers
Memories of Steve Soto and Manic Hispanic
Will there be more MFATGG albums in the near future?
Interview wrap up
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