13th Floor Garage
Ikon Class
- Joined
- May 12, 2011
Yesterday, I was having a few drinks with a fellow Concord, NC friend. He's seven years older than me. Not sure if he was hip to garage music or not (our friendship period started with bands like The Fall, Pere Ubu etc...) .
He lights up and asked if I knew the story behind the Huns/Tamrons fall-out. I laughed and said that there were people in other countries that were actually a little familiar. Here's a little more info.
"Shakedown" was originally titled Jeanie. Apparently, a Tamrons member was crushing really hard on Jeanie and had hoped that this song would provide the proper medicine to win her affections. (For those unaware, the Huns stole their song and changed the title to "Shakedown")
Several years ago, Jeanie's sister had passed away and at the funeral, my friend asked him about the incident. He was still not happy about the situation (and rightfully so). My friend also asked Jeanie if she was ever aware of the song and she smiled warmly and said yes.
Back then (as my friend put it) "The Huns were bad news, but you didn't mess with the Huns." I told him that a copy of "Wild Man" has fetched as much as $1,500 on ebay. He has an autographed copy by his friend and in pristine condition, but it's doubtful that he'll ever sell.
As bad as I feel for the Tamron's member, I think most of us probably prefer "Wild Man" over "Shakedown" and without the above circumstances, we would have never been fortunate to have heard such a great song.
He lights up and asked if I knew the story behind the Huns/Tamrons fall-out. I laughed and said that there were people in other countries that were actually a little familiar. Here's a little more info.
"Shakedown" was originally titled Jeanie. Apparently, a Tamrons member was crushing really hard on Jeanie and had hoped that this song would provide the proper medicine to win her affections. (For those unaware, the Huns stole their song and changed the title to "Shakedown")
Several years ago, Jeanie's sister had passed away and at the funeral, my friend asked him about the incident. He was still not happy about the situation (and rightfully so). My friend also asked Jeanie if she was ever aware of the song and she smiled warmly and said yes.
Back then (as my friend put it) "The Huns were bad news, but you didn't mess with the Huns." I told him that a copy of "Wild Man" has fetched as much as $1,500 on ebay. He has an autographed copy by his friend and in pristine condition, but it's doubtful that he'll ever sell.
As bad as I feel for the Tamron's member, I think most of us probably prefer "Wild Man" over "Shakedown" and without the above circumstances, we would have never been fortunate to have heard such a great song.
