Rock-a-Rama
Rock-a-Rama
This month’s Rock-a-Ramas were written by Michael Davis, Richard C. Walls and Richard Riegel.
PERE UBU—Final Solution/My Dark Ages (Rough Trade 45):: Those of you who’ve bumped into the Ubumen’s latest stuff and wonder where they’re coming from should definitely check this single out. These are the major tunes from 1976 that didn’t make the Datapanik In The Year Zero 12” and they’re both amazing. “Solution,” with its immortal line, “Mom threw me out till I get some pants that fit,” is teen torment to a T while the chant, “I don’t get around/I don’t fall in love much,” sets “Ages” up as the perfect antidote of Beachboysitis Classic stuff, proof positive that these guys mastered rock ’n’ roll’s limits before breaking on through ’em to get to where they are today. And where’s that, you ask? Cleveland, I believe it's called. M.D.