I've loved the Dils since I was a tadpole, and Sound of the Rain is still one of my favorite songs of all-time, and they were always more than a throw-a-way punk band from an era with its share of throw-a-way bands. Too bad they disappered so quickly. They would have been a contender. If you've never heard the Dils, now would be a good time to check them out. Now I have to go on a search for some lossless Los Olvidados...
The Dils- Sound Of The Rain
From The Dils:
A big thing in LA is people telling each other to FUCK OFF, & getting involved in little, petty street skirmishes -- imitating English punks they've seen on TV. Like the strangle-dance -- it's stupid! And lots of punks talk in pseudo-English accents -- even though people in LA don't like to talk.
The basic LA attitude is that there's No reason for political unrest in the United States. If there's a political band they must be ripping off the CLASH. LA likes bands gaudy and silly on the surface -- we get slagged off because we have a political outlook, for being TOO serious. We get shit like "Communist Chairman Mao" and "Dils Suck" written on our cars. The whole new wave scene is treated like a party -- but you're not going to produce anything that will cause CHANGE if you treat yourself like a joke.
Audiences here are totally infatuated with the Johnny Rotten star trip.
[...]American punk is like babysitting!
The DILS don't hate the poor.
Technical Information:
Artist: The Dils
Album: Dils Dils Dils
Year: 1977-79/2001
Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: EAC split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 983 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 342 MB
Length: 0:48:43
Tracklisting:
01. Blow Up (2:16)
02. Class War (1:41)
03. Mr. Big (1:43)
04. Sound of the Rain (3:21)
05. It's Not Worth It (3:01)
06. Red Rockers (2:38)
07. Citizen (2:44)
08. National Guard (2:51)
09. What Goes On (8:01)
10. Wimp (3:44)
11. Love House (3:10)
12. Wreck of the Old 97 (2:12)
13. New Kicks (2:37)
14. C.A.R. (1:59)
15. Before the Law (2:58)
16. Some Things Never Change (3:46)
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