"The Kid With the Replaceable Head" by Richard Hell & The Voidoids
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2009
- This animated cartoon music video of the Richard Hell and the Voidoids' single "The Kid with the Replaceable Head" (Radar, 1979) was created by Washington D.C. kid's show "Pancake Mountain." The song was written by Richard Hell, and this recording was produced by Nick Lowe. Personnel are Richard Hell, vocals; Robert Quine, guitars; Ivan Julian, guitars; Jerry Antonius, bass; and Frank Mauro, drums. The guitar solos are traded between Quine & Julian. The song's copyright is owned by Richard Meyers (1978, 2005) and the song is published by Dilapidated Music (BMI). The cut appears on Hell's 2005 retrospective CD, SPURTS. Other versions were recorded for Hell's DESTINY STREET (1982) and DESTINY STREET REPAIRED (2009).
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Had the privilege to see the Voidoids and RH perform this at CBGB's. Nothing like this anymore.
Co-guitarist Ivan Julian never gets the love the estimable Mr. Quine gets.
That's true! Ivan was an energetic guitarist too. But especially on this song, you can hear how conventional his soloing is (he takes the first few bars after each chorus, then Quine finishes) compared to Quine's innovative flip-outs.
carey atchison Good point! Ivan Julian is great, and although Quine is somehow the possessor of a certain otherness that takes the music somewhere else completely, he is spurred by Julian’s competence. For example, when he played with Lou Reed, when he was the sole lead guitarist, Quine was far more restrained and somehow more subdued. His brilliance emerged sporadically in certain songs (listen to “White light white heat” from “Live in Italy” from 1983 to check what I mean) but there wasn’t Ivan Julian to abett and complement him, and it shows....
Funny!...
Hey!...I can see Robert Quine!...he was a original & innovative guitar player!...rest in peace!...seek his records or his collaborations!...
Richard Hell?...where are you buddy?...
Congratulations to those who made the cartoon!...
+Splendid Zen
I couldn't agree more re Quine. RIP
Fun fact: Word has it that this song was at least partly inspired by Chris Parker, the juvenile lead in Jim Jarmusch's Permanent Vacation (shot in 1980, released in 1982), who used to hang out at the CBGB's in the late 70s. Chris Parker's nickname at the time was - you guessed it - The Kid With The Replaceable Head, even though I don't know if the name had been around before or if it actually descended from the song. The song's lyric alludes to one of Parker's character traits: "He's so honest that the dishonest dread, meeting the kid with the replaceable head."
4rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr4b
I never knew Nick Lowe produced this. No wonder it sounds so good.
the now leaving lexington part was a nice touch
Pop music as it should be not as we have had to endure it for the past 40 years !!
One of my favorite punk rock tunes, and interesting video! lol
one of the greatest songs ever
Unbelievable that Richard managed to put this brilliant band together, a songwriter who could barely play base, a black kid with dreadlocks, a balding 30-something lawyer and a hippie.
He certainly knew how to spot talent.
Julian and Bell had both been playing professionally since they were teenagers in the 60's. Ivan toured with the Foundations, if you remember them.
the art style is adorable
A few of the injustices of this fucked-up grotesque world are: 1) that the Voidoids aren’t well-known outside the usual circle of true music fans and cognoscenti 2) that they crumbled after making two great great great albums 3) that they took 5 years to finally record the 2nd album (Destiny street), albeit with a slightly changed line-up, with Fred Maher on drums instead of Marc Bell aka the future Marky Ramone, due to various problems (financial and chemical) 4) that Robert Quine, an authentic genius and an all-out innovator of the electric guitar, is not known at all, even amongst guitar aficionados. His musical vocabulary contained phrases that would be stock-in-trade 10-15 years later with the guitarists in bands like Sonic Youth, Pixies and Blur. But nary a mention of the geezer who started that way of playing at all....it fucking sucks, and big time too!
Great song! One of Richard Hell's best! Great video as well!
superb
Cool, and thanks for using the best version RH did of this tune! great job.
Saw him in concert with Lloyd Cole. It was one of the last shows he did. Awesome show. Check out the Matthew Sweet album,""Girlfriend".
love this!
Love it...
This is fucking awesome!!!
luv !!! to erin is human..but TO HELL IS DIVINE! written to me from R.H.
Great 7" !
nice.
Did "Pancake" do "Love Comes" too?
Can you post B side "I'm Your Man" Nick Lowe version
One track mind by the heartbreakers in which richard was part of th e band
“Love comes in spurts, sometimes it hurts...”
@NucularTheArtist wrong! all the guitars have six tuning pegs so no one is playing bass. actually the third player has about 8 pegs in one shot. some frames show roberts axe with 4 strings but it seems that the artist is just implying that it has strings.
anyway RIP Robert Quine a brilliant player and cool cool guy.
Anyone have chords or tabs for this?
BUT, the very first shot shows a four string bass.
this version doesent compare to the OG
why is richard hell asian in this cartoon