Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a group of American Punk.

Gimmes are to some extent a group “Alstar” whose members play already in other known groups. They are a cover band , i.e. their discography is made up only of Reprise again S of titles of international variety to the sauce Punk rock'n'roll. N

They are not deprived besides at the time of changing one or two words of the original words, for example in " San Francisco " ( Blow in the Wind ), the last verse:

“ Yew you like to San Francisco / Summertime will Be has coil-in there ”

is replaced by:

“ Yew you' Re going to Stinky' S peepshow / Summertime is Nice with wild wild to hate ”

Or, " Stand By Your Man" finishes on these words apocryphal books:

“ Sometimes its hardware to Be has Gimme / Giving all your life to just one band / But yew you coils them / Please don' T make fun off them / 'Cause after all we' Re just has band ”

In addition, Gimmes also have fun to integrate fronts of guitar or melodies borrowed from other groups, as at the time of their resumption of the traditional Jewish song " Cut Nagila " where they placed on several occasions the principal front of " Like Out And Play" of The Offspring. One finds also here or there pieces of Stiff Little Fingers (in " Longest Line"), Bad Religion (in " San Francisco "), The Clash (in " Elenor"), etc

Among the recoveries, one finds inter alia " Rocket Man" of Elton John, " All My Loving" and " Strawberry Fields Forever" Beatles, " Crazy" of Seal or " I Believe I Edge Fly" of R. Kelly. Some their albums have a single musical topic: Are has Drag takes again famous songs of musical comedies, Blow in the Wind is devoted to the rock'n'roll of the Sixties, and Take has Station-wagon contains only resumptions of tubes R' B. In addition, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes have with their credit a whole series of vinyls (7") containing each one two songs (one by face) of a particular singer, among whom one finds Billy Joel ( Billy , 1996), Barry Manilow ( Barry , 1997), Simon & Garfunkel ( Garf , 1999) or Bob Dylan ( Bob , 2001). The titles of the albums can often be heard with double English direction.

The members of the group took for practice to adopt with each new album a behavior Kitsch and whimsical different. At the time of their concerts, they generally carry all the same shirt hawaïenne of bright color and use guitars with the very special form, each member having his appointed color: red for Conceited Mike, green for Chris and blue for Joey.

The last album of the group is live, recorded during a bar-mitsva. It is undoubtedly the most eclectic album of Gimmes, where the resumptions of Led Zeppelin, of Blondie côtoient that of the The Carpenters or traditional songs like " O Plate Me " , " Auld Lang Syne " and " Cut Nagila ".

A new album " Coil Their Country" is planned for 2006: Gimmes announced to enter in studio for its recording the April 3rd. This time, it seems that they will attack the traditional ones of Country music.

Members of the group

  • Song: Spike Slawson ( bass player of Swingin' Utters )

  • Guitar: Chris Shiflett ( guitarist of the Foo Fighters, ex- No Uses For has Name )

  • Low: Conceited Mike ( singer and bass player of NOFX )

  • Battery: Dave Raun ( beater of Lagwagon )

Discography

  • Have Ball (1997): hits of the 60 ' s/70' S

" Danny' S Song" (Lonestar)
  • " Leaving one has Jet Plane" (John Denver)
  • " Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" (Paul Frederic Simon)
  • " One Chock Soldier" (Joni Mitchell)
  • " Uptown Girl" (Billy Joel)
  • " I Am has Rock" (Simon & Garfunkel)
  • " Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)
  • " Seasons in the Sun" (Terry Jacks)
  • " Fire and Rain" (James Taylor)
  • " Nobody Does It Better" (Carly Simon)
  • " Mandy" (Barry Manilow)
  • " Rocket Man" (Elton John)

    • Are has Drag (1999): musical comedies

    " Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg, - the magician of OZ )
  • " Don' T Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice - Avoided )
  • " Science Fiction Doubles Feature" (Richard O' Brien - The Rocky Horror Show )
  • " Summertime " (George Gershwin, - Porgy and Bess )
  • " Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, - The Sound off Music )
  • " Rainbow Connection" (Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher, from The Muppet Movie )
  • " Phantom off the Song" Opera; (Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom off the Opera )
  • " I Sing the Body Electric" (Stephen Margoshes and Jacques Levy, - Famed )
  • " It' S Raining one PROM Night" (Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey, - Grease )
  • " Tomorrow" (Charles Strouse - Annie )
  • " What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban - has Chorus Line )
  • " Stepping Out" (Fred Ebb & John Kander - Cabaret )

    • Blow In The Wind (2001)

    Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan)
  • Sloop John B. (Traditional)
  • Wild World (Cat Stevens)
  • Who Could the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) (Barry Mann)
  • Elenor (The Turtles)
  • My Boyfriend' S Back (The Angels)
  • All My Lovin' (The Beatles)
  • Stand by Your Man (Tammy Wynette)
  • San Francisco (Be Sour to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (Scott Does McKenzie)
  • I Only Want to Be With You (Dusty Springfield)
  • Runaway (Del Shannon)
  • Will You Still Coil to Me Tomorrow? (The Shirelles)
  • Different Drum (Linda Ronstadt) Where Do Broken Hearts Go (Whitney Houston)
  • Hello (Lionel Richie)
  • End off the Road (Boyz II Men)
  • Ain' T No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
  • Nothing Compare 2 U (Prince)
  • Crazy (Seal)
  • Isn' T She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
  • I Believe I Edge Fly (R. Kelly)
  • Oh Girl (The Chi-Lites)
  • I' L Be There (Jackson 5)
  • Mona LISA (Nat King Stick)
  • Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams)
  • Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)

    • Ruin Jonny' S Bar Mitzvah (2004): recorded in live at the time of a Bar Mitsva

    Jonny' S Blessing
  • Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
  • Heart off Knell (Bleached)
  • Delta Dawn (Helen Reddy)
  • Like Sail Away (Styx)
  • O Plate Me (Traditional)
  • Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)
  • Auld Lang Syne (transl.)
  • The Longest Time (Billy Joel)
  • Always one My Mind (Brenda Lee)
  • Take It one the Run (REO Speedwagon)
  • Superstar ( The Carpenters)
  • Cut Nagila (Traditional music)
  • Hava Nagila (Christmas Arrangement) Much too Young to feel this damn old (Garth Brooks)
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Johnny Cash, Gene Autry…)
  • Desperado (The Eagles)
  • One the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
  • Annie' S Song (John Denver)
  • Jolene (Dolly Parton)
  • I' m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
  • Lookin' for Coils (Johnny Lee Urban Cowboy)
  • Goodbye Earl (Dixie Chicks)
  • East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed Smokey and the gangster)
  • She Believes in Me (Kenny Rogers)
  • Sunday Morning Coming Down (Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson)

    External bonds

    • the official site of the group
    • Conceited Wreck Chords (label of the group, with some mp3 to be downloaded free and legally)
    • very complete Fansite
    • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Words

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