All the way from Sweden, please welcome Chilly Chimes with a unique slice of Mindless Square-head Militaristic Thug Boogie (MSMTB). In fact this single could be construed as the answer song to Pheon Bear’s War Against War http://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/2007/01/pheon-bear-war-against-war.html as sonically it shares many similarities. These guys are all gung-ho, but what were they hoping to achieve by joining the Swedish army? The days of kicking Norway in the butt were long gone in 1975...but then again, anything is possible in a drunken stupor. Musically its dumbness is superb, big fat and stoopid, perhaps could have done with some lead guitar in lieu of blues harp but the snare gunshots are on the mark in sloppy fashion as expected. The B side starts off in whiny gurgling Stones/Thunders fashion before settling down into more mindless boogie. Classy lyrics though “Let me inside I want to feel your breasts...”
This cover art is totally out of time - the cover depicts some form of Odin-worshiping helmeted biker, which is probably what he is, but it looks like it could have been some god-awful Indie single from 1985...
I know absolutely nothing about this one...Any info anyone?
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Imagine how sad you'd be if these people lived next door and they didn't invite you to their parties.
Being from Norway and knowing quite a few Swedish musicians, I doubt very much that they really wanted to join the army. Us Scandinavians like to say the opposite of what we mean, just for the hell of it...
er...Like No means "Yes"?
Sound a bit like early Mungo Jerry or is it just me :)
Why are you calling them Chilly Charms when it's clearly Chilly CHIMES? Anyway, This 7" and 2 tracks on the 'Ljud från Friberga' comp. LP are all that they released. They later changed their name to Mörbyligan and released a few records between 1978 and 1986.
Ha...A Pagan version of Baby Jump!
Thank you Graeme...
Yeah! And Mörbyligan was a leftish kind of band but later turned rightwing...strange things happen.Mebbe "no" really is "yes"? If you understand my philosophical twists and turns...
Yep that pagan/Nazi symbol...is there for all to see...
This band later on changed their name to Mörbyligan and became one of Sweden's most popular punkbands in the late 70s. This 7" is quite rare, 500 copies.
These guys definetely did not want to join the army. The lyrics are ironic...
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