January 29, 2012

Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy (1981)

Bow Wow Wow were an English 1980s New Wave band created by Malcolm McLaren to promote his and business partner Vivienne Westwood's New Romantic fashion lines. The group's music is described as having an "African-derived drum sound".
"See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy" is their second studio album.
Malcolm McLaren, of Sex Pistols fame, made teenager Annabella Lwin the centerpiece of his next creation. Backing her with members of Adam & the Ants, they were dubbed Bow Wow Wow and released "See Jungle! See Jungle!" in 1981. The focus was on style and the music was a mix of dance and new wave always with a heavy nod toward percussion. The results are mixed and you sometimes have the feeling that you are hearing the same song repeated. However, it's difficult not to find yourself drumming your fingers to the frantic beats. Lwin makes sure that you never forget that she's only 15, either through her vocal delivery or her outright declarations (as on "Chihuahua"). The band also serves up an interesting spaghetti Western instrumental on "Orang-outang" and everything falls into place on "Go Wild in the Country," with Lwin's uninhibited shrieks touting the merits of getting away from it all.

Track listing

01.  Jungle Boy  (Colin Thurston)  - 2:47
02.  Chihuahua  (Alan Tarney)  - 4:15
03.  Sinner! Sinner! Sinner!  (Barbarossa, Gorman, Ashman, Alan Tarney)  - 2:23
04.  Mickey, Put It Down  (Colin Thurston)  - 3:03
05.  (I'm A) T.V. Savage  (Colin Thurston)  - 2:40
06.  Elimination Dancing  (Bow Wow Wow, Brian Tench)  - 3:04
07.  Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!  (Colin Thurston)  - 2:38
08.  King Kong  (Colin Thurston)  - 2:20
09.  Go Wild In The Country  (Bow Wow Wow, Brian Tench)  - 2:44
10.  I'm Not A Know It All  (Barbarossa, Gorman, Ashman, Colin Thurston)  - 2:54
11.  Why Are Babies So Wise  (Colin Thurston)  - 2:55
12.  Orang-Outang  (Barbarossa, Gorman, Ashman, Bow Wow Wow, Brian Tench)  - 2:44
13.  Hello, Hello Daddy (I'll Sacrifice You)  (Colin Thurston)  - 4:28

Released:  October 1981
Genre:  Pop, Rock, New Wave
Label:  One Way
Length:  38:55
Producer:  Bow Wow Wow
All songs written and composed by:  Barbarossa, Gorman, McLaren, Ashman

Personnel
Annabella Lwin
Leigh Gorman
Phil Gough
Devin Beaman
Matthew Ashman
Dave Barbe
Eshan Khadaroo
Dave Calhoun
Adrian Young
Boy George (Lieutenant Lush)

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