Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5

I think I liked this one more than you guys. Full disclosure: I got to meet Wayne Kramer a couple times, as he did a good bit of the music on Eastbound and Down. Cool guy who was nice enough to tolerate me asking him about the one time he played with Soundgarden and Tad instead of anything MC5 related. But that did not influence this review. (It totally influenced this review.) I’ve listened to this record before, but probably not more than once. Had it on today in the car and found more to appreciate. It’s sloppy as hell, kinda annoying, and falls into the old standard blues rock bag of tricks on “Motor City Burning.” But the five songs prior to that one all kinda worked for me in the context of being a live show with good energy and a terrible mix. It’s the kind of concert that would be great fun at a hole in the wall club that isn’t even really a club. “Borderline” was cool and unexpected. “Starship” is ridiculous. And before you know it the whole thing is over. I don’t know, there’s definitely something here even all these years later.

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