Bob Log III - My Shit is Perfect
by Daniel Cressey
published: 4 / 4 / 2009
Label:
Birdman Records
Format: CD
intro
Perplexing, but convincing fourth album of blues punk which lives up to its title from Bob Log III
Despite this being his fourth album, the identity of Bob Log III remains concealed behind the motorcycle helmet he never appears without. The music output of this one-man band is also perplexing. 'El Logo' matches strangely syncopated beats on a toy drum and a battered cymbal with the sort of slide guitar work that sounds like a personal attempt to reinvent the blues while high on crystal meth. Some songs have clearly at least heard of structure and contain what may be a madman’s idea of lyrics. Others are just the sonic doodlings of a demented blues-man. His lyrics are almost entirely undecipherable, unless you are prepared to listen repeatedly with enough concentration to induce madness. Of course this would be to miss the point entirely. Taken as a package – albeit a strange, jumpsuited, microphone-glued to motorcycle helmet, guitar molesting package – 'El Logo' is a riot. It may be impossible to explain how a man repeating ‘Bump, Pow’ over and over while channelling the spirit of a drunk Robert Johnson is a good song. But in Bob’s hands that behaviour actually does produce a good song. Clearly confidence is not lacking in Log’s cabin, as there are songs here entitled ‘Goddam Sounds Good’ and ‘My Shit Is Perfect’. Fans of the dirtier end of the blues spectrum will agree wholeheartedly with the first of those statements. It is also hard to argue with the second assertion, mainly because it is impossible to work out what this ‘shit’ is. It is, though, good shit.
Track Listing:-
1 Goddam Sounds Good2 Mr. Sis Boom Bah
3 It's the Law
4 Bump Pow!
5 Manipulate Your Figments
6 Bucktooth Potato
7 My Shit Is Prefect
8 You, or You and You, and Me
9 Bumper Car
10 Bang Your Thing at the Ball
11 Shake a Little, Wiggle it and Jiggle it too
12 Shinkansen The!
13 Goddam Sounds Good Part 2
live reviews |
Bob Log III |
Matt Williams takes photographs of one-man punk band and psycho-delta blues musician Bob Log III at a show at the Boileroom in Guildford |
most viewed articles
current edition
Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - Sala Apolo, Barcelona, 29/11/2023 and La Paqui, Madrid, 30/11/2023Anthony Phillips - Interview
Difford and Tilbrook - Difford and Tilbrook
Rain Parade - Interview
Oldfield Youth Club - Interview
Autumn 1904 - Interview
Shaw's Trailer Park - Interview
Cafe No. 9, Sheffield and Grass Roots Venues - Comment
Chris Hludzik - Vinyl Stories
Pete Berwick - ‘Too Wild to Tame’: The story of the Boyzz:
most viewed reviews
current edition
Serious Sam Barrett - A Drop of the Morning DewMarika Hackman - Big Sigh
Rod Stewart and Jools Holland - Swing Fever
Loves - True Love: The Most of The Loves
Ian M Bailey - We Live in Strange Times
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
Autumn 1904 - Tales of Innocence
Roberta Flack - Lost Takes
Banter - Heroes
Posey Hill - No Clear Place to Fall
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart