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Gleneil - Cheepy Chappy and Ito (7:16)
I don't know what it is about Gleneil and his 1985 vanity LP "Cruise It," but I can't get it out of my head. From its front cover that looks like a botch, to its barely describable music. This track is sort of like reggae meets The Chipmunks meets... a maniac? I have no idea. I'm at a loss. At times it seems like fairly straightforward synth-rock, and other times the drums miss beats, the raving chipmunk voice keeps babbling, the music drones on and on, and there's the endless refrain of "Shake it! Shake it! Shake it!" Make it stop!
If I had any guts I'd look up some of the band members, like, uh, "Rick" who plays drums. But I'm far too busy being lost in the void-like negative space of that cover, and Gleneil's persistent glare.
- Contributed by: Jonathan Ward
Images: Front Cover
Media: 12" LP
Album: Cruise It
Date: 1985
At the moment I can't find my glasses to help me locate my earhorn, but I could swear that chipmunk is saying
"Break it! Break it! Break it! Break It!" not "Shake it!"........
Posted by: jeffersonic | March 06, 2007 at 02:25 AM
i want to hear more from this record!! unless the rest of it sux...
Posted by: pea hix | March 06, 2007 at 03:48 AM
This is actually quite strangely wonderful. While it definitely reminds me of the Chipmunks, it also reminds me of Tortoise. Post-rock, but with zesty goodness.
Posted by: Mr Horsey, from Sydney | March 06, 2007 at 07:57 AM
holy shit--THE MOTHERLODE!!!! i am going to blow a load right now.
Posted by: joe nathan | March 06, 2007 at 10:39 AM
The cover for this record is wonderful - the fascinating this is that they were able to print it at all, what with all the black space. thanks
Posted by: Miller | March 06, 2007 at 03:51 PM
I'm pretty sure it's "Break it!" too, and that might be Gleneil offering some advice to anyone listening to the record. This is the first thing I've ever played that frightened my cat out of the room.
Posted by: Hear It Wow | March 07, 2007 at 11:40 AM
And yet the chipmunk sounds oddly relaxed too, for a chipmunk.
Posted by: Vic Perry | March 08, 2007 at 12:37 PM
I agree, more needs to be posted from tis record. This music has me completely transfixed right now.
Posted by: Cameron | March 10, 2007 at 07:42 PM
Ah yes! This one from the Great Ganja Famine of '85, Rasta had to substitute helium for herb ...as it is written.
Posted by: bloodclot | March 16, 2007 at 01:53 PM
More Gleneil! More!!
I really loved this. Who is "Ito"?
Posted by: Spencer Owen | March 18, 2007 at 09:18 PM
More! More! More! More! More! More! More!
Posted by: michael farris | April 02, 2007 at 12:32 PM
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:y_7eo2kjAz0J:www.bookmaps.de/lib/all/c/r/cru_3.html+Gleneil+%22Cruise+it%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=us
Gleneil ... Roseman?
Posted by: Grandpa Scorpion | September 10, 2007 at 05:13 PM
This is satanic music at its best!
Posted by: Xikita Bakana | February 27, 2010 at 12:39 PM