Rob Conroy

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Member Since: 1/22/2001
Total Mixes: 629
Total Feedback: 9267

Turn me on - get me high - get it on!

Artist Song
The Flamin' Groovies  I'm Drowning 
The Flamin' Groovies  Gonna Rock Tonite 
The Flamin' Groovies  Headin' for the Texas Border 
The Flamin' Groovies  Second Cousin 
The Flamin' Groovies  She's Falling Apart 
The Flamin' Groovies  Yesterday's Numbers 
The Flamin' Groovies  Teenage Head 
The Flamin' Groovies  Whiskey Woman 
The Flamin' Groovies  Slow Death 
The Flamin' Groovies  Tallahassee Lassie 
The Flamin' Groovies  Shake Some Action 
The Flamin' Groovies  Sometimes 
The Flamin' Groovies  Yes It's True 
The Flamin' Groovies  You Tore Me Down 
The Flamin' Groovies  Please Please Girl 
The Flamin' Groovies  I Saw Her 
The Flamin' Groovies  Teenage Confidential 
The Flamin' Groovies  I Can't Hide 
The Flamin' Groovies  Behind the Lines 
The Flamin' Groovies  All I Wanted 
The Flamin' Groovies  Don't Put Me On 
The Flamin' Groovies  Jumpin' in the Night 
The Flamin' Groovies  Yes I Am 

Comment:

My humble addition to the veritable canon (or maybe it's just my perception that there's a canon) of Flamin' Groovies mixes on this site. In my case, I really made a concerted attempt to cover their best originals and leave most of their covers alone (I couldn't, however, pass on "Sometimes" and "Tallahassee Lassie"). These guys were a classic example of the "too-good-for-one-disc-not-quite-great-enough-for-two-discs" type of artist that poses a real mixing issue (Mott the Hoople springs to mind as another key example of this phenomenon), and therefore a lot of songs had to be cut, most notably "I'll Cry Alone," "Golden Clouds," "Good Laugh Mun," "Comin' After Me," "Yeah My Baby," "Sweet Roll Me on Down," "First Plane Home," "Road House" and "High Flyin' Baby." Really, though, are there many songs better than "You Tore Me Down," "Teenage Head," "Shake Some Action" and "Slow Death"? I think not.... Btw, if anyone out there would be kind enough to furnish me with copies of their early '70s versions of "YTMD" and "SSA" and/or the Supersnazz and full Jumpin' in the Night discs, I'd be eternally grateful (and could wind up revising this thing).

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Sean Lally
Date: 2/13/2007
there's a canon of groovies mixes? sorry i didn't get all those other fg discs to you in time - i've got a ton of others, but disc burning is taking a real backseat these days. good songs here, of course, though so many of my faves are missing, especially the definitive (demo) version of ssa. but ah well. long live the groovies, i say.
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anthony lombardi
Date: 2/13/2007
not a band i know much about, but i am familiar with who they are. i'd be interested in checking this out if you get around to uploading it anytime soon...
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p the swede
Date: 2/13/2007
great stuff
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Little Spencer Boys
Date: 2/14/2007
canon? heck yeah!!! just groovie, dude...
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hemizen
Date: 2/14/2007
"Shake Some Action" says it all.
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Pop Kulcher
Date: 2/14/2007
I've had Groovies' Greatest Grooves forever, and it's one of those comps that, when I pull it off the shelf, makes me wish I had all their albums... but I never actually go and pick 'em up. But damn, I should, as an awful lot of these aren't on that disc. I see your point in wanting to stick (largely) to originals, but damn they do some fine covers.
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Barrydali
Date: 2/16/2007
Don't own a single album Rob, please put a copy to the side for when we get round to trading as I'd love to hear this.
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sammyg123
Date: 2/16/2007
Flamin' Essential. Teenage Head is one of My All Time Fave albums. A few tracks on here missing from my collection, so next time we trade....
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sport !
Date: 2/18/2007
Hell Yeah!
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French Connection
Date: 2/18/2007
Groovalicious!