Ep449: CJ and Spike of Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
9 years since the last album, CJ Ramone and Spike Slawson discuss the new album "Me First & the Gimme Gimmes ¡Blow It…at Madison's Quinceañera!" - the victories and challenges of the band, disgruntled audience members, picking annoying songs to cover and what's next for the band.
Topic Include:
- What is a quinceañera?
- MFATGG music wasn't familiar to 15 year old girls
- Traditional Spanish songs in the album
- Making the live album at a quinceañera
- MFATGG is a live band – best way to capture them on record
- Spike and band enjoys the live awkward moments
- A nasty email from a disgruntled audience member
- Dealing with difficult audience members
- American schlager culture / antagonizing the audience
- The process of selecting Madison for the quinceañera
- The family struggled through parts of the show
- Comparing to MFATGG Ruin Johnny's Bar mitzvah album
- The quinceañera was filmed, when will we see it?
- MFATGG hearing back from artists they covered
- CJ comparing MFATGG to Ramones doing "Acid Eaters"
- Spike hates the original versions of songs MFATGG play
- How are the songs selected for a MFATGG project?
- Nate screws up the "Queen of Hearts" lyrics
- What other songs would Spike like to cover?
- They like covering songs that give them negative responses
- Folding in punk riffs into covers
- Memories of Steve Soto and Manic Hispanic
- Will there be more MFATGG albums in the near future?
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Spike from Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies. |
| 0:03.9 | We have a record called Me First and the Gimmy Gimmies below it at Madison's Kinsignera, |
| 0:09.8 | available June the 14th, 2024. |
| 0:13.7 | You're listening to The Vinyl Guide. |
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| 0:33.7 | And now on with the show. |
| 0:36.7 | Welcome to the vinyl guide. The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:41.5 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:45.2 | Oh, hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:47.1 | Welcome to episode 449 of the Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:51.3 | And today, dear people, we are welcoming back two very good friends of the show. |
| 0:56.4 | We've had them both on separately and now welcoming them back as a duo, Mr. C.J. Ramon and |
| 1:03.6 | Mr. Spike Slosson of Me First in the Gimmie Gimmies. Now, C.J. Ramon, as you know, is and was a |
| 1:10.0 | Ramon playing with the band in their final years, |
| 1:12.6 | as well as having a very vibrant solo career alongside playing with the gimmies. |
| 1:17.6 | And Spike, of course, is the head instigator of the band. |
| 1:20.6 | Today, the three of us talk all about the gimmies, the challenges in the live arena, |
| 1:26.6 | dealing with angry audience members, responses from artists |
| 1:30.1 | they've covered. We also talk about Steve Soto and Manic Hispanic. We discuss the future of the |
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