| Yeah Yeah Yeah | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Released: | March 15, 1999 |
| Recorded: | 1960s |
| Length: | 70 minutes |
| Label: | Arf! Arf! |
| Prev Title: | No No No |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
Yeah Yeah Yeah is a compilation of garage rock recording from the 1960s issued by Arf! Arf! Records, and is available exclusively on compact disc.[1] [2] [3] In keeping with the sub-heading that reads "28 Mega-Manic & Elusive '60s Garage Punkers", the set features mainly upbeat and hard-rocking examples of the genre, whereas Arf! Arf!'s previously released companion piece No No No, focuses instead on moody ballads and downcast songs of lament.[1] In customary fashion, the rear sleeve includes a brash description of the contents contained within:
Though large scale success eluded these prophetic '60s combos, consider them the foot soldiers in the Holy War against the establishment. No shit Sherlockthis is the real thing: raw, crude, brutally honest and never to be forgotten.[4]
Also included in the packaging is statement much in the same vein that reads "Warning: this product may be addictive and lead to mental deterioration."[4] As is usually the case with Arf! Arf!, the mastering and sound quality is high.[1] Though the set has no liner notes, but it in the inner sleeve it displays a layout of photographs of the original record labels from the original 45s.[4] The front cover features a picture of the Nightrockers who sing "Junction No. 1", which is included in this compilation.[5]
The set commences with "I Know How" by the Maniacs, followed by the psychedelic "Down" by the Rockin' Roadruners, which begins with cryptic space-like effects, then transitions into upbeat rock and roll, including a "Paperback Writer"-inspired melody and a bee-sting guitar solo.[1] [5] The Little Bits from Jennings, Louisiana are featured on "Girl, Give Me Love"."[1] The Barons from Orlando supply just enough fuzz to help drive the steam-driven pulse of "Drawbridge.[5] The Hallucinations play the most melodic cut on the set with "You Say You Love Me."[5] Using the motif of UFO's, Alabama's the K-pers use the motif of UFOs to lampoon the cold war in "the Red Invaders," which is followed by a similar flying saucer "caper" done by Young Savages, "The Invaders are Coming"—but in this song the aliens are humans out to steal the first person-narrator's girlfriend.[5] The Rocks perform "Because We're Young, a slow blues protest against the older generation.[5] "Your Driving Me Insane" features one of Lou Reed's earlier pre-Velevets' outings in the Roughnecks.[1] [6] [7] The Friars of Youth appear in two cuts, beginning with 1965's "All You Wanted was a Stand By", followed by a frantic anthem about a go dancer, "a Playboy picture from the pinup page", "Sparrley Manurpuss".[5] The set closes with the Batman riff of "Comin' Down" by the Boy Blues.[5]