It's Sodom and Gomorrah times ... again!

In addition to rocking my ass like it hadn't been rocked in ages, I must thank Redd Kross for solving what had been my personal musical mystery.

Y'see, years ago I heard a song on WFMU that featured a man and woman singing a folky tune about it being "Sodom and Gomorrah times again." It was impossible to track down. Impossible! I'd given up years ago because it seemed so hopeless.

(Could I have emailed every dj at FMU to ask them if anyone knew? That's like asking why whatserface in "Knocked Up" didn't get an abortion.)

After seeing Redd Kross play with Yo La Tengo, I did the usual "this band is amazing!" research: look for mp3's on usenet and on various torrent sites, and then when that fails see what's available on iTunes. What was available on iTunes? A Redd Kross podcast. And what was one of the songs played on the Redd Kross podcast? "Sodom and Gomorrah" by the New Creation.

"Sodom and Gomorrah"! Also known as "that Sodom and Gomorrah song" I was looking for before I stopped looking for it!

Oh, so pleasing. Thank you, Redd Kross. And God bless us everyone.

Fig. 1: The New Creation in their practice space, 1970

Song here.