Back in 2017 THE SOUND OF MONEY, a band from the munich pop underground, took the titles of their 12 favourite 60’s albums as the DNA – and gave the letters a good shake! Out came a batch of 12 new titles, for new songs. They wrote those songs, recorded them, and gathered them on the album “MORE? WHY NOT! – an anagrammatical exorcism of the 60s" Now, 7 years later, they have made a follow up, just with their favourite 70s albums, and what to say, it's topping the fun.

A celebration of the album as a format, pop history and exchange.

Here it is "TWO: RHYME ON - an anagrammatical exorcism of the 70s".

The band’s list of favourite albums from that time ranges from David Bowie to Chic, from Nico to Slits, from Bob Marley to Kraftwerk.
And those Anagrams? Here’s an example “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” became ‘Dr. Dr. Themefart, Frustrating Himself, Posed as Gay Old Nazi SS’.
And the music, how does this sound? Just like the letters of the titles, the music and lyrics have been shaken up into a dazzling, grotesque kaleidoscope of classic 70s pop styles:
Agricultural P-Funk, Casino Gospel Disco, Anti-Pogo Postpunk, Home Computer Dub Jazz, or the entire Bowie in three and a half minutes backwards ...

The songs, the 70s album, and a bit...

1.. Dr. Dr. Themefart Frustrating Himself Posed As Gay Old Nazi SS
made from the letters of the album title “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” by David Bowie
Released 1975, when: David Bowie creates the figure of the “Thin White Duke”. The following year he muses, in a Playboy interview, “I think Britain could benefit from a fascist leader” and calls Adolf Hitler “one of the first rockstars”.

2. Angry Hop Hop
made from the letters of the album title “Phonography” by R. Stevie Moore Released 1976, when: Sid Vicious invents the Pogo dance.

3. All the Morning Drivers, o-e-o!
made from the letters of the album title “The Original Modern Lovers” by The Modern Lovers
Released 1971, when: “Trafic” (Jacques Tati) and “Duel” (Steven Spielberg) are released, two of the foremost movies about living in cars.

4. Sex Duo
made from the letters of the album title “Exodus” by Bob Marley & the Wailers
Released 1976, when: Coca-Cola announces its new slogan “Coke Adds Life”.

5. The Red Roses
made from the letters of the album title “Desert Shore” by Nico
Released 1974, when: Nico releases her version of the German national anthem on her album “The End”. At concerts, she occasionally dedicates it to Rote Armee Fraktion founder Andreas Baader.

6. Aha But No
made from the letters of the album title “Autobahn” by Kraftwerk
Released 1977, when: Computer pioneer Ken Olsen declares that “there is no reason why any individual should have a computer in his home”.

7. To Be Elvis
made from the letters of the album title “Love Bites” by The Buzzcocks
Released 1977, when: Elvis Presley dies in Graceland.

8. Sicctech
made from the letters of the album title “C’est Chic” by Chic
Released 1974, when: Monsanto launches a new product: Glyphosate, which, among other uses, accelerates the aging of plants (“siccation”) and, thereby, allows for synchronized ripening and harvesting of crops.

9. U.T.C.
made from the letters of the album title “Cut” by The Slits
Released 1972, when: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) as we know it today is being implemented. The year before, Richard Nixon had terminated the convertibility of US dollars to gold and thus, according to some, laid the monetary foundation for the neo-liberal era.

10. Citrus
made from the letters of the album title “Curtis” by Curtis Mayfield
Released 1971, when: Then 7 year old Lenny Kravitz appears in several German TV commercials as “Florida Boy”, promoting that notorious orange-flavoured soda pop “with a shot of lemon”.

11. Nanny Got High Times
made from the letters of the album title “Something/Anything?” by Todd Rundgren
Released 1976, when: Tom Wolfe’s essay “The ‘Me’ Decade” appears in “New York” magazine.

12. Anti-Love Lab A
made from the letters of the album title “Not Available” by The Residents
Released 1976, when: Richard Dawkins publishes his book “The Selfish Gene” about how humans have no free will at all but are only vessels to their genes

1./A1. Dr Dr Themefart Frustrating Himself Posed As Gay Old Nazi SS 2./A2. Angry Hop Hop
3./A3. All the Morning Drivers, o-e-o!
4./A4. Sex Duo
5./A5. Red Roses
6./A6. Aha But No
7./A7. To Be Elvis
8./B1. Sicctech
9./B2. UTC
10./B3. Citrus
11./B4. Nanny Got High Times
12./B5. Anti-Love Lab A

The band:
Albert Pöschl: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Clavinet
Claudia Kaiser: Vocals, Guitar, Bass,
Franziska Erdle: Percussion
Martin Lickleder: Strings, Harmonica, Vibraphone, Celesta, Vocals, Glockenspiel, Trumpet
Tom Wu: Drums

add. players: 
Coletta Lickleder: Piano
Wolfi Schlick: Flute

add. live band member:
Svenja Pfeiffer: Keyboards, Vocals

All songs written by Kaiser, Lickleder, Pöschl.
Recorded &, mixed at Echokammer Studios, Munich and Tenerife by Albert Pöschl
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering, Chicago, IL

Artwork by Andreas Hykade
Layout by Franziska Erdle
Band photos by Gerald von Foris

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