{"id":53725,"date":"2020-05-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/?p=53725"},"modified":"2020-05-20T23:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:56:22","slug":"toy-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2020\/05\/21\/toy-dolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Music: Toy Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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And so we end our Sheep in the Box playlist with the British punk band Toy Dolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are a fun band. I can put them on and it’s nice: there’s a lot of energy and they play really well. They are a solid, professional band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there isn’t much too them. They are an awful lot like Richard Hell and the Voidoids but during their Destiny Street<\/a> <\/em>period when Hell didn’t have much to say. They also sound quite a lot like generic Ramones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t mean to be difficult here. And I will admit: I’m biased towards California punk. I don’t think we got really great stuff out of England until the post-punk period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I appreciate any artists who even try to entertain — much less ones like Toy Dolls who succeed in spades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nellie the Elephant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toy Dolls is known for their covers and they are best known for their cover “Nellie the Elephant.” It was originally released by child star Mandy Miller<\/a>. Toy Dolls released a single in 1982 of the song, which was later included on their first album, Dig That Groove Baby<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following music video is a rerecording of the song. It’s charming. But then, most things from Toy Dolls are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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