It was to be just a couple from X. The first one "Hungry Wolf" is my jam. I remember when I first moved to NYC, I was staying with friends on Sullivan St. They said it was okay if I smoked if I blew the smoke out the window, which overlooked the street. I remember one of the few times I was alone in the apartment, putting on the second X LP, the one with "Hungry Wold", and cranking it. Right as I lit up, the opening chords blasted forth. I sat there, surveying the street and having my smoke and thinking, "What now?" That was a thousand years ago and the song still takes me to that exact moment.
Then, not even looking for it, I ran into The Unheard Music, a 1986 documentary about the band, The full movie is at YouTube and it's on X's page there, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon. If you haven't seen it and have any interest in the early-ish L.A. punk scene, you should check it out.
X - Hungry Wolf mp3 at Internet Archive
X - Blue Spark mp3 at Internet Archive
Visit:
X - The Band - X's channel at YouTube
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