I love garage rock and this song is what it’s all about. Distortion and feedback with a driving beat.
Action Woman is The Litter’s most well-known song. With its demonic fuzz/feedback guitar riffs and snarling lead vocal, it was an archetype of the tough ’60s garage rock and a precursor of the 70s punk movement.
The Litter was heavily influenced by British Invasion bands such as The Yardbirds and the Who, they recorded their debut single, Action Woman backed by The Who’s A Legal Matter with local producer Warren Kendrick in late 1966.
Kendrick wrote Action Woman for them. They finally signed to a major label in 1969 but their distortion was toned down a bit and their singer and guitar player was replaced. Their album Emerge peaked at #175 in the Billboard Album Chart.
The B side…Cover of The Who’s Legal Matter
Action Woman
Hey, Miss High and Mighty
I’ve had all I can take
Walkin’ right on by me
That’s your last mistake
I’ve gotta find myself some action
To satisfy my soul
A little mad distraction
Before I lose control
You say you love me good
But why are you so cold?
You say you own the world,
But you don’t own my soul.
A little competition, now
Maybe that’ll wake you up,
Stir up some ambition, yeah
And really shake you up.
Yeah! Oh!
I’m gonna find me an action woman
To love me all the time,
A satisfaction woman
Before I lose my mind.
Yeah, I’m gonna find me an action woman
To love me all the time,
A satisfaction woman
Before I lose my mind.
I’m gonna find me an action woman
A satisfaction woman!
I’m gonna find me an action woman! (fade out)
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That has a great 60s sound. I don’t think I’ve never heard of them.
I didn’t hear it until a week or so ago. I had to post it. What a raw sound.
I could almost live next door to this garage rock for an hour or so a day… although I preferred it when it mutated into punk…
It did mutate with sound and attitude…I guess hard rock fed off of it also a little. I like the energy of it all.
Never heard of them…not a bad sound, although not entirely memorable. Thanks for finding new artists for us though- it’s surprising there are still so many out there so many of us haven’t heard of!
I like this because it does sound like a band in a garage with feed back and all lol.
You got me with something I’ve never heard of. Although I see it’s on Nuggets.
I really like the feedback and the energy on this one. I was getting too predictable with the classic songs.
I have one for you tomorrow. I thought of you when I wrote it up. A California Punk-Power Pop mostly female band.
The Bangles? The Go-Gos? I don’t know if I’ve ever talked about either much.
No…this group is new. I’m going to post them doing a cover song and I was wondering if you ever heard of them. The Regrettes.
Nope – never heard of them. I guess I’ll learn more tomorrow.
Love it. “Action Woman” is so evocative of the early Stones, esp. “Play with Fire.”
Thanks Mitch…I like these raw ones.
That first song sounded more like The Rolling Stones than The Who. I like that raucous beginning to the second song.
I know…I love the feedback…the rawness.
New to me…
Yea I only heard it a little while back…I like raw…and it has it