# The Shaggs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 19, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437 "2024-11-19T03:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/41 "2024-11-21T22:34:21Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > That particular song isn’t much to listen to, but damn, the Godz were rock and roll machines. There is more sustained drive in Rock and Roll Machine then most bands could come up with. There were (at least) two different groups by that name. You may be thinking of the later one, who were from Ohio. The guys I posted were from NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/42 "2024-11-21T23:08:19Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > the Shagg’s dad just bought them guitars and declared them a band thanks to some prophecy from his mother. If the Menendez brothers have any justification for killing their parents, the Shaggs would have at least as much if they had killed theirs. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/43 "2024-11-22T02:20:05Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The Dead Milkmen wrote a song about The Shaggs. [Kinda.](https://genius.com/The-dead-milkmen-when-i-get-to-heaven-lyrics) And they show up in my favorite Guster song (“Amsterdam”, a bouncy-yet-dark-yet-fun singalong): _I threw away your greatest hits_ _You left them here the day you split_ _Your bass guitar and Shaggs CD_ _Well they don’t mean that much to me right now…_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W0TQVbiWeEs/hqdefault.jpg "Guster - Amsterdam (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0TQVbiWeEs) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/44 "2024-11-23T18:27:51Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > There were (at least) two different groups by that name. You may be thinking of the later one, who were from Ohio. The guys I posted were from NYC. Two Godz? I did not know that. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/45 "2024-11-29T07:09:12Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I can’t explain it. There’s something there but I don’t know what it is. I have always felt that the Shaggs were the sound of a band stuck in the situation where they _had_ to practice and play, but they really didn’t want to. So they decided that if they would do it, but not one bit more than they absolutely had to. The result is almost entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/46 "2024-11-29T17:25:40Z")
My brother has played bass guitar in local bands for over 35 years. As the band members have changed (many due to military re-postings), they have changed their repertoire quite often. He has told me several times that the most difficult songs for him to learn are those he hates. “But the vote was 4 to 1 that we play ‘Yummy, Yummy, Yummy’ and we go by majority vote.” (Note: Not the actual song, but I’m afraid that I will be overwhelmed with feedback if I used the name of the actual song.) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437/47 "2024-12-01T00:14:43Z")
Another response to your post: I also Tivo the All-State concert, which in Iowa airs on PBS. There was one year where the band music was atonal and had no discernible melodies. I’m guessing that the director who chose it was asked not to come back. My mother told me about someone she knew who had to put her husband in a nursing home after his Alzheimer’s progressed beyond a point where he could live at home. One day, she called, and was told that he wasn’t available because he was at bell choir practice. He never had any musical interest or ability, but they had gotten bells designed for children, and it was one of their activities. That may also have sounded better than either of those things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shaggs/1010437.md?page=2)