WHAT’S HOT & WHAT’S NOT ON THE ‘TWANG

One of the benefits of using “Box.net” as the hosting provider for the mp3s I post here is I get to see numbers on what all y’all are downloading. A few clear winners have emerged in the year-plus since I started putting up songs for the taking. The winner, by a figurative mile, was that first Bangs/Bangles single we gave to you back in September. Those CHURCH MICE tracks rang some bells as well. Others were not so lucky – I shall refrain from posting their numbers, but fellow CURSE OF THE BIRTHMARK fans, we need to work a little harder to get the word out – apparently posting an entire EP for free isn’t sufficient to rally the base. Here, just for kicks, are the Top 20 most downloaded songs on Detailed Twang:

1. THE BANGS – Getting Out Of Hand (910 downloads)
2. CHURCH MICE – College Psychology On Love (802)
3. THE BANGS – Call On Me (696)
4. VIRGIN PRUNES – Twenty Tens (I’ve Been Smoking All Night Long) (661)
5. CHURCH MICE – Babe, We Are Not Part Of Society (643)
6. PUSSY CAT – Les Temps Ont Change (525)
7. THE TWILIGHTERS – Nothing Can Bring Me Down (522)
7. BO-WEEVILS – That Girl (522)
9. THE WEASELS – Beat Her With A Rake (500)
10. CONTINENTAL CO-ETS – I Don’t Love You No More (481)
10. THE BANGS – Getting Out Of Hand (demo) (481)
12. FABIENNE DELSOL – Vilainis Filles Mauvais Garcons (474)
13. ART PHAG – A Boy and His Gun (470)
14. RED CROSS – Every Day There’s Someone New (demo) (468)
15. MAJORETTES – White Levis (434)
16. DWARVES – Lick It (430)
17. WHITE PRIDE – Illegal Aliens (425)
18. MIKE REP & THE QUOTAS – Mama Was A Schitzo…. (419)
19. GIBSON BROS – My Young Life (404)
20. REX GARVIN – Emulsified (401)
20. GIRLS AT OUR BEST – Getting Nowhere Fast (401)