PENETRATION (SS-20)
Two of the trademark covers by SS-20 are given on the Dream Life album. Side 2 opens with “My Eyes Have Seen You” that had appeared on the second album by the Doors, Strange Days, which incorporates the usual Doors flourishes; and the album closes with a fine, extended interpretation (running nearly 10 minutes) of “Penetration” that had appeared on the third album by the Stooges, Raw Power. Both songs are basically performed in the same style as the rest of the album, but the individual character of each of the two songs comes in quite clearly. I must say that I would have a hard time coming up with the name of another band who performs convincing covers of such a wide variety of rock songs.
(December 2017)
