I was listening to my brand new iPod shuffle (the greatest Christmas gift of all time), and I stumbled on a rare gem. The MC5 have a great song called Looking at You from their album Back in the USA. It may be the perfect song! The driving bass line never changes, which is just fine with me. The lyrics are hormonally inspired, as you can see below. Rob Tyner's unique voice is unparalleled (that's him on the left), the drums are pure punk rock boogie woogie, and there are even three Wayne Kramer solos set on fire by Fred "Sonic" Smith's endless crunch. Where has this song been all my life? How did I miss something so awesome? Was anything better in 1970? Not much. Tell me if I screwed up any of the lyrics. I hear that The Damned recorded a version of this song ...

Looking at You
by The MC5

When it happened
something snapped inside,
made me want to hide.
All alone on my own, all alone on my own.
I stood up on the stand with my eyes shut tight.
Didn’t want to see anybody.
Feeling happy, having a good time, now hey!
Doing alright, doing alright, doing alright, doing alright.

I stared into the dancing crowd.
Felt like screaming out loud.
I saw you standing there.
I saw your long, saw your long hair.
Opened up my eyes baby, you made me realize,
all I want to do now, all I want to do now girl,
is look at you, looking at you babe,
look at you, looking at you babe.
Yeah, hey, hey!

I stared into the dancing crowd.
I felt like screaming out loud.
All I want to do, all I want to do, all I want to do
is look at you, looking at you, babe,
look at you, looking at you babe,
looking at you, looking at you, looking at you baby,
you baby, you baby, you baby, yeah!