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Studies in the Sixties..
By: AJ Date: September 15, 2017, 10:05 pm
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Thought I'd throw this one the wall and see if it
sticks.....Gonna post a one hit wonder from the Sixties and hope
some of yall follow suit...
This number...Only thing I think they ever did that anyone
heard. I thought the way the guy delivered the lyric was kind of
cool in that he's talking about a girl cheating on him and kind
of laughing his way through it, as well as a bit threatening.
Two Rickys wanging away and a Firebird bass..which in and of
itself was a bit out of the ordinary. The singer's swag is
pretty cool. The Sixties were permeated with "Videos" like this,
Lip synced performances with girls dancing away.
HTML https://youtu.be/xA8tUUrSTIw
HTML https://youtu.be/xA8tUUrSTIw
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: indigo_dave Date: September 16, 2017, 7:34 am
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I like the song and remember it. I wonder what year it was
recorded. I'm thinking maybe it was Dylan influenced. The
shouting rap rather than a defined melody like Subterranean
Homesick Blues and other stuff circa 1965. It's hard to believe
looking back, at how his influence affected the pop music
landscape.
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: Luke17 Date: September 16, 2017, 8:06 am
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oh, hell yeah...my brother Rick sang the lead on that one..he
was more R&B oriented rather than Beatle- ites like the rest of
us, he used to to walk to the stage Mic in hand, with a white
hankie in other hand, and work up the girls on that song.
he was tall and handsome and the wimmins loved his act.
He was also in an impromptu R&B side band called 'King Richard
and the Crusaders' He did a killer Percy sledge 'When a man
loves a woman'
Yup...'Swagger' is a good word to describe the lead singers
delivery on that song AJ.
The flip side of that 45 record is pretty good too as I
remember..
we used to buy/ steal every record we wanted to cover, play 'em
over and over to get everything close to right...
so I think one of us still has it.
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: Bucky Date: September 16, 2017, 8:19 am
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Never heard that one! Interesting vocal.
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: Luke17 Date: September 16, 2017, 11:52 am
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REM used to do that song on some of their early live sets.
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: AJ Date: September 16, 2017, 1:42 pm
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[quote author=Luke17 link=topic=99.msg966#msg966
date=1505567184]
oh, hell yeah...my brother Rick sang the lead on that one..he
was more R&B oriented rather than Beatle- ites like the rest of
us, he used to to walk to the stage Mic in hand, with a white
hankie in other hand, and work up the girls on that song.
he was tall and handsome and the wimmins loved his act.
He was also in an impromptu R&B side band called 'King Richard
and the Crusaders' He did a killer Percy sledge 'When a man
loves a woman'
Yup...'Swagger' is a good word to describe the lead singers
delivery on that song AJ.
The flip side of that 45 record is pretty good too as I
remember..
we used to buy/ steal every record we wanted to cover, play 'em
over and over to get everything close to right...
so I think one of us still has it.
[/quote]
You've spoken so much about your brother....Y'all musta really
been somethin' back in the day...That was a really popular song
then, but I don't remember the flip side of the record at all. I
do remember it being considered as a song the band I was in
should do, but we covered this one instead..
HTML https://youtu.be/ftO9ClIhFAo
HTML https://youtu.be/ftO9ClIhFAo
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: Luke17 Date: September 16, 2017, 2:24 pm
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Wow Jim...that's a groovy song..can't say that I ever heard
it..but me sure likey it now. O0
I hope you sang lead, because that guy sounds a lot like you and
with your voice inflections.
I don't know how I missed these guys..I watched Dick Clark's
American Bandstand religiously since I was 14.
Great find Jim.🤙
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: AJ Date: September 16, 2017, 2:32 pm
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[quote author=Luke17 link=topic=99.msg972#msg972
date=1505589881]
Wow Jim...that's a groovy song..can't say that I ever heard
it..but me sure likey it now. O0
I hope you sang lead, because that guy sounds a lot like you and
with your voice inflections.
[/quote]
I know you had to hear Love's version of "Hey Joe"...It predated
both the Byrd's and Jimi's version.
I eventually sang lead on it. We had a singer when we first
started covering it, but he quit to take a regular gig at
Shakey's Pizza playing banjo and singing old ragtime stuff.
First practice after he left I sang "Money", The Beatles version
and the guys immediately dubbed me singer. My voice was
considerably higher then and I sounded nothing like Arthur Lee
at all, but I always dug the menace in his voice. Couldn't even
get close at the time, but I guess close enough for our guys at
the time.
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: Luke17 Date: September 16, 2017, 2:39 pm
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Nope, just listened to it..love the bass carrying the weight of
that song..
Kinda reminded me of 'The Leaves' version of Hey Joe..my all
time favorite.
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Re: Studies in the Sixties..
By: AJ Date: September 16, 2017, 3:01 pm
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Oh HELL yeah! The Leaves version had a prominent bass line as
well!
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