Recorded in Liverpool, or possibly Hamburg, ca. 1960.
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Recorded in Liverpool, or possibly Hamburg, ca. 1960.
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Saturday Matinee – The Pencil, The Multiverse, & The Echos of Nyro
School is back in session, so check these out.
The Pencil. The late Milton Friedman is one of my favorites.
2005: Dr. Michio Kaku describes the purpose of LISA, scheduled for launch in 2010(?). Woof. This guy’s got some amazing ideas, despite his Berkely ties.
The intelligent Homerbird describes the daily rotation of the earth in easy to understand terms.
[Found at the Presurfer.]
Speaking of Dimensions, I caught myself before I posted a 5th Dimension vid, and decided to post Laura Nyro instead since she wrote several of their hits. Because there are so few decent Laura Nyro videos on the Utoobage, here are three of her songs performed by others, including the 5thD.
Blood Sweat & Tears‘ version of “When I Die” from 1970, live in Japan. (Hope someone can take this semi demagnetized video tape and balance out the sound.)
Three Dog Night‘s “Eli’s Comin’.”
I secretly liked Nyro’s version of this song, too.
The Royalettes‘ “Gonna Take A Miracle.” This was not a Nyro song, although she covered the 1965 hit in 1971.
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TV Time
Train to Utoob City, now boarding on Platform Click.
See for yourself why every year more people buy RCA Victor than any other TV.
The most Trusted Name in Television.
THIS is what Television was invented for.
[Image created via effmypic.com.]
Saturday Matinee – Do the Fly, Do the Freddie, Slip Away, but Stay Away from the Chick-a-Dilly
Chubby Checker‘s “Do the Fly” didn’t quite make the cut in 1963, but two years later we got this:
In 1965, “Do the Freddy” was Freddy & the Dreamers’ attempt to create a new dance craze. I’d never heard of it, so it must have been a West Coast/British Invasion thang, but F&theD’s actually DID manage to have an influence on later rockers, including the Ramones (watch DeeDee’s moves). Wait for classic dopiness at about 1:00.
Clarence Carter‘s “Slip Away” went to No.6 in 1968. From Billboard’s Top Pop Singles: “Born in 1936 in Montgomery, Alabama. Blind since age 1. Self-taught on guitar from age 11.”
And now for our Feature Length Presentation (courtesy of Hanuman) 1961’s “The Choppers.” Pay attention, parents. This could happen to YOUR KIDS, but they’ll never have such a cool soundtrack.
Saturday Matinee – Kill a ‘Dilla, Comma Song, Follow the Sun, Waiting on a Friend, Happy Boy
KillaDilla.
Jimmy Jones’ “Handy Man” cracked me up when I was a tad. I remember it as the “Comma Song.”
Del Shannon came a long way from 1961’s “Hats Off To Larry.” This song made it to Number 9 in November 1964.
This is one of the prettiest songs the Stones ever did, not that they were ever known for pretty.
And because my computer has been reborn and hasn’t thrown up in over 24 hours, here’s a repost of the late great Country Dick Montana & the Beat Farmers to sum up my current mental outlook.
Saturday Matinee – ’65, ’66 & ’67
Folks, we had some odd computer problems today, so we had to throw this together at the last minute.
Hello Vancouver!
1965, Doug Sahm & the Sir Douglas Quintet.
1966 Yardbirds. That was the same year Dad bought a set of the World Book Encyclopedia. The cellophane inserts showing frog anatomy were very cool.
1967, crappy sound, but it’s the Blues Magoos.
1967, and Stephen Stills was only 22 in this video. I was into Big Daddy Roth and Mad Magazine. Oh, man. Seems like it was just February.
Saturday Matinee – Watercolor, Muffin Machines, Building Roll w/ Tosh & Stones
Full screen is cool. [Found here.]
[Found here.]
Comment found on the Utoobage:
Wooow! It takes a certain level of 3rd world engineering to pull off a demo that is usually only possible in CARTOON PHYSICS!
[Found here.]
Classic version of Chuck Berry’s classic.
Classic verison of Bob Marley’s classic.
Yawkin’ Foo some people summertime…
Saturday Matinee – Ghosts & Vapors, Pink Dub, Midnight Animals Oil, Ramones California Sun
Ghost caught on video!
“Booo! Booo! Run for mayor somewhere else! Booo!”
[Found here. Don’t jump to a Beer Summit conclusion, there’s more to the story.]
[Found here. Welcome to Electric Pelosiland.]
No video, but the concept is great. Pink Rock Floyd Steady Dub.
Nice cover of the Animals’ 1965 hit by Midnight Oil. But here’s some trivia: The song was written by Barry Mann. (More about him here.)
Oh, yeah.
Saturday Matinee – Oddness, Beat Girl, Hang & Guitar, Procol Harum & Brownsville Station
[Found here by way of somewhere else.]
[Found here.]
[Found here.]
Procol Harem’s 1967 hit, Whiter Shade of Pale, was a great song even if nobody cared what it meant.
Brownsville Station double header. I give credit to any three-man power group that can pull this kinda stuff off, even if they were only remembered as a one-hit wonder.
Saturday Matinee – Possession(?), EMW, Rex, Howlies, Demitri Martin & Harry the Hipster
Interpret it as you like. Found that here.
[Cool video found at Ivan’s Place.]
This one’s been around, but I found it again via the Divine Ms. C.
The Howlies had an excellent video of “Aluminum Baseball Bat” that was pulled from the Utoobage. They’ve resurfaced with this new one that’s ALMOST as good as their original.
Demetri Martin is Steven Wright minus 30 years, but with a guitar. The Question and Answer Song was improvised… (I’m certain that I posted some of his stuff before. If not, let him know.)
Who? I suspect Harry the Hipster. (Thanx for the fin, Feng.)
Tacky Raccoons 