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When this came out in 1964, some critics and people in the music business considered these guys even more talented than the Beatles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ffgqjcH40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ffgqjcH40
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A (very trivial) Trivia Question
What song appeared spontaneously (like a folk song) in 1964, and was being sung by millions every day, in the streets and everywhere, BEFORE it was ever broadcast or recorded?
The most often sung (and the most trivial) song of that year!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQ8P2QZvKg&fmt=18
What song appeared spontaneously (like a folk song) in 1964, and was being sung by millions every day, in the streets and everywhere, BEFORE it was ever broadcast or recorded?
The most often sung (and the most trivial) song of that year!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQ8P2QZvKg&fmt=18
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Off Spring - The Children aren't alright
[video]https://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw[/video]
[video]https://youtu.be/VrZ4sMRYimw[/video]
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Off Spring - You're gonna go far kid
[video]https://youtu.be/5_LxyhCJpsM[/video]
[video]https://youtu.be/5_LxyhCJpsM[/video]
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Another song that I can't find anywhere on the Net (except for iTunes) is this little gem. It sounds like pure mid-60's pop-rock, but it's from 1986: "The United States of Existence."
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The birth of Rap?
A lot has been said about this obscure record, "Spazz" -- by "The Elastik Band", from a major label (Atco) and reissued on a few 60's compilations.
A "rap" or "hip-hop" kind of song in 1967?
And the lyrics: "People gonna think you're spazz!" Offensive? Outrageous? Making fun of the disabled?
No. The group leader and songwriter, David Cortopassi, says it was an anti-drug song. (Note the line "Some joker slips you LSD.")
From "Music Dish" interview, 2007:
"As a teenager living in California during the mid-sixties, there was considerable peer pressure to try drugs. It was a difficult situation to battle and most everyone was trying to get me high, which made me feel like an outsider and even more rebellious about it. So, while everyone seemed to be dropping acid and eating magic mushrooms, I wrote "Spazz" as an anti-drug statement, never thinking it would be interpreted as anything else ...... Some blogs argue whether or not "Spazz" denotes the birth of rap."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YX2mBcJvwA
A lot has been said about this obscure record, "Spazz" -- by "The Elastik Band", from a major label (Atco) and reissued on a few 60's compilations.
A "rap" or "hip-hop" kind of song in 1967?
And the lyrics: "People gonna think you're spazz!" Offensive? Outrageous? Making fun of the disabled?
No. The group leader and songwriter, David Cortopassi, says it was an anti-drug song. (Note the line "Some joker slips you LSD.")
From "Music Dish" interview, 2007:
"As a teenager living in California during the mid-sixties, there was considerable peer pressure to try drugs. It was a difficult situation to battle and most everyone was trying to get me high, which made me feel like an outsider and even more rebellious about it. So, while everyone seemed to be dropping acid and eating magic mushrooms, I wrote "Spazz" as an anti-drug statement, never thinking it would be interpreted as anything else ...... Some blogs argue whether or not "Spazz" denotes the birth of rap."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YX2mBcJvwA
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Hooz Blooz?
Today's quiz question: Who made this recording?
This group made Billboard's top 10 three times in the late 60's. But their singles never sounded anything like this lost gem from their last LP, made with a new set of band members in 1969. It's nine minutes of blues. The first two minutes are fast, funny and lighthearted; the rest is slow, heavy and serious.
Today's quiz question: Who made this recording?
This group made Billboard's top 10 three times in the late 60's. But their singles never sounded anything like this lost gem from their last LP, made with a new set of band members in 1969. It's nine minutes of blues. The first two minutes are fast, funny and lighthearted; the rest is slow, heavy and serious.
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