Posted on 02/01/2014 6:52:47 PM PST by virgil283
The Bird is the Word--The Rivingtons (1963)
And off and away on a dirt bike!
Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa
Pa pa hoo mau mau Pa pa hoo mau mau mau
Pa pa hoo mau mau Pa pa hoo mau mau mau
Sweet!
Roll On--The Lamplighters (an answer to The Wallflower by Etta James & the Peaches; in turn, an answer to Work With Me, Annie by the Midnighters)
My brother and I noticed that when they were on TV at the height of their popularity.
Incidentally, the pendant worn by the lead singer looks like a Jerusalem cross--a Crusader symbol.
Ah, The Turtles.
Went to HS with them. The band was known as the "Crossfires" in those days. Mark Volman and Howard Kaplan (the front guys) were fat even back then. Chuck Portman was the drummer, I think. Portman was a helluva swimmer as I remember. All nice Jewish boys.
IIRC, Mark and Howard morphed into "Flo and Eddie" some time later, still fat.
We Gentiles went to Viet Nam.
They were probably stranded by the Great Airplane Strike of 1966--as was I.
I liked to listen to Flo and Eddie on FM radio back in the Ford/Carter era.
Jimmi Hendrix made the song 'Hey Joe' famous...here are some people who did it before him:
The Standells (American), the Yardbirds (British), and I believe The Doors (American) also had a version of it!
{LAMPLIGHTERS -ROLL ON}...thanks
...Thanks,..... I thought Lightnin Hopkins : 'Penetentiary Blues", was the base for 'Hey Joe" but Wiki says it wasn't made until the 60s by Billy Roberts...... you never know do you?
Come On In is the flip side of their “hit” Talk Talk.
Hey Joe, rock and roll (fast version) by the Surfaris (yes the Wipe Out guys) from 1966 (on Decca).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM8_jBoQPv0
“Mark and Howard morphed into “Flo and Eddie” some time later, still fat”
and toured with Frank Zappa on “Just Another Band From LA”—best concert I ever been to.
Neat.
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