Blues Magoos, Electric Prunes, Standells, The Seeds, Music Machine Syndicate of Sound the list is long and great stuff, this music still lives and stands the test of time. Love it always .
It isn't! Many younger people feel that way.I went to a showing of A Hard Day's Night recently.There were kids there who were too young to remember George Harrison as a living person.
If you were there then, you know that there was so much GREAT music that came out every week! It kept getting better every day and you could feel it was progressing faster too. We knew it was cool and we were lucky. It was a beautiful flash of musical light.
We had the Blues Magoos booked and contracted to play our Junior Senior Prom in a small South Alabama town for M ay of 1968. Our local rock band had discovered them through word of mouth and bootleg tapes. They were like nothing we had ever heard and we tried to emulate them every way we could. Alas, their gig at our prom was pre-empted by the performance you just heard. They were booked onto "The Bell Telephone Hour" as a rising example of a new trend in Rock, Psychedelic Music. They did the right thing and bought the Prom contract back from us. We managed to get another really great regional group out of Pensacola, Florida named the Phaetons. They were fantastic, too, but our band still kept p[laying the Blues Magoos songs until we broke up and went to college.
Even my dad stopped the car over the side of the road just to listen to We Ain't Got Nothing Yet, in December of 1966. Absolute precision quality from an outstanding group members performers put many so called rock and roll groups into the amateur category with total simplicity. Signed a fan in San Antonio Texas.
I saw these guys live at a small club in Boston. It was my first real concert experience. They didn't disappoint--they were so loud, part of the ceiling fell down.
Much is because today everyone's just trying to get rich; it's no longer about the music. Plus, in order to get your music out there, you have to create a video, which takes months and costs a fortune. So while back in the 60's a band could cut a record and have it in the dj's hands the next day, today it takes 6 months. So you have fewer, and lower quality music. Some songs are virtually unlistenable without the sexy video, I give you Britney Spears 'Oh baby baby' as a perfect example.
It seemed that everyday during the mid 60's, a new band would have a hit on the radio. The amount of talent that exploded onto the music scene was mind boggling and it all happened thanks to four guys from England.
I used to work for Bank of America in San Francisco back in the late70's early 80's at the 1 south Van ness building in the money wire transfer department. We had a staff meeting and one of the managers from another department (i don't remember his name and was an assistant Vice-President) mentioned in staff meetings how he was in Blues Magoos. Really nice guy, I remember his long hair and how well kept and groomed he was, very attractive too :). I liked the flip side of the record "gotta get away" a lot.
I was a back up man in a cover band in the late sixties [ Dedicated Choice ] Northern Ontario Canada. We covered 60's rock and roll and ended up doing 46 songs. Unfortunately, we can't go back, but have good memories of it.
the natural energy and creativity of the 60s,70s, and Amazing 80s... oh how i miss those decades.you just had to be there...life in general so positive.
1966 the year of the garage bands. This one peaked at #5 in Feb, 1967. Some of the best music throughout history was made by one hit wonders. It's still with us today and will never die.
Well said. "YELLOW BALOON" comes to mind---just one of many. Young musicians would do well in studying this pocket of time from 1965 thru 1967 when (not to diminish the Beatles) music was a happening. To me, some of the best never got radio time or were on the flip side of the 45 or on the album. Example---The group YELLOW BALOON---"How Can I Be Down" Good song. Never heard it before until I got Bluetooth recently.
Yes! And the songs were always too short. I wanted them to go on forever. I was 8 years old in 1966 and I swear those years and that music spoiled me because nothing has seemed quite as good since. 1966ish-1969ish. Best. music.
At 69,I was starting high school when "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet" hit,and it remains the prototypical song about a rising but still hungry band and one of my all-time faves. Where are the boys today ?
Michael Esposito lead guitarist of the psychedelic rock band the Blues Magoos and the artist for their first album cover lives in my town of Woodstock NY. And has had a quietly eventful Woodstock life for many years... Michael’s occupations have included musician, painter, builder, priest, and bicycle repairman, as well being a one panel cartoonist "Swami Salami" for our local paper. He still plays music at 83 [now bass guitar] with guitarist Marc Black and other Woodstock musicians and fixing bicycles at his bike shop in town called "The Old Spokes Home."
I remember going straight home from school to watch "Where the Action Is." The new music and the new groups were mind blowing. Boys with long hair was a novelty that freaked out our parents.
I was 11 yrs old when I first heard this song, it was in the wee hours of the morning & I was half asleep. This song kept playing in my head the entire next day. I thought it was a dream till I heard it on the radio a couple of days later.
The signature sound of the '60s. The guitar climbing the scale, the bass, the keyboards -- all period-perfect. I remember dancing myself into the floor to this one way back when. This is still king tone, baby!
This was one of my first ever albums at 17. Drove my parents crazy with it (dad was a Barbershopper, the choir director at church, and mom played the keyboards.
Man 60's music was the greatest. And even now it is so much better than what comes out now. The big record companies don't want to take a chance. There are groups out there that would make this era great if they could. Rock isn't dead it's just being pushed back.
Every time someone downloads a video featuring a 60’s band I get so envious of everyone born/living during those times. Being a 90’s child I can honestly say 90% of our music is pure trash! If only I could time travel 🙁Thank you for sharing I truly appreciate it 💖💖💖
I was born in '62 and grew up with this music. It was all on the radio every day. Turn it on and *boom* pure magic. There was never a bad song on the radio back then. I was enraptured by these tunes (still am!) and knew innately that it was special, and that I was fortunate to be listening. Probably an era never to be duplicated.
@@steviesugarman7416 People have been trying to work out ever since what made the 70's and late 60's, give or take, such a golden era for music. Was it that the technology around the music was simple enough that it didn't overly distract musicians (including worrying about social media) and they could focus on getting good? Were the standards just higher? Was there something in the spirit of that generation that made for such amazing music? Maybe a mix of all of these, who can really say.
@@Sam-go3mb There was no hiding behind technology so you had to be able to really play and sing. Most bands played every night in clubs and got super tight.
@@Sam-go3mb I think it's everything you mentioned, and then some. Certainly the 60's were culturally & politically charged, much of which was expressed in the music. Less distractions, less technology, musicians could focus on music and lyrics and not incessant social media. And the standards were definitely higher...way higher! Allow me to throw something else in the mix. There's no way to prove this, but I'm gonna conjecture that some of the creativity of the 60's/70's was amplified by psychedelic substances. Starting in the mid-60's (with the Beatles as well as other bands) there was an explosion of energy and creativity, exploring different sounds, different cadences, new types of arrangements. Pop music got really deep really fast! The Beatles went from "she loves you yeah yeah yeah" to "turn off your mind, relax and float downstream" seemingly overnight. Well, it wasn't overnight, but you know what I mean. I'm not saying this to diminish anyone's work, it's actually just the opposite. These substances, when taken in moderation and with a mind free to explore, can lead to monumental levels of creativity. Fear dissipates, freedom to express comes to the fore. Combine this with the cultural and political milieu and you get one heady brew. Magic.
People today don't know how HUGELY IMPORTANT the Blues Magoos were in that day ... EVERY little garage band idolized them & they were the Ultimate in "Trippy , Far-Out" music
The 60's had music beyond compare. I'm just going through songs I grew up with, but never got to see the musicians/groups. Awesome music! I didn't get much TV back then and now I can find these great groups on RU-vid!! YAY! Thanks for posting!!
We had these guys live in our high school gymnasium (Highland Park NJ) shortly after this song came out. It was probably early 1967, my sophomore year. Great song!! Memorable concert!
When you are 4 years old, A year is a quarter of your life .... When you're 64 a year is 1/64 of your life - A mear fraction to compare to the past years, thus the more years pass, the faster they go in your mind. Mic drop....
Bull poopie! Quit thinking about it. Take one day at a time and absorb each day. Maybe time might slow down for you a bit. Time is time no matter what age you are and I know time waits for no one but chill brother. Breathe deep, blow out slow. Hell, you may live to be 100... or more 😎✌
1964 - 65- 66 AM radio ! Beach boys, motown, British invasion & the songs kept pouring out making for great times, memories. those were the days my friend , lol... I thought they'd never end.
None of the oldies stations play any hits from these kind of groups from the late 1960s. I loved the Seeds. And this group rode the radio top list for weeks.
Well. Some stations just play the same tired hits over and over. But there was a wealth of great music made. I remember the first time I heard the Seeds, "Pushing Too Hard" on AM radio. A few local clubs would feature this "new" music and many of us knew something unique was happening, but what ? JFK killed in 1963 and MLK in 1968, along with MalcolmX and Bobby Kennedy. Harsh times...has any progress been made ?
@@debluetailfly Because music from the 60s isn't “salable.” That's what a so-called radio programmer told me. Nothing but the corporate-produced 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 we have today.
I always click on videos that induce flashbacks to my days in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury, class of 1967-70 ✌️💐🤗💐 I was “TEX “ back then. Perhaps someone that knew me back then will send me a “howdy”! It was a helluva party!!!
there was a rumor that these guys lived in the woods near us. kool ! We'll never hear great songs like this, ever again. It was awesome to be young in those days
I saw them perform several times at the Chess Mate in Detroit, as early as 1966. Probably invented psychedelic music and as a touring performing band, they were unequaled. They have three excellent albums with the original members. Their extended version of the Nashville Teens' "Tobacco Road" laid the groundwork for all others to follow. Should have been even bigger than they were. Excellent musicians.
I was playing and gigging R&R then, as a teen, and I'm still playing and gigging it now, as a geezer. It keeps me young, although now I have to take Ibuprofen before gigs for the aches and pains..!! Lol
My big sister had this album. I was 9 yrs old and played it over and over again. I still remember staring at the album cover because the band was so cool looking!
what a rush when this came out,couldn't never get any radio loud enough in those days,,yeah I was there and hooked on real music,nothing artificial for me
Thanks RU-vid, for preserving all these great memories. I might be old now, but when I hear music like this, I feel like a teenager all over again!! An obnoxious teenager, no less!!
'67, I think, went to a show in Dallas just before I was drafted. Blues Magoos opened for The Who and Herman's Hermits. They'd adopted a uniform that had flexible lights on them, when they went into the lead part of this song the auditorium lights went out and they went crazy. Great effects, great show.
Love the garage psych music ,these guys Electric Prunes , Music Machine , Syndicate of Sound the list keeps going great stuff still love it to this day.
The Music Machine was my favorite from that period, but this Magoos tune was a definite favorite! As a budding guitarist, that rising pentatonic scale hook couldn't help but to drag me in! Thanks, '60s!
