Spanky and Our Gang taping for a Murray the K Special. Live vocals to a backing track. These are the cool and funny outtakes, with the group showing us a bit of their wit and personalities. A rare slice of 60's pop history.
What I love about the musicians and music from this era is the personality that is so evident; free from the test-marketi-driven A&R and cookie-cutter choreography of the Beyonces and Cristinas, et al.. Plus Spanky had perhahps the most magical voice of the '60s. That certainly helped.
One of the most undervalued American pop-rock bands of the 1960s , very impressive harmonies , powerful and emotional delivery from Elaine McFarland , and Mercury Records could really nail down production values when they wanted to.
This is beautiful. Elaine (Spanky) McFarlane, Nigel Pickering, Oz Bach, Malcolm Hale, and John Seiter. Spanky's voice is awesome even with a cold!!! The harmonies between these people is pure sugar. John Seiter (who later joined the Turtles at the end of their run) is hilarious with the non-emotional tambourine. It is a shame Malcolm Hale died so young. Elaine & Nigel reformed the group in 1975 with an album called "Change". There is a video of them appearing on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert with that material ...and Elaine is singing Country "With a Rock Edge" (Ann Wilson of Heart meets the Allman Brothers). It's worth a look. RIP Malcolm, Oz, and Nigel.
Dam, a lot of the music that came out of the 1960's is so awesome and great. I wonder if some or the bands knew how much of an impact they would have on future generations to come?
ANDY: GREAT point and so true!!!! These songs are over 50 years old and still going strong. Do you think Beyonce and Justin Bieber songs will be around in 50 years? How about 10 years???
Great piece of tape. I'm glad they saved this especially a rehearsal. So much footage in America from the 60s is gone for good or just poor quality Kinescope stuff.
This is amazing! Love to see them just being themselves. Of course we have the tape in the background, but they are performing live. Spanky shows her humanity with her coughing. The tambourinist is hilarious--he is excellent but always so serious and never sings. Love seeing what people could do in the '60s. This kind of performing never to be seen again.
I discovered that the drummer actually did sing the falsetto part on lazy day which is pretty good actually and was surprised when I finally saw that never realized he was the one that sang that high part and I believe he is still alive the only one besides Spanky at least I'm pretty sure as of watching this and commenting now which is March 31st 2024 hopefully they are still both with us and healthy.
Elaine was the best female vocalist of the 60's. The Mamas and the Papas got all the media attention, but the Gang was the real deal. All that amazing talent, and Chicago sensibility. What great memories !!
I don't see how the Mamas & Papas WEREN'T also the "real deal." They all had talent and voices and music business cred. Both Cass and Elaine had natural talent and golden voices. Neither group is the lesser of the other.
@@davidcoyle1084 I can't say that Michelle Phillips had talent. She was beautiful and her voice was okay for harmonies, so she was important to the band's image. But "Dedicated to the One I Love" is not the work of a "real deal" singer. She belongs more in the current era.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Michelle Phillips sounds like a "real deal singer" to me on 'Dedicated to the One I Love'. Not as powerful a lead voice as Cass Elliot but the contrast of the two vocalists was part of the magic. If every singer belted, things would get very dull. As well as being a great harmony singer and perfect for the group's unique blend, Michelle Phillips' charisma and stage presence was instinctive and very powerful.
In the 1980s, when JOHN PHILLIPS rebooted THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS as THE NEW MAMAS & THE PAPAS, the group was made up of JOHN PHILLIPS, DENNY DOHERTY, MACKENZIE PHILLIPS (taking over for MICHELLE) and SPANKY MC FARLANE (taking over for CASS)
Wow!!! This is truly priceless---so real, and amazingly excellent archival footage; I feel like I'm front row center. Thank you, Bouldercool, so very much for sharing this!
I love your BEATLES footage. I saw them at THE HOUSTON COLISEUM. It was 100% HUMIDITY and GENERAL ADMISSION I was 7 YEARS OLD and my SISTER was 10. MOM STAYED with us from 8am to 8pm when they OPENED the DOORS. MANY PEOPLE TRAMPLED. Some FAINTED from the HEAT OUTSIDE. A memory I will not forgot.
I’ve seen this same video where the recorded version of SWNBTS is dubbed over this live version. I much prefer this version. The music here is canned, but the vocals are live, and they show how great SAOG really were. Elaine McFarlane had such a powerful voice, and the male background singing is just superb. There aren’t many truly live performances of them on video, but the ones that do exist are all excellent. They’re often compared to The Mamas and Papas, and I think they more than hold their own musically.
Having grown up with the great music from the 1960s I often feel so sorry for today's kids with what is passing for music now. So awful especially (c)rap!
I am afan, but do you know that here in the philippines I was nt able to get a cd or vinyl of spanky and our gang in the late 80`s and early 90`s. I was able to get one when I went to america in 1995. thanks to you tube I even able to watch them play. as you know in the philippines mot everyone has a tv in the 60`s
I've told you before. ... Call me Perverted no problem at all... in fact I'm proudly proclaiming... You'll find out afterwards playing with your little mail-order-bride ..
Jason Wilson - Spanky? lol You ancient fuck! I know for sure I'm breaking you down ...you must feel like shit when you look at yourself in the mirror... I now know for 100% certain you are only able to buy filipinas to like you... I bet you've lost lot's of money over the vears ..paying even for a girl to sit with you, lol hahaha Spanky???? lol I know soooo much about you ...old turd
Karl BHX ..... Apropo Carl... actually never spent much on the blood suckling opportunist... Just enough to feed them with a lot of empty promises. .. " The end justifies the means " Remember it's a jungle out there. You'll find out...
Karl BHX ...... Thanks for the invitation, already have membership with Tony's Tennis Club and Fitness Center. You're not that young neither. . The changing of sunlight to moonlight Reflections of my life Oh how they fill my eyes The world is a bad place A bad place A terrible place to live *Oh but I don't want to die*
I had one of their records (about 1970, I think), and I can't find on RU-vid some of their songs, specifically "Join the Klan" and "Back to Nagasaki." Bummer. [Lisping male voice] "All the fellows used to tease me/And when they did I often cried and ran. But now they're so impressed/ 'Cause I get to wear a dress,/ and lots of guys like me have joined the Klan!"
That's the "Live" album from 1970, which was actually recorded in 1967. They sound like a typical folk club hootenanny group on the album, which matches with their look. You'd almost expect to find them working at Shakey's Pizza Parlor. For the record, "Nagasaki" was first recorded by the Ipana Troubadours in 1928, long before the A-bomb came along. I see this comment was posted a year ago, which means "Nagasaki" was probably being posted on RU-vid about the time you were typing this. Try it now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VIXj8VCNibY.html
It was Malcolm Hale, he passed away in October of 1968. Lefty Baker passed away in 1971 as well, but he was in his early 30's. Very sad, such great talent and wit.
