I went to the TAMI show with my mother. I was ten years old and my mother was the rep for The Barbarians and Joy Music Publishing Co. I started playing guitar after the show and am still playing.
Great description, Kim! As I watched it just now, before I read you comment, I was just remembering when I was a teenager and first saw this film. It took the excitement I'd felt at seeing the Beatles and kicked it up a notch (as did my first viewing of the Who) - something about there being a way to be fully alive, as you say, that I knew I hadn't reached yet but really wanted to!
Moulty played an important role in my life. I studied Uechi Ryu karate from him (he was an amazing karateka and teacher) and we played music together. I last saw him many years ago at a concert featuring the reconstituted Barbarians (one son on bass and the other on drums) and he was full of life.
I was there! We all did not realize at the time that we were living Rock and Roll History! I went to Samo High at the time only 2 blocks away from Santa Monica Civic Auditorium!
I worked at the Paramount Theatre in Wilkes-Barre, PA as an usher when this show was released. This is definitely one of the great spots in the show, in fact you can see that a lot of groups were influenced by this performance. I have a mint copy of the 45 RPM of this song on the Joy label, but it's nowhere as good as this version!! This video is a must see for all 60's R&R fans.
I never liked this side of there record.... but this version is fabulous...the pinnacle if the garage rock sound.the flip of their JOY single “try to understand” is great also
1964? These guys were ahead of their time! Garage-Punk! They rock so hard that compared to all of the other acts of the time (Billy Kramer, Pacemakers- even The Beatles and Stones) these guys might as well be Black Sabbath or The Sex Pistols! Very influential- just saw this last night and this is the newest cover song for our band!
Elvis beat them all to it, because he was playing FUZZ electric guitar by May 1963....LONG before Stones, Beatles, Yardbyrds....have a listen....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fmoqw2_dKhI.html
The Barbarians is really special and I'm glad the cameras focused on Moulty. Very long hair for 1964 and ahead of its time. Garage, punk, power-pop, EVERYTHING is there. The Ramones immortalized the band. All that was left was to see the band in action.
Two of the front men here, Jerry Causi and Bruce Benson along with later Barbarians member Geoff Morris, went on to form Black Pearl, with Tom Mulcahy, Bernie Fieldings and Jim "Oak" O'Connor.
Those dancers are the greatest! They really put the punctuation on this already amazing classic song. If I could I'd live here forever, like Groundhog Day!
Be sure to check out Joy Ciro (the woman top left bikini) early in the show as she dances to Chuck Berry's "Nadine", in a medley with Gerry & the Pacemakers!
Saw them in Provincetown when I was 15 years ols in a club there. Also,when they played Lincoln Park Ballroom. They used Super Beatles amps at the time and they were so amazing in person! Great memories!
ANYBODY WATCHING AT THIS IN MAY 2019 ? THAT'S WHAT THE MUSIC SHOULD BE !!! LIVE !!! NO PLAYBACK !!! GREAT WORK BY THE BARBARIANS !!! THE DRUMMER WITH ONE HAND AND THE HOOK WAS AWESOME !!! GREAT WORK BY VICTOR MOLTIER (MOULTY) !!!
When you watch and listen to this video, you have to remember that this was October 1964. This song, as played in this video (it was tamer on the 45), rocked hard like few others did at that time. It was a shame that the single flopped when released, but think McFly in Back To The Future, jamming "Johnny B. Goode, a 1958 song, but breaking into some Hendrix-style playing, in what was November 1955 in the film. Most weren't ready for that quite yet.. They should have re-released this in 1966.
Thankfully “Hey Little Bird” took on a life as a garage band classic! Any garage group worth their salt had to play “Hey Little Bird” in their repertoire!!
These guys are from Provincetown on Cape Cod. The drummer Moulty is Victor Moltier.He blew his hand off on a home made bomb.They have a very heavy booming sound.
i dont see anything wrong with lip syncing, ensures no mistakes can be made from a musical side, and gives the artist more freedom to move around on stage. Everyone knew that they were lip syncing, but they didn't care because seeing the artist was the real treat.
Among many other greats from the NYC early punk scene 1977 was one hell of a year for those who were lucky enough to live in and through it for that matter. The Chesterfield Kings do a great cover of this song and brought it to a generation who otherwise would never heard it. Pure rock n roll
The Ramones actually mention Moulty in one of their songs. Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? Will you remember Jerry Lee, John Lennon, T. Rex and OI Moulty? It's the end, the end of the 70's It's the end, the end of the century
Jim Pilster was a member of the Cryan' Shames, another 60's garage band, and he also only had one hand. He just played the tambourine,though, not the drums. Jim was born with only one hand
@Rolco64 I was wowed by his drumming when I saw this and didn't notice the prosthesis at all until an article came out about him in the Boston Globe! I had to go back and watch it in disbelief.
I remember hearing this song on a random cassette I found in my house when I was a kid in the early 90s. But I think it was a cover because I distinctly remember a female voice singing it.
Loved their song "Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?" It could be our National Anthem. With all the freaks, sissy boys and mutants in this country this song is very appropriate. Notice RU-vid turned off the comments on that song. I wonder why? Maybe because to many people made honest truthful comments.
@creekmorebanks You can hear Jan & Dean introducing them at the beginning, just in case there is any more doubt that this clip isn't from the T.A.M.I. SHOW, one of the greatest rock & roll movies ever made.
One of those many bands who are talented and had their 15 minutes . They just didn't evolve but that is okay. The Drummer actually reminds me of Keith Moon in that he has an original style that can keep time but still act as an extra intrument that adds to the msuic. Nevertheless great song !
Who are the band members from left to right? I know Victor Moulty is in the back on drums but is Jerry Causi the lead singer on the left? Bruce Benson in the middle? Jerry Causi on the right?
rjplamf61 you're an idiot. There was a tremendous outpouring of talent and great songs (this isn't one of them) in the '60's. I was so glad I was a teenager back then. It's never been equaled.
We really need to bring this kind of music back. Today's music sucks with its synthetic pre recorded auto tune crap. Break out the guitars, drums, hammond B3 and three chords.
