When I was about five years old, I remember being in primary school one day and a teacher was throwing a broken guitar in the bin, the neck was snapped. I asked him if I could take it home with me because I thought my dad woulds be able to fix it. He said yes. My dad drilled a metal plate into it to fix it, tuned it up and then played 'Wild Thing' by the Trogg's for me. My mind was blown away, at him for fixing the guitar & also playing that song. I was so proud of him. It's still my favourite song to this day.
@@haitiansouljadex3186 I’m a 24yr old ( I think) yet I grew up in Israel and listening to vintage retro rare cool exclusive awesome bands like trogsbeetlestupakCardi ZBad SunnyJustine Blake from 40s50s60s70s80s90s00s and 10s
I was 12 to 13 and remember of this musical moment. The British Invasion with Rolling Stones, The Who, The Troggs and so much more Bands from UK. All of them performing remarkable songs. Thank you Lord for living in this period time. Awesome.
My 14 year old granddaughter got a electric guitar last Christmas. And this old lady taught her how to play this song, It was the first one I learned how to play, Life is good as you get older it really is
@christerahs9776 Punk as a mass movement got going in the '70s. But punk's raw essence, the proto-punk sound, started being heard here and there earlier with the Troggs' "Wild Thing", and with the Kinks' "You Really Got Me", "I Need You", & "All Day And All Of The Night".
As a teen in the sixties I was living with my parents who were in the RAF at Northolt. I was crazy about the Troggs and if they ever appeared within travelling distance I would go to their gigs. I looked up my diaries and these are the venues I saw them performing - 21 May 1967 Starlite Greenford , 7 March 1967 ,Adelphi Slough, 6 May 1966, Town Hall High Wycombe 21June 1966 Starlite Ballroom Greenford 17 July 1966 Marquee London 26 July 1966. In the autumn of 1967 I had met a Swedish girl and on a visit to Sweden I saw them there in Stockholm in October 1967, Such happy memories
My cousin worked in his dad's store and got paid $10 a week. I didn't have a dime to my name. My cousin was 11, and I was 10 years old. The only music I grew up on was the country music my father played, stuff from the 1950's like Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams. By the time The Troggs released Wild Thing, my cousin had quite a collection of 45's. I'll never forget listening to Wild Thing on 45 for the first time when my cousin played it on his record player. I did not know what to think of this, and didn't quite know if I really could accept the song, and what the hell was a band named The Troggs? My cousin let me borrow the 45, so I took it home, kind of feeling a little bit lost, thinking the music was a little weird, and that I didn't fit in with this style. Little did I know how this song grew on me as I played it over and over. My cousin had all the latest hits on 45s, and I am grateful to this day that he let me borrow whatever I wanted out of his large stacks of 45s. There was no other way for me to get my hands on the music of the 60's. God Bless You, Steve and R.I.P.
It was FAR from revolutionary. It was literally the exact opposite. It was reactionary. If they had done it 3 years earlier, I would agree with you. Hard to say something is revolutionary, when it's a cover song.
They are revolutionary indeed,They are the only band I know that can play music without amps.When you can play music without amps you are good in my book.Lol
it was Pro Wrestling that got me into Classic Rock AND Heavy Metal, I never heard classic rock,hard rock or heavy metal growing up because my older brother listened to mostly top 40 and hip hop it's thanks to wrestling that I play guitar and sing in a band and love rock and metal and I know Jon Moxley using this as his theme will do the same for a whole new generation
The Troggs - Wild Thing 1305pm 5.7.23 let the depression on thru.... i am laughing.... lovers kiss i think i got in the way, there.... you'd do well to listen to this you tube session.... put yer bird feeder back out, madam... if yer not from round here you gravitate to the lard? ok... it's time for the kids to wander outside and run in a funny fashion...
That was the first ever rock'n'roll I heard in my life. The impact is still there, joyful, fresh and untouched by time. Now, 56 years later, this is the first time I actually see the guys!
My history with this song goes back when I was about 6 years old or maybe younger my grandfather bought me a Valentine’s Day stuffed animal that would sing this song rockin back and fourth with Sunglasses on… love this song ❤ miss my grandpa 😊
Saw the troops in a small auditorium when I was 16 i am 69 now when they came out and sang wild thing everyone went crazy dancing and singing never get to see a show like that again fantastic
U guys are biased af. If a wwe wrestler had this song u guys would be shitting all over it. Why would they give him this song. It's fucking stupid 😂🤦♂️
THIS WILD THING IS JUST A GRANDMA , BUT ONCE A WILD THING ALWAYS A WILD THING e😉.jUST BECAUSE WE ALL AGE EVENTUALLY , WE STILL ARE THE SAME PERSON AS WE WERE IN THE PRIME OF OUR LIVES.
Word! There are a lot of iconic groups and solo artists that have been long overdue to be inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and these guys are clearly one of them.
My Dad named his drag racing car wild thing in 1966 and at santapod they used to play wild thing by the trogs as it came up to the start line every time.
I normally don't listen to rock and roll music but I like this song for the following reasons: 1. The camera man physically follows them and the crowd isn't constantly screaming in joy, which leads me to... 2. It's at a subway station of all places. 3. It's a short, quieter rock and roll song 4. It came out the year my father was born
They filmed this for Swedish television show "Popside", broadcast 29 December 1966. The station is Odenplan Metro station in Stockholm. The theme for that program was trains and the episode was titled "Denna gång på nytt spår" ("This time on the right tracks"). The Troggs would shoot one more train related video for that episode with "I Can't Control Myself", where they're riding in a green line metro carriage. Another clip was shown in the epsiode, "Anyway You Want Me", but this was unrelated to trains and featured the Troggs sitting in a hotel bed. The Small Faces also appeared in the episode, performing their hit "Hey Girl" aboard a Stockholm tram and their big hit "All Or Nothing" on Norrmalmstorg
@@VirreFriberg Thanks for that info - I was really puzzled about the location & I was hoping someone would know. I thought maybe Holland, but the metro makes it clear. My dad brought me back a model of one of those trains after visiting Stockholm on a business trip. Presumably all the sound was dubbed as otherwise you'd be hearing the trains arrive & depart. I can't imagine the authorities allowing anything like that today - performing next to moving trains, health & safety risks blah blah. Not to mention distracting the driver with those LOUD suits!
Was watching Major League for the umpteenth time, and it made me wonder who sang it!! Brought me here, and loving it!! The 60's and 70's were the BEST for music! Pure grooves, no artificial embellishments. Groups during this time period were truly talented.
Hitch-hiking, I went nto a bar in a small German town one evening in August 1966. This was on the juke box. I put it on, once, twice. That led to the best evening I'd ever had up till then.
A timeless masterpiece for a bygone epoch with rebellion, imagination and fantasy.Nothing can bring back memories better,than a song which he was once connected with.
Reminds me of my first love in 66 he was 17 1 was 16 he got dep0rted back to northen Ireland for stealing a couple of bottles of wine that's the truth never forgot him x
I’ve been a fan of 60s rock/psychedelia/garage rock since I was a teenager. I’m 32 now. Also a huge longtime wrestling/AEW fan. Finally a badass song that doesn’t sound like bad radio metal/butt rock. Fucking Moxley!
