Mr._Graybeard
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One more from rock's ultimate frontman.
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Given that my personal 'earworms' are always songs/tunes that I like, and that they arrive unannounced and without prompting, and retreat when they've achieved whatever indeterminate objectives they wished to accomplish, here's today's:
Here's an old musical earworm that some today are still tryin' to dig out:
I had to read the Wikipedia entry on this band after listening. The album title also intrigued me, reminding me of an old Mel Brooks movie title.
The band's story is pretty weird. The girls' father was apparently a misguided Murry Wilson type who pulled his girls out of school to form this band because a palm reading predicted they would become stars. It's telling that the girls broke up the band after their father died....
And ain't it such a sweet song about a double amputee pet cat that likes to roam the neighborhood?
That video of "The Shaggs" is sort of one extreme of how I think of the "garage band" era. Some were horrible. Some like TJ and Shondells eventually developed into major acts.
IMO the pinnacle of "garage band" performance was Katrina and the Waves. I saw them with IIRC either Bob Seeger or Don Henly ca. 1982. They were the opening act and appeared on a bare stage with drum kit, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and base. No light show. Just accomplished performers - tethered to their amps with actual wires. Yeah, a bit of dancing but the music was the thing.
Couldn't find a fitting video for them, but you've, by now, heard the music in a dozen mainstream movies and heard it in commercials, etc. 10,000 hours, indeed!
Closest I could find to the magic.
Please, someone, stop it...
I got an email alert that the monkeypox news had triggered someone's earworm. I don't see that post in the forum, though, so I'll add one that has been in my head lately. I like the part late in the clip where Wyman forgets that he's supposed to be moving his lips.
Has no one had an earworm for over a year? Here's mine du jour. Could be worse.
Has no one had an earworm for over a year? Here's mine du jour. Could be worse.
I love Creedence! I heard them live at a concert in Oakland, back in 1969.