Post by mightyjack on Jun 6, 2007 18:39:25 GMT -5
One thing I liked about Tom Hank's "That Thing That You Do", is how it captured the fickle, fleeting nature of the biz. One minute you were just a kid hanging around your friends, the next, a big star with a huge hit, and then it was all over in the blink of an eye.
In the 60s every manager and record company was looking for the next Beatles, all it took was one great song and they'd sign them up hoping for gold. Many times that one song was all they got out of the group.
A few of my favs from the 60s
Psychotic Reaction by "Count Five"
Here's a pure example. A couple of local (mostly) High School pals. A kid from Dublin named Sean with a great voice and a stack of songs he wrote, joins in.
The record company isn't impressed, until they play "Psychotic Reaction" - they sign the band on the basis of that one song. It becomes a hit (I think ranked as high as #14 nationally) and that's it. Nada, nothing more. Not long after the kids are off the road (After touring with the likes of the Doors and Van Morrison) and back in School.
They remind me a bit of the Dave Clarke Five (A group they liked, hence the name) and are known for once wearing Dracula capes on stage.
I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) by the "Electric Prunes"
This one topped the charts at #11. They did have a decent follow up that got as far as #27 (Get Me To The World On Time) and did get a song on the Easy Rider film (Kyrie Eleison) but that one big hit was what they are most remembered for (if remembered at all)
It was a great song, I love it to death, beautiful psychedelic garage rock, produced by the guy who engineered the Stones "Aftermath". There was a lot of legal garbage that got in tihe way, the group didn't own their own name, the second album was poorly mixed vocally (since fixed in remaster releases) and they quit in the middle of their 3rd album (which was finished by another band!)
The Prune, for some reason, acquired a big following in Seattle. They did reunite in 2001 and tour again.
Other one hit wonders from the 60s...
Talk, Talk by the Music Machine
Hot Smoke and Sassafras by Bubble Puppy
I never could get into the music by this band, but they were talented. Very tight musicianship and harmonies were the signature.
Hey Joe by the The Leaves
The band attempted this song 3 times, before recording a faster rock version and getting a modest hit out of it in 1966, years before Hendrix slow blues version established it as one of his signature songs. Bassist Pons, later went on to play with the Turtles and Frank Zappa
In the 60s every manager and record company was looking for the next Beatles, all it took was one great song and they'd sign them up hoping for gold. Many times that one song was all they got out of the group.
A few of my favs from the 60s
Psychotic Reaction by "Count Five"
Here's a pure example. A couple of local (mostly) High School pals. A kid from Dublin named Sean with a great voice and a stack of songs he wrote, joins in.
The record company isn't impressed, until they play "Psychotic Reaction" - they sign the band on the basis of that one song. It becomes a hit (I think ranked as high as #14 nationally) and that's it. Nada, nothing more. Not long after the kids are off the road (After touring with the likes of the Doors and Van Morrison) and back in School.
They remind me a bit of the Dave Clarke Five (A group they liked, hence the name) and are known for once wearing Dracula capes on stage.
I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) by the "Electric Prunes"
This one topped the charts at #11. They did have a decent follow up that got as far as #27 (Get Me To The World On Time) and did get a song on the Easy Rider film (Kyrie Eleison) but that one big hit was what they are most remembered for (if remembered at all)
It was a great song, I love it to death, beautiful psychedelic garage rock, produced by the guy who engineered the Stones "Aftermath". There was a lot of legal garbage that got in tihe way, the group didn't own their own name, the second album was poorly mixed vocally (since fixed in remaster releases) and they quit in the middle of their 3rd album (which was finished by another band!)
The Prune, for some reason, acquired a big following in Seattle. They did reunite in 2001 and tour again.
Other one hit wonders from the 60s...
Talk, Talk by the Music Machine
Hot Smoke and Sassafras by Bubble Puppy
I never could get into the music by this band, but they were talented. Very tight musicianship and harmonies were the signature.
Hey Joe by the The Leaves
The band attempted this song 3 times, before recording a faster rock version and getting a modest hit out of it in 1966, years before Hendrix slow blues version established it as one of his signature songs. Bassist Pons, later went on to play with the Turtles and Frank Zappa