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[Robb_K]

  heart attacks for parents.

Try this.
the Sonics - she's a witch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBsxpnRhMk&ab_channel=TheSonics-Topic

In Australia  we had this,
Johnny O'keefe Wild one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF9rS90U3-U&ab_channel=IvorJones

Youtube comment;-

"This song is a Johnny O'Keefe creation. He wrote it. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly's Crickets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Iggy Pop, and a group called Teenage Head."

enjoy!

Ha! Ha! It's a small World!  My best North American friend was and is a big Sonics fan (he has eclectic taste).  When I was attending U. of B.C., he drove all the way up from San Francisco Bay Area to drag me to a Sonics "concert" in rural Washington State.  As a very serious record collector, I had probably sifted through literally more than a million 45 RPM records looking for mainly sweet sounding R&B, Blues, Gospel, Soul, Jazz, and a little bit of Surf music.  So, by 1965, I was familiar with The Sonics and Wailers on local, Etiquette Records.  my friend played them for me.  To me, "The Witch" was just a bunch of screaming and loud noise.  At least "psycho" had a little melody in spots.  But he convinced me to go see them in person.  Soon after our final exams were over we drove to Sedro Wooley, a small town in Western Washington, to see them at the local high school.  I'll have to admit that they were a lot better live than on their records.  Not at all my cup of tea for listening music, but it was incredible to see them perform in front of their raucus fans.

[Robb_K]

Panther, how did you ever come across The Sonics? I'm from the Pacific Northwest and saw them several times . We had a couple of venues here in Spokane, The Grotto and The Civics and enjoyed lotsa Northwest bands. The Northwest sound was heavy on drums, raucous guitar and rough, edgy vocals. The Sonics, The Wailers (not Bob Marley!), The Viceroys (who became the Surprise Package and got much more commercially successful), and even Paul Revere and the Raiders before they were famous. Here's some audio links...

Sonics-"Psycho"           
https://mega.nz/file/YbZiVBBL#exsAKOVv9Im1ZWhrWj8kJdd1gJRodBPbQKj32cNwOmA

Wailers-"Out of Our Tree"    https://mega.nz/file/lChyzYgJ#A7T0RTrWl_nAj6HN89LZsFZbC1EoL3FdueXci9G43Vw

Viceroys- "That Sound"
https://mega.nz/file/YSRwGCyA#2HP4DUuM-IraphV0vjI8YlNnaJ-GNf_SKRXvLN2_jkE

If the links don't work, try a copy and paste. Cheers, bowers

It's an unbelievably small World.  I saw The Sonics live in 1965, at Sedro Wooley High School.  Their fans blew off the roof. They love them to death!  The group sang Psycho, The Witch, Good Golly, Miss Molly, Have Love Will Travel, Louie, Louie, Money, and a bunch more old R&B and Rock and Roll songs.   

[bowers]

 Yeah, Robb, the Sonics and Wailers were definitely not "listening to" bands, but they could sure bring down the house! About 60 miles south of Sedro Wooley is a town called Woodinville, where they held The Seattle Pops Festival in 1969. headliners were The Doors (they totally sucked and got booed!), Ike & Tina Turner(WOW!), The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Chuck Berry(SO great), Spirit, Santana, and even some newcomers, Led Zeppelin! (I had seen them earlier in Spokane, 1968, before their first album launched in the U.S.)
Some pals and I piled into a van, got there two days early, helped set up porta-potties, and dug trenches for all the cables. We got in free! Cheers, bowers

[Robb_K]

What I really like that was put out by Etiquette Records was "The Fabulous Wailers Featuring Rockin' Robin and Gail Harris at The Castle" LP from 1961:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU6xroJazls

I bought "Tall Cool One" by The Wailers 45 when it came out, in Winnipeg. It charted pretty big.   But this LP never came to Manitoba. It probably got to Vancouver, because Etiquette's owners could just drive boxes of them up themselves, even without a national distributor.  It's a great LP, with some awesome guitar playing.  I didn't know Etiquette recorded Blues, until I found the LP in a record buying run to The West Coast in '65 (same trip as Isaw The sonics live).  Rockin' Robin was a great Blues singer, and that Wailers' guitarist has great fingers.  Maybe he and Jimi Hendrix modeled themselves after the same guy, and he gave them a few tips? I really like The wailers' version of Freddy King's "San-Ho-Zay".  I could do without the organ - maybe substituting a tinkly piano instead played in Otis Spann's style.

[The Australian Panther]

The Sonics were an example of what are now categorized as 'Garage bands'. Basically early 60's bands playing very basic Rock and Roll - also known as early Punk, if you like.
This is a huge area for collectors and bands playing 'Retro' music alike. 

Here is a 'Retro' Band I just discovered and can't get enough of.
Pay attention while listening, they are masters of what they are doingl Very clever.
They have two albums out.

Tilting the Windmill · Thee Spivies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3dZbGa5QY0&list=OLAK5uy_k5Ou85aPI0AFS49a5jsMPvBcdtXMj5s6I&index=12

Hey, Girl · Thee Spivies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kalyBZlqaoY&list=OLAK5uy_k5Ou85aPI0AFS49a5jsMPvBcdtXMj5s6I&index=2

Jupiter in My Rearview Mirror · Thee Spivies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcrWwSCC-z0&list=OLAK5uy_k5Ou85aPI0AFS49a5jsMPvBcdtXMj5s6I&index=7

Fire Safety · Thee Spivies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baGIuMzrkWk&list=OLAK5uy_k5Ou85aPI0AFS49a5jsMPvBcdtXMj5s6I&index=13

So Tell Me · Thee Spivies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfOauOs_kDY&list=OLAK5uy_k5Ou85aPI0AFS49a5jsMPvBcdtXMj5s6I&index=5

Creepy · Thee Spivies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnlTTadSI48&list=OLAK5uy_k5Ou85aPI0AFS49a5jsMPvBcdtXMj5s6I&index=10

Enjoy!
 

[bowers]

Wow! Robb, thanks for the link- brings back some great memories! And, Panther, thanks for the introducing me to the Spivies- a great faux-retro band, indeed. Love 'em! Cheers, bowers

[ComicMike]

Del Shannon - Swiss Maid - 1962

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn27xBY8X68&ab_channel=janschro 

[ComicMike]

It's hot, please give me Ice Cream ... 


Chris Barber's Jazz Band - Ice Cream - 1954

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqe6P9rLAnw&ab_channel=PopRadioWernerPaul 


P.S.

What I didn't know until just now: This song, with which Chris Barber will forever be associated, is a cover version of the original recorded by 'Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians' in 1927.

Thanks to the tireless YT-Uploaders we can too listen to the original. 


Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians - Ice Cream - 1927

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1WKImlPObU&ab_channel=The78Prof 

[ComicMike]

Status Quo – Francis Rossi

Hurray, he is still alive and still plays the old songs wonderfully. 

The Status Quo LP “Hello” from 1973 is one of the music of my life, I am really happy to have discovered this wonderful video from 2023 !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZquYGyVOIw&ab_channel=FrancisRossi

[ComicMike]

I always really liked this song from the musical 'Hair', it was only much later that I found out that Shakespeare was quoted here.

Here is the version of the 1968 London original cast

HAIR: What A Piece Of Work Is Man / Walking In Space (Reprise)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romujtxoLPM&list=PLJCDeqqPCs_FpGP1rl6FPRwS7MeVPAu4_&index=27&ab_channel=VinceEdward-Topic


And here, as a bonus, the brilliant Kenneth Branagh in his 1996 film adaptation of Hamlet.

What A Piece Of Work Is Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxvvkXYN7wg&ab_channel=dpl1960


INFO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1996_film)



BTW,

I just changed my name in the forum to ComicMike because my previous name no longer didn't really like it anymore.

[ComicMike]

My two favorite modern Christmas songs. 


Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody - 1973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7M7zSMJcw&ab_channel=SladeOfficial 



Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (Live Aid 1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gifrd7ljNL4&ab_channel=LiveAid