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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- This week, we kick off 1969 with a look at the first quarter: Beatles rumors! Dark Shadows! Bach on a Moog synthesizer! NASA names the moon landing crew! And some new band with the unlikely name “Led Zeppelin.”
This episode was jammed packed. I had never heard of the TV show "Turn On" so I checked it out and WOW, meme culture started in the 60's. Great stuff Steve!
Good point about meme culture! (The producers always claimed it was "ahead of its time!") Great to hear from you, Usualmike!
Wow....... what memories you stirred up. I was 15-16 yrs old in 1969. Except for my life long love of BB music, 1969 was when my musical roots really took shape with groups like Led Zepplin, Three Dog Night, Creedence, Steppenwolf, etc.... all from 1969. Thanks so much. Looking forward to 1969 Part 2.
Glad you enjoyed it, Lamont! Your "musical roots" were well-timed with such a great era for rock music! (I didn't start seriously listening to rock music until 1974 so I had some catching up to do.) Thanks for the feedback!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Steve, Just a personal comment. I saw the Beach Boys first in 1969 on the tour with Paul Revere & the Raiders. This concert was very similar to the LIVE IN LONDON set and exactly like the Paris concert in August of 1969 just a month before. I saw them again in 1973, just like the IN CONCERT double album with Blondie and Ricky, doing the same Surf's Up and Holland songs, then the last time with Dennis in 1983, sounding very much like the KNEBWORTH concert. To remember them at each period, I just put on those three live albums. Lucky me! Thanks.
@@lamontsouth5301 That's great! You were definitely lucky to have a chance to see them perform in three such different, and such excellent, periods! The change between each seems like it would make it "almost" like seeing three different bands. That constant change is a large part of why I find it interesting to talk about them on a CZcams channel. I envy you having been there to see it first-hand! Thanks for the follow-up, Lamont!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Steve..... regarding "different Beach Boys bands".... The most interesting BB concert I ever attended was in 2002. It was the Mike & Bruce show and I did recognize a few touring band members. Not sure if you knew, but when Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics in 2002, the Beach Boys were part of the first few days of festivities. This was just a few months after 911, so security was very tight. There was about a 36 block secure perimeter in downtown Salt Lake. At the historic Salt Lake City/county courthouse front steps, a stage was put up. There was no seating (after all this was not really a venue). Everyone just stood. It was February in Utah and very cold. The area was packed, but probably held only about 500 people, so I was quite close. They started the set with (of course) Salt Lake City. I was quite surprised how good they sounded without Carl and Al. They played for about an hour.....probably as long as the guitar players could stand the cold. Just thought you might like to hear about this. Lamont
@@lamontsouth5301 Wow! Talk about a unique show! I had never heard of this. Thanks SO much for passing along your memories of the show. Wish I could have seen it for myself (assuming I had on a very good hat and coat!) Thanks again, Lamont!
This episode is indeed, "jam-packed." It was my junior year in high school: the best. (A relief from the turmoil of 1968.) Best I can say about music on the radio: turmoil & transistion, too: You had Steppenwolf & Iron Butterfly sharing charts with 1910 Fruitgum Company & Englebert Humperdinck! Albums of special note: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," "Crimson & Clover," "Switched-On Bach" (by 'Walter' -- later to come out as 'Wendy') Carlos, 3-Dog Night's "One," and Donovan's "Greatest." 45's I bought: "Crimson & Clover," "Hang 'Em High," "Touch Me," and "This Magic Moment." I bought a '67 Mustang in 1974 that was patterned after the "Bullitt" car, though I hadn't seen the movie. "The Love Bug" was a fun movie before the Disney empire tried turning "Herbie" into a franchise! "Here Come the Brides" gave us the short-lived Bobby Sherman phenomena and later in the year, a great cover by Perry Como of "Seattle." Thanks for a rapid tour, which you always pull off quite well!
It was a trick keeping it under the twenty-minute mark. I wanted to get as much in as possible to kick things off with "full emersion" into 1969 ahead of talking about "20/20." (Plus, of course, there was just a LOT going on early in 1969!)
Great start to your review of the year, Steve. You packed a lot of interesting information into that 19 minutes.!
Thanks, Chris! I'm determined to keep these under the 20 minute mark. This time, I had to move fast!
Dark Shadows was iconic for those of us who rushed home from school every afternoon to watch. It’s still effective now, if you can get past the blown lines of dialogue (no retakes were allowed early on because it wasn’t in the budget, but by the end of the series that was corrected) and the music was great. The voiceovers on the record were a bit cheesy, but the album still evokes the show and brings back tons of cool memories
Thanks for the feedback, Rick! I was definitely among those rushing home from school to see it. There were definitely some noticeable blown lines and the occasional boom or camera person edging into the picture. Of course, expectations were a little lower in those days and, looking at it now, I think it gives the show a lot of "homemade charm." I agree about the music too! I suppose the voiceovers were preferable to David Selby or Jonathan Frid singing, but they were definitely cheesy. Even so, we got a lot of play out of that album! Thanks again, so much, for the comments, Rick!
Great video Steve.
Thanks,Tom! I was hoping you'd enjoy these!
I missed this and another couple of channels I like so I'm a week late but "I Started A Joke" was tempo and pitch perfect!
Man! I am surprised to hear that! Thanks for the comment, Max! Always great to hear from you!
Yes my last year in the Bronx NY i was 7😊. Although I was too little to remember everything i do recall some songs as memories. 😊
That's great! Music really seems to stick in the memory for me too. So many of my earliest memories involve records, it makes me wonder how much I'd recall if we hadn't had a stereo or played the radio. Those early years would nearly be a blank for me! Thanks for the comments, Mike!
Excellent episode, Steve!
Thanks, Chris! Good to hear from you!
Great one as always! Some good movies here- Bullitt is a great watch despite a plot that is a bit too difficult to follow. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is lots of fun. It's actually the only Ian Fleming book I've never read. I should hunt down a copy. The Love Bug and it's goofy sequels were favorites of mine growing up. Tim Conway gave a very funny interview about Turn-on's failure. He talked about how they saved so much money by having the opening and wrap parties at the same time and how some stations had to bring their old organs from the radio days out of storage and dig up old organists to play them for the rest of the timeslot LOL Boris Karloff is greatly missed; his last major film Targets is one of his best (certainly better than the pathetic low budget Mexican films he officially ended his career with.) Great job!
Thanks for the excellent comments, BB! I'm just realizing that I've started to especially look forward to your feedback on weeks when I talk about movies. Always looking for your recommendations and insights! (I have the Criterion release of "Targets." I'm still buying DVD and BluRay when there are commentary tracks. I probably watch movies more often with commentary on than off, actually.) I'm very impressed that you've ready all the Ian Fleming books apart from "CCBB." Coincidentally, I was just thinking it would be fun to read one of his James Bond novels the next time we go on vacation. (I'll try to pick up a paperback with one of the early 60s covers.) Again, thanks for the great comments and info, BB! It's always appreciated and enjoyed!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 I have that same Criterion release of Targets. Great movie! Would definitely recommend reading a Bond book. I've been rereading them myself lately. Which one are you thinking?
@@betamaxblocker I was thinking of going for the obvious with "Goldfinger." Any recommendations? Thanks, BB!
Great episode once again, Steve!! Two major observations I have from it: I totally forgot that I have both installments of 'I Am Curious' (Blue and Yellow) on DVD that was issued by the Criterion Collection and I bought it on a whim as the collection has a pretty good reputation of putting out renowned films. I enjoyed it when I watched it, but it totally slipped my mind that I have, so I guess it didn't have that lasting of an impression on me. Haha. Also: I have read about the show 'Turn-On' and the whole scenario of it being cancelled before the first episode aired really intrigued me and upon your mentioning it in the episode, I looked it up again and as luck would have it: the three episodes they filmed are now available online. It's definitely bizarre and jarring with all it's random cuts from sketch to sketch and I can see why people had an issue comprehending it as there's nothing linear about it at all. I do appreciate the innovative approach of it though and if you haven't checked it out yet: I recommend you do. It's one of those things you should see at least once.
Thanks for the feedback on the "I Am Curious" films. They certainly may be better than the impression I had from watching "(Yellow)" in the 90s. I was undoubtedly impatient with it and I'm sure I missed a lot of subtext (some of which, I'm sure, was because it was kind of specific to Sweden and to the 60s.) Also, the VHS copy I watched was muddy. I assumed it was the way the film looked, but it was probably the transfer. (I'm sure Criterion had it in it's best possible resolution.)
Thanks for letting me know those episodes of "Turn On" are now available! I knew only one was broadcast, but I figured more must have been produced. It wasn't that long ago that it was nearly impossible to see anything from the show. It was just a "legend." I will definitely check it out! Thanks, Mike!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 I totally understand what took away from your interest whilst watching 'I Am Curious'. It being in black and white and a murky VHS copy probably didn't help matters. Criterion definitely did their usual reputable job with the film transfer on the DVD. There was a lot of political references that were relevant to Sweden at the time that are too topical to translate to audiences decades later. I might have to pull it out and watch it again to see if I can get something different out of it.
And: yes! Watch those 'Turn-On' episodes. I'm interested in hearing your perspective on them as I think they're quirky enough for you to find amusement in them and see how you feel they fare after hearing all those stories of it's infamous quick cancellation. Thanks, Steve for another great response!
@@novim9 I watched some of the "Turn On" episodes, which are great to see after so many years of mystery surrounding them. It wasn't as bad as I expected. I thought the main problem was that it was "relentless." If they'd occasionally cut away to a host speaking a few lines, a musical number or a longer-form sketch, it seems like it would have given the audience a needed break. Wrapped around something a little "calmer," it seems like those quick black-outs would have worked better and the Moog noises wouldn't have had time to become so grating. What did you think of it? Thanks again, for letting me know about it, Mike, and for the follow-up!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 I agree with you! I found it to be mostly well-written and actually did enjoy the avant-garde approach to the format, but there was no way that was going to be accessible to the general audience. Maybe it could've even been as simple as adding a laugh track to humanize it a little bit. The Moog noises definitely got a little overbearing and disorientating at points and that probably was a large part of people being put-off. I liked the actors for the most part, and found the one asian(?) actress Cecile Ozorio to be super attractive, but she disappointingly got the least amount of screen time. The skeezy salesman character with the greased hair and mustache was kind of annoying though and definitely could've had less scenes (maybe in favor of more with the aforementioned Cecile, haha). Also: there were two episodes completed, the pilot with Tim Conway and a second one with Robert Culp and I feel the Culp one is a little less jarring and probably should've been presented as the first one as the audience might've found it less bizarre than the Conway one. Unfortunately though no one wanted to troubleshoot and retool the show and here were are 55 years later living in a world where 'Turn-On' never got an opportunity to flourish. Great perspective as always and I hope you had a great weekend, Steve!
@@novim9 I don't know if you ever watched the series "Mad Men," about advertising executives in the 60s. There's one episode where the guy in charge of their TV advertising department is trying to tell people about this terrible TV show with Tim Conway. He doesn't mention the title, but he's clearly supposed to be talking about "Turn On." I agree that most of the cast was really good and that the skeezy salesman character was off-putting. (I know it was part of the character, but it was, maybe, TOO effective at being unlikeable!) Thanks again for letting me know those episode were available, Mike! Hope you had a great weekend too!
1969 was a very good year for music with some great groups emerging as demonstrated in this episode. I’m assuming that Dionne Warwick’s This girl’s in love with you” was the same song as Herb Albert’s song with the guy girl lyric change? which made no2 here in August the previous year. I do remember going to see “Bullet” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” both very enjoyable. Again some nice moments from the past brilliantly presented.
Thanks, John! Yes! The Herb Alpert and Dionne Warwick songs are the same with a lyric change. Alpert had the bigger hit here too. His version went all the way to #1 in June, 1968. (I probably should have pointed out that the song had already been around for a while!) "Bullet" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" would have been interesting to see around the same time. I can hardly think of two more different movies featuring cars! Thanks again, John!
Some great memories with the music back in those days, as always nice coverage on your part Steve.
Really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback, Don!
In late 1968 my family suffered a flood, after heavy rainfall and had to be re homed and it was a very difficult time for me as i had only been at secondary school for a week at that time, however , i do remember that interest in music had now changed as more and more of us were now in favour of albums and as such lots of new artists were coming through, Led Zep being just one example and although singles were still selling, there was now a vast difference between the singles and album chart.
Here in UK , we now had access to pop music through BBC Radio One and this might help us to understand the gradual switch from singles to albums, with presenters like John Peel who tended to play album tracks on his late night show.
I dont really remember what was on TV at the time as we were all over the place as my dad was decorating and making alterations to our new home, but i do remember the Monkees were on as well as Bewitched, Marty Feldman , Top of the Pops etc , but at the time were were having trouble with reception and we had to wait for a man to fix the aerial and as you can imagine, this wasnt a priority.
There were rumours of the Beatles breaking up as John was being shown as a nutter by the press here and as you will know, we live in a build em up, knock em down culture.but it was clearly a time for change in the world of music and it wasnt all bad..
And at last here in 1969 , being the eldest, i had my own room, be it very small , but it was where i could escape to when the world was getting me down. ......and i didnt have to put up with my two brothers snoring as both were roof rattlers.
A third brother was born in 1970 and thanks to me, he too is a massive BB fan as he would spend his younger years listening to their albums with me .and was often there when i was lucky enough to find a rare BB gem.
Suffering a flood and being re-homed late in '68 would definitely make for a difficult time and certainly impact your memories of early 1969! Glad to hear that the new place worked out and that you got your own room! (I'm the oldest of three brothers and finally got my own small room when we moved into a new house when I was 12. It has actually been a walk-in closet up to that point and had no insulation in the exterior walls. There was, however, insulation between it and the room that adjoined it, which was here the only heating vent was...It was like it was insulated to keep the warmth out. On very windy winter mornings, enough cold air would get through from outside that my hair would literally blow around while I was lying in bed....Still, it was my own room and much preferable to sharing!)
Thanks for mentioning John's "antics" and the Beatles break-up rumors, which, as you might expect, will be something of a "continuing theme" through 1969...as well as the "Paul Is Dead" theory in the fall, which, I think, was pretty much confined to the US.
Thanks for the feedback and I'm looking forward to your take on "20/20" and the rest of 1969! Always a pleasure, Chris!
So nice to hear from you, Chris! I was an "oldest" kid, too, so I got "kicked" down to a basement room which was slightly remodeled to serve as a bedroom for my final 3 years at home. Nice & cool in the summer, too. I could play my Beach Boys music slightly louder than in the upstairs room I'd shared with my younger brother. 1969 was a year of transition from mostly pop to what had become flower-power pop or light rock, at least on the US Top 40 charts. Another year or two down the road, and the action had moved to FM.
@@burlingtonbill1 Hi Bill ,You have made some very valid points here which i can relate to. Its a huge advantage being the Oldest as when it comes to new bikes etc, You get the new one and your old bike is handed down......The disadvantage is that if your younger siblings are making a noise, you get the blame for not looking after them, hahaha. .
Great to hear that you could get away with playing loud music and you score more than me on that one.
Two things jumped out at me as you accurately described pop music in the early months of 1969 :
#1 How on earth could Led Zeppelin’s first album stall at number 10 ? I believe that the group recorded many strong offerings , but none appreciably better than that first record . Even more puzzling is that the single , “ Good Times Bad Times only made it to # 80 !
#2 Along with Glen Campbell, The Brooklyn Bridge helped propel Jimmy Webb to the forefront of pop songwriters . “ The Worst That Could Happen “ featured NYC legend Johnny Maestro ( Mastrangelo ) as lead singer and frontman for the group . I believe that Johnny was the greatest male pure voice in 20th century pop music , going back to his early recordings as lead singer for The Crests . Putting him together with great instrumentalists and The Del Satins as backup singers to become The Brooklyn Bridge was genius . The resulting records were brilliant and successful despite being totally unlike everything else that was popular in 1969 . The group helped spark a mini doo wop revival in the northeast . ( Columbia University students even got invited to Woodstock as Sha Na Na )
Thanks for your continued work chronicling pop music and culture .
Thanks for the comments, Beanie, and especially for the information about Brooklyn Bridge and Johnny Maestro. I've only known about the group from their one hit. You've given me a lot of interesting info and, certainly, some stuff I'll want to check out. Much appreciated!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Check out The Brooklyn Bridge’s 2cd release , “ Welcome Me Love “ . It’s my personal favorite . Also , CZcams has a video of , “ Worst That Could Happen “ live on the E. Sullivan show . It’s damn impressive !
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Steve , The Brooklyn Bridge started the 50’s revival by hitting the charts in 1969 with a record that was clearly presented in the urban , doo wop tradition . Sha Na Na , ( amateurs from Columbia University) , appear at Woodstock and go on to national recognition . Movies such as Lords of Flatbush and American Graffiti are hits . American Pie tops the charts celebrating rock and roll history.
Finally , TV presents Happy Days and its spin offs like Lavern & Shirley all feature 1950’s music and shtick . I remember college bars in the Northeast that would have the jukebox filled with 45’s from the 1950’s . ….. and it all seemed to start after Johnny Maestro reminded us of his legendary tenor voice .
Other 50’s stars , such as Dion , never stopped performing around NYC . He even released a record in 2024 . Dion sings his oldies beautifully in the original keys !
Be sure to watch The Brooklyn Bridge on Ed Sullivan , ( CZcams) . Try to imagine any group today that could perform that song live without auto tune and other modern audio tricks .
@@beanie226 Thanks for the great follow-up, Beanie! Dion is absolutely amazing...a great talent and an incredible "iron man" to still be performing and recording today!
Excellent point to keep in mind while watching that "Brooklyn Bridge" clip (which I very much enjoyed by the way!) Nobody would try that without autotune today. (Actually, nobody tries much of anything without autotune today...which, I think, renders much modern music unlistenable but that's another story!) Thanks again, Beanie!
1. You Showed Me by the Turtles is great, and I love all their hits, but I really, really recommend their song To See The Sun, which I don't believe was released in the 1960s but ended up as a bonus track on the reissue of Battle of the Bands, the album that contains You Showed Me, as well as the odds and sods album Chalon Road. To me, To See the Sun is a psychedelic masterpiece with great playing and effects, and it seems ridiculous it wasn't released during the band's heyday. 2. I haven't seen either film in their entirety, but it seems that I Am Curious (Yellow) and the Jean-Luc Godard Stones film Sympathy For The Devil are very similar, in that both mix what would be the main draw for audiences (sex for I Am Curious and music for the Stones) with attempts at profound political commentary. 3. Regarding George Harrison, I have never seen a person who changed his facial hair so often. He had the moustache throughout 1967, but was clean shaven in early 1968 and during the early White Album sessions, but had the moustache again in late 1968. He was pretty much clean shaven for the Get Back sessions at Twickenham, but re-grew the moustache by the end of those sessions. Then he was clean shaven again in the picture shown at 17;50, and then was really hairy during the Abbey Road sessions and for quite a while afterwards. After that, for the rest of his life, he kept going back and forth. The other Beatles went back and forth a bit, too (Paul, to me, was never cooler than with his Get Back sessions moustache and beard), but not like George.
Thanks for the recommendation on "To See The Sun!" I just listened to it. Great stuff! How could that have remained "in the can"? Coincidentally, I've recently decided to track down the original Turtles albums for my collection. (At the moment, I only have the Rhino "Best of" and "Battle of The Bands." I think I've been missing out!) Good point on the political commentary underlying "Curious" and "Sympathy." I suppose I watched each one for either the sex or the music and, it being the 90s, "fast-forwarded" through the underlying context. I know what you mean about George's ever-changing facial hair! He also changed his haircuts constantly through that period too. I've seen a few late 68/early 69 photos with him clean-shaven and hair parted at the side in which he looks like somebody else. I think he never looked cooler than during "Abbey Road" and "All Things Must Pass," with the long hair and beard...and maybe never "goofier" than with the "Merlin beard" at the Concert for Bangladesh. I definitely agree that Paul was at his absolute coolest with the beard during "Let It Be/Get Back." (I tend to think most guys look cooler with a beard...especially characters on "Star Trek," but that's a COMPLETELY different story!) Thanks, as always, for the great feedback, Joel!
It’s too late to think about one of my favorite years but, ….. is the double secret “ cubby hole “ theme PARADISE ?
You got it! (I was originally thinking "Heaven and Hell" but didn't have quite enough with those words in the title so I had to expand it a little.) Nice work and thanks for the comment!
Because of my age at the time, early 1969 is pretty hazy to me. As always, like learning about acts/songs I had never heard of. Will have to watch again, so I can jot down the titles, to try pulling them up to hear what they sound like. Am curious about the show Turn On. Did that last past the first episode? Have always enjoyed the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, although the child-napper character in it scared me, his mannerisms and voice, and how he looked. Dark Shadows also scared me. Not so much because the show involved vampires, but because the sets/lighting were dark. My Mom, who was a big soap opera fan, seemed to enjoy it.
I turned 9 in July of 1969, so my memories are definitely from that perspective. "Turn On" didn't last past one episode. I don't know if any other episodes were taped but I know they weren't broadcast. Until very recently, it was nearly impossible to find any clips or photos of it anywhere. (I was happy to be able to come up with a few for this episode!) I know producer George Schlatter talked about if for years, saying it was "misunderstood" and that he wanted to get it released some day so that people could re-assess it. Thanks for mentioning the child catcher from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." He scared me too! I thought about using a photo of him in this episode because I thought other people might remember him as vividly from the movie as I do! (I didn't talk about it long enough to really fit him in.)
My wife, who would have turned six in 1969, remembers running from the room whenever the "Dark Shadows" theme would come on TV. My brothers and I loved the show. In fact, knowing how much we loved "monster movies," my mom recommended that we check it out after she read an article about it late in 1967. Great to hear from you, Robert!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 For the time frame (January through March of 1969) I was 4 (turning 5 that October). Remember seeing Chitty when it was broadcast on television in the early 1970s. My parents and sister got a kick out of me, because I'd always leave our living room whenever the child catcher appeared on screen, then ask when he was off screen. I finally picked up a DVD of the movie, which I haven't watched yet. But if I remember right, the child catcher eventually gets his just deserts by either being hauled off in a trailer, or having something thrown on him making him disintegrate. I'll have to watch it to remember! Whenever Dark Shadows would come on, I'd watch it with my Mom, but would be making faces at the screen, grimacing, especially when Barnabas would come on the screen. My Mom liked Barnabas, where I would look at him and go "Yick"! I also had the same reaction to the Helter Skelter movie from 1976, when that would be broadcast. Then, the Beatles song "Helter Skelter" scared me (because it was in a movie about the Manson murders). Now, I really like it, thinking it's one of McCartney's best rockers.
@@robertzastrow4648 I think the child catcher from "CCBB" ranks right up there with the witch from "The Wizard of Oz" as one of the scariest characters in a children's film. I remember the song "Helter Skelter" having a definite stigma attached to it, especially when the best seller and the '76 movie about the murders had that title. I also remember, when the "Beatles Rock 'n' Roll" compilation was released in the summer of '76, Capitol was going to release "Helter Skelter" as a single to tie in with it. Fortunately, somebody there decided promoting a song on the back of a movie about a mass murder was "in poor taste" so they made "Got To Get You Into My Life" the a-side with "Helter Skelter" on the b-side. I agree it's one of McCartney's best rockers and the association is unfortunate and certainly unwarranted. Thanks, Robert!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 The guy who played the child catcher I found out was an Australian actor by the name of Robert Helpmann. There's a short interview posted on CZcams he did just before CCBB was released, where he talks about his character in the movie. Glad to see that the nose he had in the movie was completely prosthetic. Have found that actors/actresses who are known for playing nasty characters in movies, tend to be just the opposite in real life. Have seen Margaret Hamilton/the Wicked Witch, interviews, where she talked about her worry about being typecast. She seemed like a nice enough person. Both her and the lady who played the witch in H.R. Pufunstuff cameoed as witches in Paul Lynde's 1977 Halloween Special, which I have on DVD. I picked up the Beatles 1976 single of "GTGYIML/Helter Skelter" when it was released, because I liked the first song, especially the trumpets. Then and until a few years ago, thought it was a good love song by Paul. Then a friend laughingly told me "You DO know that Paul wrote that about his fondness for pot." I didn't know that then, and even if that's the case, still like the song. I was able to listen to the Max Weinberg song with Carl, Al and Billy singing a short segment in the middle of the song. Thought it was alright, agree that it's mostly an instrumental. Found the Weinberg album it was on, on Amazon. Surprised about how expensive it's selling for, and the exceptional reviews people gave the album, but that's just me!
@@robertzastrow4648 I wonder if I've seen Robert Helpmann in anything else and didn't recognize him without the nose. I'll have to look him up on IMDB. Very cool that you have the Paul Lynde Halloween special on DVD! It's a weird and wonderful show. It seems like the kind of show that wouldn't be so unusual now, but seemed insanely weird in the mid-70s. I might pick that up on DVD myself, if I can find it.
If you find yourself interested in the Max Weinberg album on CD, I found wildly varying prices on eBay and discogs. It hasn't been that long since I bought my copy. I'm sure it can be found cheap with some searching. (I don't remember what I paid, but if I have it, it must have been cheap!) That said, I don't really think it's much of an album so I wouldn't say you're missing much by not having it.
Thanks, as always, for the great info and for the follow-up, Robert!