One Hit Wonders!

[ernstinen]

May 7, 2009, 3:37pm, fretnoise wrote:Can't believe nobody's posted this one yet. Brings back memories of eating Captain Crunch out of the box and beating up on my little brothers. Oh, man, I thought of that song a week ago, and was too embarrassed to post it! Who sang that, though? He's actually a really good singer.Since we're on the bubblegum train:Those poor guitarists look like they'd like to sink into their shoes! I believe both the Ohio Express and the Music Machine were from around Cincinnati. I'm sure the MM boys would like to kick those guys butts! Ern

[gburgess]

May 8, 2009, 2:46pm, ernstinen wrote:May 7, 2009, 3:37pm, fretnoise wrote:Can't believe nobody's posted this one yet. Brings back memories of eating Captain Crunch out of the box and beating up on my little brothers. Oh, man, I thought of that song a week ago, and was too embarrassed to post it! Who sang that, though? He's actually a really good singer.Since we're on the bubblegum train: Ern You guys are working overtime to remember the Archies. Never crossed my mind. I wasn't a big follower, but I did watch the show some while growing up.Ern, Ron Dante was the lead singer for The Archies. He ended up becoming a Producer and worked with some pretty big names (for the 70s), Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, Cher, John Denver, Pat Benatar...Not bad for a cartoon singer.Yummy - funny how many guys felt comfortable wearing scarves back then. Two or three guys in the band were wearing them. I never put one on--thankfully.

[ernstinen]

May 8, 2009, 4:41pm, rld wrote:Wait for the guitar solo at 1:43...its awesome!Yea, that ranks second to Neil Young's one-note solo on "Cinnamon Girl!" (Love ya Neil --- just kiddin'!).I really love the lead vocalist's attitude. Did any other vocalists sing in such a low register back then, other than Eric Burdon (and of course, Muddy Waters)? Makes it real dark and sinister.And billg, I thought about the Seeds, but all their videos of that song are lip-synced. I really want to find a live video of "Pushin' Too Hard" to see if the background vocalists could sing even MORE out of tune than on the record! Ern

[ernstinen]

May 9, 2009, 3:19pm, billg wrote:FYI . . . Chuck Rainey was the bass player for the Archie's stuff! Yea, that's a great bass sound. I heard he does some kind of damping to his bass so it doesn't ring long, like James Jamerson did.Ah --- One of my fave songs when I was a kid: "Tobacco Road" by The Nashville Teens! How about THAT bass sound? What kind of bass is that --- pretty fuzzy!Ern