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Post by Ken on Oct 9, 2003 20:12:20 GMT -5
Do You remember ? The Magoos were from The Bronx area of New York and peaked on the billboard charts at #5 with this great tune in 1967 . They released two albums - Electric Comic Book and Psychedelic Lollipop.
I have the Mercury 45 as well as on the Nuggets box . The guitar playing is awesome! Singer / Guitarist "Peppy" Castro later became lead singer of the group Balance who had a #22 hit in 1981 with the song Breaking Away.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Oct 9, 2003 20:17:48 GMT -5
Hey Ken!  Always liked that one. Have the 45 also. I remember someone did a spoof on it with a Russian twist. The song could be made to sound Russian very easily, and they called the group the Reds Magoos. |
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Post by Ken on Oct 9, 2003 20:35:34 GMT -5
Hey Ken! Always liked that one. Have the 45 also. I remember someone did a spoof on it with a Russian twist. The song could be made to sound Russian very easily, and they called the group the Reds Magoos. LOL |
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Oct 10, 2003 8:09:56 GMT -5
Oh yes! Love this tune. Don't even know where I would've heard it, as it is too "psychedelic" for the oldies station, and the classic rock station sucked too much to play it.
But anyway, I had my dad buy me a bunch of one hit wonders/garage band singles one Christmas. Along with this, I also got Psychotic Reaction and Talk Talk.
The reissue single I got had Blue Cheer's Summertime Blues on the flip.
Great hard psychedelic tune!
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Post by Ken on Oct 10, 2003 18:07:05 GMT -5
Oh yes! Love this tune. Don't even know where I would've heard it, as it is too "psychedelic" for the oldies station, and the classic rock station sucked too much to play it. But anyway, I had my dad buy me a bunch of one hit wonders/garage band singles one Christmas. Along with this, I also got Psychotic Reaction and Talk Talk. The reissue single I got had Blue Cheer's Summertime Blues on the flip. Great hard psychedelic tune! Blue Cheer - Wow! I have a reissue copy as well as an original and my b -side is 98.6 by Keith !  |
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Post by Dawn on Oct 10, 2003 18:52:38 GMT -5
A great song, Ken! This has been a favorite of mine for many years - love that psychedelic sound! I used to hear it fairly regularly on the oldies stations here, but not very often nowadays, unfortunately. I didn't know about the connection to Balance - that's interesting!
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Post by smittykins--70s pop RULES! on Oct 16, 2003 15:38:45 GMT -5
Sure do! The oldies station I listen to digs it up occasionally.
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