what bands did 60s rockers used to listen to?

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Obiviously.

― mark 0 (mark 0), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link

obviviously dublicious

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 28 September 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

mark o, the Montez makes the Kingsmen look like choir boys:
[IMG]http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h175/PaulEdwardWagemann/kingsmen.jpg[/IMG]

― Paul Edward Wagemann (PaulEdwardWagemann), Thursday, 28 September 2006 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes, but you're comparing what is likely an early-60's pic of The Kingsmen (early-60's band in suits and ties shocka!!!) with a circa '66/'67 pic of Montez.

But it's not really about the photos; Montez came into his own (such as it was) as an Alpert-produced balladeer, a few years after the lo-fi roller-rinky-dinkitudinous (but still classic) "Let's Dance", which left a somewhat less-than-lasting impression on subsequent rock, compared to "Louie Louie".

― mark 0 (mark 0), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link

[IMG]http://i64.photobucket.com/longlist/meaningless/patootie/horsesushi/pappazit.jpg[/IMG]

― PappaWheelie puts out again and gives up again and puts out again and gives (Pap, Friday, 29 September 2006 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link

but the songs dont sound that much different. To my ears, the main difference is the production value. They both sound like drunken frat house sing-a-longs...maybe louie louie sounds a bit more drunken, but that's becasue the words are unintelligible at times...

― Paul Edward Wagemann (PaulEdwardWagemann), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link

TS: louie louie as a million cover versions vs. Let's Dance as covered by the Silicon Teens.

NO CONTEST.

Chris Montez's Call Me PWNS all other music anyway.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Dan, c'mon now, Chris Montez's Face that I love ranks on my last.fm as seriously, like, top 5 of all time I think.

Uh, oh yeah, LOUIE LOUIE AND SHIT!! FUCK!!

― PappaWheelie puts out again and gives up again and puts out again and gives (Pap, Friday, 29 September 2006 00:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh shit, top 3

1 The Modern Folk Quartet – This Could Be the Night 29
2 Alvin Robinson – Down Home Girl 27
3 Chris Montez – The Face I Love 25

― PappaWheelie puts out again and gives up again and puts out again and gives (Pap, Friday, 29 September 2006 00:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Toto, I don't think we're in the garage anymore.

― mark 0 (mark 0), Friday, 29 September 2006 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link

EVIDENCE AQUIRED, ABORT MISSION

-- PappaWheelie has no answers to any question that requires actual thought (evieandjo...), September 27th, 2006. (later)

The new PEW thread is 1,000x funnier

― PappaWheelie puts out again and gives up again and puts out again and gives (Pap, Friday, 29 September 2006 00:53 (seventeen years ago) link

if reincarnation is real, i can see papawheelie as a mad, majestic monk in the middle ages, preaching a glorious crusade to the holy land...or in this case, "garage feel" land

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Friday, 29 September 2006 03:07 (seventeen years ago) link

see Pappawheelie, the fact that you and I love Chris Montez makes it all the more obvious why we DJ euro-disco together so well.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 29 September 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link

"1 The Modern Folk Quartet – This Could Be the Night 29"

ah this song is SO AWESOME

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, everything that Pet Sounds is and a little more

― PappaWheelie burried Paul. The clues are there man! (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Shakey, are you on lastfm? Or any other community at all? I sent you a friend request on one particular community using the given email, but your profile was not developed and you've not responded.

― PappaWheelie burried Paul. The clues are there man! (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 29 September 2006 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link

"Let's Dance", which left a somewhat less-than-lasting impression on subsequent rock, compared to "Louie Louie".

TS: louie louie as a million cover versions vs. Let's Dance as covered by the Silicon Teens.

b-b-but Ramones cover "let's dance" on The Most Important Album of All Time! that david bowie cover sux though

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link

(oh btw no I'm not on lastfm or anything else really, my band has a myspace page but that's about it - ILX is all the internet I can handle most of the time)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

"The More I See You" by Chris Montez was The First Song at my wedding! He rules.

I never knew he did Let's Dance though! I are stupid.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Shakey, band name?

Chris Montez at AMG

One of the leading rockers in the Los Angeles Hispanic community after the tragic death of Ritchie Valens, Chris Montez later mellowed out under the tutelage of Herb Alpert and tallied several MOR-style hits. His first smash was on Monogram in 1962, "Let's Dance." It was a grinding rocker with roller-rink organ. Montez changed his attitude after signing with A&M. With Alpert producing, Montez adopted an easygoing approach on "Call Me," "The More I See You," and "Time After Time," all solid sellers in 1966. The formula quickly faded, however, and his final chart entry came the following year with "Because of You."

Hispanic Rock from the 50's-early 60's relly was a monster of it's own kind, with each head being incredibly different than the other (Ritchie Valens, The Premiers, Montez, etc.)

― PappaWheelie burried Paul. The clues are there man! (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link

The Plugz...

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link

huh I've never heard of this Montez guy, must investigate...

(btw - http://www.myspace.com/thesocietyofrockets)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

there's a 2 volume "sound of east l.a." comp on dionysus that is blindingly, mindblowingly great.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, Fritz was waiting for someone to mention that Ramones cover.

― Ruud Comes to Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drc900/c924/c9245094bv6.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

added to wishlist!

― PappaWheelie burried Paul. The clues are there man! (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 29 September 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

you'll dig it. Worth the price of admission for Las Dillys Sisters' version of Good Guys Don't Wear White alone.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 29 September 2006 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Word, not to mention the Mixtures stuff.

― mucho (mucho), Friday, 29 September 2006 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not trying to be a contrarian, but I am skeptical that having a bazillions shltty half-cocked wannabe bands cover a covered song doestn neccesarily equate to that covered song being a huge influence on Rock. If a band like the Ramones covers a song, then that's saying something. Unless its surfing bird or something else that's kinda stupid.

So heres a question. What is the best cover of the Kingsmen version of 'louie louie' and what is the best cover of Montez's 'lets dance' (btw I'm assuming Montez's tune was an original)...

― Paul Edward Wagemann (PaulEdwardWagemann), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link

dood either go away or be funnier

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link

ROFL at the following " shltty half-cocked wannabe bands":
The Beach Boys
The Beau Brummels
Black Flag
DRI
Jack Ely
The Fall
The Feelies
The Flamin Groovies
The Fat Boys
Iggy and the Stooges
Jan & Dean
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
The Kinks
Julie London
The Maytals
Motorhead
Robert Plant
The Pretenders
Otis Redding
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Skid Row
The Sonics
The Standells
The Surfaris
Thee Headcoats
Johnny Thunders
The Troggs
Ike & Tina Turner
The Ventures
The Wailers
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Barry White
Johnny Winter

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

(best cover version = Sherman Helmsley's)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

helmsley's half-cocked

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link

for every decent band that covered 'louie louie' there are 20 mullet-haired frat bands that crapped all over it...
You know its true.

― Paul Edward Wagemann (PaulEdwardWagemann), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

"mullet-haired frat bands" = true rockists

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link

paul...on the other thread you're praising rockers for rocking and getting stoned and leering at girls from their camaros, but on this thread you're dissing mullet-haired frat bands?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link

thus, fulfilling shakey request to be a funnier troll

(shakey, if you've seen animal house, you've heard montez's let's dance)

― PappaWheelie burried Paul. The clues are there man! (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 29 September 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link

john paul and george cover bill monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPROIttiRh8

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Friday, 6 October 2006 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link

john's not on that.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Many sleepless nights and he revives this hijacked thread to show us The Beatles like Elvis's répertoire?

Before you put too much more effort into it, I can give you one more tip. Paul McCartney appears on the recent Sun Records documentary too. You heard it here first!

― The PappaWheelie Story: Half Brain, Half Soul, All Mouth (on sale now) (PappaWhe, Friday, 6 October 2006 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry, meant to say ringo paul and george.
keep it up papa.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Friday, 6 October 2006 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link

What a strange thread this is.

I think it's nearly impossible to desecrate Louie Louie.

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Friday, 6 October 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link

What a strange thread this is.
I think it's nearly impossible to desecrate Louie Louie.
-- Ice Cream Electric (docido...), October 6th, 2006. (later)

louie louie? gimme a break.

-- Squirrel_Police (goblinatri...), September 25th, 2006.

― The PappaWheelie Story: Half Brain, Half Soul, All Mouth (on sale now) (PappaWhe, Saturday, 7 October 2006 04:06 (seventeen years ago) link

keep it up papa.

-- Squirrel_Police (goblinatri...), October 6th, 2006. (later)

Confuse your actions with others reactions much?

― PappaWheelie: Giving out breaks to the needy since September 25th, 2006 (PappaWh, Saturday, 7 October 2006 04:18 (seventeen years ago) link

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