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Help remembering a song from the sixties I think.....

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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    What tempo is it ?
    Male or Female singer ?
    Rock/Folk/Blues ?
  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,962
    Downtown - Petula Clark ?
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    I am sorry it is so vague, but to recap - it's in the style of Mungo Jerry/Manfredd Mann/Bonzos - late sixties male singer/group - it features a very, very prominent & loud bass - like single note that repeats throughout the song - the note kind of punctuates the end of each line or verse

    I heard it a while back - (but cant pinpoint an exact date other than they played it just as I was about to get out of the car & check the mailbox) - it must have been on the CBC Calgary radio station & they must have played it for a reason - maybe the singer died, or was playing the local casino (as many washed up sixties acts do) or was releasing a new LP or was it in a film??.....I heard it & thought that's a cracking tune because of the unique bass sound but then promptly forgot about it, until I heard "In the Summertime" recently & it sparked my memory of this song....

    It's not an obscure Canadian band or anything like that, this is a song I've heard a few times before while living in the UK....

    Unfortunately having heard so many songs after googling suggestions on here my mind is scrambled & I have a fuzzier recollection of the song now then before I made the original post........
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM
  • Red_Pete_in_Dubai
    Red_Pete_in_Dubai Posts: 2,764
    Excellent. The Old Grey Whistle Test, those were the days!!
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    I reckon its more early glam rock meself.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Just thought of Tina's bassline........
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    I do keep thinking about Golden Retriever by Super Fury Animals an all @Oakster
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    Mate if it was Super Fury animals you would have naffing shot it !
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    BIG_ROB said:

    I do keep thinking about Golden Retriever by Super Fury Animals an all @Oakster


    as a big SFA fan I know it's not that one Rob...

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  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Part of the Union - The Strawbs!
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    March51 said:

    Part of the Union - The Strawbs!

    very much in the style of this....
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Try: 'Blue Eyes' (with kazoo) and 'Rosie' by Don Partridge.
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    Canned Heat - On The Road Again?
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Oakster said:

    March51 said:

    Part of the Union - The Strawbs!

    very much in the style of this....
    Is the bassline "similar" to the Talking Heads ?

  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    BIG_ROB said:

    Canned Heat - On The Road Again?

    Always loved that one!

  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    edited October 2012
    Especially for Oggy!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QexOuH8GS-Y
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Dunno why but I preferred 'Going Up the Country'. Don't think it fits the bill here though.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    After a long search on the Internet for the horn.... led me to some interesting sites I can only come up with

    The Rascals - People Gotta be free

    but am not going back through the thread and watching the vids.
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    If its the horn you're after listen to this chooon by legend Norvern monkey Ian Brown!


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BD-c8padYs

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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    That was good of you BIG_ROB. I canned thank you enough!
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,740
    Mario Lanza ?

  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,437
    edited October 2012
    Ignore. Just seen the song I posted on another page, it ain't that one :(
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,881
    Is it NIB by Black Sabbath?
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,863
    Lily the Pink
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    Lou Reed ... Walk on the Wild Side .. but that is too well known .. big bass lines
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    The Letter .. Box Tops
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    Louie Louie ... The Kingsmen
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    Long Green .. (B Side of Louie Louie)
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The best clue has to be the Mungo Jerry/Bonzo's/Manfred Mann (presumably from their Doo Wah Diddy period), and the bass.
    oakster you have been a bit unclear about the bass, suggesting it could even be a deep woodwind sound, even something with a sense of humour like a bass bassoon. can you tell us a bit more about this bass sound?

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