In addition, some TV programs used mostly live perforamnces. Johnny Cash's show would have live performances...like the Guess Who. The late night programs of the late '60's early '70's like Midnite Special and ABC In Concert used live performances, although this changed also. Another reason for not having a live performance with single person acts is that you don't have to pay the backing band to show up.
Also, some of the music from this era utilized studio techniques, like large echo, reverb, flanging (originally done with tape machines), etc., that couldn't be duplicated live (pre-digital effects boxes). This is not to say that all the TV performances were not live...they do exist. The tip off for a canned perforamance is the amount of activity onstage, unplugged electric instuments, drummers just tapping or not hitting the skins (check The Who out on this), exact sound of released song.
The majority of televised performances in this ear were lip-sync'ed by the bands for a number of reasons. One of them is that they many times had some type of dance number associated with the song performance, which, in small studios would be noisy and picked up in a live verson. Also, a full setup with amps and mics would require time to get a good balance to do live...TV was a quick medium at that point...so they'd do a lip-sync...fast to put together.
I'm pretty sure this is a lip-synch. (Sounds exactly like the studio version, which I've heard about a bazillion times.) But its always great to see this fantastic band doing this killer tune.
@kentcrawf And go-go dancers! I was 7 years old when I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. The following ten years I watched the best acts in rock history - an amazing time to grow up in. And there were tv shows like Shindig! and Hullabaloo where you could see all the top bands, and feel the hysteria of the mid-sixties cultural revolution exploding. Music will never be as exciting or play such an integral part in shaping American culture and society as it did then. I'm so lucky I was there.
@bluesbrrd Hey kiddo, I am old enough to have seen the Beatles live (and on Ed Sullivan). I watched Shindig and Hullabaloo too. But the Castaways were different for me. They are from Minneapolis and played all over the city when I was a "kid". Back when, there was a thing called the Minneapolis Garage Bands and I think maybe they were one of them. Check it out....you could find some great music. Minneapolis produced many famous artists...even Bob Dylan.
Right on! I mean, they're called "garage bands" for a reason! With the '60's British Invasion, every teenage guy got his friends together and bought instruments and started bashing away! The cream rose to the top and we got the unforgettable hits like this one and "96 Tears," "Psychotic Reaction," "Little Bit of Soul," "She's about a Mover" (Is the Sir Douglas Quintet British? I dunno!). Man, it makes me yearn for the jukebox at Home Run Inn in Chicago back in 1964-67!
Great song from a great era! 1965, when music was still fun and we still didn't take ourselves too seriously. "Liar, Liar" by the Castaways sums it up perfectly.
Paul Kalkbrenner - Selber. DO IT
johnmadden1989 1 month ago
In addition, some TV programs used mostly live perforamnces. Johnny Cash's show would have live performances...like the Guess Who. The late night programs of the late '60's early '70's like Midnite Special and ABC In Concert used live performances, although this changed also. Another reason for not having a live performance with single person acts is that you don't have to pay the backing band to show up.
Ballsarama 2 months ago
Also, some of the music from this era utilized studio techniques, like large echo, reverb, flanging (originally done with tape machines), etc., that couldn't be duplicated live (pre-digital effects boxes). This is not to say that all the TV performances were not live...they do exist. The tip off for a canned perforamance is the amount of activity onstage, unplugged electric instuments, drummers just tapping or not hitting the skins (check The Who out on this), exact sound of released song.
Ballsarama 2 months ago
The majority of televised performances in this ear were lip-sync'ed by the bands for a number of reasons. One of them is that they many times had some type of dance number associated with the song performance, which, in small studios would be noisy and picked up in a live verson. Also, a full setup with amps and mics would require time to get a good balance to do live...TV was a quick medium at that point...so they'd do a lip-sync...fast to put together.
Ballsarama 2 months ago
Arnaques,crimes et botanique <3 !
Naooo66 3 months ago
Ovi mora da su pojebali valjanih picoka...
MladenKk 6 months ago
DL the audio from this track at searchripgrab doht cohm.
VaniaDawson882 6 months ago
This isn't live
trenty1983 6 months ago
I've been listening to this song for years and today I find out its not a woman singing.
pedrogoldfinger 10 months ago 13
@pedrogoldfinger They wore very tight trousers.
woofusdoofus 2 months ago
I'm pretty sure this is a lip-synch. (Sounds exactly like the studio version, which I've heard about a bazillion times.) But its always great to see this fantastic band doing this killer tune.
ivycompton 1 year ago
@ivycompton They don't even have a microphone! The only live bit is the girls screaming.
trenty1983 6 months ago 4
Very hard video to find from a very rare one hit wonder. Thanks for posting
48mwl 1 year ago
great footage, but where's the beef, er bass player?
TheStatue1 1 year ago
@kentcrawf And go-go dancers! I was 7 years old when I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. The following ten years I watched the best acts in rock history - an amazing time to grow up in. And there were tv shows like Shindig! and Hullabaloo where you could see all the top bands, and feel the hysteria of the mid-sixties cultural revolution exploding. Music will never be as exciting or play such an integral part in shaping American culture and society as it did then. I'm so lucky I was there.
bluesbrrd 1 year ago
@bluesbrrd Hey kiddo, I am old enough to have seen the Beatles live (and on Ed Sullivan). I watched Shindig and Hullabaloo too. But the Castaways were different for me. They are from Minneapolis and played all over the city when I was a "kid". Back when, there was a thing called the Minneapolis Garage Bands and I think maybe they were one of them. Check it out....you could find some great music. Minneapolis produced many famous artists...even Bob Dylan.
debbiedamoose 1 year ago
Right on! I mean, they're called "garage bands" for a reason! With the '60's British Invasion, every teenage guy got his friends together and bought instruments and started bashing away! The cream rose to the top and we got the unforgettable hits like this one and "96 Tears," "Psychotic Reaction," "Little Bit of Soul," "She's about a Mover" (Is the Sir Douglas Quintet British? I dunno!). Man, it makes me yearn for the jukebox at Home Run Inn in Chicago back in 1964-67!
StoneFredFlint 1 year ago
@StoneFredFlint SDQ is from Texas
kurtmanerz 2 months ago
Those shows were square, but a lot of the acts were hip!
StoneFredFlint 1 year ago
I always thought that this was a Black group with a black woman singing lead.
LOL
Cheval52 1 year ago
@Cheval52 I always thought The Righteous Brothers were Black! And that Roy Orbison was blind!!! Ha!!!
StoneFredFlint 1 year ago
Great song from a great era! 1965, when music was still fun and we still didn't take ourselves too seriously. "Liar, Liar" by the Castaways sums it up perfectly.
rgglick 2 years ago