this music may be better than rap but who remembers the turtles like people are going to remember Eminem? Artist need to leave a legacy and the Turtles did not do that.
this band had a lot of character, to put a dancing girl front and center, has a back up singer that looks like a cartoon character, a gutarist that acts like a wax figure,this group is too much.
Basically, the Turtles were putting everybody on. But they were so good at the Beatle-esque harmonies and Rickenbacker Beatles/Byrds jingly jangly guitar that were so popular at the time that nobody got the joke.
The music was great, the girls were awesome (100 or so pounds, no tattoos, piercings, dressed in hot-pants or mini-skirts...) and you could go to the beach without the sun peeling your skin off in ten minutes. The groups that we considered lightweights back then had a staying power beyond our comprehension. I shudder for the youth of today that is not tuned into these gems that will last several lifetimes. Thank god for the 60's and the music that weill never, ever die...
That blonde girl!!! The way she move her skinny body! She is tall!!! I can even smell her perfume!!! She is the one who my doctor said , she will cure of all my sickenesses.
Most covers don't even come close to the original. This one exceeds it. Dylan was the Master of lyrics in the 60s, but the Turtles made this song a hit with their interpretation of Dylan's quasi-country/folk original. (My wife went to high school witht the lead singer - he wasn't that popular, she said, and no one knew he could sing.)
Hate to have my mind in the gutter, but does that blonde chick expect to get some that night-is that why she kept getting closer and closer and closer to the lead singer? when I was little, I tried to watch The Turtles whenever they appeared on tv, if it wasn't past my bedtime! Loved The Turtles, even at 1st or 2nd grade. Music back then was so good-well 99% of it anyway. Don't like my age now, but glad I grew up when music was good instead of the crap my kids have to listen to now.
Boss City was a TV show where every nite a KHJ Boss Jock Would MCee.remember the Morganizer? Do you know what it realy was and why they always tried to get women in it..Well lets just say it was a HUGE blast of air that went to the ....well you know.lol
dahur you are so right. I can't stand ANY of the crap that's out there today. Give me 60's-80's music ANY day. I wish I was alive in the 60's. Awesome stuff.
Dylan is a great song writer, but, imo, almost everyone who sings Dylan, eg the Turtles, the Byrds, Manfred Mann, whoever, sings Dylan better than Dylan
Rape is a truly horrible thing and should not be used to describe a band covering someone's song (and making that someone more money than when recording it himself)
apologies if i offended. i don't take the subject lightly and will be more careful about my dramatic usage. as for dylan covers, making the man money is very irrelevant to me. if you knew dyaln better, and im assuming you don't on account of preferring covers, you'd know that selling his music out is far from his priorities. i imagine that had way more to do with columbia owning his music. most of his 60s jingly jangly covers were embarrassing and compromised the integrity of the work.
I loved The Turtles, 'She'd Rather Be With Me' the theme to a schoolboy 'crush' I had at 11 years old. Thanks Mark, for letting me sit in on one of his lectures at Loyola when I lived in Playa del Rey right in the band's old stompin' ground!
Boss Radio Lives Babys..Tina Delgado is alive alive alive.From My good friend and fellow Broadcaster..The Best Jock that ever Lived,The Real Don Steele.93 KHJ forever.You can listen at reel radio dot ..co.m.
wow I haven't heard that Tina Delgado is alive alive in such a long time. Who was that person? The Real Don Steele, Robert W Morgan, Sam Riddle, Humble Harve, Johnny Williams and all the KHJ Disk jockeys will always be remembered!
Sam Riddle was so popular in So. Cal! He was the top DJ on KHJ Radio. He's the emcee on this program. When The Beatles released a new single, KHJ would play it before the other radio stations would. So, As the new single was being played, someone would be whispering "KHJ BOSS EXCLUSIVE" throughout the song. I was really cool and exciting! Like a slice of heaven!
So, at the end, Flo (of The Turtles) starts to dance "The Freddie" and I have to chuckle cuz that is the dance that everyone was doing at our Jr. High Graduation party. By the way, Don Murray, the drummer, was an advid surfer even into his 50's. Much like Dick Dale still is. After "You Baby", the group didn't do much for about a year when they released "Happy Together". That song gave the group the resurgence that they needed.
This original line-up of the Turtles featured the original drummer, Don Murray, who left during the recording of their second album. It really hurt the band at the time as Don looked a bit like Paul Mccartney and he attracted the girls. Don died about ten years ago after an operation went bad. In the seventies, he was the drummer for The Surfarias.
shame about the drummer mate,i did not know, so thanks for info mate,as for this clip, the show and the gazzari dancers, i think just magic, would go back anytime,thanks again to you na dthe person for the clip/post,,,
I have fond memories of Hollywood a Go Go. And I'm a longtime (40+ years) Turtles fan. I just wish they didn't lip sync this song. And why is the bass drum upside down? BTW, Sebastian Cabot (the late actor) does an uproarious version of this song on the "Golden Throats" album.
The Turtles had the best American drummer of the era - Johny Barbatta. The highlight of a Turtles show along with their string of hits and "gay" antics of "Flo and Eddie" was Barbatta's amazing drum solo: That guy had 10 arms and legs in a blur and never screwed up.
You would have to go to the BBC performances from this time which weren't live but per union rules would have the bands come in early in the day , record the vocals only, and lip synch to them for the "performance"
they lip-synced beacuse, rememebr you're watching 1960's TV video. They ddint have the technology to capture on video tape live music, then send it out over the airwaves, so it sounded like thier fans as studio recorded. They just couldnt do it yet. .
Yes and no... It could be done but it was more than most low budget programs could afford, such as this program. The other reason was some programs just would not do it, such as Dick Clark productions. That said, check out the live performances from the Everly Brothers from 1961 from TV in England and you'll be astounded at their talent live.
The Turtles were totally awesome. I always loved this song. Summer '65 at the Beach at Malibu. Hitch hiking with only a pair of trunks from the Valley over Malibu Canyon to PCH.
One of the greatest songs, and one of my favourite songs........this is also because i have great memories related to this!!!! I'll never forget these days!
I would recommend any Turtles fan listens to the Electric Warrior cd by T.Rex, which features sublime backing vocals by Kaylan and Volman throughout. The album is amazing.
I've been listening to T.Rex for a while now....i even have the Electric Warrior CD but never knew that Kaylan and Volman did backing vocals for Bolan!!! Thanks for the info!!! :)
Two of the Turtles sang backing vocals on Bang a Gong (Get it On) by Marc Bolan and T.Rex, which reached #1 in the UK, in 1971. (I don't get out much!)
Folk rock was a wonderful chapter in music history. The Turtles did a great version of the song Bob Dylan wrote. In a way, I think their version is better than Bob's
I went through my teens listening to the Turtles. I thought and think their music is magic, right up there where the other 'legends' of sixties-Band music sit.
Saw them once years later, in about 90-91....or maybe it was 89-90. They used the 'star sideman', including the base player who created the line in My Girl.
Last week, after enjoying a bunch of Turtles videos including this one, I was moved to write a quick email to Howard Kaylen to thank him for all the good sounds he's given us. Within a few hours he sent me back the nicest thank you. A real class act. By the way, I told him that of all the Turtle vids on youtube, this was my favorite.
My brother went to Cathedral Central on Woodward Avenue - is that the same school? He graduated in 1957 - I believe they later changed the name of the school to Catholic Central.
absolutely..this was delicious satire. These guys ingeniously took words and music (this song from Dylan) and made them into pop classics by delivering terrific hooks and harmonies to satisfy the unwitting fans and music moguls. Good for them...unfortunately today's music is still controlled by a select group of assholes.
Simple, I was there. Mark and Howard are two of the greatest nuts I have ever met, and proud to be so. There is so much more going on here, and it's a shame that you, like so many then, just can't see it.
Well, for one thing, you think they are one way and the other guy thinks they're another way...sounds misunderstood to me (on your part). Mr. Patterson meant "nuts" in a good way. If you ever read their "A Blind Date With Flo and Eddie" record reviews, you would understand them being described as "nutty".
Man, this brings back memories. i used to hear this song all over WFLI here at home. i was just about to start 1st grade and constantly had my ear to the radio. one of the turtles greatest. Howard has a distinctive singing voice.
Real cool that Don Murry is your grampa! I'm in my early 40's which would probably be close to your parents age. I'm old enough to have been your grampa's kid so I do believe you. My oldest son is 15. Keep Gramps memory alive because he was a true part of rock & roll history. He made his mark on those early Turtles recordings.
holy cow! what memories. I was an elevator operator at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, the year 1965....Albi Pearson of the Los Angelas Angles coming up the lobby singing "It Ain't Me Babe".............WOW! was it THAT LONG AGO?!
Hello Motowngirl, I went to Detroit Catholic Central High School and grew up near Cooley High. Though it was long ago, I remeber this song and those days like they were yesterday. Peace.
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Somebody should grab the blond chick's tongue....i think she might have swallowed it in an epileptic fit. She clearly needed help......did she survive? She looks like she's choking on something the way she is thrashing about.
Brings back high school and college days. The Turtles were a true representative of the great '60's sound. I remember hearing this song on my transistor radio safely hidden under my pillow at night. Ah yes...the'60's...the greatest times of my life. Oh to be young during that periiod one more time!
These guys were the best!...I especially like the neck scarf Howard was wearing..kinda that Perry Como look....and as for the blonde babe, only in the 60's pal...That's Rock and Roll !!! (You won't see that on American Idol!! )
Say what you will about The Byrds doing the best Dylan covers.
The Turtles hit the ball right out of the park with this number. The 'Boss Jock'(Sam Riddle?) does a keen intro. Even though it's a lip-sync, Howard Kaylen still projects enough enthusiasm to pull it off(always loved his voice, tailor made for lead pop vocals). Mark Vohlman redefines looking cool with his horn rimmed specs.
Naturally, the gyrating blonde gives her best as Howard refrains, It Ain't Me Babe."
They kept trying to tell the blond it ain't me babe! and she thinks they are singing for her !good lsd back then! and girls that want it to be about them! as always
Lots of fun! Enjoy the fact that the logo on the kick drum is upside down (likely NOT an accident). I've seen these guys live several times and have always appreciated their sense of humor. Check out their albums as Flo and Eddie, esp. Illegal, Immoral and Fattening and Moving Targets
Cam Nelson--later married to Olympic pole vaulter Bob Segren--was Sam Riddle's cohost on "9th St. West." This was "Hollywood a Go Go" and the 'freak out' dance segment came in when the Real Don Steele took over the HG hosting duties.
I got one for you all, if you did not know it...They were doing great backing vocals on T-Rex albums, begginning with the album entitled T-Rex, then the big seller Electric Warrior, then The Slider. And they made the songs fantastic. They were brilliant at doing their job on them. I think they would have done their own records but had contractual problems as stated.
Not off the end of the world. Flo and Eddie sang with the Mothers for a couple of years, then released four or five LPS in the 70s, while also singing backup on T Rex (Bang a Gong, etc), Blondie, Springsteen, Psychedelic Furs, Alice Cooper, Ozzie, etc albums. They re-emerged as the Turtles in the 80s and still sound amazing; their shows are a riot. Catch one; they do about 60 a year, worldwide.
Was his accident prior to his music career? If so, I am sorry. But if it was after his music career, what difference does it make? In other words, the accident had nothing to do with his horrible voice and performing abilities...right?
Well believe it or not, not all of us jews are straitlaced and monogomous (although I don't think I've ever heard a jew use the word "poontang") but Volman stayed away from it for a different reason, he played for the other team.
Okay, I was pretty well misunderstood. No problem. I don't think he wasn't interested b/c of his religion or his weight, it had more to do with another form of ORIENTATION ("not that there is anything wrong with that"). Let's see how many bright boys and girls are out there under thirty on youtube (not that many I suspect:>)
KHJ Channel 9's Monday thru Friday show was "9th Street West" [and later "Boss City"] not Hollywood a Go Go.
The show that became Hollywood a Go Go was "9th Street a Go Go". That was the big, once a week "talent" dance show. It was so well done that RKO General was able to get 4 Star International to do a syndication deal, and the name was changed to "Hollywood a Go Go".
@hamilton59840, thanks for the info. She's definitely having a good time. Wish I was
a little older to have.enjoyed shows like this one.
aimeemannfan2010 5 months ago
woo look at that girl dancing crazy ..
freaker126 5 months ago in playlist 60s, Go-Go boots & freakbeat stuffs !
I remember Hollywood a go go,I think it came on Wednesday nights?
mygod909 6 months ago
Howie's got the best pipes in the biz!
HigherBrainLiving 7 months ago
Haha, their drum is upside down.
0PERAT0RPLEASE 7 months ago
name of the song please
billyman47 8 months ago
@billyman47 It's titled "It Ain't Me Babe", written by Bob Dylan.
Dylan recorded it first, but didn't chart much.
The Turtles did their cover of it and not only it reached near
the top of the charts, but also launched their career as a folk-rock band.
Before they changed the band's name to The Turtles,
they were a surf instrumental group called The Crossfires back in the early 60's. :)
hamilton59840 5 months ago
Love the blonde dancer.
aimeemannfan2010 9 months ago
@aimeemannfan2010 Me too. her name is Deanna(Deann) "DeDe" Mollner.
I have her in my friends contact at Facebook.
She lives in Puerta Vallerta, Mexico nowadays.
Same thing with Turtles lead singer Howard Kaylan.
Both Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan(as Flo & Eddie/The Turtles)
are currently on the road for the 2011 "Happy Together" Tour,
with special guest stars, Mark Lindsay, The Grass Roots, and The Buckinghams. :)
hamilton59840 5 months ago
this music may be better than rap but who remembers the turtles like people are going to remember Eminem? Artist need to leave a legacy and the Turtles did not do that.
jogmas12 9 months ago
this band had a lot of character, to put a dancing girl front and center, has a back up singer that looks like a cartoon character, a gutarist that acts like a wax figure,this group is too much.
baseballeddie1177 1 year ago
love the blond girl.. dancing & don't giving a f*ck to no one
liam2m 1 year ago
@liam2m The cute blond Go-Go dancer in the video is
Deanna(Deann) "DeDe" Mollner.
She's definitely a looker and she has a profile at Facebook. :)
She still looks great today as she did back in the 60's. :)
Howard Kaylan also has a profile there and Mark Volman has one too.
I haven't been able to link up with Mark, but I have Howard in my contacts,
along with The Gazzarri Dancers' veteran lead dancer, Deanna. :)
hamilton59840 10 months ago
Basically, the Turtles were putting everybody on. But they were so good at the Beatle-esque harmonies and Rickenbacker Beatles/Byrds jingly jangly guitar that were so popular at the time that nobody got the joke.
onemangarageband 1 year ago
OMG...I think I saw my grandma... O_O
LlamasWithAtaris 1 year ago 3
that girl was a verygood go go dancer--a great distraction--
simonmoves 1 year ago 3
@simonmoves And she's cute too, I might add. ;)
Her name is Deanna Mollner and I have her, along with Turtles lead
singer Howard Kaylan in my Facebook profile contacts.
Howard looks older nowadays, and Deanna still looks great! :)
hamilton59840 10 months ago
Rock on Flo & Eddie
ringo244 1 year ago 2
Is the crowd dancing or having seizures?
duncanstpt 1 year ago
The music was great, the girls were awesome (100 or so pounds, no tattoos, piercings, dressed in hot-pants or mini-skirts...) and you could go to the beach without the sun peeling your skin off in ten minutes. The groups that we considered lightweights back then had a staying power beyond our comprehension. I shudder for the youth of today that is not tuned into these gems that will last several lifetimes. Thank god for the 60's and the music that weill never, ever die...
obbor4 1 year ago 8
@obbor4 Exactly!!
theboomer61 1 year ago
Love the hot go-go dancer giving it all she's got.
Those were the days.
hunk4hire 1 year ago 2
new orleans is mentioned...wonder if this was at the Warehouse...
fletcherjr54 1 year ago
I wish I had been alive in the 60s. Never mind the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, for real.
Khultan 1 year ago 2
Someone needs to make a new show like this one...
FreshFilmFaces 1 year ago 2
what is the lead singer's name?
sammiepatches 1 year ago
@sammiepatches The lead voclaist is Howard Kaylan.
He's also in Facebook, and I'm so honored and blessed
to have Howard in my Facebook contact. :)
In this clip, Howard was about 18 or 19.
The cute Gazarri go-go dancer in the video is
Deanna "DeDe" Molhner, and I also have her
in my Facehook contact.
She still looks cute today as she did back in the 60's. :)
The Hollywood-A-Go-Go club building was torn down in 1995,
and (former) drummer Don Murray passed away in 1996.
hamilton59840 1 year ago
That blonde girl!!! The way she move her skinny body! She is tall!!! I can even smell her perfume!!! She is the one who my doctor said , she will cure of all my sickenesses.
juan58102 1 year ago 4
Humble Harve used to be on KHJ in LA. He got in an argument with his wife, and killed her. His sentance was only about two years in prison.
Hope this helps.
arp401 1 year ago
Most covers don't even come close to the original. This one exceeds it. Dylan was the Master of lyrics in the 60s, but the Turtles made this song a hit with their interpretation of Dylan's quasi-country/folk original. (My wife went to high school witht the lead singer - he wasn't that popular, she said, and no one knew he could sing.)
wombatster 2 years ago
@wombatster
"(My wife went to high school witht the lead singer - he wasn't that popular, she said, and no one knew he could sing.) 2 months ago"
If she and the rest could have known what Howard would end up being.........
dahur 1 year ago
@dahur
Often people who make it were not popular in high school...and vice versa
LTF6161 7 months ago
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The Turtles actually make this sound better than Dylan did. And the fat fuck with the glasses isn't jumping all over the singer like he usually does.
terry9911 2 years ago
Shit this rocks Good !!!!! Turtles rule !! Great harmony , twangy guitars - and everything else !!!!
GreenhouseEffectGE 2 years ago
Very good group. God, I miss the 60's!
JustAGuyNamedSteve1 2 years ago 2
Hate to have my mind in the gutter, but does that blonde chick expect to get some that night-is that why she kept getting closer and closer and closer to the lead singer? when I was little, I tried to watch The Turtles whenever they appeared on tv, if it wasn't past my bedtime! Loved The Turtles, even at 1st or 2nd grade. Music back then was so good-well 99% of it anyway. Don't like my age now, but glad I grew up when music was good instead of the crap my kids have to listen to now.
ProudKansan08 2 years ago
Your kids will be saying the same thing when they'll be your age and so will their kids.
Provakator 2 years ago
Boss City was a TV show where every nite a KHJ Boss Jock Would MCee.remember the Morganizer? Do you know what it realy was and why they always tried to get women in it..Well lets just say it was a HUGE blast of air that went to the ....well you know.lol
koolbossjock 2 years ago
Isn't this music so much better than the rap crap out today? Sure miss those times.
dahur 2 years ago 25
dahur you are so right. I can't stand ANY of the crap that's out there today. Give me 60's-80's music ANY day. I wish I was alive in the 60's. Awesome stuff.
10Dec1971 2 years ago
It's always nice to hear of a younger person that wasn't there, and prefers it to today's "junk".
dahur 2 years ago
@dahur I wholeheartedly agree with ya' on that one.
Rock-n-roll of the 50's and 60's has a lot more heart and soul
than today's "rap crap".
Even Bob Sieger told the truth when he sang,
"today's music ain't got the same soul...I like that old-time rock-n-roll". :)
hamilton59840 1 year ago
@dahur Now we have a whole generation of people with no real names. Ice Tea, diddy, or pdiddy, vanilla ice,
etc. etc. etc. did their mother give them that name? Do you know their real names? NO!
sixtiesforever1966 1 year ago
@sixtiesforever1966 I should have had a user name like yours, because that's just the way I feel.
Do I know their real names? ( rap crappers) Nope, and I bet a lot of them aren't sure who their Daddy is either.
dahur 1 year ago
Dylan is a great song writer, but, imo, almost everyone who sings Dylan, eg the Turtles, the Byrds, Manfred Mann, whoever, sings Dylan better than Dylan
LTF6161 2 years ago 20
i agree.
winggoddess 2 years ago
that's true
KIWI897 2 years ago
@LTF6161
i've never disagreed more. the word rape springs to mind.
citizengayne 1 year ago
@citizengayne
Rape is a truly horrible thing and should not be used to describe a band covering someone's song (and making that someone more money than when recording it himself)
LTF6161 1 year ago
@LTF6161
apologies if i offended. i don't take the subject lightly and will be more careful about my dramatic usage. as for dylan covers, making the man money is very irrelevant to me. if you knew dyaln better, and im assuming you don't on account of preferring covers, you'd know that selling his music out is far from his priorities. i imagine that had way more to do with columbia owning his music. most of his 60s jingly jangly covers were embarrassing and compromised the integrity of the work.
citizengayne 1 year ago
I loved The Turtles, 'She'd Rather Be With Me' the theme to a schoolboy 'crush' I had at 11 years old. Thanks Mark, for letting me sit in on one of his lectures at Loyola when I lived in Playa del Rey right in the band's old stompin' ground!
mahatmacote 2 years ago 3
We used to go to the beach at Playa Del Rey and listen to the turtles on 93 KHJ! They went to Westchester High School near Loyola Marymount.
gteraka 2 years ago
Boss Radio Lives Babys..Tina Delgado is alive alive alive.From My good friend and fellow Broadcaster..The Best Jock that ever Lived,The Real Don Steele.93 KHJ forever.You can listen at reel radio dot ..co.m.
koolbossjock 2 years ago
wow I haven't heard that Tina Delgado is alive alive in such a long time. Who was that person? The Real Don Steele, Robert W Morgan, Sam Riddle, Humble Harve, Johnny Williams and all the KHJ Disk jockeys will always be remembered!
gteraka 2 years ago
I listened to Humble Harve and then he had something controversial happen. I dont remember exactly what, does anyone else?
freddycupples 2 years ago
I have seen Flo and Eddie 3 times in recent years and have yet to be disappointed with their performances. They are awesome. Thanks for the posting!
Planktontwo 2 years ago
Sam Riddle was so popular in So. Cal! He was the top DJ on KHJ Radio. He's the emcee on this program. When The Beatles released a new single, KHJ would play it before the other radio stations would. So, As the new single was being played, someone would be whispering "KHJ BOSS EXCLUSIVE" throughout the song. I was really cool and exciting! Like a slice of heaven!
djbargr 2 years ago
Your right, I hope this day finds Sam in good health and enjoying his life, just seeing his face made my day. How lucky I was growing up in L.A.
rocksinger45 2 years ago
So, at the end, Flo (of The Turtles) starts to dance "The Freddie" and I have to chuckle cuz that is the dance that everyone was doing at our Jr. High Graduation party. By the way, Don Murray, the drummer, was an advid surfer even into his 50's. Much like Dick Dale still is. After "You Baby", the group didn't do much for about a year when they released "Happy Together". That song gave the group the resurgence that they needed.
djbargr 2 years ago
great Bob Dylan song,,,, was great in Walk the Line tooo......
ltlieu61 2 years ago
This original line-up of the Turtles featured the original drummer, Don Murray, who left during the recording of their second album. It really hurt the band at the time as Don looked a bit like Paul Mccartney and he attracted the girls. Don died about ten years ago after an operation went bad. In the seventies, he was the drummer for The Surfarias.
djbargr 2 years ago 2
shame about the drummer mate,i did not know, so thanks for info mate,as for this clip, the show and the gazzari dancers, i think just magic, would go back anytime,thanks again to you na dthe person for the clip/post,,,
barnfresh60 2 years ago
Great song...they look the same today.
LastTree 2 years ago
isso é mais velho que minha avo mais é legal=]
gutojimmy 2 years ago
I have fond memories of Hollywood a Go Go. And I'm a longtime (40+ years) Turtles fan. I just wish they didn't lip sync this song. And why is the bass drum upside down? BTW, Sebastian Cabot (the late actor) does an uproarious version of this song on the "Golden Throats" album.
ftsjr 2 years ago
ftsjr Totally deilberate...and the way the drummer counts in the song..thats the Turtles...we're miming so lets subverse a little bit
captainsoul1953 2 years ago
The Turtles had the best American drummer of the era - Johny Barbatta. The highlight of a Turtles show along with their string of hits and "gay" antics of "Flo and Eddie" was Barbatta's amazing drum solo: That guy had 10 arms and legs in a blur and never screwed up.
clarkewi 2 years ago
Very true...Zappa used him and he was a fussy guy
Jim
captainsoul1953 2 years ago
You would have to go to the BBC performances from this time which weren't live but per union rules would have the bands come in early in the day , record the vocals only, and lip synch to them for the "performance"
28if 2 years ago
they lip-synced beacuse, rememebr you're watching 1960's TV video. They ddint have the technology to capture on video tape live music, then send it out over the airwaves, so it sounded like thier fans as studio recorded. They just couldnt do it yet. .
momike99 2 years ago
Yes and no... It could be done but it was more than most low budget programs could afford, such as this program. The other reason was some programs just would not do it, such as Dick Clark productions. That said, check out the live performances from the Everly Brothers from 1961 from TV in England and you'll be astounded at their talent live.
Waldo99 2 years ago
The Turtles were totally awesome. I always loved this song. Summer '65 at the Beach at Malibu. Hitch hiking with only a pair of trunks from the Valley over Malibu Canyon to PCH.
clarkewi 2 years ago 3
damn that sounds bad ass something like i would do hahah bust a big ass mission like that lol but i usually walk haha
sodomy101 2 years ago
Me either ,memories !!!!!!!!!!!
deanna777777777777 2 years ago
One of the greatest songs, and one of my favourite songs........this is also because i have great memories related to this!!!! I'll never forget these days!
Thomaspwgy 2 years ago
Totally awesome band !!!!!!!!
oceanbound222 2 years ago
I would recommend any Turtles fan listens to the Electric Warrior cd by T.Rex, which features sublime backing vocals by Kaylan and Volman throughout. The album is amazing.
cricketbat08 2 years ago 3
I've been listening to T.Rex for a while now....i even have the Electric Warrior CD but never knew that Kaylan and Volman did backing vocals for Bolan!!! Thanks for the info!!! :)
Thomaspwgy 2 years ago
Two of the Turtles sang backing vocals on Bang a Gong (Get it On) by Marc Bolan and T.Rex, which reached #1 in the UK, in 1971. (I don't get out much!)
cricketbat08 2 years ago
Me neither, cricketbat, but when the same two performed on Springsteen's "Hungry Heart," they were the highest-paid session singers on the planet!
LeslieGMN 2 years ago 2
lol
cricketbat08 2 years ago
Check out the bass drum. "The Turtles" is printed upside down.
garyricenc 2 years ago 2
At 0:38
robertlaberge 2 years ago
this brought to mind "liar" by henry rollins
vicket76 2 years ago
Folk rock was a wonderful chapter in music history. The Turtles did a great version of the song Bob Dylan wrote. In a way, I think their version is better than Bob's
6motion6 2 years ago 2
I went through my teens listening to the Turtles. I thought and think their music is magic, right up there where the other 'legends' of sixties-Band music sit.
Saw them once years later, in about 90-91....or maybe it was 89-90. They used the 'star sideman', including the base player who created the line in My Girl.
oliverdeeds 2 years ago
que buen video
solitude603 2 years ago
Here's a good one to check out by the Zombies..search you tube for :
Will you still love me tomorrow - The Zombies, BBC version
JustMeHere9 2 years ago
Awesome! Those were the days.
photofonz 3 years ago
Super cool
kickassfan 3 years ago
This version is a rocker. I love it and love playing it
driverzero1 3 years ago
I heard Dylan's version and the Turtles and I really think this version is so much better. Just like the sound.
billinsocal 3 years ago
Such an interesting phenomenon that so many of Dylan's songs sound better played by other groups! He is a master songwriter, but,,,,,
Teresaathome 3 years ago 2
I was around to hear Dylan's (he wrote it) version and this version when they first came out. I like Dylan's but agree that this one is better
6motion6 2 years ago 2
Last week, after enjoying a bunch of Turtles videos including this one, I was moved to write a quick email to Howard Kaylen to thank him for all the good sounds he's given us. Within a few hours he sent me back the nicest thank you. A real class act. By the way, I told him that of all the Turtle vids on youtube, this was my favorite.
Rollin558 3 years ago 2
makingsense,
My brother went to Cathedral Central on Woodward Avenue - is that the same school? He graduated in 1957 - I believe they later changed the name of the school to Catholic Central.
motowngirl65 3 years ago
Hollywood-a-Go-Go...I remember this! Just about four years old, my parents watching this
(they were young parents,of course!)
rousse61 3 years ago
Great cover of a Dylan song.
Nothing to misunderstand there.
johncaves 3 years ago
I think you missed the point. It is not the song, but rather the group's message that was misunderstood at the time, and it seems still today.
HauntedStudios 3 years ago
absolutely..this was delicious satire. These guys ingeniously took words and music (this song from Dylan) and made them into pop classics by delivering terrific hooks and harmonies to satisfy the unwitting fans and music moguls. Good for them...unfortunately today's music is still controlled by a select group of assholes.
imshakinitboss 3 years ago 2
What makes you think this band was misunderstood? Why would you call them "nuts"? Too bad you didn't get it, hmmm.
VenusBlue4u 3 years ago
Simple, I was there. Mark and Howard are two of the greatest nuts I have ever met, and proud to be so. There is so much more going on here, and it's a shame that you, like so many then, just can't see it.
Ken Patterson
HauntedStudios 3 years ago 5
I was around when they were at their peak. They were commonly known as being "nutty"
nawtee 3 years ago 2
Well, for one thing, you think they are one way and the other guy thinks they're another way...sounds misunderstood to me (on your part). Mr. Patterson meant "nuts" in a good way. If you ever read their "A Blind Date With Flo and Eddie" record reviews, you would understand them being described as "nutty".
potaluca 3 years ago
@VenusBlue4u Flo & Eddie???? DUH!
MICKEY714061 1 year ago
Man, this brings back memories. i used to hear this song all over WFLI here at home. i was just about to start 1st grade and constantly had my ear to the radio. one of the turtles greatest. Howard has a distinctive singing voice.
mpres47 3 years ago 3
im dead serios the drummer is my granpa we still have that drumset
realmaddog123 3 years ago
The turtles had four drummers from 65-70 which one was your grandpa? Also do you know why the Turtles turned their logo upside down on the drum kit?
DefMode66 3 years ago 2
i was just gonna ask him how many years was grandpa the drummer, but he probley would have looked it up
AngelaRed 3 years ago
Don Murray was a grandpa when he died? He passed away in 1996 at age 50. AFAIK, he's the only member of the Turtles that's no longer with us.
KeithE4 3 years ago
Real cool that Don Murry is your grampa! I'm in my early 40's which would probably be close to your parents age. I'm old enough to have been your grampa's kid so I do believe you. My oldest son is 15. Keep Gramps memory alive because he was a true part of rock & roll history. He made his mark on those early Turtles recordings.
radioman66 2 years ago
Hey y'all!!! Us old farts will even notice that Mark is doing "The Freddy' at the end.2.22
And by the way kiddos, this was before lipo suction and fake boob jobs.
THESE ARE REAL GIRLS!!
JHINTON69 3 years ago 11
holy cow! what memories. I was an elevator operator at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, the year 1965....Albi Pearson of the Los Angelas Angles coming up the lobby singing "It Ain't Me Babe".............WOW! was it THAT LONG AGO?!
motowngirl65 3 years ago 3
Hello Motowngirl, I went to Detroit Catholic Central High School and grew up near Cooley High. Though it was long ago, I remeber this song and those days like they were yesterday. Peace.
makingsense53 3 years ago
This was bubble-gum music before the term was invented.
barflewk 3 years ago 2
and it hasn't lost it's flavor...
is this a valuable comment? did I do it right?
phantomofthedrivein 3 years ago 9
John Belushi could have played a great Mark Volman.
allrightguy89 3 years ago
No I prefer the blonde chic and her dancing.lol And I love her outfit she has on,but it would look better on the floor beside my bed.
durangookid 3 years ago 2
I could do without the colored boy peeking out from behind the band.
durangookid 3 years ago
he's the best dancer lol
RIFFERLOU07 3 years ago
The blonde she's HOT. I'd like to see her today bet she still looks good.
durangookid 3 years ago 4
Why would anyone with half a brain think Mark was gay? Are you an asshole?? Guess so....
barilko5551 3 years ago
Is that a young André the Giant to the right of the lead singer?
jacobdebromont 3 years ago
lol
RIFFERLOU07 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Somebody should grab the blond chick's tongue....i think she might have swallowed it in an epileptic fit. She clearly needed help......did she survive? She looks like she's choking on something the way she is thrashing about.
SasssyBrattt 3 years ago
SassyBratt ya had to be there,,,if you had been...and managed to survive it...you woulda loved it...google Flo and Eddie
languagedancer 3 years ago
60s FOREVER
kickassfan 3 years ago 2
Has anyone noticed that the turtles logo on the base drum is upside down?
(just look at it at 0:39)
rs091700 3 years ago
Excellent observation!
sammy1995 3 years ago
Brings back high school and college days. The Turtles were a true representative of the great '60's sound. I remember hearing this song on my transistor radio safely hidden under my pillow at night. Ah yes...the'60's...the greatest times of my life. Oh to be young during that periiod one more time!
saunders49 3 years ago 6
unos capos los turtles
saludos!
nicobitles 3 years ago
These guys were the best!...I especially like the neck scarf Howard was wearing..kinda that Perry Como look....and as for the blonde babe, only in the 60's pal...That's Rock and Roll !!! (You won't see that on American Idol!! )
SMITHFRANK 3 years ago 2
Say what you will about The Byrds doing the best Dylan covers.
The Turtles hit the ball right out of the park with this number. The 'Boss Jock'(Sam Riddle?) does a keen intro. Even though it's a lip-sync, Howard Kaylen still projects enough enthusiasm to pull it off(always loved his voice, tailor made for lead pop vocals). Mark Vohlman redefines looking cool with his horn rimmed specs.
Naturally, the gyrating blonde gives her best as Howard refrains, It Ain't Me Babe."
userdan54 3 years ago 4
The dancing blonde is positively, absolutely hypnotizing. This video captures the era better than any other!!!
letheby55 4 years ago 4
That was the style in the 60s, if you remeber the Cinderella dream sequence on Gilligan's Island Mrs Howell danced exactly like that too.
vitoduval 3 years ago
great era. great times. great music. damn i miss those days
rattydet 4 years ago 5
Awesome, Flo and Eddie really were so good. brings back great times in my life. Young, careful, college, and dancing
Ann1stoftwo 4 years ago 2
qwen, qwen, qwen,The blond is dancing where and how she was told to dance. Don't be jealous of her perfect looks/body.
lovetheoldies 4 years ago 3
They kept trying to tell the blond it ain't me babe! and she thinks they are singing for her !good lsd back then! and girls that want it to be about them! as always
gwengoad 4 years ago
Lots of fun! Enjoy the fact that the logo on the kick drum is upside down (likely NOT an accident). I've seen these guys live several times and have always appreciated their sense of humor. Check out their albums as Flo and Eddie, esp. Illegal, Immoral and Fattening and Moving Targets
drummerguy1956 4 years ago 2
These guys are great. Didn't they sing on one song on the Mothers Live at the Filmore
blown2000f150 4 years ago
They were the lead singers for the Mothers of Invention during LIVE AT THE FILLMORE, CHUNGAS REVENGE, 200 MOTELS, etc.
Casuallyyours 3 years ago
Cam Nelson--later married to Olympic pole vaulter Bob Segren--was Sam Riddle's cohost on "9th St. West." This was "Hollywood a Go Go" and the 'freak out' dance segment came in when the Real Don Steele took over the HG hosting duties.
hookalakah 4 years ago
interesting outside chance is better
ronisgod23 4 years ago
That blonde just kills me!
Man!, where have the times gone?!
lol
unconventionalmeans 4 years ago
I love the way that blond is moving.
TheEternalTriumphant 4 years ago
Ya gotta love that dancing blonde off to the right!
Yeah, baby!
unconventionalmeans 4 years ago
I got one for you all, if you did not know it...They were doing great backing vocals on T-Rex albums, begginning with the album entitled T-Rex, then the big seller Electric Warrior, then The Slider. And they made the songs fantastic. They were brilliant at doing their job on them. I think they would have done their own records but had contractual problems as stated.
DAVWAVE 4 years ago
I just like the fact that they never took themselves too seriously.
unconventionalmeans 4 years ago
The Turtles made the original version of Eve of Destruction which is on their first album as well as the recent Greatest Hits.
But it hit for Barry McGuire not them
thefamilycat 4 years ago
What happened to these guys?? They were so good and suddenly they fell off the end of the world.
nawtee 4 years ago
Not off the end of the world. Flo and Eddie sang with the Mothers for a couple of years, then released four or five LPS in the 70s, while also singing backup on T Rex (Bang a Gong, etc), Blondie, Springsteen, Psychedelic Furs, Alice Cooper, Ozzie, etc albums. They re-emerged as the Turtles in the 80s and still sound amazing; their shows are a riot. Catch one; they do about 60 a year, worldwide.
Casuallyyours 3 years ago
I have a sealed LP of Flo & Eddie
blown2000f150 3 years ago
Ok, I will check them out.
sony2hd 4 years ago
Was his accident prior to his music career? If so, I am sorry. But if it was after his music career, what difference does it make? In other words, the accident had nothing to do with his horrible voice and performing abilities...right?
sony2hd 4 years ago
Thanks for this. The Turtles fuckin rule!
batpuller 4 years ago
I'm thinking the lead singer could have easily hooked up a date with the blonde babe!
Speyrer88 4 years ago
I'm not sure he was all that interested.
LTF6161 4 years ago
Volman was Jewish, so I presume he was pretty straitlaced and stayed away from the poontang.
bigdaryle 4 years ago
Well believe it or not, not all of us jews are straitlaced and monogomous (although I don't think I've ever heard a jew use the word "poontang") but Volman stayed away from it for a different reason, he played for the other team.
mdebellis 3 years ago
Where in the world did you hear that? And Volman wasn't the lead singer anyway. This is hysterical.
Casuallyyours 3 years ago
Was Mark Volman really gay???
gfm8959 3 years ago
Mark is married
nawtee 3 years ago
Okay, I was pretty well misunderstood. No problem. I don't think he wasn't interested b/c of his religion or his weight, it had more to do with another form of ORIENTATION ("not that there is anything wrong with that"). Let's see how many bright boys and girls are out there under thirty on youtube (not that many I suspect:>)
LTF6161 4 years ago
I am sure being rock stars, even Mark Volman at his weight got some sweet poontang during their tours.
fumetti 4 years ago
Oh man, I haven't heard this song since growing up in the 60's. Thanks so much for posting this!
terry9911 4 years ago
cool
TheRollingBeatles 4 years ago
They sure performed it better than Dylan ever did. Thanks for sharing.
florange00 4 years ago 2
You got that right. Dylan sucked big time as a singer/performer but was an incredible song writer.
sony2hd 4 years ago
Just love those Gazarri dancers.
songwriter77 4 years ago
Wish I could dance like that!!
56Mercgal 4 years ago
hella good.
oranger2525 4 years ago
Love the video! ...and to think these guys ended up playing in Zappa's group!
voojam 4 years ago
I have to ask: what was this Hollywood A Go Go? Some sort of local TV show? I do not remember this being on national TV in the 1960s.
Bluntfacts 4 years ago
Yes, Hollywood A Go Go was a local teen TV show, shown Monday thru Friday at 6 PM on Channel 9. Those were the days, when teen culture truly ruled.
moorlock2003 4 years ago
I saw this clip on PBS "Rock and Roll" Shakespeares in the Alley. Thanks for posting!
vitoduval 4 years ago
KHJ Channel 9's Monday thru Friday show was "9th Street West" [and later "Boss City"] not Hollywood a Go Go.
The show that became Hollywood a Go Go was "9th Street a Go Go". That was the big, once a week "talent" dance show. It was so well done that RKO General was able to get 4 Star International to do a syndication deal, and the name was changed to "Hollywood a Go Go".
HauntedStudios 4 years ago