''Brainwashed'' by The Shays - 60's Garage Rock Classic

[TheLOSTFanatic]

Thanks, Bobby!

[sharqi666]

T.O. where you at?

[mielazul]

Very cool...and very relevant. I'll be singing the chorus all day, I'm sure.

BTW, check "Rosetta West - Shakin' All Over," for some good later era garage rock.

[TheSunbau]

Yeah this is f.....g cool. I love the garage/punk/rock from the 60s. It´s the first time I listen to the band but absolutely not the last time. My hobby is to rediscover all those great bands from the 60s that didn´t "broke through". Listen for example to The Pudhys from east Germany and THE ZETTLERS from Scandinavia. Check up The Zettlers versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". Now we´re talking about bloody driving beat.

[muddyboyc]

I'm starting to freak out here!

[mickeymousebiker1]

This should be a campaign song for a third party candidate. Third party, NOW, if we want to save what's left of America. Forget the New World Order! Let's put America first again in everything! Afterall, who puts more out there to safe guard the world's oil supply for China, India, and Japan?

[SuperUncleDenny]

Regardless of whether this is The Bossmen or The Shays ...this song is "The bomb !!! 4 BIG STARS !

[BohemianAsh]

I was born in 1987... and I gotta say... this is fucking cool :D

[gwugluud]

@BohemianAsh There's hope...

[73Twilightzone]

Cool video

[blacqueprince]

This was a Toronto group of the mid 60's. David Clayton Thomas was the lead singer before he moved on to world wide fame as singer for the group Blood Sweat & Tears.

[strunzgracie]

This is the 10th time in a row i've watched this!!!

[HotRockinJohnny]

@strunzgracie Haha! You've been BRAINWASHED!! ;)

[gleb202]

Damn,this song rocks! I love ''garage'' sound!

[JUNIORxHENDRIX]

ive been Brrraaaaaaaaaaiiinnnnnnnnwwwww­aaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssshhhh­hhhhhhhed

[outakontroll]

Cool Fuckin Ass!

[kricky71]

Great!

[3lullabies]

little late to sound the alarm bell now.

the hippies already tried to change the establishment but everyone just pointed and laughed.

I'm not speaking of a haight ashbury drug freaks either,im talking about sensible forward thinking activists that saw this day coming.they had "go green" idea first,but like everything the coorperations have made it like it was their idea.

it will only get worse from here the balance has been tipped,we are nothing but a comodity/consumer on somebodies chart.

[nutopiansg]

@3lullabies in those days we were trying to fight "the man" we did not know who the man was now we do ,It's the illuminati ,the vatican and the top 300 rich families.Now activist have the right item to target. see project camelot whistleblowers archive.

[outakontroll]

How long has it been since you had a nice fresh box of brainwash?  Well that's to long partner!

[josh66694]

where can i download this?? D:

[BodilogBentesBlogDK]

@josh66694 Get the Super MP3 Downloader - The Free Edition!(:

- Just copy the name and set it in!

It's great, I've been using it for a year now without paying a shit :D

LOVE THIS SONG! XD

Greetings from Denmark!

[mparticle7]

I love David Clayton Thomas!!!

[bond181292]

This song has been inaccurately assigned. It is "Brainwashed". It is David Clyaton Thomas, but , it is not the SHAYS. ( I was there and played with member of the Shays)..........the group as "The Bossmen"...........just before David left Toronto to join/ reform , Blood Sweat and Tears.......

[IfByWhiskey]

You did a GREAT job of summing up the world view of a LOT of people. The sad thing is, they don't even know it. Go figure.

[MaceMn]

Awesome tune & so true.

[JoeJoe39]

Great tune.

[cjthemusicman]

Still ringing true 45 years later.

Great job on the vid, RockinJohnny.

*****

[cjthemusicman]

Classic TO sound! This great tune should have been as huge as Eve of Destruction - but with the Vietnam reference it was basically banned in the US - and that is a shame. Thanks for posting this classic Canadian classic! *****

[RPKIII]

They play this song all the time on 580 am (CKWW) at least once a day. It's driven me nuts for the last few months wondering who it was. I finally know who it is and I need to find more by them! This song is sweet as fuck! Anymore stuff by them out there?

[roseburn2U]

You're right we still have the same problems. Just like Barry McGuire's song "Eve of Destruction" sadly the lyrics are timeless.

I remember this song from my youth and always thought it was an awesome song with brilliant riffs, excellent vocals and lots to enjoy.

Thanks for posting.

[permanentkick]

Nice video.Dangerous boogie.

[Sickcyber66]

I know this song was written way back when. But the sad thing is. We still have the same problems and a song like this still matters.

[cookmoore]

on youtube

[cookmoore]

I love this!

And to think that we're watching this!!!

Scary

[bond181292]

You are absolutely right bass0111, the singer was David Clayton Thomas, but the band was not the SHAYS. They were the "Bossmen", very good memory of it.

I went to school with member of the shays. Played in a young band with them as well.

[boxwoodal]

Did you know Scott Richards (the bass player, who later went on to found Freedom Records?) Scotty was a great guy.

[bond181292]

Yes I did, "boxwoodal", but I lost touch with him after the 70's.

He actually filled in for our bass player one night. The rest of the Shays, Brian White the organist practiced at home with me on drums. Later got picked up by Dunc and Judy and the Regents, played club 888 on Yojng and Davenport

[boxwoodal]

Wow! Scott managed our band in the late 80's, he was a real inspiration. I recently saw a copy of the "A Go Go" album in a used record store, they were asking $140 for it. .. whew. Loved that record so much back in the day. Thanks for sharing the memories.

[bond181292]

Hey, N/P boxwoods, a pleasure really.

....got a few more for you. I went to Donsview, hung out at the Village, played back up with a make up band for George Oliver in the Devils Den, right on Ave. Rd. just before he created Mandala.

Used to see them at the Hawks Nest upstairs on Yong st. accross from the "Club Bluenote"

[MrWatersBoy]

Wow!

I lived in York Township and went to school at York Memorial. I used to hook up with buds of mine in Grant Smith & The Power at the Devil's Den (remember Murray who owned the Avenue Road Club?) after hours on Fri/Sat nights for jam sessions.

[MrWatersBoy]

Wow!

I lived in York Township and went to school at York Memorial. I used to go to The Devil's Den after hours Fri/Sat night with friends of mine from Grant Smith & The Power to see some of the best jam sessions ever! Do you remember Murray, who ran the Avenue Road Club above the Den? Jon, Lee & The Checkmates came there often as well. I recently reconnected with Kenny Marco, Wayne Stone and Ralph Miller from The Power.

[MrWatersBoy]

I recently reconnected with Kenny Marco, Wayne Stone and Ralph Miller from The Power. Kenny and Wayne went on to Motherload and Dr Music. I saw The Power at The Hawk's Nest too. Although I didn't know Ronnie Hawkins at the time (he married my sister's best friend Wanda Nagurski), I recently connected with him and Wanda at their place near Peterborough, and saw Wanda, her sister Dianne, and Ronnie Jr in Florida last October.

[actron]

Those piano breaks are phenomenal.

[bass0111]

David Clayton Thomas was the singer in David Clayton Thomas and The Shays, but left before "Brainwashed" was recorded. "Brainwashed" was recorded by David Clayton Thomas and The Bossmen, and has nothing whatsoever to do with The Shays.

[jenzeppelin]

this is a good song.  love the theme.

[sonicjay007]

grrreat song,digging Big stylee~'*'

[Stacela]

Sounds like the lead singer from Blood Sweat and Tears; his last name is Clayson, I think.

[xholycrapbatmanx]

Yes it's the same guy..David Clayton-Thomas

[bond181292]

@Stacela The singer from Blood Sweat and Tears, at the time, was David Clayton Thomas, a Toronto boy from Willowdale, originally from the Shays.