the haunted - 1-2-5

[mickeymousebiker1]

KING TONE! This one's for Little Steven's Underground Garage. God, I remember when this was brand new. Listen and learn, kids.

[habs5792]

Great great song. I have the 45 which calls them The Hunted

[TheTiglathpilesar]

1-2-5 --THREE sir! --Three!

They predated Monty Python. Consult the Book of Armaments and you shall see that I am right. Five is right out.

[dcraigwise1]

Ah yea! So cool in that 60's garage band tradition!!

[TheTipplerstv]

where did you get the reissue?

[Nothin66]

These guys were our favourite Band from Montreal, back in the day! Everywhere we went people asked us if we were ever going to do a double gig with them. It would have been a truly unique event (but it never happened) ! Lots of respect for them, tho'. Never got to see them "Live", as we were always gigging.

D.J.Bingham

The UGLY DUCKLINGS

[MrRollenrock]

I've listened to a fair few garage tracks, like many people.

My perception (to date) is that this tune by The Haunted is the most laid back of them all.

I heard this song many years ago and was simply too wasted to ask who it was by ;- so I salute the poster of this classic garage track.

[bedtimecoka]

i have 45 125just so cool

[dolom1]

Vapeur mauve is so much bette

[mickeymousebiker1]

This tune's got it all -- great lyrics/vocals, great harp, great keyboards, great bassline, and lots of period-perfect guitar riffs. I reiterate -- KING TONE!

[mickeymousebiker1]

This is KING TONE! Nothing today can touch this! This is the BEST version! Rock 'em Sock 'em garage band at its best. Music from a far better time. Yeah, so I'm "old."

[DefusalBlade]

i am here cause of my fucking great taste of music xD

[theconnman9]

Can I please just be in this band?

[AgeTheConfusion]

PHENOMENAL

[JeffersonLambert]

Pot was some rough shit for some.

[sistermachinegun]

the bomb.

[Saygrace67]

Canadians eh?

[harvey1954]

Great seeing footage of some of these obscure, but potent garage bands in action.

[kannibalken]

man they are great saw them all the time.wish i could time travel back to the time of mini skirts

[Lamvesp]

Fucking awsome song, the Fuzztones did it justice but this will always be the best,

[timofthewoods]

GENIUS!!!

[2010MRHAPPINESS]

I MANAGED / BOOKED / PRODUCED EARLY HAUNTED RECORDS WITH ORIGINAL GROUP INCLUDING SINGER BOB BURGESS. THIS VIDEO WAS DONE FOR CBC TV SHOW AND INCLUDED THE VAN AT THE END AT A GIG IN A HOTEL IN BELOEIL , QUEBEC . THE SAME 60 MIN SHOW ON YOUTH OF THE 60'S FEATURED ME AT MY RADIO SHOW PLAYING THE HAUNTED RECORD. MEMEBERS OF THE BAND CHANGED LATER ON AND EVENTUALLY THE BAND SPLIT UP.THE ORIGINAL HITS WERE ON THE QUALITY RECORD LABEL WHERE I WORKED AS A SALES REP .DON WAYNE PATTERSON

[LightSnowOvernight]

no better Canadian grunge song than this one! I notice the vid may be for a different song and repeats, but who cares..kudos to blacflag for posting all these gems

[papawattu]

Best olddie song ever, got the vibe of a 90's grunge track and the coolness of the Stones... Classic

[freakbeatno1]

I prefer the balance in this version with the louder harmonica. It's a blinding track.

[chloupe]

Thanks a million for this great post of one of my absolute all time faves

[markino1963]

obscure garage punk classic! fuck yeah.......dig it cavemen!

[bigchiv67]

yep daddy-o this music is gassy!

[matthewmaus]

A former band-mate of mine was taught art at school in Toronto ( or somewhere) by their drummer... 

[TheAllwayslooking]

were is this on every station?

timeless!!!!!! 

[huskyjerk]

Why is it called 1-2-5?

[lvxonyx]

ALRIGHT!

[coachbk1]

I first heard this on the NUGGETS 2 Box Set. To me it is the perfect garage song. Catchy riff, a great bass/drum beat, classic organ, and a harmonica to boot. Then you have the snotty Jagger like vocal with a song with somewhat risque lyrical content and you can't do much better than that!

[147TS120]

Bendito el día que conocí los Nuggets, todas buenas canciones, cada una mejor que la anterior siendo esta cojonuda xD

Después vinieron los Pebbles....

[dortyhoor]

I love this tune so much

[ledballone]

saw them in granby quebec late sixty s pierre gravel was their manager great band

[ohnhaus]

ecellent garage

[AtomicMonster454]

Great song; but why does radio ignore gems like this?

[Stindels]

This was a big song in NDG,,,,,saw these guys play several times ... and my friend Jerry Timmins ended up Drumming for them in the 70;s

RIP Jerry... one hard rock steady drummer......

[MODTRASH]

Classic snarler!

[wfodnf]

My favorite of the 2 versions of this song, thanks for getting it posted back on here. GREAT 60's tune!

[potaluca]

YEAH! Fuckin' awesome that you're back!!!! Glad things got settled!!

[jarirusi]

@potaluca This is back indeed! Great...!

[Triumph72]

Available on Nuggets II the British Empire and Beyond

[coachbk1]

This is the garage band sound and attitude at its very best!

[MaceMn]

i was born in '60, missed so much great tunage. too bad time travel aint a reality lol.

[RalphMarx]

yeah bummer man

[punk2116]

You know, at record conventions in Canada, this album is like a ''stanley cup'' when you can find a copy.

[jackshaw]

No doubt. And usually well over a thousand bucks. Thank doG someone finally repressed it.

[kotskol]

great για great σ'λεου..

[disasterology777]

Alright!!

[OrangePendek]

I said what's your name

My name's Marie-Jane

I live down the lane

ALRIGHT !

[ampzilla747]

I heard this also,on pandora from the garage beat 66 album which did not sound the same to me. is it just me or can i get this version on another album?

[fiendwithoutaface66]

there's two versions of this song, both are on the cd released by voxx

[Timmybear]

Their version of Purple Haze is also good - and in french/en francais - Mauve Vapeur.

[watchinshadows]

Very, VERY f**kin' cool!

[chrisboy29]

québec !!!!!!!!!!!!

[InternetToughGuyXL]

Blacflag, this is why I love you. No one else can take 20 seconds of video and loop it the way you do.

[66rules]

@InternetToughGuyXL

I did the editing on this and uploaded it a long time ago but took it down.

Band members or someone involved got pissed. Blackflag uploaded again.

[66rules]

I did this edit years ago.

[SANTIAGOCARRERA183]

buena banda

salu2 ecuador

[renem101]

1-2-5 has been on my mp3 player and guitar repertoire for a few years...

I saw the Rabble at the PClaire Maple Inn, but unfortunately not The Haunted

I promise to be in the first row at their upcoming reunion concert When ?

Q1: Where did the song title 1-2-5 came from ?

Q2: What were the original censored lyrics? which were replaced by the Line of executives ?

[blacflag]

hi there, if you look in my favourites you will find the original version...there seems to be some debate as to the origin of the title, but i always saw it as 1=the singer 2=the hooker/dealer 5=the cost, a five dollar bill...makes more sense than some of the theories i've heard.....

[kurskss]

@blacflag  I have it on good authority that $1-$5 dollars was the going rate for various 'favours' from the pros (for oral to full intercourse) in Montreal in the mid sixties..

[soulhealer20]

@blacflag this sounds like the story I heard all those years ago.

[soulhealer20]

@blacflag I think this is correct. I wish I still had my copy of the original pressing of the single with the band name mispelled The Hunted!. That would be an item! I'll check the reissue lp I have for lyrics.

[PaulSidWren]

@blacflag - Don't recall where I heard it but I thought it was a hooker's price-list with $1 for the hand, $2 for a blow and $5 for a shag

Great video, btw.

[furfledurfle]

@renem101 1-2-5 is the chord progression. The band said so in an interview I read somewhere, probably Ugly Things magazine.

[renem101]

When I first heard 1-2-5, I was struck by the fuzzy Less Paul solo, specially the ending F and D notes This was the equivalent of the Satisfaction rift = it stays in your brain till you die.

With regards to the Get off my cloud drums intro, I dont know if Charlie Watts came first or 2nd. on this one ? Rene

[Tetlama]

Blacflag--Good editing with such a short clip--looks great!

[superpsych0delia]

damn fine,those canadians rock out,ehh??

[jamaco2ooo]

who cares what it is about?the song jams and that should be all that matters!!

[sonicrock2]

i mean with rudi protrudi sorry in 1987 i believe

[sonicrock2]

talk about rudi protrudi about that song a while ago in his mind 1-2-5 was a song about masturbation one to five' the fingers"

[paintedship]

doesn't the band ever say what it's about ever? I'm surprised they haven't

[sonicrock2]

what i know they said (the haunted ) about that song it was supposed to be a B side so i really believe the rudi interpretation i mean it could be a song about frustration masturbation.

[blacflag]

i can't hear that at all, it's a guy out to score weed or a hooker, five dollar bill.

[sonicrock2]

but in the end he dont score the girl but anyway thats not that important its a terrific song THAT is important

[blacflag]

yeah, it is, we can all agree on that

[ATOMICSUPPLEX9]

The songs about a hooker....I think....nothing about masterbation.

[RalphMarx]

trippy but yet hardcore , demin and leather early with keyboards

[rainbowsandwar]

Damn, I am so glad I found your channel.

[Khultan]

Yeah-I feel like a pervert though. Ha ha

[wfodnf]

I love this song, thanks for posting it on here to enjoy!

[jymnmer]

The original single version is so much better. And wilder!

[neilus]

great original garage tune but im 99% sure that aint original footage

[paintedship]

yeah its original footage but it's looped over and over

[neilus]

I disagree...unless an unknown garage band had the kind of recording technology available to say Ed Sullivan when the Beatles were filmed, which i doubt. Nah, to me it looks like some guys thought "lets get some pointy boots and silly haircuts and make a spoof Haunted vid for 125"...check out other garage vids, Count Five etc..and compare the quality...

[neilus]

the guy with the violin bass doesnt move his left had whatsoever! fake...

[paintedship]

he actually does just as the clip cuts off

[blacflag]

the footage is edited from a very short clip

[paintedship]

someone is going to go to the trouble to make themselves look like the haunted? Set up the drum skit, set up the van, etc.? Pretty ridiculous. Plus if you look at photos of the haunted, these look like the same guys. As for the quality lots of that stuff appears to be crap because its from bootleg sources from tv tapes that have circulated for years- this obviously didn't. It's just some brief footage shot with the song played over. It's used in a Canada 60s music documentary.

[paintedship]

and there's lots of home videos of garage bands, check out split ends- endless sea just for an example of one.

[66BeatBytes]

superb song, been palying this one for hours the past days. keep singing it in the streets out loud.

[kanniballken]

montreals very own.They were great.

[menolikeyfoxnews]

My name's Mary-Jane... I live down the lane!

[TopShelfChappies]

Oh FUCK YES.  This is great.

[RockyG1978]

Thank you CBC!

[ElectricFreaktones]

I'm Lovin'it!!

[gilgamess]

CorneelB: I'd always heard the chords as G-C-A#-C for the verse and for the guitar solos, G-C-A#-C-C-F-G-F-D and back to G-C-A#-C.

I STILL don't know why the song's called 1-2-5, though!

[blacflag]

I've always assumed it was 1 - the singer, 2 - the hooker/dealer, 5. - the cost, $5.

[neilus]

thought about the velvets, "up to Lexington/125/feel sick and dirty/more dead than alive", and i believe this 125 refers to the number of the bus he took up to where he scored...

[madalynschair]

you got nothin' to lose you're in a penny arcade!

[straum88]

Man this is awesome! gotta buy some new records now. I Like:P thanks blackflag

[dvs1572]

souns sort of like the 13th floor elevators

[BeatleMonkeegirl15]

WHOA MAN...this sh*t is crazy LOL! i <3 it

[14up0]

This is really amazing.  Thanx .

[luvumo2day]

rockon bonzo76 blast from the pasts you tube time travel out of sight the haunted rock!

[eliasII]

thank you for uploading this great tuuuununnnne.

you really rock!!!

[CorneelB]

I can see from the reaction there should be lyrics somewhere, but I can't find them, anyone got an idea how come?

Also i recon the guitar & baseline line is F# B A F but i can't figure out what happens during the solo's. Anyone got a hint?

Great song.

[blacflag]

lyrics are on the right, click more info...someone else may be able to fill you in on tabs, try randyrocker below

[CorneelB]

thanx

[MrRay14]

moh wie dame ier hebben, het is corry, dame da nog mogen meemaken

[DannyDelReyo]

@CorneelB Isn't the progression G C Bb C?

[vannimelt]

great..and it is better than the fuzztones ok...but the drummer of the fuzztones was an absolute...instinctivelygeniou­s

[snare222]

I've loved this song ever since I discovered it on Pebbles Vol.1 in the early eighties.Great video footage as well.

Is there more by The Haunted? Where in Canada were they from?

[blacflag]

from montreal, there's an album worth of stuff released on cd...google - haunted garage canada...and you should find more info.....

[ameleeya]

wow..they are great..

they only had these 22 songs or??

[Langstreckenlauf]

...classic Nuggets!

[jarirusi]

Absolutely great classic.

[tornmask]

i wish this music were in the seen again!...this is where my heart is!! =oi

[HemiVic]

The first time that I heard this killer Montreal Canada '66 Punker was in 1982! I must have played it over a 100 times that night and I have never gotten tired of hearing it! Long live 60's Punk! The Haunted Rule!

[randyrocker]

I was in the recording studio when we made 125 working Al Birmingham's FUZZ TONE which was made by Jurgen Peter.

We only had a limited time in the RCA Recording Studio in Montreal to get it right, which I believe we did. It was an amazing recording by an amazing Rock Band that everyone loved. It was Canada's answer in the mid 60's to the Rolling Stones, and at times the Haunted sounded even better when performing 'live' concert gigs. We lived large and loved every minute of our time together.

[blacflag]

cool, 125 matches anything the stones did.

[seattlepilot69]

i had a 5 dollar bill i felt alright! pure genius!

[77doriella]

Wow, just stumbled upon this great band. Logit4 your way of syncing in short clips to make a full one is truly inspired and perfectly executed. Simply brilliant to behold ; )

[Logit4]

The song went diretly to #1 the very week it was released on the CFCF 600 AM Top 60 chart. Dave Boxer was the first to play it on the radio. I got the Chart from B sharp store on Dick Harry (decarie) in St-Laurent. I also bought a 8mm camera from Lou Kalb a few doors down. And a Milk Shake at Resnick's Pharmacy. And a few steamies from Mr. Hot Dog.

[penthouse10]

Did you walk to Decarie or take the #116 or the #118?

[Logit4]

I walked. Lived on Decelles near St-Aubin.

Forgot to mention the smoked meat at Bourra's.

[penthouse10]

What was the name of the movie theatre on Decarie right near Bourra's; (I liked the smoked meat sandwhiches at the St. Louis shopping centre better)

[Logit4]

The Lucerne Theatre.

[penthouse10]

I kept thinking the Roxy but that was in Ste.Agathe...thanks

[Bufflekill]

Outstanding!

[doglips1958]

BRUTAL!!!!!THANX!!!!

[FleshTorturer]

Great Song.

[Latarjet]

Great.

[stollav7]

Thnx for reply. Please can you post 8 o'clock in the morning. It would be great.

[kidowl]

this song is about pickin up a hooker. "the line of executors..." lyric is a reference to the greasy record label folk that wanted the subject matter cleaned up. fuckin awesome.

[tomthezebra]

Another thought: The Haunted were from Montreal, Canada. Two of the big Canadian bands of recent times are Sloan and The Tragically Hip. You'd swear the Haunted guy in glasses was the twin of the Sloan guy and the Hip sound an awful lot like the Haunted on their early recordings. Not suggesting there's any ripoff here, it's just cool to notice these echoes between different Canadian bands from different eras.

[tomthezebra]

Thanks for posting this, blacflag. I wrote down the words myself before seeing this and it turned out identical to yours, so good chance you got it right. As you might gather, the "penny arcade" is a euphemism for a peep show and Mary Jane is one of the peep show strippers (it's all there in the lyrics, just softened or else I guess the song would have been banned in its day). Very great song, anyway.

[NcicHit]

Thanks for the video. Great band. Too bad so money people from today have never heard this.

Oh well, their loss is our gain.

[stollav7]

F@ck, Where is "eight o'clock in the morning" from the Haunted? Please post it again.

[NcicHit]

Many not money. :-(

[NilezII]

I always wondered what they looked like. The drummer looks really intellecual.

[49mercury]

Yeah...I still see Bob Burgess once in a while at a local music shop.He works for CFCF 12 TV (CTV)station here in MTL.Classic punk band but still obscure.

[marrrrrrks]

that drummer looks cool he has his eyes closed for the whole song it looks like

[jiannis72]

bravò dude,this is really great

[kiely]

thanks ... have never seen this. our college band covered this (25 years ago or so). very nice indeed

[stollav7]

Blackflag this is great. Thnx a lot for posting this song. Do you have mere from this band? ( I've never heard from this guys ) But I like this music.

Wim from Holland

[blacflag]

thanks, yeah, it's excellent...i managed to get the original single but their records are still quite scarce. their album was reissued on cd (Voxx VCD2012)I haven't seen a copy in uk, i had to buy it from someone in canada but it's probably about. lot of bonus stuff, i'll post tracklisting.

[stollav7]

Blackflag, thnx! You do a great job. I appreciate that. Greetings from Holland.

[stollav7]

Blackflag, thnx for posting trackinglist. I have a friend in the surrounding of Toronto and I'll ask him to look around for the CD. With a little help from my friends I'll hopely manage to find the cd from the Haunted. In that case I'll let you know.

Wim from Holland

[LightSnowOvernight]

unbelievably great song and video ..thanks for posting

[jimsmith2938]

TOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[jheermann]

All things considered, this could be my favorite song. Maybe. I had no idea this footage existed.

[mtwallet]

wow, excellent quality!!! thanks a bunch! the Gruesomes from Montreal actually parodied the broken van stuff in their clip...

[alkli]

great find! thank you.have you joined the garage hideout yet?

[blacflag]

yeah, a classic...no i haven't joined but i've checked it out...i'll look again at weekend, thanks....

[MikeIXWilliams]

Another vintage diamond quality Garage clip!

[pernicketty]

Wow! Wow! Wow! I never figured I'd ever see a clip of The Haunted doing 1-2-5! Wow! I even saw the haunted van! Wow!

[blacflag]

yeah, it's pretty excellent footage....

[pernicketty]

Thanks so much for the post! What a gem!

[blacflag]

of course it'd be good if someone dug up some more, playing - i can only give you everything, message to pretty, out of time...anything.....who knows what's out there

[truethought62]

Hey, this was proof that Montreal could rock!

I always thought that he said "inseculars" instead of "executives", but, hey, they both would sound great, anyway! (I'm not even sure that "inseculars" is a valid word, anyway!)

[blacflag]

laugh, secular is a word, yeah, might have made sense...insecular should be by the sounds of it though - anti secular.....and yeah, montreal did rock, who said it didn't?

[truethought62]

I knew that secular was a word, and anti-etc.;however, I have come to the conclusion that executives seems to fit here! 'Searchin' For My Baby' would be a great post, too!!

[blacflag]

yeah, i guessed you did, but i had to double check insecular, sounds like it should be connected.....i'll look into that other one

[cc1873cc]

i have this on vinyl, but this is just awesome m8, unbelievable stuff

been faved and 5 stars

[glimmer1971]

The line in the 4th verse should read "I walked on in, PULLED DOWN THE SHADE"

[kanniballken]

its about time ..farr out.takes me right back.now if someone can only dig up somemore motreal rock we"LL all get it .Thanks again.. it takes me right back to ythe hideaway. gotta get that new cd

[bastardrob]

haunt

[ylaski]

ohh thank you!! Now i can die in peace jajajaj i'll sing it a million times :D one kiss for you!