RAY COLUMBUS & THE INVADERS - SHE'S A MOD - ROY ORBISON

[colindominy]

The guy in back behind the drummer holds his guitar just like Gerry Marsden .. great upload, congrats .. a first-class song by a premier band of the day ...

[mrsgritoli1]

I can see where Split Enz got their influence.Look at the blonde guitar players hair.

[TheSunbau]

I really like this track. it´s a kind of raw and honest rock music without samples and overdubs. My hobby is to rediscover all those great bands from the 60s that didn´t "reach the highest level". It´s a fantastic musical treasure. Listen (youtube) for example to:

THE ZETTLERS and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah".

Really f....g good with a bloody driving beat.

THE GOLLIWOGS and the tune "Tell me". Check up the singer...Yes, it´s him!!!

[caz4777]

This is from the "Big Beat" show, hosted by Roy Orbison on January 29, 1965 sponsored by Shell.

[cooliohunt]

My cousin who live in N.Z use watch in alot of TV show there. I use to hear this song in radio alot. It a great you might say classic New Zealand song.

[CeciliaWolf]

EPIC hair shakin'

I love NZ everyday more and more........ there are so talented people..... and I know Ray columbus and the invaders a few years ago, but I Admire your counttry a lot..

[Wafflelactic]

seeing Ray Columbus and Clap Clap Riot sing this at Band Together made going through that earthquake a whole lot better

[hihowareyou22]

GO NZ!!!!

[MrConan427]

The original of She's a Mod was by The Senators, I,Bill Ford, played bass guitar in The Senators along with John Bonham,Trevor Mcgowan, Graham Dennis and Terry Beal back in 1964 here in England before Ray Columbus and the Invaders did a cover version. The song was composed by Terry Beal our vocalist and John Bonham our drummer went on to Led Zepplin fame

You can check out the biography and photos on the brumbeat web site uk

thanks for your interest

bill ford

[MrConan427]

The original of She's a Mod was by The Senators, I,Bill Ford, played bass guitar in The Senators along with John Bonham,Trevor Mcgowan, Graham Dennis and Terry Beal back in 1964 here in England before Ray Columbus and the Invaders did a cover version. The song was composed by Terry Beal our vocalist and John Bonham our drummer went on to Led Zepplin fame

You can check out the biography and photos on the brumbeat web site uk

thanks for your interest

[groovysongs1967]

So funny the drummer is even shaking

[jessthebabe97]

@groovysongs1967  The drummer was my grandpa :) jimmy hil :)

[Thesuperkeeper97]

@jessthebabe97 My mums friend is Rays Daughter.

[chrisb1953]

The lead guitarist is Brian Setzer's father!

[jordan69809]

Im making a band called 'Colours' Nd i might do this song except with modern day guitar and that

[benbrenyefski]

I wish some young band would re do this track! would be funny!

[inpolaroiddreams]

@benbrenyefski the mint chicks did a cover of it.

[jordan69809]

@benbrenyefski im making a band called 'Time' and well most likely to do this song

[AJB3]

lol hilarious.

[Rosina57NZ]

@AJB3 no its cool......lol

[AJB3]

@Rosina57NZ

It's cool but still hilarious. :p

[Rosina57NZ]

@AJB3 ...the original head bangers!! We love it!

[MrConan427]

the original of this was by the senators I,bill ford, played bass guitar in the senators along with john bonham, trevor mcgowan, graham dennis and terry beal back in 1964 here in england

You can check out the biography and photos on the brumbeat site

thanks for your interest

[TheRoloCasanova]

This is a good version but The Senators is the original and best. I wonder if the song's writer, Terry Beale, received his just royalties from The Invaders recording?

[OMGMitchy]

@TheRoloCasanova Couldn't disagree more.

[edgardscandurra]

very mod

[MikeBlitzMag]

The Senators did do the song first, but Ray Columbus' version blows all of the competition out of the water. It's great! His "Yo Yo" is also a classic.

[traceymod]

aww thats so cute

[gsf67]

This version of the song is not the origional, a band called The Senators from the UK released it first.

[Rosina57NZ]

@gsf67 Yes, but the NZ Ray Columbus and the Invaders version is the best - it really is...whoa go Ray!!

[watchoutbambi]

i love it!

my favourite NZ song ever!!

[BigBishop1]

stoopid

[teararoarebels]

seriously dis sonq ehz so funnii

SHEZ A MOD....

[MsLennoNZ]

mint chicks have done a good job covering it.

[atoz100200300400]

but this is the orginal

[firstgovs]

lol that first guy is soo funny looking

[sfaster]

The lead Guitarist reminds me of Billy Zoom from the LA based band X.

[reckazz]

dis was on tha newz today and mint chicks did a copy of tha song bhut this is wayyyy better

[CrayonPhysicist]

I wonder if they held up a sign like "SCREAM" to get the fan girls going. Or alternatively "After they've finished singing, these men are going to rape you"

[warialdasue]

no signs, we just screamed at his singing and dancing. We thought he was just it ... ah, the good old days

[Infern0121]

Probably the worst song of all time right here folks!

[OzDuker]

Are you still here?

[barnfresh60]

God all mighty,remember finding a old car on someones front yard, the old guy selling it to you, you and the boys do her up,take your chick out on a sat night in it,cruising in and arround town all night on $8 bux of gas???no drama,s at all, other than the car braking down,then hearing this PERFECT music comming over the Transistor on the back seat,unless you had a radio,makes me want to go backwards, not forward YEEKS !!!

[quackerzxx]

She's a mod, she's a mod, she's a mod

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Gah, I've got that bit stuck in my head now.

[Infern0121]

jesus what a rip of of decent bands like the beatles

[OzDuker]

Seriously - you didn't know what the song sounded like before you went out of your way to look for it on youtube? But yeah thanks for your informed comment...

[xvawz25y]

when ray did she a mod thy could not think of what to put on the flip side so thy did the cruel sea would love to get that.

[KirwanAttwell]

This wasn't copied off The Senators song. Ray's was the original version. Don't believe me? I asked him myself, he is my uncle

[MrConan427]

@KirwanAttwell sorry mate I was in the senators with terry beal and john bonham when terry composed this in birmingham england we released it in 1964!

ray columbus cover was released after

[CrummyCurtis]

I remember watching Ray Columbus 20 years ago as the host of "That's Country" (produced in beautiful downtown Auckland) on the late, lamented Nashville Network.

[lebleufleur]

I wan't the lyrics but I cannot get it nowhere

annyone

argie mod calling

[gregorywrd]

i was at surf city in king,s x in the sixty,s a lot of fun

[barnfresh60]

hey mate, ive spoken quite a bit to guys and girls who hung out at Surf city, and they agree with you lots of Fun Fn Fun!! stuff these days will never endure unfortunatley,,thorpie was a regular as was Ray brown i think,,cheer,s!!!

[xvawz25y]

hi barnfresh60 yes i loved surf city but the beach house was fun to ray brown was there a lot one comment i see is that ray columbus was a one hit wonder could not move in surf city when he was there.

[elofan567]

good stuff

[marvelguy6]

just as good if not better than the easybeats

[hugwildlife]

you got to be kidding. Ray Columbus was a one hit wonder

[msfyn]

Perhaps you have forgotten "Til We Kissed" to name one more?

[crowdedenz87]

The easybeats:

Friday on my mind

she's so fine

Wedding ring

Good Times

just to name a few, Ray Columbis is great though.

[msfyn]

Easybeats? I was responding to a comment about Ray Columbus & The Invaders being one hit wonders.

[warialdasue]

this is great but I wouldn't go that far

[colindominy]

A world-class competitive hit from a fine down under early '60's group ('down under' includes oz + nz - FYI for you nothern hemisphere hamsters !!)

[guywalker29]

Live and learn. Leave it up to the great Roy Orbison. Cheers.

[blueycarlton]

"She's A Mod" was a cover version originally by UK's The Senators.

[ilovradio]

other way around magegirl

[guywalker29]

Really? Are you sure? I thought that first there were mods THEN the self proclaimed "mockers" The Beatles?

[ilovradio]

Beatles influenced them... This New Zealand group didn't exist until 1964. The Beatles had already been recording in the UK years before. Their first commecially successful recording of "Love Me Do" was in 1962. The host of this program Roy Orbison is one of the influences on The Beatles... not Ray Columbus and The Invaders. The Beatles had already been unleased on America in August -November[Historic Ed Sullivan Show appearence]1963.

[guywalker29]

We in New Zealand always loved Roy, but we didn't know he was stealing stuff from Ray C. that far back. He was in New Zealand in '58 with Ray so I guess that's when he took it back to London, no?

[ilovradio]

Who said anything about Roy stealing anything. This piece of video is from "The Roy Orbison Show" 1964. "She's a Mod" was the biggest Hit for Ray Columbus and The Invaders in what year.............1964! The Beatles were already touring the world when this song hit NZ for Ray.

[magegirl8]

This inspired the beatles, didn't it.