The Three O'Clock

[kermankalle]

this is POWER pop.

[tommyrock69]

Gods.

[genma1000]

Loved the song Spun Gold by these guys. had a chance to but the album in a 2nd hand store and was to cheap to spend the 5 bucks. now i live in regret. If anyone has Spun gold please post it.

[chuckschilling]

I was just posting the same thought in the comments of "Her Head's Revolving".  "Spun Gold" is an incredible song and deserves to be here on YouTube.

[monroeboy80]

I heard this song being played live at San Francisco Airport by a guy and a girl. It took me by surprise cause its such an obscure song. I think this song received a lot of airplay on Southern California radio stations but it was great hearing it live.

[Coastiesurf]

Secet Society Scooter Club from SD in this video. Saw em at the Rock Palace in SD

[DayMare93]

energetic fun smart and loves this video

seen it yesterday! lets chat 9w

[drewskee67]

KevinV12K...you know any of the Pandoras? Untouchables I might still have on vinyl.

[talktal]

were any of the members actual mods or did they just have a mod following?

[KevinV12000]

I was active in the LA scene when the Salvation Army/Three O'Clock was active, and, coincidentally, was also a mod. The "Paisley Underground" scene (Three O'Clock, Green on Red, Dream Syndicate, The Bangs/Bangles, and to some extent Redd Kross) were not mods, though their appeal crossed over to that crowd. Still, the two scenes were distinct. You'd have found many, many more mods at an Untouchables show than a Three O'Clock show, though the two crowds got along well.

[ela1616]

when i met michael at citrus college or was it azusa pacific said his fave bands at that time were the jackson5 but cant remember if he said hermans hermits or the byrds

[merustproof289]

my dad used to play this record for me and my sister when we were young and the whole family would jump up on a chair and put our arms out and start running around the house. Great memories.

[sugarpienorman]

I remember seeing them @ Zubie's guilded Cage in Costa Mesa! They were great. Mary's Danish was great too. Never saw Battery Acid.

[dougletv]

I remember being filmed for this out at LAX.!100 Faces

[mychancaca]

wow! thanks for uploading this...pre-youtube, i never imagined i'd view this video ever

[HerMajestysFinest]

hello michael steven burns :)

[misstoffu]

lol, I love when they jump out of the bomb.

[doritomm]

ahhh the memories just come rushing throuuuugggghh....does anyone smell cloves?

[Squeaky1423]

Hah! yes, I smell clove cigarettes! lol!

[1INXSFAN]

No shit...thats funny, i saw them in Pomona, Ca 1983 i believe.

[Scottydont66]

I remember hearing this on Rodney on the Roq ages ago and i recorded on an old cassette tape

[punzelove]

is this song about an acid trip?

[punzelove]

michael quercio was my first love!

[Squeaky1423]

I remember shoplifting the cassette to this at the Tower Records on Beach Blvd. because I soooooo had to have it!

[PHAEDRIDER]

holy shit, i grew up right down the street from there.

besides. this was the only song worth a crap on 16 tambourines.. and a great great song to boot!

[cdffiremedic]

I liked the song "tomorrow" off that album...jesus listen to it now and it makes me wanna drink wine bartles and james and fire up a Djarum super

[1INXSFAN]

Don't forget "California Coolers"

[onaoasis]

omg Im so old WTF!!!!!!!!

[dougletv]

WAS IN THIS VIDEO RIDING MY VESPA! 100 faces scooter club my name is still Doug yae MODS! ha ha I ride my gsxr...............now!

[rlovell5]

Wow the memories are coming back. s. calif scene, scooterville in anahiem, the pow club (I kicked the shit out of that wiseass english bob one night), parkas, desert boots, the teds ( thats for you Mikey), the yearly scooter rally to the rose parade. I saw this band live once and they did the best version of "paperback writer". At least I ride a BMW motorcycle now, almost as cool as a scoot. I'd marry the first girl who could remember that scene. lol

[missvqtoyou]

I remember it. Did a scooter rally from Balboa theatre after "Quadrophenia". Holy shit I feel old!

:)

I had this album and saw this band.

[rlovell5]

Finally a woman that understands me. I declare my undying love. XOXO

[missvqtoyou]

I was 15 when this album was released. I lived in Costa Mesa, and there was a pretty big mod scene in Orange County. I recall a huge evening at Knott's when The Untouchables played and there were hundreds of mods there, running amok. Great times!

[Squeaky1423]

I remember this big mod scene, there was a big scooter rally in the Orange Circle (I forget the club name now) & a brawl one night with the Teddy Boys...yes, and I also saw Quadrophenia too... I loved this music, had it on cassette back in the day! Michael Quercio! Fun times!

:-)

[1INXSFAN]

The Untouchables were awesome! they opened for alot of bands in the 80's I think they opened for Oingo Boingo at least a dozen times, never got the big break they deserved. "I spy for the FBI"!

[Squeaky1423]

I remember some clashes between the mods on their scooters and the Teddy boy rockers, esp. at some club in the Orange circle...sometime in the early 80's

[eatandtravel]

OMG. Circle City was the place. God, I'm getting old.

[Squeaky1423]

Oh yeah! Circle City! How could I forget? I guess I am getting old too! I remember going there one night & there was a huge gathering of mods on their scooters & also Teddy Boys...then there was a brawl and the police came. Crazy, exciting memories!

[LONGBEACHPUNKROCK]

Not Are You Guys Only Old but You Guys Got Oldtimers!!!!?

Even A punk with a Vespa like Me Remembers Gino's in Hollywood.., Mama Brown's in O.C., Grand Central Station In L.B.C. & Radio City in Buena Park!!! Oh Yeah & 321 in Fullerton!!!

[deathfoxeaterofsouls]

lol its the little lad lmfao

[Wilthomer66]

Ahh the 80's. I'm freakin' old folks. I remember this song like it was yesterday. I never saw the video "then" tho! Thanks for posting this!

[BiffScooter1]

Back when bands made actual music. One of the all-time great drum intros. More Three O'Clock, please!

[MINESWEEP2k]

By the way, the video game the guy was playing in this video was a real video game. It was called M.A.C.H. 3, and was a laserdisc/video game hybrid (which is why the backgrounds were live action and the jetfighters were computer graphics).

Other than that, a great video and song!

-MINESWEEP

[ohnoitsfluffy]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh memories!

[rafa660621]

At least after 20 years

[cmsmith68]

was this Before the Three O'Clock?  I have that album,,,,, somewhere. :D

[talktal]

no, 16 tambourines.

[Scottydont66]

I Feel like im listening to Rodney on the Roq in the 80s

[gretaspaten]

Fritz I see you on your Vespa! Long Live Secret Society SC! D. Banger

[jensenbell]

one of us should just make a video to "Cantalope Girlfriend" of "As Real As Real" - vinyl to mp3 plus slide show... lol

[Mizark25]

Cool video, finally some Three O' Clock on you tube ! Thanks !

[cthue]

I remember this - they asked a bunch of guys with scooters to have a rally to LAX which I went to. I also went to the premiere of the video, I believe it was at the "Music Machine" in Santa Monica. Many LA mods went to shows by the "Paisley" scene bands. The Bangles was originally in that scene.

[talktal]

holy crap, someone put this up!!!! so rad. i always wondered if they considered themselves mod revivalist since they dressed like all the other british mod revival bands, and didn't look or sound a thing like the other la paisley bands. i think the scooters in this video confirmed my suspicions.

[freakbeat07]

You can find me at www.naturalenergylab.com

Thanks,

Danny Benair

[mrblifil]

What's Danny Benair doing these days? He was a fantastic drummer back then. I also love his work for The Weirdos.

[dixgun]

FINALLY, some three o'clock. skips?? actual skips??

[randomglen]

great pop song.. flawless.. awesome post

[randomglen]

Opps not flawless.. annoying cutouts in video. Oh well the worlds not perfect

[skot66]

RAD!!!

[ecdysis]

what a find! thanks.

here's a link to "her head's revolving

http://www.naturalenergylab.co­m/old_gospels/danny_01_04.html­#

[tommyrock69]

Wow. I never knew there was a video for this. "Her Head's Revolving" was the only one I'd seen before and that was back in 1985. Hands down, the Three O'Clock were one of the best bands back then. Michael looks like he's 12. Then again, he still does. Great post!

[curlzzz]

i've been searching for a while for ANY three o'clock stuff...thank you so much...her heads revolving is next, no?