@speedupster ...oh yep! Maybe get the old phonograph out and dust it off and spin some fun stuff over there :D ... and check out that flip side Happy Days... listen with headphones on to that arrangement where they keep going along with a progression that adds another instrument to the mix every few measures... it's intoxicatingly mesmerizing!
im 15 and i love every thing old (speacaily 1970s era) i was in a thrift store and found this 45 and i love happy days so i bought it and jam to it at least three times a day haha LONG LIVE THE FONZ!
I also was too young for the first wave of 60s music, but I discovered it along with a lot of people with the revival in the 1970s with Happy Days and all... :)
Thanks for posting this. The audio sounds so much better than my old scratchy 45. Back at the time I actually preferred this flipside song over the hit side because I was disappointed to discover it wasn't the version of the theme that was used in the show itself. (A short time later the album "Fonzie Favorites" came out and it actually did feature the recording used on the show.) Still I kept the 45 all these years because of "Cruisin' With The Fonz". Thanks again.
@middleagelimbo *boggle* That sounds so Amazingly Similar to my experience with it!! I also liked it better, and somewhat disliked the hit side... but over the years it has grown on me.. the extraordinarily fun "progression of instruments" arrangement especially... and now I like both versions of Happy Days in their own right. (and I also bought those Fonzie Favorites! I used to wonder, was that really him on the cover or a stand-in? Looked so different up close!)
Thanks for posting this video/song. How 'bout the "Fonz Song" by the Hay-ettes?
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You're very welcome! I also listened to it a LOT more for a long time, because I preferred the TV theme version of the A side... but I gradually came to appreciate the arrangement for itself, and now I like them about equally... but this is certainly an underappreciated song, since B sides tend not to get widespread airplay.
I think I did the same for a long time! It was like the perfect rock-pop instrumental! I used to prefer the TV version of the other side (Happy Days), but listening over and over with headphones, I heard so many nuances in the arrangement that I really got to love it as much, if not more than the TV one.
Not bad. Not really exciting, but good an a subtle way and nicely arranged. From the title, I was expecting something cheesier, not an instrumental. It was a good choice for a B side. I can't believe this record got to number 5! It got almost no airplay (at least around Boston); fans of the show must have bought it in droves.
'70s era '50s nostalgia was treacherous territory. Happy Days seemed reasonably authentic, in a trivial way, until they ruined it by adding Scott Baio. Not that I have anything against Baio, but his character was totally out of place. Probably a desperate attempt to boost the ratings with face that would look "cute" to '70s era schoolgirls.
I'll agree with ya on that... Baio is a good guy, but did seem out of place in this setting. I don't think I was watching the show at all by then, so I didn't even notice though :D
Thank you for coming by, my friend! This is one of my top favorite instrumentals of all time... and it wasn't until YouTube that I found it it was an exclusive to the 45 rpm record, because the album had this music behind a lyric track that sorta isn't as attractive a song as it is without it, in this case.
It took me a while to appreciate the A-side of this record also (Happy Days) because I preferred the TV version, but the studio version has a LOT of charming features in its own right, too!
I'm so glad you dig it! Great Instrumental, yes! I didn't even know there was a vocal version until YouTube existed, though in this case I do prefer this one just a bit more :-)
I still have this on 45! Great tune - flip of "Happy Days" Thanks for posting... haven't heard it in years!
speedupster 4 months ago
@speedupster ...oh yep! Maybe get the old phonograph out and dust it off and spin some fun stuff over there :D ... and check out that flip side Happy Days... listen with headphones on to that arrangement where they keep going along with a progression that adds another instrument to the mix every few measures... it's intoxicatingly mesmerizing!
Fluffets 4 months ago
im 15 and i love every thing old (speacaily 1970s era) i was in a thrift store and found this 45 and i love happy days so i bought it and jam to it at least three times a day haha LONG LIVE THE FONZ!
1967MoparMan1 6 months ago 2
@1967MoparMan1 Woo yeah!
So glad you are loving it all!
I also was too young for the first wave of 60s music, but I discovered it along with a lot of people with the revival in the 1970s with Happy Days and all... :)
Fluffets 6 months ago
Thanks for posting this. The audio sounds so much better than my old scratchy 45. Back at the time I actually preferred this flipside song over the hit side because I was disappointed to discover it wasn't the version of the theme that was used in the show itself. (A short time later the album "Fonzie Favorites" came out and it actually did feature the recording used on the show.) Still I kept the 45 all these years because of "Cruisin' With The Fonz". Thanks again.
middleagelimbo 1 year ago
@middleagelimbo *boggle* That sounds so Amazingly Similar to my experience with it!! I also liked it better, and somewhat disliked the hit side... but over the years it has grown on me.. the extraordinarily fun "progression of instruments" arrangement especially... and now I like both versions of Happy Days in their own right. (and I also bought those Fonzie Favorites! I used to wonder, was that really him on the cover or a stand-in? Looked so different up close!)
Thanks for the comment! :)
Fluffets 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this video/song. How 'bout the "Fonz Song" by the Hay-ettes?
Listen for great music like this on a new radio station called "OffTheCharts" - featuring 70's (and some 80's) lost hits and chart wonders!
Go to Live365.com, type OFFTHECHARTS in the Search box and click on the station logo. The audio stream should begin. Become a VIP member and listen commercial free!
Again, thanks for posting!
OffTheCharts365 1 year ago
Hahahaha.... wooooow...
I remember this being the B side to the 'Happy Days' single,and almost liking it more!
Thank you for posting this!
algismorales 1 year ago 3
You're very welcome! I also listened to it a LOT more for a long time, because I preferred the TV theme version of the A side... but I gradually came to appreciate the arrangement for itself, and now I like them about equally... but this is certainly an underappreciated song, since B sides tend not to get widespread airplay.
Fluffets 1 year ago
*squee* I remember this song! I used to listen to it more than the actual "Happy Days" track. Thanks for posting this...awesome memories.
eurodancemix 1 year ago 3
I think I did the same for a long time! It was like the perfect rock-pop instrumental! I used to prefer the TV version of the other side (Happy Days), but listening over and over with headphones, I heard so many nuances in the arrangement that I really got to love it as much, if not more than the TV one.
Thanks for the comment!
Fluffets 1 year ago
Not bad. Not really exciting, but good an a subtle way and nicely arranged. From the title, I was expecting something cheesier, not an instrumental. It was a good choice for a B side. I can't believe this record got to number 5! It got almost no airplay (at least around Boston); fans of the show must have bought it in droves.
lrd9999 2 years ago 2
'70s era '50s nostalgia was treacherous territory. Happy Days seemed reasonably authentic, in a trivial way, until they ruined it by adding Scott Baio. Not that I have anything against Baio, but his character was totally out of place. Probably a desperate attempt to boost the ratings with face that would look "cute" to '70s era schoolgirls.
lrd9999 2 years ago 2
I'll agree with ya on that... Baio is a good guy, but did seem out of place in this setting. I don't think I was watching the show at all by then, so I didn't even notice though :D
Fluffets 2 years ago
I remember that one. Appropriately, a Reprise record. ;)
yllacsar 2 years ago 3
Thank you for coming by, my friend! This is one of my top favorite instrumentals of all time... and it wasn't until YouTube that I found it it was an exclusive to the 45 rpm record, because the album had this music behind a lyric track that sorta isn't as attractive a song as it is without it, in this case.
It took me a while to appreciate the A-side of this record also (Happy Days) because I preferred the TV version, but the studio version has a LOT of charming features in its own right, too!
Fluffets 2 years ago
I thank you so much for putting this song on Youtube. I have not heard this for 30 years. Again thank you so much.
RickJ32 2 years ago 5
I'm so glad you dig it! Great Instrumental, yes! I didn't even know there was a vocal version until YouTube existed, though in this case I do prefer this one just a bit more :-)
Fluffets 2 years ago
it's one of the few good things i have
i was born in 1994, but i adore 60's and 70's
so atleast i can find some comfort that youtube was found out in my era :D
bigtiti12 2 years ago 6
Awesome! I love lots of great newer music too, but that era had some really landmark stuff, that's for sure... thanks for the comment!
Fluffets 2 years ago
nice instrumentals sound.thank you
doowopIS4ever 2 years ago
You're welcome! You have LOTS of great stuff over there too.. thank you for visiting!
Fluffets 2 years ago
my pleasure
doowopIS4ever 2 years ago