The Music Machine-Talk Talk (11/66 Snarling Punk) (+4)

[AMeatBeetle]

"My social life's a dud

My name is really mud"

Nobody writes words like that anymore.

[MelosAntropon]

The group's frontman once described the group's rhythm in an interview as "Chinese Jazz". For anyone wondering, the bass guitar was made by Eko of Italy, and was an obvious copy of McCartney's Hofner. A lot of guys liked it - a good friend of mine owned one. And it was about half the price of the Hofner.

[levyelegino1]

I see the bass player said"I ain't wearing that fake ass gold chain!" LOL

[ehav]

Sean Bonniwell

[moxie96]

@ehav He recently passed away.

[ric60100]

If I remember correctly, the lead singer's name was Sam Bonniwell.

[SkidRowJosephine]

These fruitcakes were 30 years ahead of Michael Jackson's gimmick of 'gloving one hand.' Crazy sound on the guitars though!

[pinochioII]

@SkidRowJosephine

I see someone else noticed the black glove on one hand weorn by each member. Fashionably ahead of it's time.

[LondonEggband]

AMEN Babyboomkid. Check us out as well and we hope you turn onto what we're about.

[kashpc]

Wow seems pretty heavy for the era, cool tune indeed!

[OceanderTethyseus]

the singer has droopy eyes like McCartney

[mickeymousebiker1]

I wish someone would have done a video with a Sadam Houssein lookalike mouthing this tune (as he hides in his bunker). The lyrics and the music (especially the mid-East sounding guitar) would have been perfect.

[bikermann42]

This is good. Love the Alice Cooper version.

[fcassociates]

Huh....3 "dislikes"? Whoa.......

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

dont you kiddies wait till rap goes away, and dont wait for music companies to come round before you do your thing. get out there and make your music like we did in the 60s. if you grove on it you'll find others who will too. start small and build momentum,dont be fooled by numbers and dont play the mans game. tune in, turn on, and drop out. tune in to your essence,turn on to your music enjoyment,and drop out of any sociaty which says it wont work, or you cant do that.

[stewgotz1]

nasty,greasy,''sludgy'' good shit...

[oceanbound222]

Love their angry look and style ..... and this song !!

[Dayga]

Considering when this song was produced, it's pretty tight.

[HEARTHEANGELSVOICES]

SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE LYRICS TO: MY SOCIAL LIFES A DUD. MY NAME IS ELMER FUDD. WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE BEATLESQUE.

[RemyGL1968]

Don't you like the black glove they wear (early inspiration for Michael J.?)?

[slogans777]

Rhodes and Edgar went on the join The Millennium, with Olsen as their producer.

[tripjet999]

Love the "wireless" guitars and no microphones! (LOL!) Can you say, "lip-synched"?

[zunk11]

pre-punk sound. Shitty band name, though!

[DanGoguen]

@zunk11 haha. you're right. horrible band name! but great band.

[1bountifulinc]

Early punk kinda like the Standels, Dirty Water

[beowulven]

@Tikiguy100

That tone! The best kind of "sick"...

[valeriemci1]

Great band but lousy recording. I saw them on TV back in the day. they had more complicated moves and sound than a lot of bands back in the 60's

[Bigstud19]

Alice Cooper did a cover of this on his "Flush The Fashion" album....but this is the better version.

[tellthetruthoryour]

This is REAL Music,, it's lyrics, it's thought up and writen and sung,,, not that C-Rap garbage that is a bunch of noise from someone who can't carry a tune and is just talking or yelling... I hope rap dies a fast death very soon!!! IT sucks!!!!

[mikealv59]

The Music Machine played at a club in Sunnyvale CA in late 1966 called Wayne Manor. I wanted my uncle to take me but I was too young. He said they were boss!

[zombiesarebad67]

anybody know what the guitar is that bonniwell has?

[rustyoltimer]

@zombiesarebad67 Its a Martin Electric

[nitrofumes]

Miss that time....great music back then !

[12347771]

Sean Boniwell......those black gloves...that's class!

[Utubestir]

I LOVE the MARTIN electric guitar.very rare

I knew someone in high school days that had one

w a clear plexiglass bridge.kinda like a gretsch

[Cantrememberjack]

The applause at the end cracks me up.

I can't be old enough to remember hearing this on the radio can I?

Thank you for saving and sharing it.

[Tikiguy100]

@Cantrememberjack Hi, Wasn't radio, was obviously TV... The applause sounds like that because the performance was lip synched, & they fade back to live audience when the song is ending... They didn't have the expertise to do great live rock on TV back in the day.............. :) .......... Mark Landon, lead guitar, The Music Machine...

[Civitatuccillo]

cool song.. can't wait till rap goes out and more fun stuff comes back

[gatorconstipator]

k theres some good rap too...have your listened to the radio at all? the "rock" stations are playing drivel too

[Catdude5000]

@Civitatuccillo Couldn't agree more...I'm also eager to see a renaissance of melodic rock, pop, and r&b that has quality and true fun to it.

[ndhudecz]

Great

[pilesovinyl]

Excellent, one of the gargage classics of all time! This and many more like it turned my love of rock music into a serious addiction. To start with the Beatles,Stones Who and Kinks and to move into the fuzz tones and punk vocals of 1966, this young rock fan was hooked for life.

[lpeeko]

I remember being with friends watching them do this song on Lloyd Thaxton one afternoon after school and when they'd finished, Thaxton asked them about the glove-thing. Sean Bonniwell (the singer) told him that it had something to do with group unity and cohesion - the idea of being individuals working together as a "machine" - and our attitude towards it was like ... whatever. It was too much: the medallions, the turtlenecks, the glove-thing. They would've done better without that crap.

[PAULLONDEN]

In '66 that wasn't so geeky, I think it suited them well( for a year ☺) most bands in those days had some kind of gimmick.

At least it wasn't as bad as Paul Revere & the Raiders.(they were great too btw)

[CJurasin]

PR and the Raiders were GREAT!!! Their costumes came from Paul Revere's time frame (American Revolution)

[LaMottaVSKeane]

Now i see where the Horrors stole their image from. '66 beats '76 anyday

[sholborn]

Are these guys the Ramones'  Dads!

[spacesteph]

Talk about the birth of punk rock!! All the mall punks today who call themselves punk are nothing but corporate wanabes compared to this. Thanks for posting!

[vikinglustmachine]

even though this band is on tv... lolll

[hinodecho69]

The tail end of the Baby Boomers and the leading edge of the Gen Xers who comprised the real American punk rock scene ca. 1977-1982 grew up as toddlers and elementary schools in a culture where The Music Machine, the Seeds, the Count Five, Arthur Lee and Love, the Doors, and a plethora of 60's surf, garage, and psychedelic were in constant rotation on the local top 40 stations, not to mention Elvis, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry on the oldies outlets. This was nothing new to us.

[sammello411]

fuggin RIPS!

[NFNitro]

Imagine a young iggy pop listening to this.. ;)

[desmond22poopoo]

Could the single glove be in sympathy with the protesting athletes from the 68 Olympics?

I believe this song pre-dates 68.

[ninyae]

Wouldn't mind betting that The Saints were listening to them.

[jamessalter1]

love the single leather gloves! way coool.

[galaxyrock]

"My social life's a dud. My name is really mud."

I can relate to that.

[cobrafarmer]

Great song, outstanding performance. Thanks for the video.