The Cake -- Mockingbird

[gregoryburrows]

singer in the middle is Jeanette Jacobs - she suffered from epilepsy and passed away at 30 from the disease. She wasn't just being a 'cool cucumber', she had to limit her movements to avoid triggering the epilepsy I think...something like that... cute chick!

[SparkyBTMP]

The blonde is hot!!

[harvey1954]

One of the slices use to post on the Spectropop email chain. I don't know if she's still a member of the site.

[freethequeen]

luv the legs !!

[pembridgegardens]

They copped their dace from James Brown! It's the famous 'Slide' also used by Jagger in those days!

[jojoranter]

Eleanor / Chels has vanished. Anyone know if she's ok? She was in Florida a few months back.

[Khultan]

@jojoranter She is on Myspace and I've been trying to 'friend' her, really to ask if she could write a bio about herself and her friendship and times in the 60s..

[djgreengoblin]

barbara is my friends aunt...she is an amazing lady and has the greatest stories

[ljalexi]

Eleanor is terribly hot.... What's up with the stick in the mud? Her boyfriend threaten to dump her if she danced?

[Khultan]

@ljalexi No, not at all, you mindless sociopath.

[movingon4ever]

In both videos, the dance steps look so graceful, professional, well practiced, a pleasure to watch. Unlike the 'drill dance' on those 50's movie musicals, so boring! The '65 Go-Go dancers in the YT videos, "Lies"-Knickerbockers, "Keep on Dancin'"-Gentrys, and "It Ain't me Babe"(or "Let me Be")-Turtles were Booty/Long Hair shaking dance girls. The Cake appear far more entertaining, though derailed by personal issues. Our Loss. Enjoy these precious clips.

[Khultan]

@movingon4ever I AM enjoying this and I definitely agree with you. They were in their late teens and what I love about them is they didn't follow the girl groups from the past, they each wore their own style of clothing, wroter their own songs and sure were hip and cutting edge.

[ddsharper]

yuuuccckkk! copy cats, thieves.

[spreadingtheblues1]

I like the band, I met Chels on a beach in Miami, shes my friend now , lovely lady.

[skidog1478]

Jeanette Jacobs was a girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix then went on to marry Chris Wood from traffic. Sadly she passed away in 1980 from a seizure

[Khultan]

@skidog1478 Passed away and still young. They really didn't try to get back together, hunh? I mean, the 80s were kind of following what the 70s went through after the 60s ended which defined that whole decade. It was a free for all and anybody's guess as to what could be a trend.

[elreydecaracas]

GROOVY DANCE, GROOVY PEOPLE

[F3rryTrance]

@elreydecaracas groovy? puto drogo groovy malnacido pajarraco ridiculo payaso de rodeo con peluca deja de andar ensucuiando los canales con tus comentarios que demuestran lo vacia de tu vida en un pais donde trabajas de inflitrado para el antichavismo hijo de puta Leroy Luzardo

[Khultan]

There has to be more videos of them.

[Lindaxnyc]

They are dancing like James Brown in slow motion...

[TumbrelJockey]

Waiter:would you like to see a menu? Me: I'll have whatever they're having....

[Khultan]

All I can say is WOW!! : )

[Khultan]

I think their managers messed it up for them.

[Khultan]

I checked out Wikpidia and the information about the last girl band/music groups of the late 1960s and I'll be damned there's not a mention of The Cake at all, just the 'major' players who received the big media spotlight. WTH?!?

[Khultan]

JudasKFoxglove, I love you for this!! : )

[Khultan]

Wow, I really like this. : )

[cshargeit]

boogaloo

[snowangl989]

what year was this?

[doglips1958]

@snowangl989 1967

[pembridgegardens]

Thanks for all your cool comments!

[mm3warlord]

The coolest thing ever.

[kittyprydekissme]

Jeanette actually moves a lot more here than in the other video I've seen.

[borombon]

Eleanor seems to be skating.

[cb90222]

think it was called the "slide" back then.

;-p

[Khultan]

@cb90222  Slide?!? Isn't it the watusi?

[cb90222]

@Khultan , you very well could be right altho it possibly be the boogaloo as well. Eh ?

;-p

[Khultan]

@cb90222 No, I think I'm wrong. That's not the watusi. It could be 'the slide' after all. I was born in 1968. I just love this era.

[cb90222]

@Khultan  I was born in '55 sooo....

Really cool that you're diggin this stuff !

;-p

[Khultan]

@cb90222 Thank you : )

[TumbrelJockey]

@Khultan Not the "watusi" -you had to go airborne slightly .might be a little past the expiration date but could be "the mashed potato"

[Khultan]

@TumbrelJockey Yes, I think you're right. The watusi, the legs do catch air. God, all three of them are so FINE. Of course, I would not be born until a year later. : )

[birdiezzz]

and that's a moroccan shirt Jeanette is wearing - Jimi wore them (see Are you Experienced cover) and they were very popular on sunset blvd and within the stoner acid circles of that period... i wonder if she was an inspiration for Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star

[birdiezzz]

Part of Jeanette's stage posture was copped from her friend, Jimi Hendrix - who also stood still :-)

[birdiezzz]

Didn't they use Phenobarbital (downers, reds) to control epileptic fits, yeah...they did...that is why she looks so stoned...I think it is highly likely the truth she died having an epilepic fit - it really does explain everything. Wow... and I thought Hope Sandoval stood still !!

[spadge321]

way ahead of their time,, nice to see chicks not worry about boring dance routeens,, these were talented, surreal and heavy kittens,,

[MyHola1234]

Yes, she did die of a fit. Please message me if you want the truth and no speculation!

[acdeucee]

jeanette looks like a power puff girl a little strung out on L.S.D.

[Wellveryinteresting]

Well, Jeanette was best friend's with Jimi Hendrix and tried to adopt many of his ways of performing on stage and one of those was standing still on stage. She was also known to go out to drug parties with Jimi.

[rainbowsandwar]

Wow, they are so cool. Love the dancing, too. I wish I could find more music of theirs.

[chopface96]

Tone Def Much?

[monsoonie2000]

what's up with jeanette? i knew her in the 60's. she used to hand out at the Night Owl Cafe, where i worked. she went out with a handful of guys that played there.does anyone know how she died, i've heard about 3 different versions.

she was always a bit airy fairy, but may she rest in peace.

[Wellveryinteresting]

I would say most likely & most true story of how she died came from Dead Rock stars website (they seem to be very well researched). They give Jeanette's death date as January 1, 1982. Supposedly she died of a 'fit'. (Being friends w/ Jimi Hendrix, after Jimi died in the early 1970's, Jeanette had a mental breakdown & after spending time in a mental institution she supposedly recovered -- but eventually her mental condition is what led to her marital break-up w/ Chris Woods of Traffic fame).

[acdeucee]

Did She have a mental breakdown from taking to much acid? Did She die from not having the drugs She was addicted to?

[Wellveryinteresting]

I'm not sure, the Dead Rock stars website doesn't go into to too much detail on those two bits of the story. Although someone upabove has previously written and alluded that she suffered from epilepsy (which would fit into the idea that she suffered a mental breakdown after learning of Jimi's death, as well as her dying of a "fit" either because of drugs or not).

[Wellveryinteresting]

Although, what I would want to know from all of this, since that Dead Rock stars website list that when she died on January 1, 1982 she was 31 years old, is since that would have meant (according to the math I know) and the time of this performance that would have meant she was only been 16 or 17 years old, where were her parents during all of this?

[Khultan]

@Wellveryinteresting Queens, NYC?

[ketiep]

Anime characters before their time!

[thelocarno]

the blonde sort is a mover!!!

[stOOpid68]

damn!!

the blonde lady got some moves!!

[wellohmeeeeeee]

Did they have backing singers? sound like more than three/ two voices there. The dark one has a GREAT voice. I bet there were some coloured girl backing singers...perhaps??

[madbeat00]

ummm..."coloured girl"?!!! what are you, living in the 60's?

Anyway, yes, Cher sang back up vocals on their first album.

[nostoppingnow]

Uh,isnt the blond Eleanor barooshian?

[adrimarie]

Yes. She changed her name to Chelsea Lee some years later.

[Milotothemax]

...they aren't actually very good, but damn are they ever cute.

[Khultan]

@Milotothemax  You're one to know, you dumb ass.

[juggnautbitch]

lol my aunts band.

[cookiesdaddy]

Yes...though we've never met in person we've talked on the phone many many times. She's really an amazing lady who's led a fascinating life.

[cookiesdaddy]

The hot blonde is my good friend Chelsea Lee..truly one of a kind!

[pembridgegardens]

she is?? your friend,i mean??

[nrwinter9898zz]

That bitch in the skirts fucking fine as hell :D

[TubeNumber1]

She isn't a bitch, you termite. She is a lady - and she's old enough to be your mother, so show some respect.

[sarimsok]

I cant help but to watch their legs, it looks like they're dancing on ice.

[jj85585]

girl in the middle needs to start moving, but they sound good

[redstarpx]

It's precisely what makes it great, the fact that she CAN'T BOTHER dancing - can't you see it's all done on purpose, with that droopy-like figure ? Please BUY the Cake's comp. on England's Rev Ola label, they have baroque-pop songs which are totally gorgeous, credited "that girl who can't dance", J. Jacobs !

[jj85585]

I've been trying to, and I thought they were doing that on purpose, Jeanette could at least swayed back and fourth, It wouldn't've made it look so bad

R.I.P.

Jeanette Jacobs

[Khultan]

@jj85585  She doesn't look bad at all. You're programmed. LOL

[nandabun]

Actually, she was on anti-epilictic meds so she could perform on stage with the rest of her band.

[marksbel]

Who is that blonde? My God she's got strong legs!

[adrimarie]

Chelsea Lee (fka (formerly known as) Eleanor Barooshian)

[descending1]

My god......Their harmonies were great...but solo...BLAHHHH!

[philthreerivers]

I love Jeanette, always have

[heymikey59]

god she's hot, and the way she moves makes her even hotter.

[teenagebabylon]

GREAT

[larkin38]

Thank you again! Glad I`m staying up all night to watch videos! The Cake rule! Should have been the next Ronettes!

[derbystudios]

Barbara ROCKS and she has the most powerful voice. The video proves it. Being that I am a recording engineer specializing in voice, I think I qualify to make the call. If you are envious cause you don't have the natural born talent and are just mediocre, that is not my problem.

[grapefruitninja]

i quite liked eleanor barooshian

[derbystudios]

Yeah I like Eleanor too. My fav is Barbara though.

[Suppeelsker]

She is a lot prettier on the vid with Tiny Tim. I love her, she is beautiful!

[derbystudios]

I know that the label and many industry people were interested in Barbara Morillo the lead singer (understandably so). Not sure why she didn't become a huge star with that voice...my god. The other two girls are great but they don't even come close to delivering a song like Barbara! It takes natural born talent to have that power and maturity to the voice at 19 with no formal training.

[merliel]

yes-what a pity!

[Khultan]

@derbystudios They all got it, what are you on, drugs? LOL