The Rattles - The Witch

[sealoevertje]

Een van de zeer schaarse goede Duitse nummers.

[mobyboy]

scary woman !!

[JKrueg8]

@mobyboy =='

[Gekneveld]

I actually thought Rosetta Stone made the original. Never realised it was a cover version. Always loved the Stone-track, but I think this one is even better. And off course, they composed it! Credits for that!

[zivoderac]

Aaaaaaa - meeeen ! Allelluiah !!

Тако се то ради - кратко али јебитачно !

ОПРЕМ ДОБРО !

[Blackcountry7777]

I love listening to a song dedicated to my ex wife.

[TheWetal21]

классный клиппп

[zeg52]

I live in Belfast.

[91chameleon]

Rosetta Stone made a great cover of this :)

[zeg52]

You really have to listen to the vinyl version to appreciate this. Saw this on Top of the Pops in 1970, just before Hallowe'en, and it 's haunted me ever since. I discovered the 45 rpm of this by accident some years ago, and ever since at my Hallowe'en party it's played like an anthem. The funny thing is, on my 45 rpm, the lead singer sounds male. Anybody who appreciates this song is welcome to come to my Hallowe'en party anytime.

[Drblooter99]

@zeg52

Uh, I'll come to your halloween party dude.

Like where d you live?

[zeg52]

@Drblooter99 Sorry for delay. I live in Belfast for my sins!

[Drblooter99]

@zeg52

Ok ! I'll call round on October 31, and I'll bring Rosemary's baby.

[zeg52]

@Drblooter99 Hi. I don't know if we're having it again this year, as my mum is not quite up to it, although I help a lot. I'll keep you posted nearer the time.

[papo1957]

@Drblooter99 East Side of Buffalo, NY

[drstevie]

fantastic LP also !!

[mufcfan96]

Great vocal youve done on this classic,i love this song, its the ultimate halloween classic in my book, my brother used to play this in the 70s when i was a kid, im 46 now & have just made a video to this song for halloween, i hope you will let me attach it to your cool cover "thumbs up & keep on rockin" from Foxy!!.....

[LeGridStudios]

the Rattles rock this is very groovy man and to some if she was not there I would not be ether so groov on that man! it's all good - für die Jungs, die nicht wie die Mädchen - Bite me

[LeGridStudios]

the Rattles rock this is very groovy man

[bloodypussyfoad]

Great song....but Rosetta Stone does it better.

[BoricuaManhood]

@bloodypussyfoad Rosetta Stone's version is more updated with a hard rock riff but it doesn't capture the sense of freshness and urgency the original version has.

[BlackghostNation]

@bloodypussyfoad Yeah i prefer Rosetta Stone better.

[organhand]

that wah wah fuzz blew my brain out !  wiccapsychrock

[laughinggnomenandy]

i have really love the twang bit in the guitar in the middle , also the single of it still sounds fanastic of 40 years on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!

[auguste216]

Oops. Sorry for the multiple posts. Slow connection tonight.

[NamronSeven]

@Louie who is Angry

Yeah. You got a point. The production values are not great even for the time. It probably sounded better when they played it live and wound up the guitars. But the Rosetta Stone version shows what a great song it really is. And you're wrong about her voice. It would be awesome with the right production - and she would kick the Rosetta Stone's singer's arse.

[auguste216]

@Louie who is Angry

Yeah. You got a point. The production values are not great even for the time. It probably sounded better when they played it live and wound up the guitars. But the Rosetta Stone version shows what a great song it really is. And you're wrong about her voice. It would be awesome with the right production - and she would kick the Rosetta Stone's singer's arse.

[LouieTheAngryRedneck]

@auguste216 Thats my opinion about her voice so I am not "wrong" per say. I don't like her damn voice. I like Gothic industrial over classic rock any day. I do respect that it was underground for it's time, thats cool. Nuff said. I appreciate the constructive comment though, thanks.

[maus1971able]

die frau kann überhaupt nicht singen.

[palatino100]

Hey Leute, die Rattles waren die erste deutsche Rockband mit Internationalem Anspruchg und der besten Deutschen Rockstimme von Inga Rumpf - aber die Kommentare sind alle nicht deutsch! Wichtig ich bin kein Deuschtümler.

[babysitar]

I fell in love with this song and then bought it on vinyl, wickiiiiiD!!!!

[Peskygee1]

Excellent! Oh, couldn't help but notice the discussion on the cover version of this song by Rosetta Stone. I usually like the original versions, myself, but I am thankful when songs are remade because it often brings new listeners to the old songs we all love.

[LouieTheAngryRedneck]

The cover is alot better. By (ROSETTA STONE)!!! She sounds like a shreiking sea hag and the guitar sounds like it's coming out from the bottom of the toilet!

[MultiAgrippa]

@LouieTheAngryRedneck

You gotta be fucking kidding me. First of all this seems to be live so listen to the studio recording. Secondly the violins in the RS version sound like a crappy synthesizer.

[LouieTheAngryRedneck]

@MultiAgrippa I'll give them credit since the remix wouldn't be around without the original and the violins do sound better. I just can't stand the bitches voice and the guitar still sounds like it's reverbarating from under a trash can lid and whoever keeps laughing needs a sock stuffed down thier throat. That is all.

[BohemianConspiracy]

@LouieTheAngryRedneck ... yes... i ve got difficulty with the girl's voice... there's nothing special in her voice... and it even scream in my ears...it drives me even nervous.... i can't understand the success of this song...

It's not a bad song...i did not tell this ... but there's a lot of great single at that time who just don't found at all their public... mainly we can blame the labels and the managements for all those good singles lost ...

[papo1957]

@BohemianConspiracy "You can see me running, for all my life, Can't you see the witch back, see the witch back, see the witch back, standing by my side". This is about Kim Ann Carlucci from South Buffalo, N.Y. that's very strange transvestite bisexual who has aproblem being a female, but acts like a man & dresses up like a man. She goes to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in South Buffalo, N.Y. Christian & Stigmata (Biker Style Clothing).

[papo1957]

@BohemianConspiracy "You can see me running, for all my life, Can't you see the witch back, see the witch back, see the witch back, standing by my side". This is about Kim Ann Carlucci from South Buffalo, N.Y. that's very strange transvestite bisexual who has a problem being a female, but acts like a man & dresses up like a man. She goes to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in South Buffalo, N.Y. Christian & Stigmata (Biker Style Clothing). S.O.G. MC (Church in the Wind Ministries) Kim worships!!!

[LouieTheAngryRedneck]

@LouieTheAngryRedneck I admit I was a bit harsh about how I talked about the song, so I apologize to the fans of it on here.

[3lullabies]

now superpsych0delia, dont be to harsh. we in the psychadelic set are known for our love. and when someone shows interest in this marvelous music we love, we should extend a hand and invite them into the beat parade!!! it was an honest mistake for someone not fimiliar with this music. by the way Syd Barrett gets all my love

[orangesugarcube]

Love the red Gibson. The singer's really pretty, but do you think she's a crazy, heavey hippie type?

[warumlachstdu]

WOW!!! Achim!!!

[cthomann]

I wish I was The Witch!

[dwennifer]

Who did this first? does anyone know, these guys or Rosetta stone?

[SdisticDrummer]

this group is the origianl rosetta stone just did their own version of it

[dwennifer]

Ooooh interesting. I like that I can understand the lyrics in this one. But I also love the Rosetta stone one.

[superpsych0delia]

not being funny but cant you actually tell by the music ( and the old video) that these guys are an older band than "rosseta stone" and therefore did the song first, and it says in the song description that this song is from 1970..its really not rocket science now...is it???????????

[dwennifer]

Not really, this one looked newer to me, my monitor really sucks everything is really dark, and the styles of music don't really seem to tell to me that is. Plus I just started listening to Rosetta stone a couple years ago, and no one in my town listens to it at all sometimes I think im the only goth here. Everyone only listens to whatever's popular. But now that yo u mention it , it does seem older, but you don't need to be ro rude about it.

[superpsych0delia]

well sorry,but i cant abide stupid people,they bore me....

[dwennifer]

so youre calling me stupid? Just because I didn't realise that a song came before another one? Wow. I have my own word for you . . .

[superpsych0delia]

and if you cant tell the difference between a seventies tune and a second rate new cover version,then there is no hope for you,stick with the sheep and listen to "popular" music,its the only way forward for  you i am afraid.

[dwennifer]

Wow how does this make you that mad! And by the way Rosetta Stone isn't even popular.

[dwennifer]

oh yeah, I'm also only 24, so it's not relly from my generation at all.

[FaerieCrone]

Lol don't you know? This generation thinks that they invented music, sex and everything else. ;-D

[Parkerkun]

Der Krötenmann jetzt, nä.

[ichbinzehn]

Zeitloses Lied!!

Super!

Danke

[remindbender]

ichbinauchzehnzehen :)

der elfte finger : scheiss mainstream

die fast: gibs mir hehe

5: " auf die ohren" !

woher ich das WEISS?

der wunsch ist die mutter des gedankens!!!

[regusted]

Zeitlos, sehr treffend!

[mobyboy]

lunatic ! wow love it

[BigWestFan]

Bad phukin' azz!

[mi777ke777]

I love the 0:31 part. Makes a great loop

[deepiper9]

FANTASTIC!;)

[xxxChrist]

Brilliant song, very exotic, especially for the time it was released. This was the best time for music....

[KOOLEO329]

Sehr Gutt my friends. Saw them many years ago with the Liverpool Five in Munchen and Koln. Both were badass!!!

[Oddsman57]

You lucky bastard...this is much better than the Sonics who I believe actually played with the Liverpool Five in the States.

[Viznel137]

I have this on a single on ABC Probe!I cant remember the B side but it was good too

[KennethVJ]

I have a cassette tape recording of this tune - from as far back in time as 1982. Almost forgot it - quite nostalgic to me this is.

[Aarodin]

geil! this band is fucking geil, meine Herren!

[magnusp900]

god jul

[Timmybear]

god jul? Isn't that Merry Christmas?

[KeithE4]

Wow! I hadn't heard this song since it was a hit in 1970, but I never forgot it (unfortunately I don't have the record). It got a lot of airplay in the US midwest but I think they were a one-hit wonder here. It's been pretty much forgotten since then.

[arambol2008]

High The Whole Album is very Special like Meddle Age Folk mixed with Led Zep style Hard Rock in a very progressive way because of the String or Horn arrangements ,Good Record !

[9496tull]

can someone tell me were to buy this album, i cant find it. it is on i-tunes but i would like the album

[9496tull]

love this

[3Foxbravo]

Super , sowas höre ich nach 38 Jahre wieder !!!!!!!!!!

thank you for this Somg

[amausle]

Da gebe ich Dir Recht!

[Oddsman57]

Wunderbar. I was turned onto this group and the Liverpool Five by a friend who saw both groups touring together in Germany in 1963. Recently I have found newly remastered cds for both of these great rockers on the Internet.The LP5 are also on You Tube and worth checking out.

[Langstreckenlauf]

Super!

[renewd]

I got this confused with "The Witch" by the Sonics. Now I'm hooked.

[MB300TE]

Best early German rock band. In Munchen in 1964 I saw them live with the Liverpool Five at the Circus Krone, both groups tore the haus down. Sehr Gut.

[GHOSTRIDERSGONEWILD]

This is from the 70s. In them days it was called progressive rock

[orinoko1]

wow

[Dioxinpie]

Ooshton Hauston bergasson

[jens191280]

Wenn ich zu der Zeit gelebt hätte und bei diesem Lied mit Freunden und heißen Freundinnen abgehangen hätte, DANN hätt ich sicher mehr als nur einen Joint geraucht. Hätte, hätte, hätte.*Lach*

[angelmarrocco]

thank you for this

loved it

didn't realise the singing was so poor though

[adamg709]

Not sure I agree with that - the voice is well forward in the mix and there is no support from other voices or instruments (or Antares Auto -tune) She is struggling with the high notes in the chorus, but this is a 'real' performance.

[RedArmyMostar]

COOL staff...thumbs up

[Pestosteron]

Once we were young...

[AlbertMondback]

Awesome.

[gglaw3]

This band should have been HUGE!!! Terrific, occult type dark hard rock from the golden era.

[BatShakerJami]

They sound more like psychedelic rock than hard rock/heavy metal.

[ecnalubma696969]

@gglaw3 No shit, Sherlock.

[Maaslander1952]

@gglaw3 Absolutely right

[gibber259]

cool, this songs nuts, rosetta stones version gets my vote, but its like limbo fun and froliks all in one funk buzz. Cool!

[791951]

grausam, welche verirrungen seinerzeit stattfinden durften...

[mikew4001]

quatsch der sound war besser als vieles heute...

[oldpretty]

Auf jedenfall ist es besser als das, was man heute der Jugend vorsetzt. Da war noch können gefragt, da wurde nicht mit Playpack herumgemacht, da war alles live.

[ToxicViper666]

der war gut^^

[danielpeterpresberge]

wow that is just grossartig !!! i freakin love that sound ... it is mysterious and rock n roll at the same time !! they are equal to bands like ten years after !

[wpDM34]

Is this the orginal , Rattles ??

[Eddynew]

yes it is

[DeGeBaSi]

Ach Leute...... das waren Zeiten.... *tränenindenaugen*

[dongiodue]

Great! All the time I was looking for THAT song in that version, It changed my live, much more than any Beatles or Stones-Song. Who is the witch?

[mannism]

She's singing this live, complete with performance. I think your voice would be far from perfect. Love this version all those modern 'Goth' versions are tame by comparison.

[Ceyland]

Oh dear. I prefer it with male vocals, doubled up. The harmony on the record version is far superior. Oh well.

[Tobyz97]

supper!

[dalidaddicto]

This song was a HIT in Venezuela in 1970. It was known as "La Bruja" ! Very Crazy Atmosphere in the Parties ! Good to Remember those times !!

[AdinsX667]

Here I thought this was originally wriiten by Porl King and was a Rosetta Stone song. Neat, learn something new everyday. Love this version a lot. Great song!

[ichbinzehn]

Was besseres gibt es nicht....Klasse

Supersound

[evilscheisse]

I feel silly cause I through that the version of roseta stone was the original jiji..

[Taimantisman]

I still have the original 45, sounds much better than Edna's version.

[brianbcfc]

brilliant, one of the best thing to come out of Germany.. and one of the first records I ever brought in 1981 as a re-issue of course as it was released in the year i was born.. love it..

[XxGrindYouMindxX]

i saw them live today.....it sounds much better with a man vocalist

[toppop100]

Christ, this is horrible. Someone should shut this woman up.

[markfos1]

CREEPY video thanks for the memories!!!

[Jomei2810]

Edna Rocks On DEVILS ON THE LOOSE And THE WITCH. The German Label Repertoire Records brings 1996 THE WITCH-CD With All A & B Sides Of The 1970/73 Rattles Singles With Bejarano. The CD Is Out Of Print...

[xeebo]

Great to hear this again. I was at school when this charted and me and my mates all loved it! What a great moice she has!

[ichbinzehn]

TOP!

[slippyhenry]

Original version (Hoier's) the best. I bought it in '69

still play it sometimes!

[slimetta]

whi are always an interrupt on every video.??

[harrybyrd]

Right. The original version was sung by a guy named Henner Hoier. 'The Witch' was a minor hit in Germany in 1969. When it became a worldwide success more than a year later Hoier had left. The Rattles recorded a new version with Edna. I don't know if the version that was a hit outside Germany was Hoier's or Edna's; back in those days I thought it was Hoier's.

[harrybyrd]

Trader at Greenwich Market? Bullshit! Her name is Edna Bejarano (b.1950), daughter of Esther Bejarano (b.1924) who is one of the two last surviving and still living members of the Auschwitz Maedchenorchester. After three years with The Rattles Edna released some unsuccessful records in schlager and disco style. Today she is in a group with her mother (!) and some others playing jewish and anti-nazi music.

[keenmustard]

She was sometimes billed as Edna B. Jerano!

[harrybyrd]

Right! That was 1978 on her album "let your feelings show". The musicians were from Munich Machine and usually played with Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer.

[goranpaa]

Try DC ++ file sharing. They have tons of oldies. Even rare ones.

[daztraction]

Does anybody know of any more recordings by Henner Holer or Edna Beranjo (be it by The Rattles or otherwise?) Would love to hear some. . .

[benlyking1]

that singer was a trader at greenwich market on thursdays and fridays she sold antiques and collectables

[cruxphrixus]

сделанный мой уши кровоточить

[goranpaa]

Good "caraoke version"! But the vocalist is'nt the orginal Rattles singer Henner Holer.

But the female vocalist in this video is pretty close to the orginal anyway.

Well done!

[derfeuerbach]

I prefer the studio version.

[mondobay]

Oooohhh my god i searched this record for years since 1971 !!!! but now with the internet i found it !!! and never saw this video thxs great !!!

[randybullcow]

Anybody know whatever happened to this band?.I first saw this on Top Of The Pops 2 around ten years ago nad just couldn't get it out of my head.Managed to find the sinlge for £1 in a favorite record shop of mine in Nottingham.Pure class!!!

[Stirlz138]

wowbodwow

this is so cool

[chan181]

Yeah brings back some memories, still good though.

[popguppie]

I still love this song. Thanx for uploading it!!

[mansylanzy]

god this is just as weird as arthur browns fire video

[elvira2262]

Great work, thanks for sharing.

[derfeuerbach]

bought the ep in 1999 for 5 Euros

[MarchesCyderCircle]

A great one for Hallowe'en,got this on 45, ace !