V A N I L L A F U D G E - You Keep Me Hanging On

[luxomni]

The group was great, the TV staging was awful.

[komradecharon]

Oh my god, watching this is like a religious experience.

[CovenantOfLove]

ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER....PERFECT =)

[ApocalyptoX1]

Strange enough, I thought it was the same person but found out that it was someone else. And Ray says "Hi!"

[marturion1]

I'm pretty certain I know who one of these dancers is (the one in front of Bogert and Appice). I've asked her several times about this video, but she says she "can't remember." I've even asked Ray Anthony about it, but at his age, all he cares about are his Playboy Bunny friends--not that there's anything wrong with that....

[01Shorthanded]

this must have put rednecks on their bumpers watchin this in 68!!! Vanilla did a better version than Supreme's by a country mile!!!

[Greatersend]

So, they came out with this song first. I though it was the Surpremes.

[nitr0nauta]

@Greatersend No. Supremes came out with this song first.

[KoxxMobilhome]

This was alternative or indierock or whatever they call it but yes,in the sixties.Great band.Still love this one.

[PopeWithDaScope]

2 words- Carmine. Appice.

[FantomasXZ7]

They tried to place them on the wax museum of rock… but they melted…

[Elwoodblues87]

They're bloody wasted! I love it.

[bigbadfitter1]

I caught both Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin opening for these guys.

By the time Zep and Tull were done no one gave two hoots about Fudge!!!!!

[DuncanNJ]

You just don't see choreography like that any more.

[DONALDBAKER3]

And to think Led Zeppelin opened for these guys.....but I digress.

[richl]

Fabulous itself !

Guys guitars and gogo girls .

Nothing compares today unless it's in irony.

[theRadioMetrixNews]

Mark Stein is KING!

[partymonsterri]

Rascals wannabees

[Frankopinion]

Does anyone know who these dancers were?

[Frankopinion]

@rentatrip1 Dude I think your thinking of another band. lol

[yazjoe11]

beck,bogart and appice

[Taddeuro]

The bassist is FRIPP VAI!!!

[Younggun1386]

best version of this song, they were ahead of their time.

[writeract]

god bless acid

[potatoepeter1]

The pianist was also an excelent classic pianist !!! this is the underground group in this time... he he he

[cillajeanluvmayn]

I had a Cactus album or two back in the 70 s. And remember the names of Carmen Appice, and Tim Bogert. Had no idea they were in this band! I remember loving the song ...but the awkward weird placement of these girls here is just too funny and too Austin Powers!

[marguitar1]

This is so hypnotic musically and visually and in a good way!

[porridgesilt]

The Fudge is great. Went to a drum clinic hosted by the Appice brothers. They crushed it! Took turns soloing while they ate sub sandwiches! Good times!

[5457woody]

In 1968 I married this soundtrack to a film my form (form 3 ) had made at Upwey High. It will always have sentimental value.

[sentinel2012]

Love that hammond B-3 organ... And the yes the bassist is geting his freak on...



[diopacheco]

That's something with this video that hypnotizes me. I don't know if it's about the smoking dancers, the white noise quite noticeable in the audio, the bass player that looks like he's having an orgasm, or how much I love this organ... really nice

[TPBXDRicky420]

The bassist looks like some sort of Warlock! I love it!

[ReadyToy]

@TPBXDRicky420 i like the girl between the guitarist and the bassist that actually makes the same dance move in the whole vid

[TPBXDRicky420]

@ReadyToy lol :)

[TheCWPFilms]

Saw them live last night. They still play/perform/and look the SAME as they do here. SO MUCH ENERGY!

[diopacheco]

@TheCWPFilms I think those ladies cannot perform as they used to

[chilze1]

Hell, I could have an orgy with these babes!

[derLecter]

Fuck, fuck, fuck, this song is so fucking wicked!!!!

[fredlinne]

This can't be real...maybe a SCTV skit? (Luv the song however)

[chaos22349]

I saw the vanilla fudge (kind of) in 1968 down in Pensacola florida when I was in Navy communications school. They played for about 10 min then quit because there were only about 20 people there and the organists fingers were bleeding lol

[jaxgal618]

LOL... looks like they're all having a group orgasm near the end.

[officersheriff]

check out the hand speed on the drummer!!

[mrsolofeo]

@officersheriff And he's playing double-bass back in '68.

[capefin]

feel sorry for the girls trying to dance to this...might as well try to dance to stairway to heaven

[mrsolofeo]

@capefin That's hilarious!

[lehamic1]

The blonde on the left has perfect legs: feet at one end and puxxy at the other.

[baird55aus]

The blonde on the left is rather tall! At least a metre of leg!

[Straydogger]

Dancers are hillarious...

[greggynite]

respect

[mrsolofeo]

These guys were sort of the missing link between metal, prog and psychedelia.

And Tim Bogart was just unreal.

But what were go-go girls doing fronting this band?

Oh, yeah, it was the sixties.

[gbstargazer]

one of my best

[crvorhees]

Realizing that those girls probably have bushes like ZZ Topp's beard..

[TheBoomTube]

"much like the sounds of outerspace" the awkward moment when space has no sound.

[crvorhees]

@TheBoomTube Well played. lol



[edyngtn2008]

In this link (youtube.com/watch?v=YzSp8l2mx­­hk - Time: 2:45 to 3:36), who's singing that version? Thank you and greetings from Brazil.

[jtatlarge]

This is what a "cover" is all about. A change in interpretation. This was cool because it was one of their first. But they improved, going even more Art Prog rock. Check out Some Velvet Morning, or Season of the Witch. Then there were their own compositions: Carmine's "Where is Happiness" & Steins "Where is My Mind". underrated IMHO. You can hear the similarity to Grand Funk in "In Your Mind".

[lifeisdead01]

WTF

[grrlpwrd]

dude i totally wanna bust those moves!! siiicckk track!

[arloguthrie77]

they should have given the woo woo parts to the young ladies.

[osanjose]

What the hell were doing those dancers in front a Heavy Metal band, and the poor girls look a little bit lost in what it looks like weird rhythms for them. Amazing document. I've had some minutes of laughing.. well, I also enjoyed the music :-)

[MuvjeleSteve]

@osanjose ahahahahahahaha It's so strange!!!!

[oliasdoug]

All 4 of the guys were wild men back in the day....and yeah, Tim could really go nuts on that Fender bass.

[stormruston]

More artist then musician most of the time... but I still like them :)

[mrspeel7]

Wow, check out the camera's focus upon the bass player, Tim Bogert, for the win!

[125jlm]

It's been said about these guys that they "take longer to do nothing than any band in history". There's some merit to that in this song, as the intro alone takes 1:48. And if you remember their first album, a whole album's worth of that stuff gets tiring. But they were good and Tim Bogart and Carmine Appice kicked some serious ass on bass and drums.

[UberKrispy]

@125jlm I just heard this on the House of Hair and as an 80's metal relic, I heard the name "Appice" who was Dios's drummer - but that might have have been his brother Vinny

Kick ass cover of this song

[zasa88]

Fuck Glee!

[KafelObrotowy]

miota nim jak szatan 0:19

[gunvorandersson52]

Kim Wild have the best version of this song.

[shickasha]

As I was watching those chicks dance, I could have been arrested for what I was thinking...lol

[brasiliennr1]

that drummer!

[fajitaRBguy01111]

Can someone tell me if Carmine's last name is pronounced "App-a-cee" or "A piece"

[leslie6042]

@fajitaRBguy01111 It's the latter - A piece (phonetic).  I know his chiropractor

[Frankopinion]

@fajitaRBguy01111 Carmine goes by "A Piece" and his brother Vinny goes by "Ap a see"

[derLecter]

Those were the Sixties...

[balulablue]

what the.................

[underserf]

My mom & her sister looked a lot like those chicks...

[etchingacidyum]

@underserf your moms hot

[underserf]

@etchingacidyum heheh - from memory, it was 1969 after all ;)

[toecrusher03]

a bass player that was way ahead of his time,,, also looks like he does a little moon walk around 5;40 mark.... just an awesome freaking band that was way ahead of their time

[etchingacidyum]

back when good music was popular, and they got the recognition they deserved. i was born at the wrong time.

[zerotolerance4u]

Groovy!

[Javahead71]

The bassist just made my day.

[Andyrulesitall1]

Keith Moon was the inspiration for Animal.

[eRnsthendrixon]

The girls are all going SOLO here. Early free base disco... or something.

[Zwille57]

Du mußt es ja wissen..lol

[TheAngryCars]

Anybody got this clip with a better audio?

[aluovercast]

and watch the robed guitarist, the tranced dancers, this was psychedelic even before it was psychedelic

[Zwille57]

So hat man früher die Menschen gequält....Warscheinlich fanden die es auch noch

gut??Zum Thema=Damals gab es die bessere Mucke..

[RICKROBBINS1]

i think these guys where the young rascals. rick

[RICKROBBINS1]

i think these guys where the young rascals

[DrMarianus]

The drummer, Carmine Appice and the bass player, Tim Bogart, went on to join Jeff Beck and the name of the group became Beck, Bogart & Appice. Two hits on that album were "Lady", a rhythmically complex piece and "Superstition", written by Stevie Wonder as a thank you to Jeff Beck for playing on his album. I believe that Carmen Appice played 25" double bass drums.

[DrMarianus]

The drummer, Carmine Appice and the base player, Tim Bogart, went on to join Jeff Beck and the name of the group became Beck, Bogart & Appice. Two hits on that album were "Lady", a rhythmically complex piece and "Superstition", written by Stevie Wonder as a thank you to Jeff Beck for playing on his album.

[bil1026]

i saw these guys when they opened for jimi hendrix experience in 1969.

red rocks amphitheater colorado

[farone100]

@bil1026 saw the same show only in Oakland Cal. Hendrix sucked and these guys kicked it--

[izzatluv]

A party back then is forever etched in my mind -ha

[BobbyDelray]

far out... go go

[godtheonyt]

Luv dis song!!!

[hinolatino]

who says white girls cant dance!

[dirtyrose420]

this was way before the strokes and the killers and all that crap thought it was cool to "spaz out" onstage... ffn Carmine Appice is a beast ....

[boendolo]

watta sucks band hahahaha

[TonyBurke100]

This disaster is what happens when we listen to producers/managers/record company officials instead of following our instincts. Go go girls ?

[joel70228]

TOTALLY OUTA SIGHT, GROOVY BABY!!

[bapyou]

Tim Bogert . . . on the Fender bass . . . in a dress (?). Awesome.

These guys are sorely overlooked by rock historians. They were -- if nothing else -- supremely (no pun intended) passionate.

[TonyBurke100]

@bapyou Passionate ? or just layin' it on too thick. I don't buy it at all.

[potatoepeter1]

abdolut band, but who is the drummer?? he he he

[bapyou]

@potatoepeter1 The drummer is Carmine Appice.

[joel70228]

@potatoepeter1 carmine appice

[potatoepeter1]

an qabssolout aptimal band, i have a autogram from musician of this, but this is not necesaray, VANILLA FUDGE IS IN MY HEARD (Herz)............absolut very good music

[jdivision91]

sweet!

[40AcreMule]

The robotic girl dancers are just plain weird.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@40AcreMule femme-bots

[MrHendrix1959]

this is so over the top its fantastic! love the dancers and the way they keep stopping and starting

[recon1949]

Beats the vesion by Dianah Ross and the Supremes

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

the guy in the glasses is trippin his face off

[hydraIX]

Carmine Appice , Tim Bogart , were apart of Cactus also after VF , Then formed Supertrio w/ Jeff Beck later on !!

[packeropie]

carmine appice has often been cited as the man who was possibly going to replace john bonham had led zeppelin decided to continue after bonhams death...then zeppelin decided to call it a day and appice never drummed with them

[mamacornettesmoney]

@packeropie He is also the drummer who popularized the spinning drum sticks.

[teddy24828]

The drummer is Carmine Appice. He later was in King Cobra, Jeff Beck, Ozzy, Blue Murder and a few more groups.

[railroad1ful]

Just a get classic. They did this song the best by far.

[viewer3650]

Saw them live in 1968 at the Kinetic Playground, Chicago. I was 16 so my older brother took me. They played this song for about a half hour. Their hair was much longer-no Go GO dancers. My brother and I were in a band together and I played bass and sang. They were a big influence on me. If you liked this, the live show was so much better.

[newtowndj2010]

You Keep Me Hangin' On --kim wilde is better --more faster  electro fox

[gdziejestwojatwarz]

dancing ladies are the best ;p

[Mikes66442]

This is one ass-kicking song!! I love the organs in this, it send goosebumps thru me no matter how many times I play it. Gotta be the best keyboards played of the psychedlic music era!

[backfrontdoorman]

Carmine is the best. And as far as the GO GO girls fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go around Freddy Mercury must have seen this video.

[derLecter]

Do you know the 7:38 version?

[derLecter]

All people, who dislike this song are just music-killers.

The time was brilliant and the songs were even more brilliant. And this is one of the best songs of the psychedelic period!

[CherubicGuardian]

haha I laughed my ass off from watching the first 30 seconds of this lol. One of the funniest things I've seen.

[chejt]

is it just me or the clip is heavily distorted?? audio seemed fine to me. any idea why this is happening?

[Purplemania]

Fudge had a pretty unique sound for the day. Blackmore & Lord will both tell you they had a big influence on Deep Purple, and many other bands that dippd their toes into that 'psychedelic/classical/organ & guitar" kind of sound. One of the unsung heros.

[ssrprosthetic]

So folks why aren't the Vanilla fudge listed as one of the greatest Rock Bands ever???

[derLecter]

@ssrprosthetic I don't know, I really don't know!

[vvoytekk]

uwielbiam to! i wogle widac ze LSD wtedy bylo legalne ;)

[jaybe52000]

Just saw them on Jimmy Fallon and they were great. Sorry that they played the "short" 45 version. Would have loved to hear the "album cut". Just read a review that they played here in Boston this past Saturday night and played BOTH versions...a run thru of the short for Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon.

I still play Hammond B3 organ w/Leslie speakers....Mark and these guys were one of my early influences on organ. Glad they're back!!!!

[Brucev7]

Go Go Girls are great. Peace. 

[Brucev7]

Just watched them on Jimmy Fallon. Rockin'. Peace. 

[lesliedon]

I saw them in 1967 at university. I loved it! I didn't hear properly for 3 days!

[butchieboy829]

I saw them at The Stone Pony Last Friday. They rocked like it was still 1967! A great show for sure. It was great to hear them again. I played in a band back in the "60's and Carmine's cousin was a member of the band so I got to meet him. A cool then, and, am sure, today as well.

[kkroessner]

They played at the Stone Pony last Friday night!

[Grndwlms]

My friend Joey Forgione was the drummer with the Soul Survivors. They toured with Vanilla Fudge and Joey used to tell a story about a certain member of VF, a swimming pool and a wig! I miss Joey.

[rosebud1953]

Saw them in 1970 in Fayetteville AR

[coryhzzz]

we dont have go go dancers, whats thw deal>

[drh4683]

Looks like something I'd see in Dragnet before Friday would give his Drug speech...

[clattimer1]

@drh4683 where's blueboy??

[sebazeb]

Proto Prog!!!!!

Fantastic!!!

[bashbrannigan]

WOW! They must've scared the shit out of the parents in those days!

[DrHogfan]

talk to the hand @ 4:10 haaha

[blabblab1212]

Somebody needs to wake that discombobulated pussy up!

[mydogsbiteu]

Wow, I never realized how trippy they were until I saw this. The studio version doesn't give me the trippy vibe, I guess the visuals make a difference. lol I like the studio version better though because you can hear the drums better.

[XCutePupa]

Trippy music @.@

[turbogrammy]

i saw this group in person a few times and they were very good, fresh. these go go's are truly weird.

[newyorkspell]

Ritchie Blackmore's (Deep Purple) favorite band!

[ubelieveinme2oo]

one of the guys is my uncle. mark,tim,carmine and vince are cool and i appreciate the nice comments. mark played w dave mason,carmine played w rod stewart during Rod's famous "do ya think i'm sexy?" era, tim played w many legends and vince played w the legends, too. the 60's and 70's** were legendary artistic times.

[Brucev7]

@ubelieveinme2oo Didn't see the 'Fudge' but saw Dave Mason. He was good. Peace.

[richl]

JUST fabulous .... gogogo girls too.

[TengriLBS]

the BEST band of the era!!! GoGo girls on Acid!!

[retrofan42]

The host of the show stated this was "outer space" music? I guess he never had Hawkwind on his show,,,

[henrynevins]

Vanilla Fudge made this was one hell of a song in '67/'68. I saw them live, it was the first time I heard their version of this song and it blew me away. What musicians do that today, lipsync-ing dopes who are more interested in doing a floor show than actually playing a song well?

[Brucev7]

@henrynevins Ur right. 

[awesomejohnnet]

The bass player "Tim Bogart" went on to record Voodoo Chile with hendrix on the electric lady land album.

[Ajbdd4040]

Hey beachboy - they were good enough for Led Zep to open for in the US 1968-9.

[dragonclawskutter]

I really rooted for Mark Stein to get his "metal" "dio-esque" band completed and recorded back in the late eighties. Had the pleasure to be invited to rehearsal then and watch him play this song during a break. Goosepimples on my skin. That's what I get when I hear a GREAT voice. and I did that nite. When he asked if I played bass I should of said yes. But being young and having a stuk up GF who thought I was to be lead guitar or nada, so I said No. One more of lifes regrets.

Mark wasnice ppl

[whokeithmoon]

great song..always was always will be, but the whistle told me he would never act like shinny coat does here at the end, like he is takin it up the ass..

[grannynara]

Love those go go dancers..they are actually dressed, and dancing, not having virtual sex or whatever, like they do now...

[warpipe99]

This was a great song but can't say the same for the video...

[westrokker]

i remember when my older brother brought home this album with the naked girl on the physcidelic cover, oh boy, mom and dad couln't relate but I loved it in the 7th grade