Bonniwell Music Machine - Eagle Never Hunts The Fly

[jersonmajin]

R.I.P. :=(

[DLFid]

What a great sound. Talk Talk was in a set or two in the 80's. Been playing guitar for a while and I can honestly say Mark Landon is one of a select few to play this music with this much tude. Sorry to hear about your bandmate. Thank you for posting these vids.

[d4ff0d1L]

RIP :'(

[dreadzeppelindottv]

Just received the sad word that Sean Bonniwell passed away Christmas Eve, 2011. A huge musical influence and very nice man, he will be missed.

[minedrocks]

Big brown sack and throw it away / No one needs left-overs anyway / a ???k truck fill it up with the trash / is anybody hungry, don't say i didn't ask / The eagle never hunts the fly / Listen and i tell you why / Lives on the bottom of the sky / and that's why, that's why / What's good for the gander, is bad for the goose / So you're the engine, i'm the caboose / Look where you're going, stick your head and then / we change direction, I know where I've been /

[minedrocks]

@minedrocks Please correct mistakes, missing lyrics

[porridgeeveryday]

rip Mark Landon(Tikiguy100).

[iateotw]

Tikiguy100

[jersonmajin]

Buena canción

[comcurve]

Holy shit! That is Casey Kasem. Ahmadinejad's stunt double!

[stratluvr]

Hey Mark

I just want to say as a guy that plays heavy metal professionally ,its obvious that you helped to define the genre probably more than anyone and for instance this song The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly , the structure of it with the guitar riff being accented by drum and bass stabs got used so much its a metal cliche but you did it first

[raydog699]

Casey's beard is down to here now. One rghteous diude. There is only one God and that God is Allah. Praise Allah. And the Music Machine, His disciples.

[miketobewatch]

Ahmedijad presents: The Music machine!!! A look a like :D

[formula602]

I think the Cid is kicking in!

Nice,RARE Camco drumkit too!

[formula602]

Too funny...thefuture Prez of Iran announces them!

[TheSweeterKill]

hahah love the effects in the background...lol at the beards on sean and doug

[Tikiguy100]

"Eagle" was done in early'67 I believe... Couldn't play loud live in TV studio's... Didn't have low volume amp overdrive, or overwound guitar pickups, a one off fuzztone built by bassist Keith Olsen, & volume... They didn't have the sophisticated mixing & post technology that exists today, so most TV shows were lip synched... We'd have loved to play live, but that's not how they did it......... Thanks for the kind words guys... Rock on.... PS: I'm Mark Landon, lead guitar, The Music Machine...

[zangeejoe]

@Tikiguy100 i only orderd ur" turn on album" from u.s 3weeks back its a classic.. only discoverd ur band last month as i was so sick of the shit tht is out these days i look through youtube to find gems i missed out on, an the music machine was defo one not to be missed.greetings from ireland if your ever over this way i owe ya a pint!

[frustaloop]

@Tikiguy100 The one of my favorite garage band ever, i'm born on 74,I was play lead guitar for italian garag band!Sixties sound never die!

[warren8999]

@Tikiguy100

Mark you guys were inventing an entirely new sound at that time ('66 - early 67). What do you think informed your musical direction? I have to imagine these screaming and distorted guitars, oblique lyrics, an urgent an kinetic song structure had to be a response to some of the social upheavals happening in the country at the time. It's incredible to believe this came out before Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the San Francisco bands, and simultaneously with the Beatles 'Revolver' !!!!

[BetaboyBuffet]

yeah correct the artist name please to Music Machine

[SilverDollar79]

@SEANFIR...Ahmadinejad, exactly! I said the same thing...must be from M.M.'s brief tour of Iran, invited by the Shah to Americanise. I eternally curse the predominance of lip-synching on about 90% of 60's t.v. apperances. Any atonal unrehearsed but truly live performance would even have been far superior!!! 

[ekholab]

one of the most important 60's band!!!!! well done bro!!!

[sorcerer666]

Is that Casey Casem introducing them?

[diskochimp]

@sorcerer666 Yep!

[SEANFIR]

cool, yes I recognized the voice of Shaggy up there! Am I to understand that you are a member of the band? right arm!

[snackcakeman]

This needs to be put in a time capsule and opened 100 years from now. I would love to see the reaction Awesome times two.

[dralanbecker]

like the video but song a little silly.

[rustyoltimer]

@dralanbecker I think you miss the point of the lyrics. Listen.

[TheGaragegirl]

Woah, I thought that was Ahmadinejad!

[kohlt45]

Hey Tikiguy (mark), this is sean's second son Thaddeus. It's good to see your name, hope life is treating you well. I live in Hawaii and my son (13yo) has revived my interest in the "Music Machine". I still have MM vinyl (albeit scratched).

Aloha, Thaddeus Baas (bonniwell)

[Tikiguy100]

@kohlt45 Thaddeus... Aloha... OMG! The last time I saw you you were in diapers... I too love the islands, was on Oahu for Thanksgiving working on "Lost"... My car license plate is "TIKIGUY"... Hope you're well... Say hi to your mom & dad... Keep in touch through Facebook... :-) ... Mark

[Tikiguy100]

@kohlt45 Hey, lil Kahuna... Great hearing from you!.. was there workin on Lost, Last Thanksgiving... Hi to your mom, & dad... Aloha.. "Shanghai" Mark Landon..... :) ...

[phunboy]

This fulfills the promise of the psychedelic sixties.... splendid

[PKaasinen]

Greatest band ever!

[Tikiguy100]

@PKaasinen Thanks, it was fun........... Mark Landon, Lead guitar, The Music Machine.........

[hodadsmusic]

This is why YouTube is incredible!

[Tikiguy100]

@hodadsmusic Thanks........... It was fun... Mark Landon, lead guitar, The Music Machine...... :)

[sammello411]

This band rocks so hard!!!

[SEANFIR]

wow, I had no idea that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a 60's pop show! This is one of my fav bands of all time! peace!

Seanfir

[Tikiguy100]

@SEANFIR That was a really nice top 40 DJ named Casey Kasem, He went on to do American Top 40 for many years... :) ... Mark Landon, lead guitar, The Music Machine.......

[razorsedge555]

@SEANFIR That's Casey Kacem. He had a radio show for years and is also the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo.

[dannycasler]

@SEANFIR hahahaha

[MattHatter]

I'M DA CA-BOOOSE! LOL!

[modernistify]

It really suprises me where these vid get dug up from i only ever new of one albulm by these that was a release of there tunes in the 80s.

[CrazyWalterWilson]

That lead singer was half man and half Falcon ! . . look out you giant mice - groovy man grooovvyy !!!!!!!

[fooootie]

Casey Kasem looks like Ahmadinejad .

[SatanicDevilMan]

I'm gonna start dressing like that every day.

[rustypenny1234]

one of the greatest bands ever.

[bikerunchain]

this is ahead of its time, looks looks like it could have been in the 1980s beats todays crap by far.

[Tikiguy100]

This group is the original "Music Machine" NOT the "Bonniwell Music Machine"... I'm the Lead guitarist, Mark Landon.........

[Syndicate93]

are you serious?are you really Mark Landon ? what can I say? that is quite awesome :)

[Pumper4]

Mark Landon... you guys were one of my favorite bands. Reunion tour? If Echols is out there as "Love" surely you and Sean and the guys can get together. Man, I would love to see that!

[Tikiguy100]

@Pumper4 Thanks... Great to know people still care...... Mark

[trbru87]

@Tikiguy100

Wow! You are the man!! Still play "turn on..."to this day! Absolute best fuzz guitarist of all time!!

How about a reunion with Sean and the boys??

[Tikiguy100]

@trbru87 Thanks for the kind words... , a reunion?.. who knows...

[trbru87]

@Tikiguy100

aaaahhhh but do you still have the black gloves??

I think a big difference between Music Machine and alot of your contemporaries, aside from talent of course, was the recording studio. MM's sound was so much more crisp. I assume 8 track or more in the studio??

If I can ask, what was your most memorable gig in the music machine?

[rustyoltimer]

@trbru87 If Im correct, the album notes say it was recorded in "10 Track Sel-sync", is that right Tikiguy?

[rustyoltimer]

@Tikiguy100 And as far as Im concerned, this was the Tour de Force of the MM

[32livzon]

@Tikiguy100 wow...whatt year was that?

[stratluvr]

@Tikiguy100

Thanks Mark for helping invent heavy metal music and for having the heaviest band of the sixties

[pyannaguy]

@Tikiguy100 You guys were a prime example of the fact that , more often than not, the deserving don't get what they deserve. I'm not telling you anything, of course, but when we look at how many people with middling talent were able to parley one hit into lasting fortunes (Jimmy Buffett, et al) - it really show the lame, Byzantine nature of the music industry.

At least you guys staked out one little slice of eternity and nailed it. Thanks for a kickass great song!

[elirothman]

@Tikiguy100 If you really are Mark Landon, thank you for the amazing music you made. You have no idea how important Music Machine was to me and my friends so many years later (early 90s). I am sad to learn of Sean Bonniwell's passing.

[jbearden]

flipped!

[jaynez31]

does Iran president on the you tube::>

[waaahnnn]

this must be the soundtrack from "Planet of the apes"!?

[JakeANowhereMan]

Did this ever make the charts?

[465402]

i need someone smart to keep me entertained

anyone want to chat tl

[blinky705]

Great stuff! I didn't know the rest of the original band was still around for this song, since it appeared on the Bonniwell-only album.

[fanboy0]

There's a single version that predates the Bonniwell album --- it's on the Collector's Choice reissue of the first album. You know the deep bass BWANG at the beginning of the Bonniwell track? The single version does that a few times, not just once. :)

[Zagato86Trueno]

Someone buy Casey Kasem a razor. lol

[ministercreek]

Excellent Group!

I love the sound of their hollow-body guitars.

Post some more videos!

Bruce

[littlequeen64]

Love the all-black look.Unique!

[brittweller]

Excellent. Love the Music Machine.

[ZHardKoreGroovyJulz]

1 Hit Wonder 2 starz!

[mljansson]

this is my favourite , but Music machine is my ...... best

[cheerbear237]

AWESOME!

[mcozzy1]

How old is this video?

[koolbossjock]

1966 or 67,maybe 68.

[astronato]

Outstanding!

[naturesprite]

bassist's name is kieth olson. Amyone know if this is the same kieth olson that produced the grateful dead's terrapin station?

[jff119]

yes, it is the same Keith Olson; after leaving the Music Machine he has had a very sucessful career as a producer for a lot of "big" acts like Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, etc

[seeuonline]

Also played the best fuzz bass in the business

[pernicketty]

They had the dirtiest, snarliest fuzzboxes in fuzzboxdom. Their versions of See See Rider and Taxman have some of the best fuzz guitar and bass ever. How come modern 'fuzz' effect pedals sound nothing like that? On the subject of who went on to do what - has anyone noticed that their manager's name was Gene Simmons?

[PAULLONDEN]

They had it all ,great immage & music, but the machine behind them failed, shite.....

[PAULLONDEN]

By the way ,they got influenced by

The Sorrows a Scottish band from '64,

check 'm out ,and you'll see why.

[ChrisYonts]

These guys were so damn cool. Sean is a San Jose boy.

[sunra67]

i agree this band were one of the greats of their era, their later singles were very progressive and rank right up there with the 13th floor elevators.

[onab]

AWSOME !!! DO U HAVE OTHER BMM

[pentry73]

Sean Bonniwell should be hailed as a fucking icon. This is so great......

[lulublue1952]

Phenomenal music created by Bonniwell and Music Machine. If you haven't heard much of it, when you do you'll feel cheated for all those years...

[BigsbyDude]

Great video of the BEST Garage band ever, Sean and the MM were light years ahead of the pack. Poor managment and a record company that had it's head up thir backside prevented this band from gaining the fame they so richly deserved. Thanks for the great video.. Does anyone have any LIVE footage of the Music Machine playing anywhere?? Please post if possible