The Standells - Dirty Water / Why Pick On Me

[pretorious700]

Obviously a lip synch, so no mikes were needed...to address your uploader comment.

[TheSunbau]

I love the garage music style but.......it´s the first time I´m listening to this band. Interesting because we were, at that period, "flooded" by rock music from England. (I´m from Scandinavia). My hobby is to discover all the great unknown bands from the mid 60s. Check, for example, up THE ZETTLERS and their versions of "Skinnie Minnie" and "Beautiful Delilah". Irresistible f....g, bloody "drive".

[crapple009]

Hard to believe but over-all, this band had better hair than the Beatles.

[jackhillty1]

the second song gets all klezmery

[vyxsyn]

"Nobody ever asked about the missing microphone" God that cracked me up!

Amazing song.

[imjustpassinthru]

Boston/Cambridge and all the suburbs. Great town. Lived there briefly in 1971 not far from Harvard Square.

[Chizoom55]

The Standells are recording a new album - check it out at Kickstarter and look up Standells. They've got a video rehearsing a new song! They were terrific in Houston, too! Them old geezers can ROCK!

[norseleague]

Man this band was hot for those 2 songs at least! Hot-hot hot!

[nyc2112]

great garage band

[RemoveWater]

Is this song playback? 

[alejandrosuckmy]

@RemoveWater no, the drumer s voice is so powerful that it can be heard in all the hollywood pallace...OBVIOUSLY its playback, at least the vocals, intruments probably are live

[shaithis80]

@alejandrosuckmy no that is incorrect, wireless mics were actually around back then and the show was ahead of its time. This is almost as great as the invisible drummer featured by the Bangles on the song "Walk Like an Egyptian"

[RemoveWater]

Is this playback?

[violenthues]

gotta love them simple, 60s stage setups.

[Poezedoez]

He looks like the footballplayer Káká.

[mikekadas]

Why Pick On Me - The Standells [Los Angeles, California] - No.54 on 9/1966 - "One of their MOST enduring and original creations. Dick Dodd (vocals,drums)." - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era (Disc 4)-1998.

[bingbangbumm]

playback (N)

[rameysk8]

Loved the Standells as a youth also. Got to meet the drummer, Dickie Dodd was his name, I believe. Saw him playing drums & singing at a place here in Orange County California. He was still great! (saw him in the 80's) Where are you now Dickie?

[nfsrf]

cool rolin' spinin'

[IrishKickapoo]

Man, it's so cool seeing the bands of me youth, just groovy man.

[agarhcp]

@IrishKickapoo

so u had a beautiful youth!

[GialloHorror]

I'm a Yankee fan, and I know they play this at Fenway Park all the time, but shit man, what a GREAT fucking song!

[stoogefest16]

ha, you can see the amazement in the drummer's eyes.

[exkirkby]

A great band that mean so much to every muso on the planet. The Standells pissed on the Beatles

[620NA]

Okay let's try this again...

I saw these guys LIVE in '66....a damned good live band TOO!

[robertlaberge]

The lead guitarist sports a fabulous-looking white Teardrop model made by Vox and popularized by Brian Jones among others.

[dudeanwalker]

OOH THAT BEAT MUSIC!

[chuckdee121]

When you say Standells, you've said it all!!!

[DaCoach68]

GREAT SITE!!!! Many, many thanks! I love 60s music.

[BostonRocker51]

classic guitar riff - and believe me, there used to be "lovers, buggers & thieves" by the Charles River back then... Love the Vox 12 string teardrop

[tuxguys]

Actually, it's "brothers..."

[wintergreen88]

I thought the line was "lovers, bugs and thieves..."!

[tuxguys]

I knew a girl named Lesley once, who claimed Felix Cavaliere was a former boyfriend of her's and the tune "Groovin'" was about her: "...you and me and Lesley, groovin'..." The way those guys sang back then, it's often hard to figure out the lyrics.

[wintergreen88]

Lesley was probably pulling your leg. According to the Wikipedia site, the lyrics are "lovers, muggers and theives...". That's proably the right lyrics. Some websites are listing the lyrics as "lovers, fuggers and theives..." but I'm not sure if "fugger" is really a word. Song lyrics can be obtained from song lyric books. I've often looked up lyrics in books from the library.

[tuxguys]

Actually, Lesley quite likely believed it herself, but I never did. I believe the word, to anyone's ears but Lesley's, is "endlessly..."

I'm not sure, but I think "fugger" was the "frakker" of 40+ years ago.

[wintergreen88]

What's a frakker? Is that a Danish word? I tried looking up the word on the internet but I still don't know what it means.

[tuxguys]

I'm pretending to a geekiness that even I don't deserve. I understand that it's an all-purpose F-word that makes it on the air in current episodes of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. As I've never watched it, I probably shouldn't have used it.

[wintergreen88]

I think it's a Danish word so it might be ok. Hopefully it doesn't mean that in Danish. If you are interested in reading about Dick Dodd, the singer of the song, there is an article on the internet called "Winning Theme" which was originally published by the Boston Globe in 2005. I think he was a good singer and this is one of my favorite songs from the '60s. Sadly, the group doesn't perform on a regular basis anymore.

[wintergreen88]

You're right about Battlestar Galactica. Frakker means coat in Danish. I hit the translate button on several webpages written in Danish.

[tuxguys]

I can't believe I'm spending any more gray cells on this, but of course "fuggers" was a euphemism for the f-word... do you '60's music-freaks remember the FUGGS?

[wintergreen88]

I don't remember The Fugs because I lived in England and I was a small kid in the mid '60s. (They're an American group.) I read in Wikipedia how they got their name. The line in this song is probably "lovers, muggers and theives..." but I can't be sure without a lyric sheet. I've been trying to figure out the line for a long time now. I first heard the song when I was ten.

[wintergreen88]

There are many websites that list the objectionable word in the lyrics of "Dirty Water" but I think the people doing this are playing a prank. I didn't hear "Dirty Water" until I was 10 because that's when I moved to the U.S. In the '60s in England we used to hear only a small selection of music from the U.S. I've always been curious about the song "Dirty Water" because I grew up and still live in the Northeastern U.S. However, I've never been to Boston. I will definitely have to go there.

[PHAEDRIDER]

yup! in fact after 20 years of searching record stores and swapmeets i found their first album in the most unlikeley place, the apartment downstairs had been evicted and there it was.. but one g and the comeplete opposite of this band, the fugs were probabally NOT fans of the standells, but i'm fans of both.. thanks for the video, it's like watching instrument porn..

[soepil]

Actually, it's the plural : Coats or overcoats.

Love the Standells, by the way.

[ratrare]

Lip- Sync???? No one cared.....Love it...

[yt9451]

Does anyone know what year this came out?

[Burnbandit]

1966

[yt9451]

Thanks Burn, wow love all these old vids. I was born in 64 and dont remember these from my childhood too much but love to watch them now.

[chadica]

you know whats wierd to think about, I was born in 1980, and only vaguely remember the first part of it, yet I have a strange compulsion to search out anything from then, maybe we understand more than we think we do when we are real young.

[yt9451]

Yes I think you are right about understanding alot when we are young, I guess we just dont have a way to show it. I have older bros and sisters so maybe my desire for knowing the

60's comes from them? I was born in 1964 so I love seeing how people dressed and acted and everything right around the time I was born. Their clothes were the freakiest part of the 60's I think........... :)

[newellgirl]

check out my Nuggets playlist has clips from the bands featured on that great compilation

[fendermanjazz]

hi its rocking regg just sending some vidieos of my band check it out

[sloroll]

That's the guy that played Ben Casey.

[ottowes]

Sure is! His name is Vince Edwards.

[MusicDude86]

who's introduces the Standells in this clip?

[JustAFocus]

Haha, this is the second Dirty Water clip I've watched that's a really bad lip sync. They're not even trying to look like they're really playing. Gotta love the snottiness. Great, great song, one of my faves.

[nrocker3]

yeah boston!!! best major city in America!

[bluejay02920]

They were from LA, not from Boston at all

[suesoch]

I love it when the girl screams "Dickie!!!"

[56ace66]

I heard her , but I liked them better on the Munsters

[makingsense53]

This is one of the best songs ever written about a city. You gotta love that dirty water. Peace.

[gonzoman76]

Great song from the sixties. Brings back memories.

[ddenuci]

The Standells appeared in an episode of the Munsters. Classic.

[grandpalarsen]

Grrrreat song, Dirty Water. Too bad the first string sound engineer didn't show up for work that day.

[surfstyley]

remember when these guys were on the MUNSTERS TV SHOW?

[civilsoldi]

I do remember that episode

[AlbertMondback]

Bby i luv da way u spin ur drumstick.

[sfdoomed]

Cool video footage, but too bad they had to do a medley instead of doing both songs. Oh, I guess some people should realize that the Standells were from LA, not Boston.

[acidtones1]

This shit is cool!

[RimmelLipstickLover]

COOL

[BeatleBangs1964]

Love the Standells.

Love the song.

Go, Boston!

[acprimus631C]

They played this on the radio after the Sox won World Series...woohoo!!!

[marbleann]

One of the first punk rock groups. They're great.

[WinstonRed]

I know this song is about Boston, but it always makes me think of my hometown's Dirty water, the Willamette River in Portland Oregon.

[alexj89]

i like how the audience doesn't realize was song it is till the chorus. hahaha. oh man this is what all rock n roll should sound like.

[MtMozart]

This that a Vox guitar?

[iggyks]

Yeah, a Vox Mark XII 12-string. Bass is a Framus Star-Bass and the organ is a Vox - Jaguar I think but couldn't see the front much.

[UNCLESIDKNEE]

of course not you idiots. if it was a live show then it would sound like shit. take into account that all this stuff is for tv, just like the modern music video.

[Knugabug]

They played "I Want To Hold Your Hand" but it was taken out the reruns for financial reasons. Eddie Haskell came to 1313 too.

[Mafiaboy45]

This band must not play live, lol. just act

[powerball2]

Framus Star Bass

[flamesfan011]

Thanks. You really know your basses!

[flamesfan011]

Does anybody know what type of bass the bassist is playing. Or at least his name. It's a cool bass.

[Knugabug]

He man, they came to visit The Munsters once.

[JakeANowhereMan]

True, but by chance do you know what song they played?

[mstern18]

I know they mimed a lot to recordings (still do) but this one's kinda obvious. Watch the drummer at the beginning and guitarist around the beginning of the second song...

I was also just thinking as I'm watching this that this is the time in pop music when musicians were starting to look just a little stiff in their finely tailored suits...

[Yesimustbestupid2]

Dick Dodd, the drummer, was also the lead singer. I think it must have been difficult at times for him to sing and drum at the same time. It's still considered quite unusual for a drummer to be the lead singer. I know someone who looks just like Dick Dodd.

[Mafiaboy45]

Yea, it is really really obvious. I wonder if people ever figured it out back then. Its like really riduculous.

Yea the suit playing would be a little hard, but can be done, and singing would also be possible, I am the lead singer in my band, and the drummer, lo

[PAULLONDEN]

They could'nt decide who to be,Beatles or Stones. A few good songs though. Tanx

[Medic83301]

RED SOX !

[HugeAss2007]

Is the drummer a young George Clooney?

[tomlynch42]

No, his name is Dick Dodd. These guys still play together & have remained friends since this crazt time.

[PAULLONDEN]

These guys had charisma to spare , inspiration to Boston's finest A e r o s m i t h $;~l

[nekrodoll13]

this is halarious!!!

muahahaha

they are rad!

[juslookin3]

Fake, drumstick twirling trash. But thanks for posting!

[COMTEVI99]

les standells étaient un groupe de malades, ces deux chansons sont des putain de standards ; à écouter d'urgence : leur version quasi-stoogienne de st. james infirmary blues

[KleWdSide]

Springsteen's version puts this Standell's own song to shame..

[Babyhowdy233]

I dunno know about that! Dick Dodd was a VERY BUSY BOY back in the day, tee hee! ;)

[Knugabug]

Vince got more action than those guys combined.

[Chizoom]

As you may be able to tell, the sound is out of sync with the video. This error was made during the video transfer, not during the performance.

[jozefacik]

you're right, i'm uploading it again.

[MisterChandu]

Man, women, birth, death, infinity! Why can't Ben Casey fix their mouthing technique?

[mondosam]

Well, obviously NOTHING'S plugged in. At least you can hear the girls calling out for "Dickie!!!" Too bad there's no actual live Standells footage anywhere...