The Wrecking Crew were just another studio band of "session players" that played instuments the recording bands did'nt normally play or "touched up" songs for over-demanding studio execs. All recording artist are backed up by studio musicians sometimes. Some work as studio musicians themselves. Whats the big stinkin' deal?!
The version of this posted by chupas2526 is like 100 trillion times better than this. It's a clip from an Ed Sullivan Show appearance from '68 done in a "bluesier" tempo and it's awesome. Check it out!
@starrrkrazeee Actually, the piccolo guy was Terry Kirkman, probably the closest thing to a frontman the association had. Kirkman wrote, sang, played several instruments, and was supremely talented.
@jsilence418 Just about every American hit form the 60's was made in So-Cal, and because studio time was scarce and expensive, the Wrecking Crew were The Secret bands of all those BIG tunes. Check out the Wrecking Crew movie previews on you tube and read about them in wikipedia
Not strictly true....they played some instruments on the first lp and almost all of their second album...Terry Kirkman always played the wind onstruments..and Gary Alexander played guitar on many tracks
Brings back memories--was in the Army then and played the heck out of this cassette tape and then returning from Vietnam played it on my 8-track in my cool '70 Ford Torino with a 429 CID engine with twin Holly 4-barrel carbs, mag wheels and twin glass packs. This and other Association songs were blaring from my Ticket Machine (nicknamed from all the speeding tickets I received). Coupled with the Ventures and the soundtrack from Easy Rider, I was haulin'.
@ecb2 The tall guy is Terry Kirkman. While it is difficult to just name one front man, he is probably the best bet. Kirkman was quite the musician, singer, songwriter, etc. It is my understanding that he could play guitar, and several brass and woodwind instruments. I am not quite sure what instrument he is playing on this song, some kind of flute/piccollo.
The only way I know these cool lyrics in reading them online, but there's one part they never have, it's at 1:38 on here, right before the solo. They say something, in falsetto, then, like, wha do wah. Does anyone know what they're saying?
love the association i am glad i had all of the greatest music to get through elementry, jr. high and highscool then college in the 1970's yep we got the best of all the music!!!!!
great arrangement and orchestration! good live performance, of a harmonically complex piece. don't forget, sound mixing for live performances, was very primitive in the late sixties.
@brainsareus thanks for the info,strange being a conniseur of the herbs of life,and i didnt regester the MARY thing,yer think a smoker would have realised that.....no your ok,theys not many ppl i dislike,your ok
@skunkhead2007 probably a lot to do with the virgin mary, and hippie connection to free love,"mary-juana" aka marijuana, and progressive left of center spirituality. then along came the christian right,and mega-churches,and fucked up the world as we know it. mary as symbol of mother earth,and mary as the feminine[and this really fucks up conservative fundamentalists]or yin side of god/godess.hope that helps.if ur a conservative & i have no idea what u r i guess u dont like me much now do you?
@skunkhead2007 The name Mary in this song, was definitely supposed to have some meaning - that was as per the "grapevine" of the 60's. Very disappointing news for young tender minds like mine at the time because this song is truly pretty.
I was watching Palm Springs Weekend (1963) on TV & the Modern Folk Quartet played a song. They were really good so I looked them up & found one of the members, Jerry Yester, was from my hometown. I looked him up & found his brother was in The Association, one of my favorite groups back in the day. Wild the 'associations' you can make.
Complex lyrics? Heck, I memorized them in '72 & I still know every word. It's the drugs.
If you want complex, check out Mickey Dolenz (Monkees) 'Goin Down'.
Along Comes Mary is a complex and thought provoking song, and in something as nuanced as this, it's easy to find justification for almost any supposed "meaning" no matter how wacked-out. The truth is, when you listen to a song, the meaning you find in it is right for you.
I seen the singer here on this video singing on a pbs doo wop special. he sang "26 miles ,and I was a big man yesterday". songs from the mid 50s. did he sing in that group before this one anyone know?
@TheBabyboomkidof53 No, that group was The Four Preps. Jim Yester, the lead singer in Along Comes Mary, joined the remains of that group in 1993 and it was renamed The New Four Preps.
My sweetheart, Kathy, and I saw The Association in concert back in the summer of 1968 at the old "in the round" Melodyland venue in Anaheim, California. It was a terrific show; Along Comes Mary, Never My Love, Six Man Band, Time For Living, Wendy ........... a great show.
Kenkis, the singer doesn't have to be ON drugs for this song to be ABOUT drugs, which is exactly right on. I came of age during the 60's, so I know of what I speak. The Association was one of the best and most like groups for their songs, harmonies and messages.
They always said this song was about drugs, but there is no way the singer could remember all those words and be on anything. (Take a look at the lyrics sometime, they are really cool. But I couldn't sing 'em if I had it all right in front of me in block letters.)
wow, what 60's declamatory lyrics, decrying society's pecadillos, vagaries, and blindnesses, while extolling the virtues of youthful experience and desire - goddamn, wish I was back there, knowing what I know now (but without the dark skepticism) - oh well, enjoy it while you've got it, life is change -
I like the intro. I think at the time, automated assembly type machines were just coming in and started costing jobs and created fear that man, as a work unit, could be replaced. In the full Smothers Brothers version they start playing one at a time & very mechanically, not musically, then they bust into it and say "let's see your machine do this!!" Just a reminder of the times. A lot was changing back then.
@monkwithfunk The intro was/is really important. It was clever. If put in the context of the times, you get a real flavor of the 60's. The switch from the spoken word to the first few notes of the song was really well executed. Maybe you had to be there.
take a look at the kingsman doing louis louis on that show and tell me the bloke on guitar behind the lead vocalist aint the spit of the associations lead vocalist.in fact is a facsimile of him.
They are singing about the same Mary that inspired, expanded and derailed me in my HIGH school years......one for my baby and one for the road....roll on....
A cutting edge kick-ass rock band of the '60's. So multi-talented, they could play rock or easy listening (Cherish) & One of the first inter-racial bands. See the Hawaiian guy. They were one of the greatest bands ever. A similar sound to so many other bands, like the Grassroots, Mamas & Papas, etc. but they were all totally different. All very talented & put all their hearts in it. It wasn't all about $ back then, like now when Disney creates their clone kid stars. Where's the creativity?
Love this song, love The Association! I could listen to this song a dozen or more times and not tire of it one bit. "When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup is as sweet as the punch" What outstanding lyrics! I continue to believe that the 1960s were to pop music as the Renaissance was to art, and this is yet more evidence of it being so,
They may not match The Beatles (who cares, really?) but there's more talent in this group than a thousand Vaccines, Hives, Adeles and *cough* Lady Gaga's. Excellent stuff, The Association!
Holy shit i didn't even know this was a oldie i've only heard it from bloodhound gang, damn this song rocks, it sound great just like just the way it is
@TheStatue1 The Gibson model here is the EB 2 it looks like their 330, 335, 345, 355 model electric guitars . Epiphone made one around the same time i believe, called the Rivoli! they were used to improve the low end of some basses in the studio during the 60's
@jsilence418 Yes, in this video I think that the bass is an Epi. Rivoli. Many British invasion groups used that one and the most notable group was the Animals.
@ryoushii yeah its about drugs, the guy who wrote the song is also an inventor whose best known creation was a variety of water-pipe (bong) called the "Slave-Master"
for what it's worth..the dude who wrote this song was a woman-Tandyn Almer, with maybe an assist from a guy named Curt Boettcher. But it's her name on the song. no dude
@charliewrites Tandyn Almer is a musician, composer, lyricist, and record producer, most famous for writing the song "Along Comes Mary", the 1966 hit by the Association. He released a single of his own called "Degeneration Gap" in 1969, has written or co-written numerous songs performed by other artists, including The Purple Gang, Garden Club, and the Beach Boys, and produced for numerous others. He has written several "Fake Books", easy arrangements of popular songs.
i will blame it on the elections, but i have for all these years thought Tandyn was a woman..for some reason i got that in my head when reading about Curt Boettcher etc..Somewhere i get this person and the writer of "windy" Ruth Friedman (sp?) mixed up..SO thanks for the info, and almer's bio, that was interesting and this is a mistake i will never make again..i should search out other songs he has written.
The Association are on tour in 2010; Sept 20 The Villages Savannah Center the Villages, FL; Oct 8 University Of Saint Francis Fort Wayne, IN; Oct 9 Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry NH; Oct 21 West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Morgantown WV; Nov 6 Wild Rose Casino Resort Emmetsburg IA; Nov 13 & 14 Suncoast Hotel Casino Las Vegas NV; Dec 3 YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts Bay Shore, NY; Dec 4 Allentown Symphony Hall Allentown PA.
The Wrecking Crew were just another studio band of "session players" that played instuments the recording bands did'nt normally play or "touched up" songs for over-demanding studio execs. All recording artist are backed up by studio musicians sometimes. Some work as studio musicians themselves. Whats the big stinkin' deal?!
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veritriphy 2 weeks ago
The version of this posted by chupas2526 is like 100 trillion times better than this. It's a clip from an Ed Sullivan Show appearance from '68 done in a "bluesier" tempo and it's awesome. Check it out!
veritriphy 2 weeks ago
hmmmm, suddenly i find myself craving acid
digmynewsocks 2 weeks ago
did they have a piccolo only guy that traveled with them all the time and all he did was play the piccolo?
starrrkrazeee 1 month ago
@starrrkrazeee Actually, the piccolo guy was Terry Kirkman, probably the closest thing to a frontman the association had. Kirkman wrote, sang, played several instruments, and was supremely talented.
canoer2 4 weeks ago
@starrrkrazeee I bet at least one of the guitarists traveled with them all the time and only played the guitar.
Zwei4815 3 weeks ago
@Zwei4815
like it
captainsoul1953 3 weeks ago
@sprucetree49 ~ Apparently, at some point, you took a punch.
MrRonnieG 1 month ago
Rumor has it that this song was originally "Along Comes Harry" but in the end the marketing guys prevailed.
MrRonnieG 1 month ago 3
@MrRonnieG Apparently you DID inhale.
68summertime 1 month ago
I used to think it said, when she comes she's as sweet as a punch.
sprucetree49 1 month ago
What a great song. Supposedly Leonard Bernstein thought highly of it. But the band didn't write it.
sprucetree49 1 month ago
Like the Beach Boys- Raiders-Marketts and many more 60's actors, these guys did NOT play on their records. The Wrecking Crew played on their tracks
capitolemiproducer 1 month ago
@capitolemiproducer That i did not know!
jsilence418 1 month ago
@jsilence418 Just about every American hit form the 60's was made in So-Cal, and because studio time was scarce and expensive, the Wrecking Crew were The Secret bands of all those BIG tunes. Check out the Wrecking Crew movie previews on you tube and read about them in wikipedia
capitolemiproducer 1 month ago
@capitolemiproducer
Not strictly true....they played some instruments on the first lp and almost all of their second album...Terry Kirkman always played the wind onstruments..and Gary Alexander played guitar on many tracks
Jim
captainsoul1953 3 weeks ago
That is an awesome, well-played live performance. Just excellent!
nostalgiclady86 1 month ago
Hey, I like the tedious intro! :)
rabbit0877 1 month ago
The guy with glasses at 3:33 . Yeah. He was my vice principal.
TeeAreify 1 month ago
@TeeAreify great song.but i think the drummer was my high school history teacher.
knabein 1 month ago
@TeeAreify 3:33? it only goes to 2:54 I bet your empty cup taste as sweet as the punch too!!
jsilence418 1 month ago
Brings back memories--was in the Army then and played the heck out of this cassette tape and then returning from Vietnam played it on my 8-track in my cool '70 Ford Torino with a 429 CID engine with twin Holly 4-barrel carbs, mag wheels and twin glass packs. This and other Association songs were blaring from my Ticket Machine (nicknamed from all the speeding tickets I received). Coupled with the Ventures and the soundtrack from Easy Rider, I was haulin'.
prestoni 1 month ago
One of the great songs.
rmtmiller 1 month ago
top 15 group of the 60s
1ambrose100 1 month ago
cool a drug song
emaclynch 2 months ago
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Skelter40 2 months ago
Was born in 77 but was raised on all these songs. Can't beat them!
verytiredmomof3 2 months ago
Wow! A pot song!
KUTVgroucho 2 months ago
Whoa Ned Flanders was in this band?
MayhemII 2 months ago
Thanks for the editing. Had this memorized in the sixties, still do!! Such a song...
tressrocks 2 months ago
Songs like these take me back. How I love finding them. I never hear them anymore. Thanks for posting.
Paminlp 2 months ago
sophisticated lyrics----I read somewhere that this song has more words per minute than any other song...love the "psychotramaas and dramas"..
windstorm1000 2 months ago
Thanks for editing out the intro!! LOL!!
hendrxfn 2 months ago
1:11 William Hung.
hmillernin 3 months ago
Put the intro back in. It was classic and reminded us of what a variety show used to be.
anakina1 3 months ago
Who knew that william hung was such a talented guitar player...
gomerpilot 3 months ago
This junk could actually last awhile. I liked it when it came out, and I still do. And since I decide what is good, that's good.
vcx9dfne 3 months ago
super fantastic groove.....ty
brokensaphire 3 months ago
Brings back memories of when I was growing up!!
GatorAngel24 3 months ago
Great music with cool smart wise guys in coats and ties. Way cool
mudbonehancock 4 months ago
Absolutely love it. Just, what's up with tall guy from :24 to :26? LMAO!
ecb2 4 months ago
@ecb2 ....lmao...he's high
brokensaphire 3 months ago
@ecb2 The tall guy is Terry Kirkman. While it is difficult to just name one front man, he is probably the best bet. Kirkman was quite the musician, singer, songwriter, etc. It is my understanding that he could play guitar, and several brass and woodwind instruments. I am not quite sure what instrument he is playing on this song, some kind of flute/piccollo.
canoer2 3 months ago
@canoer2 Thanks for the info. I have always loved this band, and music like it.
Having been born in '68, it's like the soundtrack to my childhood. I have always
known about "The Association" in general, but I have only recently begun to
educate myself on who they really were and all. Terry Kirkman is awesome,
and I have total respect for the dude. Heh, he just looks funny for those couple
of seconds while he is watching Jim Yester sing, and then he kinda does that
turn away.
ecb2 3 months ago
Far out man, groovy...Outa Sight! Hey man...you know
where I can score some good acid?
ecb2 4 months ago
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ecb2 4 months ago
Who'da ever thunk these guys would end up playing at the White House as well as playing with ZAPPA?
gingervytis 4 months ago
Great song
But The Lead Singer Looks Like Justin Bieber's Dad
AZYankee53 4 months ago
@AZYankee53, Ha ha If that guy was Justin Bieber's dad, then Justin might have talent now :-)
Brasilikilt 3 months ago
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They say "Far too wild" at 1:38.
DameDisco78 4 months ago
They say "Far too wild" at 1:38.
DameDisco78 4 months ago
The only way I know these cool lyrics in reading them online, but there's one part they never have, it's at 1:38 on here, right before the solo. They say something, in falsetto, then, like, wha do wah. Does anyone know what they're saying?
Kenkls 4 months ago
Another major b and e flat song I guess, completely intoxicatingly haunting sound, possibly, too much for the young mind! lol
DameDisco78 4 months ago
Lead singer won the corn cob eatoff at the fair, too!
larrydh57 4 months ago
The intro is what makes it cool
twobangern 4 months ago
Right on @hayesman , 70's pretty good too !
bscondict 5 months ago
love the association i am glad i had all of the greatest music to get through elementry, jr. high and highscool then college in the 1970's yep we got the best of all the music!!!!!
reyzyl9 5 months ago
LOL@ Ned Flanders. "I do believe somebody has posted what is commonly known as rock and / or roll!"
unklewink 5 months ago
Infiltrated by the VC.
philipm06 5 months ago
I find the ahhh and the ooooohhhh in the first seconds of the video weird!!
erwinruys 5 months ago
great arrangement and orchestration! good live performance, of a harmonically complex piece. don't forget, sound mixing for live performances, was very primitive in the late sixties.
brainsareus 5 months ago 6
@brainsareus thanks for the info,strange being a conniseur of the herbs of life,and i didnt regester the MARY thing,yer think a smoker would have realised that.....no your ok,theys not many ppl i dislike,your ok
skunkhead2007 5 months ago
the name MARY is highlighted a lot in the 60s why?
skunkhead2007 5 months ago
@skunkhead2007 probably a lot to do with the virgin mary, and hippie connection to free love,"mary-juana" aka marijuana, and progressive left of center spirituality. then along came the christian right,and mega-churches,and fucked up the world as we know it. mary as symbol of mother earth,and mary as the feminine[and this really fucks up conservative fundamentalists]or yin side of god/godess.hope that helps.if ur a conservative & i have no idea what u r i guess u dont like me much now do you?
brainsareus 5 months ago
@skunkhead2007 The name Mary in this song, was definitely supposed to have some meaning - that was as per the "grapevine" of the 60's. Very disappointing news for young tender minds like mine at the time because this song is truly pretty.
DameDisco78 4 months ago
early rap?
CanadianBelle85 5 months ago
Ned Flanders 1:38
zachNewYork 5 months ago
wow i had no idea that this was a song in the 60's wow. i like both versions
DeathBendsOver 6 months ago
whoa... now that's a 60s flashback... thank you.
AnoukaKC 6 months ago
I was watching Palm Springs Weekend (1963) on TV & the Modern Folk Quartet played a song. They were really good so I looked them up & found one of the members, Jerry Yester, was from my hometown. I looked him up & found his brother was in The Association, one of my favorite groups back in the day. Wild the 'associations' you can make.
Complex lyrics? Heck, I memorized them in '72 & I still know every word. It's the drugs.
If you want complex, check out Mickey Dolenz (Monkees) 'Goin Down'.
reverendsmokemurphy 6 months ago
Thank you for your edited verison. I like it better.
TheBach2rock 6 months ago
Along Comes Mary is a complex and thought provoking song, and in something as nuanced as this, it's easy to find justification for almost any supposed "meaning" no matter how wacked-out. The truth is, when you listen to a song, the meaning you find in it is right for you.
23moksha 6 months ago
I seen the singer here on this video singing on a pbs doo wop special. he sang "26 miles ,and I was a big man yesterday". songs from the mid 50s. did he sing in that group before this one anyone know?
TheBabyboomkidof53 6 months ago
@TheBabyboomkidof53 No, that group was The Four Preps. Jim Yester, the lead singer in Along Comes Mary, joined the remains of that group in 1993 and it was renamed The New Four Preps.
jimd3500 6 months ago
I heard that they were huge supporters of the Ku Klux Klan. If so, this is sad. just kiddingJ
bleachbred 6 months ago
GREAT TUNE - whenever I hear it on the car radio, I turn up the volume and I start clapping! LOL Knees on steering wheel - stay away from me!!!!!
paladin520 6 months ago
I liked the intro and thought it was funny
HesperiaDan 6 months ago
choonage, great 60s harmonies
shaftsbury94 7 months ago
There's NO FRICKIN' WAY that anyone could watch this just once!
lancetop 7 months ago
My sweetheart, Kathy, and I saw The Association in concert back in the summer of 1968 at the old "in the round" Melodyland venue in Anaheim, California. It was a terrific show; Along Comes Mary, Never My Love, Six Man Band, Time For Living, Wendy ........... a great show.
MrRonnieG 7 months ago
@MrRonnieG
I, too, saw shows at the old Melodyland Theater. The stage used to revolve and it took an hour to go around once. Too Kool. Thanks for the memory!!
lophatmike 6 months ago
Kenkis, the singer doesn't have to be ON drugs for this song to be ABOUT drugs, which is exactly right on. I came of age during the 60's, so I know of what I speak. The Association was one of the best and most like groups for their songs, harmonies and messages.
Tater1951 7 months ago
They always said this song was about drugs, but there is no way the singer could remember all those words and be on anything. (Take a look at the lyrics sometime, they are really cool. But I couldn't sing 'em if I had it all right in front of me in block letters.)
Kenkls 7 months ago 3
@Kenkls I heard the same thing at the time, that it was about drugs, very disappointing.
DameDisco78 4 months ago
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DameDisco78 4 months ago
NOW MY EMPTY CUP IS AS SWEET AS THE PUNCH
mspigdiva 7 months ago
They used to do music and comedy shows at a nightclub in Pasadena. Anyone recall the name of the place? 1965, I think.
naughtmoses 7 months ago
First and last recorder solo.
DLGFTW 8 months ago
at least allow the intro part where they describe themselves as the machine.
WolfEyesatNight 8 months ago
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jbeng1953 8 months ago
trip waaaay the heck OUT!!!
SerenyLaVesser 8 months ago
jimmy pop looks great with a helmet
Phony1000 8 months ago
wow, what 60's declamatory lyrics, decrying society's pecadillos, vagaries, and blindnesses, while extolling the virtues of youthful experience and desire - goddamn, wish I was back there, knowing what I know now (but without the dark skepticism) - oh well, enjoy it while you've got it, life is change -
SupernalOne 9 months ago 3
I like the intro. I think at the time, automated assembly type machines were just coming in and started costing jobs and created fear that man, as a work unit, could be replaced. In the full Smothers Brothers version they start playing one at a time & very mechanically, not musically, then they bust into it and say "let's see your machine do this!!" Just a reminder of the times. A lot was changing back then.
tigerwoods999999 9 months ago
Good Bloodhound Gang cover!
guijac 9 months ago 10
@guijac piss off.
minijimi 5 months ago
@guijac Bloodhound gang version sucks. Its true
FanOfPopCulture 2 months ago
What a great song! I shoulda covered back in my pub rock days.
ninyae 9 months ago
ahh the old recorder solo they dont do that in music today... i wonder why...
ruger7226 9 months ago
My Lord, I have this Album & I am amazed How the Lead Singer remembered all the words to this Complex Song!! Unbeliveable!!!!
Ilvcamusic 9 months ago
I´d tell the Bitch to get a job....
CorneliusShoppette 10 months ago
Thank You
monkwithfunk 10 months ago
i liked the intro!!!!! put it back please!!!!!!!! it was so funny! please put its back on!!!!
monkwithfunk 10 months ago 7
@monkwithfunk The complete video with the intro is on DJCeasar's channel
2old2Rock 10 months ago 2
@monkwithfunk The intro was/is really important. It was clever. If put in the context of the times, you get a real flavor of the 60's. The switch from the spoken word to the first few notes of the song was really well executed. Maybe you had to be there.
ColeHan100 9 months ago
Holy crap! 0:28 that guy on the left... I swear... Its... its... William Hung!
h1ghstrung 10 months ago
Badass tune!
RangRing68 10 months ago
@StevieBi362 Actually,the Del-Vikings of "Come Go With Me" fame were one of the first inter-racial successful bands out of the 50's
mistressofaminer 10 months ago
take a look at the kingsman doing louis louis on that show and tell me the bloke on guitar behind the lead vocalist aint the spit of the associations lead vocalist.in fact is a facsimile of him.
bohsgerry 11 months ago
They are singing about the same Mary that inspired, expanded and derailed me in my HIGH school years......one for my baby and one for the road....roll on....
polkadothound 11 months ago
Great harmony and creative writing skills in the 60's. Cant get enough of these good times and great oldies.
FirebirdSummer 11 months ago
The Association were so cool. Beautiful, unique sound and so many great songs.
urthcreature 11 months ago
A cutting edge kick-ass rock band of the '60's. So multi-talented, they could play rock or easy listening (Cherish) & One of the first inter-racial bands. See the Hawaiian guy. They were one of the greatest bands ever. A similar sound to so many other bands, like the Grassroots, Mamas & Papas, etc. but they were all totally different. All very talented & put all their hearts in it. It wasn't all about $ back then, like now when Disney creates their clone kid stars. Where's the creativity?
StevieB1362 11 months ago
@StevieB1362 wow that is the first interracial 60s band ive seen too. cool.
deshahubbell 11 months ago
No disrespect but if you like this song check out the bloodhound gang's version...
hotamber22 11 months ago
Dress as The Bank Managers!
yokai1968 11 months ago
Love this song, love The Association! I could listen to this song a dozen or more times and not tire of it one bit. "When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup is as sweet as the punch" What outstanding lyrics! I continue to believe that the 1960s were to pop music as the Renaissance was to art, and this is yet more evidence of it being so,
hayesman76 1 year ago 17
@hayesman76 absolutely--such artistry and delicious fun to listen to.
windstorm1000 2 months ago
Nice tune, ugly yanks.
philipm06 1 year ago
heck yeah this tune is kick ass...
clavin2007 1 year ago
Sweet! I agree Old Steamer. :)
hjp100 1 year ago
I remember seeing this on the Smothers Brothers . . . love that 60s set design in the background! Great song.
Brighid45 1 year ago
Wow, I just dropped a hit of blotter acid. these dudes are freaking me out. I think it is groovie, but to real.
notlazy99 1 year ago
One of most under rated groups of the 60s. I saw them live at a 1980s reunion show in NYC central park,,good show !
lcolby11 1 year ago
One of most under rated groups of the 60s
lcolby11 1 year ago
The intro makes the appearance...
eslubin 1 year ago
Asian dude's got his James Brown moves.
MishuTaste 1 year ago
They may not match The Beatles (who cares, really?) but there's more talent in this group than a thousand Vaccines, Hives, Adeles and *cough* Lady Gaga's. Excellent stuff, The Association!
casiblake 1 year ago
@casiblake I'll luv the Beatles forever, but these guys are great too :D And, I totally agree with you on the more talent than *cough* Gaga.
chumshot1 1 year ago
Holy shit i didn't even know this was a oldie i've only heard it from bloodhound gang, damn this song rocks, it sound great just like just the way it is
jeremyowens81 1 year ago
I was born in 1961 and heard this as a kid, but these guys had some of the best vocals. Great song.
song110beforgiving 1 year ago
I love this song....brings back so memories of my high school years.....what a great time that was.........
NoreneB 1 year ago
The flute solo is classic! :)
newjersey421 1 year ago
No lip-sync here- a rare thing for 60's video and they are really playing their instruments- legendary song.....
TheStatue1 1 year ago
@TheStatue1 That's why their guitars aren't plugged in or the drum kit isn't miked...The really sung though, unfortunately :)
lunatik1968 1 year ago
@lunatik1968 good observation. I have heard that the Doors were the first rock group to amplify drums.
TheStatue1 1 year ago
@TheStatue1 I think the voices are live and the rest on tape......no amps plugged in and the sound of an orchestra in the background in a few areas
inkey2 1 year ago
@inkey2 Yes, upon rewatching, you are correct..Thanks..
TheStatue1 1 year ago
Who arranged this? Pure genious.
notlazy99 1 year ago
thats hard to sing
ajgolfer1 1 year ago
Thank you for editing out the "funny" introduction! Smothers Brothers: ugh always!
silentcal72 1 year ago
@silentcal72 yep, very silly intro.
TheStatue1 1 year ago
Respond to this video... Anyone out there know what specific model bass guitar was on this video? I thought I saw "Gibson" on it. If so , what model?
TheStatue1 1 year ago
@TheStatue1 The Gibson model here is the EB 2 it looks like their 330, 335, 345, 355 model electric guitars . Epiphone made one around the same time i believe, called the Rivoli! they were used to improve the low end of some basses in the studio during the 60's
jsilence418 1 year ago
@jsilence418 Yes, in this video I think that the bass is an Epi. Rivoli. Many British invasion groups used that one and the most notable group was the Animals.
TheStatue1 1 year ago
Yeah maryjane good for them!!
jsilence418 1 year ago
It was the drugs and nothing more.
studiosinger 1 year ago
love this
homagetofromage 1 year ago
You'd be surprised what the song is really about
sabrinasjourney 1 year ago
@sabrinasjourney along comes mary... jane, perhaps?
ddamico3 1 year ago
@ddamico3 no doubt!
TheStatue1 1 year ago
one of my fav songs 60's
TheJazzlady40 1 year ago
All talent can't find that in today 's music,this guys are very very good!
MrPoofgone 1 year ago
A very fine live rendition. 5***** Wonderful! You can tell those guys love to create and sing!!!
huskyjerk 1 year ago
wtf?? did the bloodhound gang just have babies with the beatles??!!??
meliketokill 1 year ago
@meliketokill No, the Bloodhound Gang are Offsprings from The Association & The Sex Pistols.
smellcaster 1 year ago
i hadn´t heard the song for over 40 years, the other day I "stumbled" upon it.
As a non anglo I never exactly understood the lyrics but , as far as harmony is concerned it must have been composed by some VERY Talented Songsmith.
bonsema1 1 year ago
I love how into this song they all are, even the tambourine player is really groovin' along. <3<3
WellSaidMrTurkeyneck 1 year ago
Sounds like the singing was live, but the music track was pre-recorded.
altfactor 1 year ago
Nice suits!!! kinda makes the look like "the man" (ie establishement ya know)
FairDealDan 1 year ago
notice, that they have that kind of beatles looks?.... i would consider them, " the american invasion" right here on our shores...........
syndicate1 1 year ago
Holy crap
I was reading the lyrics as they were singing and it suddenly hit me, this song is about 'mary jane'
And to think that they get this on the air, on tv, unedited, in the mid 60's, priceless.
And for you unhep cats out there, mary jane is a classic name for pot, weed, grass, marijuana
ryoushii 1 year ago
@ryoushii IT COULD ALSO BE A RELIGIOUS REFERENCE AS WELL.....AS IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE REFERING TO THE MOTHER MARY.....
syndicate1 1 year ago
@ryoushii yeah its about drugs, the guy who wrote the song is also an inventor whose best known creation was a variety of water-pipe (bong) called the "Slave-Master"
BestTits 1 year ago
@BestTits
for what it's worth..the dude who wrote this song was a woman-Tandyn Almer, with maybe an assist from a guy named Curt Boettcher. But it's her name on the song. no dude
charliewrites 1 year ago
@charliewrites Tandyn Almer is a musician, composer, lyricist, and record producer, most famous for writing the song "Along Comes Mary", the 1966 hit by the Association. He released a single of his own called "Degeneration Gap" in 1969, has written or co-written numerous songs performed by other artists, including The Purple Gang, Garden Club, and the Beach Boys, and produced for numerous others. He has written several "Fake Books", easy arrangements of popular songs.
BestTits 1 year ago
@BestTits
i will blame it on the elections, but i have for all these years thought Tandyn was a woman..for some reason i got that in my head when reading about Curt Boettcher etc..Somewhere i get this person and the writer of "windy" Ruth Friedman (sp?) mixed up..SO thanks for the info, and almer's bio, that was interesting and this is a mistake i will never make again..i should search out other songs he has written.
charliewrites 1 year ago
@charliewrites oh ya np, it said he on Wiki but sometimes that isnt always accurate so I checked a couple places.
BestTits 1 year ago
The Association are on tour in 2010; Sept 20 The Villages Savannah Center the Villages, FL; Oct 8 University Of Saint Francis Fort Wayne, IN; Oct 9 Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry NH; Oct 21 West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Morgantown WV; Nov 6 Wild Rose Casino Resort Emmetsburg IA; Nov 13 & 14 Suncoast Hotel Casino Las Vegas NV; Dec 3 YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts Bay Shore, NY; Dec 4 Allentown Symphony Hall Allentown PA.
lindaveee 1 year ago
They are using very rare Jordan ampliers that were solid state
kynyrdskynyrd 1 year ago
The 60's were some freaky times. Man, I just cannot imgaine living in a time like that and i'm 38!
knowledgeiswhatsup 1 year ago
i think i saw this now 20 times in a row
OldSteamer 1 year ago 16
BILLY HENCHE WAS IN 'DINO, DESI & BILLY'...I BELIEVE HE WAS HAWAIIAN...
BETSYSUEU 1 year ago
sweet - I tought bloodhound gang made this one - I was so wrong. Yes sweet Mary Jane <3
11XDA 1 year ago
sweet - I tought bloodhound gang made this one - I was so wrong
11XDA 1 year ago
One of the most successful bands to come out of the 60’s. Sunshine pop genre.
denali58 1 year ago
@denali58 :) or try this label "Preppy Pop" The Association did have a unique sound/ Harkens me back to my junior high days!
afton1955 1 year ago
Really enjoyed seeing the band members singing this groovy song! Thanks so much for posting!!!
swdesertview 1 year ago
The 70s come creeping in with the tamborine player's 'stache.
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