The Electric Prunes- I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

[ShavedRay]

The Prunes ARE the definition of Psychedelic Rock!

[cletus50]

I likes weasel



[ftsjr]

Psychedelic!!

[TheMichaelseymour]

"mitch and mickee" anyone ?

[pucksterz12]

Trippin!

[DaBadger354]

like to hear a Metallica cover of this song

[DaBadger354]

So... they just played the recording and lip synced to it?

[duttz52]

you was allowed to bring in one record on the last day of term this was my choice classic track

[damagejackal1]

What instrument is the lead singer playing?

[tandbugs]

@damagejackal1 an autoharp......

[damagejackal1]

@tandbugs I'm sorry for fucking asking then

[drewsmilitia]

@damagejackal1 That's what it's called.

[damagejackal1]

@drewsmilitia wait.. what? it's called an autoharp, yeah, I understood that.

[HebusxJebus]

what a gas man

[stomachlining]

they were so rad for their time .... that song still works today !!!! incredible.... 2 or 3 hours

[jesuisarmenienne]

Probably the best song ever written

[69ssrszl1]

4 people had no dream last night.

[69ssrszl1]

The intro of this song sounds like a high energy plasma blast.

[OlRetro]

Very kool audio/video clip - great quality! Still a kool-sounding oldie - thanks! Regards, '62 Mathew St. (Total Retro Rock)

[jcgowl]

These American Bandstand performances always look like the bands are pretending to play their instruments and lip sync along with their recordings. What do you think?

[fredthejunkman]

@jcgowl - they did.

[MorningGlass55]

Since none of the instruments are plugged in, I'm gonna say yeah........

[joesphx19]

@MorningGlass55

There was a similar discussion elsewhere about the possibility of wireless electric guitars. Not saying that this was the case here but I was really floored when some guys with the background said that there were a lot of folks creating homemade systems as far back as the 50's and that knd of coincided with the development of the wireless mic. From what I remember though, the better commercial systems really didn't crank up until about 1970.

[OldieMan1948]

Great Song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zuneslave]

If only I woulda invented fake plastic cymbals in the 60's, I'd be a millionaire by now!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@zuneslave fake plastic cymbals oh really?

[ozarkdem]

Electric Prunes, loved you all.

[DRUMMERMAN77]

ryan secreast never ages

[92ismiley]

4:17 "YAYYYY" :D

[wmlfan9]

Sometimes something can be so corny that it's cool. "Gassy thing" is one of those things.

[unclemeat2u]

This song was Goth before Goth. =)

[pcroken]

Actually, I think Lovin' Spoonfull's John Sebastian was the first.

[mrearlygold]

I get gas a lot more now then when this song was playing.

[demonhoopa]

Beginning reminds me of Syd Barrett's Floyd 

[Beatleluver1234567]

What is the drummers name? Was it Quint Preston...?

[ocoee96]

The only rock band with an autoharp?

Great song!!

;-)

[avdreader1]

I like the song a lot. All joking aside.

[avdreader1]

A gassy thing....prunes do that to me.

[dtongay]

What do you suppse it sounded like on the stage while they lip-synced their was through this. Whatever you do don't hit a cymbal! Funny.

[31308BabyNoach]

cool hair!! great classic song even if's gassy!!! LOL

[bluecatky]

Love that psychadelia!

[69ssrszl1]

The opening rift sounds like a high energy plasma blast might sound. Love it.

[yootubesucks123]

They look like they've never even have sipped beer.

[johnnydjr1]

Gibson, Indorcement!!

[mosesram3]

The sound on this song was way ahead of its time, in fact, the 60's were ahead of its time also, in general. Great as always, The EP and DCark!

[Diane3952]

Dick was probably the one who was gassy... ;-D

[dukeuke1]

WTF is TH@ Bass ??

[cpkelley]

@dukeuke1 Looks like the guy in the white sweater has the bass. Not sure what it is. Single cut-away...could be a Harmony H-22. Best shot is around 2:26 ...could be a tenor guitar too...who knows.

[pervertedmind]

One of my favorite songs ever. d(:

[babz1950]

Love those turtle necks

[davejthomson]

THE ELECTRIC PRUNES SAW THE FUTURE IN MUSIC THEY WERE THE VERY FIRST ACID ROCK BAND. AND SO THE PIONEERS OF HEAVY METAL.

[delta0921]

@davejthomson Absolutely they were ahead of their time. This song is 45 yrs old and still sounds great today IMO. Whatever happened to Weasel? :-)

[Piquet3wc]

those guys are very cool, guitar players look stoned

[BBB4MAW]

Gassy meant jazzy back then.

[Piquet3wc]

gassy thing - hope they didn't fart a bunch -- LOL

great song -lead singer can dance around in a gassy way-- i need a turtle neck sweater to watch it!

[Piquet3wc]

gassy thing - hope they didn't fart a bunch -- LOL

great song

[husky500cr]

I love that white turtleneck sweater at 1:27

[joesphx19]

We called that type of sound that Dick was impressed with, "Underground" music.

[Bronson309]

this one of my favorite songs ever !!!!!!!!!!!! Thx

[poortogee77]

Dick Clark seems to be sarcastic at times...hey,the guitarist on the left looks like David Cassidy

[AnimalUhuruNow]

gone gone gooooone

[gmj2012]

The original, very old--guy calls it a GASSY thing, lol, trying to sound cool. Now that same phrase means someone is farting a lot, would not be a compliment, nor cool.

[ammittei]

Freakin' funny. I remember my dad wouldn't let me stay up and watch them (I think on the Smothers Brothers show). Did he think it would corrupt me? It didn't work anyway.

[kyfriedmomma]

Yes! Gassy! .... and no, it is not a zither, it is an auto harp

[gbs1x]

Eddie Munster on lead vocals??

[kntshrm]

@gbs1x too right LOL a blond Butch Patrick

[Galantski]

...and on zither, Peter Noone! LOL

[groovetguy]

this song is not a rip-off of heart full of soul. not even close.

[mal35m]

It is very similar to "Heart Full Of Soul", but how different does a song have to be to not be considered a ripoff. To me they are just in the same genre and I love both classics very much. I am happy that we have both songs to listen to.

[Grendelmonster8u]

@mal35m So many songs in the mid-60s had a similar sound, plus they used simpler chords. It's very clear, for e.g., that Led Zep's riff is a use of the Blues Magoos' song "We Aint Got Nothing Yet." Then it seemed like everybody used the Bo Diddley beat in their songs. I don't think this sounds at all like "Heart Full Of Soul" but so many songs have similar feel, tones & vocals. By the late 60s people were starting to branch off into inviduality; it's like how Motown & rockabilly sounded similar.

[Grendelmonster8u]

@mal35m Sorry, forgot to say Led Zep's song "How Many More Times" is a Blues Magoos riff. Deep Purple uses it too, it's so noticeable, but the whole song sounds different. And so many of these mid-60s bands covered the same songs, most often American blues songs. Some artists did sue for too much use of a song. George Harrison lost his case against him for "My Sweet Lord" sounding too much like "She's So Fine," but most just used a similar riff. I agree w/ you...glad to have both songs!

[edrepard]

saw them at the big jar in roch ny coupla yrs ago SICK the kids had a masquarade party up tha street that night so masked sexy girls started trickling in  RNB PSYCH WILDNESS

[MrKJP101]

Great song! As for it being a rip-off, every group through-out history has borrowed or used a style from some one else, its nothing new and has had great success with it . John Sebastian used an auto harp also as did others.

[fatman86236]

drugrockat  its best

[BobBerkeley]

It's a great song until you realize it's a rip-off of "Heart Full of Soul" by the Yardbirds.

[BestTits]

@BobBerkeley not really

[2ajjames]

This young group can truly rock, and with an auto harp! Great electric tune!

[tomada36]

I'm going to go out on a limb, and say that they never appeared on 'Soul Train'

[LovinNorthFlorida]

Haha, Dick Clark says the Electric Prunes play a gassy tune.

[MsBuckleyfan]

You do have GREAT taste!! I loved these years and the music....under the covers with an orange transistor radio past midnight to get Wolfman Jack....NICE. Thank you!

[nickystartup]

groovy = goofy

[ions82]

I imagined them playing this song while tearing up the stage and smashing things. It rocks!

[Exakta66]

Thanks Chatman2a...I stand corrected...or, sit corrected to be more precise at the moment...:)

[zombiesarebad67]

now i want an autoharp

[Kenkls]

Those belts. In 67 you could not have a belt that was too wide. Man I had some monsters. Great time to be in the 7th grade.

[kermitsnap]

4:20

[ITguy2560]

Gas was also used in the Rolling Stones tune "Jumpin' Jack Flash" ...."...Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas..."

[ITguy2560]

Dig that stringed instrument in the middle. Very unique!

[sandhorse1]

FYI: As for the term "gassy", back then something was referred to as "a gas", later morphed in to "rad" (as in radical). "Gassy" didn't mean flatulence in those days.

[kznte]

Absolutely fantastic song!!!

[robocat66]

"Gassy" in them days was a good thing. "That party was a "gas", etc.

[handymandan100]

This was a very intelligent band.  Other songs I've heard from them test this out.

[Exakta66]

Yes, Dick Clark did say the Electric Prunes were a "gassy thing"...:)

[chatman2a]

@Exakta66  Sorry, but you're wrong. Dick Clark said that "it" (the song) is a gassy thing.

[Exumaishere]

R.I.P. Mark.

[Greenhornet270]

Five stars...

[Brujo1962]

My uncle saw them open for The Doors, and they sucked live.

[Exumaishere]

@Brujo1962 Your uncle sucked.

[Exumaishere]

@Brujo1962 Your uncle sucked. Probably an inherited trait.

[Flammazine]

2:20 he is "far out"

[phunkjunkie68]

Did Dick Clark just say The Electric Prunes were "a gassy thing"?

[Mikes66442]

Wild song from the psychedelic era of rock!!

[Krangypoo]

Sorry to hear about Mark Tulin. RIP and thank you for the memories!!

[blacflag]

RIP Mark 

[MickyB60]

I am in shock at the news of Marks passing. Now you can jam up there with all the other legends who went before you as well as former "Prune" Mike Gannon. R.I.P. Mark.... thanks for all the music you helped create.

[snakelalilulelo]

RIP Mark Tulin

[schizzie345]

"It's a gassy thing."

[theseether]

Awesome!

[sdcow]

they produced an album later on --- The Mass In F Minor. truly incredible. this sound is like the Amboy Dukes journey to the center of your mind.

[gretta0525]

OMG...Ken started the mullet. Awesome video!!! :)

[omarvercetti]

I'm 19 years old and I love all the 60s music, I don't like the actually music, just cute faces 0 armony

[imatitlover]

Actually they had another hit. The Great Banana Hoax

[nanaslbkp]

Ah! The sixties the way I remember! Thanks for posting!

[jamesmac7]

haha is that 'the' neil diamond at the end??

[tim60s321]

far out...i'm glad they are miming to the single (no guitar leads etc)...its a debatable point but i believe that usually the sound of the record is THE sound- and all too often live is a poor imitation

[BigAndTall666]

Anyone noticed the missing amplifier wires/cables for the guitars?  :-D

[skooter72]

"It's a gassy thing", hah!

[vandywilliam]

James Lowe was the lead singer of this Seattle group that, surprisingly, only hit the pop charts with two songs -- this one (which came out late in 1966) and "Get Me To The World On Time" (in the spring of 1967).

[skitch88]

@vandywilliam i didn't know they were from Seattle....!!!!

[61phantom]

@skitch88 Electric prunes were from So. Cal. The San Fernando Valley

[WilderGA]

amazing band!!!!! amazing tremelo sound!!!! yeaaaaaah

[6motion6]

What a song! I have the 45 I bought when it first came out. I love how they are dressed-best clothing-the button down shirt worn by one member of the band.

Wow! Dick Clark has a son? Heard him say this in the video. The son should take over the New Year's Eve gig when Dick goes.

[bluenazz]

Was that a young Ryan Seacrest (:->

[NcicHit]

One of the best songs, ever.

[merseymain]

this is fantastic. I don't think i've seen it before. Has it been elsewhere on tube? Quality is great

[frank3z]

They only had a couple of hits but they must have meant something since they are still getting airplay on classic rock stations. Some great pop psychedelic tunes

[TheOuterSpaceBassMan]

WHY IS THAT 60's FUZZ TONE SO FUCKING AWESOME!!!

[walkingdead7]

I first heard this song in the movie "Ezy Ryder",and on the soundtrack album for the movie.The 60's had the best music.I just subscribed to your channel.I love how most of these classic videos are in black and white.Thanks for posting