Vanilla Fudge - Bang Bang (Beat Club, 1968)

[58lechef]

very good it is the first time I listen to it completely even if I been a fudge fan since their begeining

[dbacksmark]

One of my first few concerts growing up in Pittsburgh.  Also featured a band called the Illusion ( from long island, i think). Did a great version of Season of the Witch (donovan). great live band. Bogert and Appice!!

[anonymusum]

They always found different and deeper aspects in ordinary pop songs. Great band!

[Amalthea13]

Does anyone know the name of the classical piece that is being quoted at the beginning of the track?

Thanks!

[MegaWynne]

@Amalthea13

The King and I - March of the Siamese children

[Amalthea13]

@MegaWynne Thanks!!! :)

[POPAVIDEO]

heavy psych !

[ReneODeay]

Wildly different than Sonny and Cher

[44buckwheat]

Oxymoron........Proof on Wikipedia

[kbswzawl0]

VFudge was Led Zeps favorite band. Zep always brought them on tour to open for them.

[wardka]

Actually I rather like their histrionics, especially Bogert's. It's so much better than watching cookie cutter performers today showing their navels in front of a stage full of robotic dancers, or angst ridden indies staring at the floor. There's a really blurry Ed Sullivan clip of Vanilla Fudge doing "Shotgun" somewhere on YouTube wherein Bogert's antics are so over the top they go beyond corny and you have to take them seriously -- and he gets the most amazing sounds out of that bass.

[TheSEVAGARM]

Bang Bang song originally sung by Cher the proof only on Wikipedia

[satyros2]

thank you

[satyros2]

thank you

[super8m0nsters]

EPIC ROCK! !!!!!!!!

[richie1957aus]

Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice....corny? You can't find a better rhythm section. This was the era of hippy psychedelia - cut them some slack.

[pretorious700]

always thought these guys were excellent musicians, but way corny performers.

[TheHitDetector]

This is a superb fusion of excellent music and vocals by these artists ...very nice indeed as they create a fantastic track.

[keenite]

iade38 claims that YES had a big influence on the Vanilla Fudge. On the contrary, this song was recorded long before YES recorded its first album.

[HOOKSnKISSES]

@keenite iade38 literally wrote: "The biggest influence on YES"....

[mnpd007]

Sing like eunuchs. Is there one testicle in the entire lot?

[iade38]

L’influence majeure de YES

[JonathanG]

But that's ok, one guesses. Fuck one, anyway. Anycunts.

[JonathanG]

Seasons come and go, but this is free thinkinking...&on...&on. Where's the good music of today? one says. it's not apparent, that's what.

[ssballs]

Darnette,this ain't Sonny or Cher!

[ChasBeauregarde]

The self titled debut album which this song was on was recorded @ Ultrasonic Recording studios in Hempstead, NY about 5 miles from where I lived growing up. So much I was unaware of at the time. Of course I was only 9 Y.O.

[ColeHan100]

@ChasBeauregarde I wonder if that studio is still there.

[ChasBeauregarde]

@ColeHan100 I still have musician friends that live in the area. My guess is no, but I'll check with them the next time I'm in contact.

[stoofbuis]

psychadelic avant la lettre,great!!

[putdownan8dude]

shavin that half inch between your sideburn and beard is a real.. freedom feeling

[ColeHan100]

This "church organ" sound is missing from today's rock and that's a shame.

[rehpycuol]

@ColeHan100 it is called "percussion organ" or "Hammond organ", not "church organ" (orgel)

[ColeHan100]

@rehpycuol My comment obviously blew over your tiny head. I was referring to the sound not the actual instrument.

[rehpycuol]

@ColeHan100 I was referring to sound as well

[Montery12]

Digitalienbruder:  Thanks for the correct translation and now it makes sense. The computer translator didn't do a good job.

[Montery12]

bergathron said in German: "It is simply to say that it in this so evil that appears here and there but world twinkling stars to see there. If you only draw attention is.." Huh?

[Digitalienbruder]

@Montery12 "It is indeed touching to spot blinking stars here and there in this world which appears so evil. As long as you stay attentive."

[carlolf]

very crazy version of this song! ok, those where high times of LSD, no? Very creative , experimental times (whichs does not mean you have to take LSD or other cracks to get creative...)

[pteeng1]

@carlolf Well, it does help to stretch the creativity to the max. They all did it at the time, take LSD that is; some more than others. The Beatles were the commercial side of it, whreas VF were avantgarde and also had the musical chops (and the National Health thick-rimmed spectacles) whilst still retaining the psychedelic vein. Groovy!

[bergathron]

Es ist doch ergreifend zu bemerken daß es in dieser so böse erscheinenden Welt doch hier und da funkelnde Sterne zu sehen gibt. Wenn man nur aufmerksam ist..

[Kryp2ni8]

After i heard this i was one week or so gone from my parents home . . lol ! Later they found me at Bahnhof passage Zùrich . . Fuck !

[anonymusum]

they were able to produce unique atmospheres. listen to their version of season of the witch. just great.

[c2lhu]

damn hammond...that sound is a whole era

[rogerjohnpete1969]

Minuto 1:34 el vocalista parece que esta cantando como el de Sigur Ros

[pawpawgator]

Trippin'

[ken1979and]

This kind of music gives me a feeling so good and hard to come by ;) great!

[rocconrollo]

I'd like to know how much baked those guys were...one thing that I can understand is A LOT!

[icarusflying1]

washington and Cherry Corner Zodiac.

[mycatsdead]

brilliant.

[MusicGuy00007]

Best Cover Band Of All Time?

[fg6971]

takes me back for a little while.

[vind43]

pioneers of heavy metal and psychedelic rock!! \m/

[MajorHoward7]

Zodiac !

[MrLuigiVercotti]

I have forgotten how good they were - have to dig out my LP from the shelf

[vandeven04]

That drummer is total metal!

[Fireye69]

@vandeven04 Thats Carmine Appice...a legend! He showed all drummers how to do it right!

[vandeven04]

@Fireye69 Thanks, I'll have to check out more of his videos.

[Petra9119]

Irgendwie haben die Jungs schon eine kleinen Schuss, oder?

[FlavioGirl]

awesome song......thanks for sharing this. :)

[sexymama1966]

wow!

[ariacurva]

Questo brano è stato eseguito da tanti interpreti ma l'esecuzione che più amo è sempre stata questa!

[kumabati]

サイケデリックやわー！

[robertmontag]

Erano il mio gruppo preferito, riascoltandoli dopo molti anni capisco perche'.

[ecam222]

@robertmontag Sorry...hit the down button by accident. Youtube hides these things to the side and you don't even realize you can accidently click on it, then it's too late. I don't even know what was said here.

[crisisangel001]

Mark Stein having an orgasm with the B3 Hammond!

[littlequeen64]

@crisisangel001 Fer real........trip.

[cdadave83814]

God, this is great. I've had Vanilla Fudge albums in my collection for going on 40 years now. Such emotion and creativity. It still sounds great. Thanx for posting...

[localguy8]

what harmony

[lmw289]

I've never seen anyone put a P bass neck on a J bass. But, hey! Tim Bogert was, and still is, an awesome bass player! And I can see why he did that. He loved the sound of a Fender Jazz bass, but also loved the feel of a neck from a Fender Precision bass. John Entwistle did the same thing with his Gibson Thunderbird bass. The neck broke on it, so he took the neck from his P bass and put it on his Thunderbird, hence, the Fenderbird which sold for quite alot auction! I wish I had it!

[whosamyjig]

Phenomenal! What artistry. These blokes were 40 years ahead of their time.