Saturday, June 09, 2007

Talk to the Hand

The best obscure band of the 60s you never heard of but should have?

Some mornings I think it's Lothar and the Hand People.

Saw them open for the Byrds at the Village Gate in '68. Brilliant musicians, and they were by far the snazziest dressed underground/alternative band in New York City history. The Strokes can blow me, if you know what I mean.

Anyway, they never made a video, but here's an interesting montage somebody made to one of the best tracks from their debut album. It's a cover of a Manfred Mann song originally written by the great Doc Pomus, and it's pretty definitely the first synth-pop song ever. Have I mentioned that these guys were a decade ahead of their time?



Their stuff is still in print, thank god, so get thee to Amazon and start ordering.

[h/t gummo]

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