And speaking as we were last week of 60s Girl Group pop psychedelia, let's just say that you should NOT attempt to operate heavy machinery after watching the clip below.
You've been warned.
No, that it is not a parody, and no, the brunette on the right is NOT, as I immediately assumed, Jo Anne Worley of Laugh-In fame. That is, in fact, a legitimate L.A. girl group called The Cake, who were managed (and conceived, one assumes) by the same Greene/Stone production/management team that handled Sonny & Cher and Buffalo Springfield.
Obviously, as The Cake, they never quite went on to fame and or/fortune, but they did continue to work in music-related areas; two of them went off immediately after the demise of The Cake to become back-up singers for Dr. John, while the third went on to perform with and eventually marry Chris Wood of Traffic.
That said, that clip (which is from 1967) is still utterly confounding. What in god's name were they thinking?
[h/t David Feldman]
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I've seen that before. It is performance art? Stage fright? A pissed off/ drugged out group member? It does leave you wondering.
Here is the full Cake story: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_cake_a_real_life_beyond_the_valley_of_the_dolls
Most amazing choreography ever!
And really, "an attractive slice of entertainment"?
Man, that really took the...oh, never mind.
"...who were managed (and conceived, one assumes) by the same Greene/Stone production/management team....."
And therefore most likely ripped off.
It was the sixties, and practically de rigueur to put a little "performance art" into your performance. The audience is supposed to be confounded. Therein lies mystique.
The one on the left seems to be channeling Peter Cook from the pop star sequence in "Bedazzled" (or vice/versa). Anyway, I liked it, although it's hard to believe those outfits/hairstyles were ever considered attractive.
Three words: L S D
It begs the question "What is the opposite of Supreme?"
That was their schtick, the two doing that proto-Axyl move, the third (Jeanette Jacobs, I believe, the one who later married Chris Wood) doing the stunned, switched-off routine. You will see it on *every* available clip of them.
Their two albums were o.o.p. forever, finally getting a CD reissue a few years back. Some of the material and arrangements are interesting, about half the stuff sounds tossed off. Still, worth owning. Per the Dangerous Minds piece, wish I'd seen them live with The Chambers Bros. What a combo.
I read the article which refers to their harmonies, but everything I've heard they sing in unison, and not that well. 'sup wit dat?
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