Seriously, watching that I don't know whether to laugh or cry. And that's just over how they removed the melody from the original song. 😎
I should add that the aforementioned album was actually a Number 1 hit (and "Mary" in the singles Top 10) in...wait for it...Germany. 😎😎
How did I miss these guys all these years?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing. 😎
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty fuckin' great.
ReplyDeleteAs an ornithologist, I cheer their album's title.
ReplyDeleteC in California
As an erstwhile punk rocker, I got tired of all the revved-up covers of pop songs long ago. But this one's quite good.
ReplyDeleteThe video is GREAT!
ReplyDeleteWho is the cutie in the car? She looks familiar. Parker Posey?
Captain Al
I dunno….anybody out there?
DeleteIf Devo had kids...The Bloodhound Gang. Similar band costumes, similar song deconstruction. Listen to Devo - I can't get no satisfaction.
ReplyDeleterob 😉
Along Comes Mary is my favorite Association hit. It was Number One in San Bernardino in the days when we had John Peel (nee Ravenscroft) working morning drive (later 6 to 9PM). Tandyn Almer R.I.P., Sail On Sailor. Wonder how Almer felt when he heard the Bloodhound Gang's arrangement. If he kept the rights to his songs, the royalty checks probably softened the blow.
ReplyDeleteI don't have much use for the Bloodhound Gang. I don't hate or like them. There are a lot of 90's bands I dig a lot but not them. Let the motherfuckers burn.
Regarding the video, I've been to that drive-in many times. It's not there anymore. They turned it into a parking lot. The only thing the local history buffs were able to get the city of Azusa save was the
marquee, which is now a landmark. The theatre was the last standing California drive-in on historic Route 66. The girl in the video is not Parker Posey. It's not me either. But I am a brunette with similar features.
A little story that involves the Bloodhound Gang in a very peripheral way .... One of the cars I had in the 90's was a Ford LTD Cown Victoria. It looked like a narc car. It had a lot of miles on it for the short amount of time we had it. We definitely got around. Anyway, when we headed up to the Bay Area, a 7-hour drive, my transmission went kaput in a god forsaken town called Los Banos. Unbelievably, that little shithole had a Ford dealership. Even more astounding, they had an Enterprise Rent-a-car agency on the premises.
Mechanic said that we were lucky the transmission lasted 200K+ miles. He asked us how the fuck we put so many miles on it so quickly. We told him we were drug dealers. He didn't know whether we were serious or kidding. The gun on the seat had him wondering. He said it would take a week to get the parts in and do the work. We rented a Taurus and, without losing too much time, we were back on the freeway heading for Berkeley. We had booked a weekend at a bed and breakfast there. We were in the area because we we re going to the Bridge Benefit. The line-up that year had the Butt, Emmylou, Lanois, Pretenders, Beck and, unfortunately, Hootie and the Blowfish. I hated them and that “Hold My Hand” bullshit.
Maybe later …………. maybe not
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You're a brunette? In my fantasies (there have been many) you are blonde. Some serious recalibration is required .
DeleteMy best friend Sandy is the blonde. We got captioned, "The Betty and Veronica of the Surf Set," by the clueless editor of the insipid high school yearbook we never bought. I went for the Sixties Joan Delaney look. Sandy's a cross between Mary Hughes and Patti Boyd. Hope that helps you recalibrate. And remember, both of us pack. So, no funny stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhat Chrissie Hynde said,
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