Friday, May 11, 2012

Now More Than Ever!!!

Posted today for no particular reason except...oh, just because.

The short version is that bandleader Vic Caesar wrote and recorded that little ditty, strictly out of the goodness of his heart, for the Nixon campaign in 1968, after which it was more or less forgotten. Then, as Watergate led inexorably to the Jowled One's resignation, some wiseguy at Capitol Records remembered it and acquired the rights.

I actually had a promo 45 just like the one in the photo, which I used to play for unsuspecting friends when they dropped by my digs. Lost it at some point, but fortunately the recording re-surfaced on the soundtrack to the Clifford Irving bio-pic The Hoax in 2006.

I still think it's the most genuinely psychedelic piece of music in history, BTW.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, I miss the good old days when a man was a man and a crook was not a crook.

I was one of the unsuspecting friends you ambushed with this song.

ROTP(lumber)

Anonymous said...

quick, where's the thorazine?

Blue Ash Fan said...

Well, at least I know how to spell his name now.

Kind of like The Fifth Dimension meets The College Republicans.

If I have this song stuck in my head all day, I will never, ever forgive you, Steve.

buzzbabyjesus said...

I like the version by They Might Be Giants.

buzzbabyjesus said...

Sorry, by side project Mono Puff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRgMnMhJ9s

steve simels said...

Jeez, for a minute there I thought it was an actual cover of this. The reality is more interesting, obviously.

And wait till you hear what I'm gonna post on Monday.
:-)

steve fox said...

Richard Milhous Nixon. They don't make 'em like they used to.

LP Steve said...

Nice, but it doesn't touch the "song poem" Nixon tune:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JZlz-jCtg

LP Steve said...

BTW, how appropriate is it that Nixon's way over the foul line in the Mono Puff clip?

DrBob said...

I can't wait for it to come out on 180 gram vinyl (preferably recorded at 45rpm on just one side of course).

Steve MacDonald said...

Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure I actually have that 45 around here somewhere. Anybody know if it's worth anything?

matthew said...

Put this one on along with "Spiro T. Agnew Speaks Out" and John Wayne's "America, Why I Love Her," and you've got an evening full of wholesome American Entertainment!

buzzbabyjesus said...

Can you say, "Gag me with a spoon?"

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

matthew, you could also add Mitch Miller's cover of "Give Peace A Chance".


OT, but based on a Power Pop article over at eMusic, I downloaded Paul Collins' recent album "King of Power Pop" and it kind o lives up to the title. But all you up-to-the-minute hipsters here probably knew that already.