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Author: breno
Date: 06-05-07 16:36
Watching the Munsters on TVLand right now, and am surprised to see the Standells making a guest appearance. Why do I not remember ever having seen this? So far it's great - Eddie plays one of their records and it makes smoke come out of Grandpa's ears and Herman begins pounding on the sofa in a frenzy!
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Author: MrFab
Date: 06-05-07 18:40
Yeah, I remember that one. Too bad they had to put on Beatle suits and do "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" or sumthin instead "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White."
Herman's beat poetry, however, is the MOST, daddy.
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Author: breno
Date: 06-05-07 19:06
Very true.
"Ibbity bippity bippity sam
Ibbity bippity canal boat
Life is real, life is earnest
If you can't stand the heat
turn down the furnace."
Or something to that effect, anyhow.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 06-06-07 11:14
I remember that episode. A truly great one. . . "Dirty Water" hit 11 or something on the charts in 66. Along with the Sonics' "Have Love, Will Travel," one of my favorite '60s garage rock tunes.
btw, thanks for reinforcing the stereotype of us TP guys by staying inside and watching vintage TV during the day. No really: THANKS.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 06-07-07 02:02
> "Ibbity bippity bippity sam
> Ibbity bippity canal boat
Okay, that's not bad ... but it's no "Eep op ork ah-ah!"
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Author: breno
Date: 07-03-07 16:33
So I'm off work today because of a doctor's appointment (same reason I was off last time), turn on the tv, and the Standells are on the Munsters again.
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Author: breno
Date: 07-03-07 17:34
Ha. Would've been in worse shape than that if I'd tried doing that from my seat, which was a couple rows shy of sitting in a lawn chair looking through the skylight. But at least I have a dandy pair of binoculars.
Fiction Plane were unimpressive, btw. Dunno if Sting really did his kid any favors by dragging him out on tour after all, since cavernous hockey arenas are not really a good place for a little known band to connect with an audience.
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Author: R. Totale
Date: 07-06-07 16:58
Didn't somebody assemble hundreds of guitar players on the banks of the Charles River a few years back, and have everybody play "Dirty Water" in an attempt to break some Guiness World Record? I tried a quick Google and couldn't find a report. but I swear I heard this happened.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 07-06-07 17:27
I think you were at the Head of the Charles regatta and had too much from the taps and imagined it. Oh, wait, that was me: 1988. Oh, sweet porcelain.
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Author: satchmykels
Date: 07-06-07 17:41
> Didn't somebody assemble hundreds of guitar players on the
> banks of the Charles River a few years back, and have everybody
> play "Dirty Water" in an attempt to break some Guiness World
> Record? I tried a quick Google and couldn't find a report. but
> I swear I heard this happened.
i think somebody did that with "smoke on the water" earlier this year.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 07-09-07 14:48
I do remember the attempt to have the most guitars to play at once at the Hatch Shell in Boston several years ago & "Dirty Water" was the song. About 1200 guitarists did show up, but the record was 1300.
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Author: R. Totale
Date: 07-12-07 16:10
Thanks, Joe, you've reassured me that I still have two synapses to rub together, and enabled me to Google up a photo:
http://www.guitarquar.com/articlespage.htm#hatch
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 07-16-07 23:17
Sorry, just had to bump my favorite thread title to the top for another brief, shining moment.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 08-07-07 23:19
Sorry.
I just love it.
You wouldn't have a thread on this anywhere else on this great Internet.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 08-08-07 03:08
Ha, well erik, allow me to prolong it thusly: The Standells were NOT from Boston. We Angelenos have true bragging rights as they were a Sunset Strip club band.
(So they could have sung "I love that dirty air...")
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 08-08-07 08:19
Hey, I know that the Standells weren't from Bosstown, but the Dodgers don't play "Dirty Water" every time they win, do they? (Also, I noticed that's there's actually a book out about "Dirty Water" & how it became an anthem of Red Sox Nation.
UPDATE: The book is called The Standells and the Improbable Red Sox Victory Anthem by Chuck Burgess & Bill Nowlin, published by Rounder (yes,same people). I saw it in my local bookstores & it's available on Amazon.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 08-08-07 17:21
Yeah, right, Mr. Fab: And the next thing you're going to tell me is that the Bee Gees aren't from "Massachusetts" and the Bay City Rollers aren't from Michigan. Nice try, my friend.
I will read that book, though. That's right up my alley.
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Author: STEVE
Date: 08-14-07 19:33
Speaking of L.A. cir '65,
Was the band LOVE all that? I've never heard them, but amg gloats on...
Were the Byrds the real shit then?
please, Chime in...
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Author: totaji
Date: 08-14-07 21:00
To me Love is the Television of the sixties. Some people think they are completely amazing, I like them but do not join in the chorus of accolades. Decent band, with decent tunes.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 08-14-07 21:39
Yeah, decent is the word for 'em (I, however, love Television). I'm generally not really into that hippie-era stuff anyway. Love did some terrific rawkers like "7 & 7 Is" and "Little Red Book" as well as plenty of stuff on their most famous album "Forever Changes" with flutes and strings that I can take or leave.
I prefer the "Nuggets"-y garage stompers of the Strip: apart from Herman Munster's pals, there's The Seeds, The Leaves, Capt. Beefheart (yup, his first album is a classic of garage/blues/weirdness). Heck, even The Mamas and the Papas - love those vanilla harmonies, ala The Free Design, Beach Boys, etc.
I would take Love over The Doors any day of the week, tho.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 08-15-07 08:07
I'm currently reading Dominic Priore's Riot on the Sunset Strip, which is about that era of '65-'66, which is pretty interesting so far. As for Love, I'm more into them than the others. A good start would be Rhino's 2-CD comp, Love Story 1965-1972 or in the alternative, look for Rhino's Best of Love vinyl comp which they put out circa 1980 in the used bins (there's also a single CD comp). As for the Byrds, their first three albums (Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn!, Turn! Turn!, 5Dimension) are great, especially the CD reissues w/the bonus tracks.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 08-15-07 15:09
The first three Love albums always will have a place in my collection. Same goes for all three Nuggets box sets on Rhino.
The third box does kind of stretch the concept a bit. But it's so jam-packed with choice selections that only a purist and/or curmudgeon would mind.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 10-25-07 15:05
After hearing "Dirty Water" numerous times from Fenway on the TV last night, well: I just had to.
You've come a long way, baby.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 10-26-07 10:14
Erik, I've been hearing "Sweet Caroline" more times than "Dirty Water", but I've been turning the TV off as soon as the game is over.
Isn't it great to be a Red Sox Stooge or what?
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 10-26-07 15:50
Hey, Erik, I'm just curious, who do people in Albany root for in baseball? Can you show your Red Sox fandom in public or do you have to hide in safe places?
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Author: dkhazzam
Date: 10-27-07 00:02
STEVE wrote:
> Speaking of L.A. cir '65,
>
> Was the band LOVE all that? I've never heard them, but amg
> gloats on...
There are many reasons to know and love Love, first and foremost is the now deceased Arthur Lee who, in my humble opinion, was an absolute genius (the Lennon of the group), and with his cohort Bryan MacLean (the McCartney, so to speak) they inspired Jim Morrison to form a group that would be "bigger than Love".
They may not have sold millions of records but in fact they, like the Velvets, inspired most of their fans to form groups of their own! and... if you listen closely to Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, you can hear Love/Arthur Lee influences ALL OVER THE FUCKING PLACE!
Strange but true...
http://buddylove.us
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 10-27-07 14:35
This is an interesting question, Joe.
Bill Janovic (sp?) from Buffalo Tom was staring out into the crowd at a street concert in Albany last month, and he (a Bostonite, obviously) said, "It's great to see Yankees and Red Sox hats living in harmony." That about sums it up. It's a real collision of New England and New York culture in Albany, with an equally strong Red Sox Nation and yankee contingent.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 10-29-07 09:10
Erik, the Sox did it again. It's a beautiful time to be a Red Sox Stooge. Winning the World Series twice in recent memory certainly beats all that "curse of the Babe" & "haven't won it since 1918" jive. May "Dirty Water" play on for years.
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Author: Delvin
Date: 10-29-07 10:29
> If you listen closely to Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, you can hear
> Love/Arthur Lee influences ALL OVER THE FUCKING PLACE!
Robert Plant never was hesitant to acknowledge Love's influence. In fact, he sang at a benefit for Arthur Lee, when Lee was diagnosed with leukemia.
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Author: dkhazzam
Date: 10-29-07 14:55
Delvin wrote:
> > If you listen closely to Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy,
> you can hear
> > Love/Arthur Lee influences ALL OVER THE FUCKING PLACE!
>
> Robert Plant never was hesitant to acknowledge Love's
> influence. In fact, he sang at a benefit for Arthur Lee, when
> Lee was diagnosed with leukemia.
>
I'm not the least bit surprised...
http://buddylove.us
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 12-04-07 17:59
With that Patriots defense of the perfect record last night, and with the Celts looking like they haven't in decades, could the DJ please cue up "Dirty Water"?
BAH-BAH-BAH, babah-BAH
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Author: Aitch
Date: 12-05-07 00:44
Did you know?
Customiser legend George Barris not only did BOTH Munsters cars but also Banacek's?
Thanks Wikipedia
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Author: STEVE
Date: 12-08-07 04:22
Arthue Lee don't care probly bout nuthin, inckludin that Steelers game on sundi. Ain't that right doug?
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Author: dkhazzam
Date: 12-08-07 09:15
STEVE wrote:
> Arthue Lee don't care probly bout nuthin, inckludin that
> Steelers game on sundi. Ain't that right doug?
You're probably right!
http://buddylove.us
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 04-23-08 18:31
Best thread ever. Let's celebrate spring in style--bring on da Standells on Munsters. You had to know it was coming.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 04-23-08 20:59
Ah yes, it's Dirty Water time, although it seems that a lot of Sox players have come down w/the flu, the latest one being Dice-K. I did buy the book Love That Dirty Water & I'll be reading it soon & give my report in front of this class to perpetuate this thread.
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Author: breno
Date: 04-23-08 22:29
I've got an eye doctor appointment in a few weeks, so I'm sure that episode will be on again soon. For some bizarre reason it seems to be on TVLand every time I go to the eye doc.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 04-24-08 12:00
Only books about Boston sports lore, though.
Speaking of which: My grandfather was a local, rural politician in upstate NY and used to host a benefit where he would bring in sports figures to speak. Bob Cousy slept at my dad's house when my dad was kid. My grandmother put on a huge spread for breakfast and according to my dad all the Cous wanted was a cigarette and a black cup of coffee. A different era, I tell you.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 04-24-08 13:33
Great story, Erik. Hmmm, maybe the Couz should have been in CIGARETTES AND COFFEE.
Speaking about "a different era", do you remember when pro athletes used to have real (as in paying the rent) jobs in the off-season? I think the last pro athlete that had a real job in the off-season was baseball's Ritchie Hebner, who was a gravedigger.
Also, it seems that your family are life-long New Yorkers, yet you're a big Boston sports fan. Are there many of you around?
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 04-24-08 15:26
As a little kid I lived in Brookline, Cambridge, Sommerville and Dorchester (peripatetic hippie mother) in the '70s over a several year period. One trip to Fenway, one diving catch by Yaz, and one homerun by Pudge changed my life.
As a high school kid in upstate NY in the '80s, I was an obsessive Larry Bird fan. But my people are NYers (Bronx on mom's side, upstate on my dad's). Albany is littered with Sox and Yankee fans; you get down in the Hudson Valley and lower and it's all Yankees. And that peculiar breed of NYer who follows the Mets.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 04-24-08 16:14
Thanks, Erik. I was just curious about the oppressed members of the Nation (or as the Fearless Leader of this site would say Red Sox Stooges) behind the Empire's Iron Curtain. I read that the guy who put the Ortiz shirt in the new Yankees Stadium was a Sox fan from Queens who grew up idolizing Jim Rice. You don't hear too much about NYC-born 'n bred Red Sox fans. The only one that I can think of is the film critic Jeffrey Lyons. I always thought that the malcontents will always gravitate towards the Mets.
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Author: diskojoe
Date: 04-30-08 21:45
As promised, here's my report on Love That Dirty Water! The Standells and the Improbable Red Sox Victory Anthem by Chuck Burgess & Bill Nowlin (the latter is one of the founders of Rounder Records, who also published the book), which I just finished.
Most of the book is about the Standells themselves and how "Dirty Water" first became a hit back in '66 (surprisingly, it first hit in Knoxville, TN & Orlando FL). There's a lot of interesting information about the members of the band and Ed Cobb, the former member of the Four Preps who produced them & wrote the song (it was about a night he had in Boston while touring w/the Preps). It also talks about how the song first got played in Fenway after a dramatic Opening Day win in 1998 & how it snowballed from there, culminating in the appearance by the original members of the Standells performing the song at Game Two of the 2004 World Series. There's also chunks of information on other areas involving music & the Red Sox, including the musical career of the late great Tony Conigliaro, who released several singles in the mid-60s & the song "Tessie", the song of the Royal Rooters, the original Red Sox fanboys, which was updated by the Dropkick Murphys.
I thought it was a enjoyable read. Reading about the Standells' career reminded me of That Thing You Do. And to bring this to the subject of the thread, among the many pictures in the book was a copy of the cast call sheet for the Munsters episode called "Way Out Munster" & a picture of the group w/the late great Fred Gwynn in Herman uniform cradling a Telecaster. It also seems that the idea of bringing the Standells to Fenway Park was apparantly start when a sportwriter & a Red Sox honcho were discussing The Standells on The Munsters. As the sportwriter said in the book, "Who would ever imagine there'd be a link between 4 Yawkey Way and 1313 Mockenbird Lane."
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Author: STEVE
Date: 05-09-08 20:58
Gee Are Eee A Tee E 'THEN and NOW' BUDDY LOVE action on youtube as well,
I'm droppin the needle on that primo lost pop - now classik DAVCO platter tonite A.L. East fans.
And look out Grampa Al Lewis, and Jerry Lewis too while were at it...the Rays are comin to bat.
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Author: dkhazzam
Date: 05-09-08 21:34
Cryptic, but welcome message Steve. I'm honored that you still play that yellow LP.
Did you know that there's an unreleased album from 1983 that has just been issued? Of course you do... but if not, visit our website http://buddylove.us for the details...
http://buddylove.us
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Author: STEVE
Date: 05-10-08 02:16
i am sending money order as all of your represenatives are currnetly away from her/his desk @ the present .
Either that, or my bank is searching for 'current available funds'.
p.s.
'The Yellow Album' as it's come to be known did in fact start this party off down the path of righteousness.
Coupled with Translator, The Great Rock & Roll Swindle, Zombies ANTI WAR CLASSIC 'Odessey and Oracle' a very youthful (fifteen) Poly Styrene (for Hillary Clinton), Western Eyes' "Twenty Four Hour Protection", and lots of Television Personalities records inbetween...I kissed the girls and made them cry.
Buenos Tardes Amigos.
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Author: dkhazzam
Date: 05-10-08 08:12
Quote:
'The Yellow Album' as it's come to be known did in fact start this party off down the path of righteousness.
If I started a party how come I wasn't invited?
PS Just Kidding!
http://buddylove.us
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Author: MrFab
Date: 07-22-09 12:41
Ha ha ha ha! Yes, I was expecting this creature would rise from the dead to stalk the living once again.
So let's put Brad's link to Munsters en espaņol where it belongs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFpomw5sDo
Que ritmo!
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Author: dkhazzam
Date: 07-22-09 17:23
Delvin wrote:
> The thread that refuses to finish unraveling!
Quick! Kill it before it multiplies!
http://buddylove.us
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Author: STEVE
Date: 04-23-10 19:21
know dats rite E,
esp since buddy love is still playin the boroughs.
i'm in fla, so when ya go see 'em shout out 'c'mon & ringo!
just for me.
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-13-12 19:10
Nice one, Fab! And it's great to see my favorite thread rise from the dead yet again. Mwwwwuuuhhhhaaaahaahaaaaa!
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Author: breno
Date: 10-26-12 14:01
This seems to be as good a place as any to harrumph about the fact that instead of the Halloween episode of Community that should be on, tonight NBC will be showing Mockingbird Lane, the un-picked up pilot for Bryan Fuller's reboot of The Munsters.
The AV Club makes it sound surprisingly decent, but I don't really care. I just saw it as an excuse to drag this thread back to the top.
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Author: MrFab
Date: 10-26-12 14:40
The thread of the dead!
('Mockingbird Lane' actually looks kinda cool, might check it out.)
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Author: erikalbany
Date: 10-26-12 16:54
Man. Just chiming in to say (yet again) how much I love this post.
Though I am with Brad in his disappointment, as Community is my favorite show on TV. Period.
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Author: zwirnm
Date: 02-11-13 23:17
I'm downstairs tonight and hear my wife singing in the shower, "Love that dirty water." Yes, she's from Boston. And in indication of her general cluelessness about music and popular culture, she would have no idea of the Standells' name or existence, or even - I was shocked - that the Red Sox play "Dirty Water" at Fenway Park.
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