My son Gene posted this on youtube yesterday. I hadn’t heard it in a long time and it occurred to me that THIS IS THE SHIT. Very few cared though.
My son Gene posted this on youtube yesterday. I hadn’t heard it in a long time and it occurred to me that THIS IS THE SHIT. Very few cared though.
Seems every other 70’s punk band covered “Secret Agent Man” just like every other 80’s hardcore band covered “Stepping Stone.”
Did your guitarist have large, round breasts?
We were playing Secret Agent in 1977, nobody else played it then that I knew of, and we also did Stepping Stone. Fuck you, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.
I remember playing the 45 of Secret Agent Man in my friend Reynold’s basement and thought it was incredible. What could be better?
It was at Reynold’s house that we formed the band (pre Johnny Rivers) the Electric Lightbulbs, who concentrated on songs from Yesterday and Today. Reynold’s house had radio speakers wired into every room, and it was on a snow day that I first heard the Turtles’ Happy Together, over and over and over. I love that song.
It was also at Reynold’s house that sat around reading novelizations of the Wild Wild West, until we discovered Portnoy’s Complaint. That was weird.
Not long after that Reynold’s family moved. No connection is implied.
Also, you guys are really tight. You don’t beat Johnny Rivers, it’s a cover, but it’s really good.