jadewahoo
| | Posted: Jun 09, 2013 - 22:14 | |
Ha! I knew theses guys back in the day ('69). Our anarchist affinity group had use of the Fillmore East every Wednesday for community concerts. Canned Heat was one of the bands who came forward to play. They, and their music, were alright in my book. Still are.
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ShortSharpShock
| | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 02:49 | |
This is one of those "had to be there" songs. If you didn't experience this song/group within the context of everything that was going on (counter-culture, anti-war/peace movement, hippies, drugs, flower power, etc.), then you're probably not going to appreciate it now.
That being said, I would say that the vocals are no more strange than some of the things that the hugely popular Bon Iver has going on (check out the track Holocene).
Also, has anyone noticed the near identical instrumentation between On the Road Again and the song Back Where I Started from Box of Frogs? Can't imagine there weren't legal ramifications...
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oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 21:42 | |
and never forget to booge........
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 12:46 | |
Did any of their output warrant a 'Best Of'?
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jesspra
(Killah Hill, Staten Island) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 12:45 | |
jnesser wrote:I've always thought this sounded like Kermit the Frog singing.  |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 12:43 | |
jnesser wrote:I've always thought this sounded like Kermit the Frog singing. They wished. |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 18:24 | |
sirdroseph wrote:...It is impossible to rip someone off...  Vanilla. Ice. (baby) |
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AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 09:51 | |
Did people -really- have that much hair-?!... Now they're all Grandfathers...
and still dancing around the office... ( Stand-up desk, with computer )..
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jnesser
| | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 09:50 | |
I've always thought this sounded like Kermit the Frog singing.
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martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 06:22 | |
The year was 1969. Another gem from a great year in Music history.
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Stratocaster
(Bermuda) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 06:21 | |
vandal wrote:Interesting. Its the whole deadpan Kermit thing that does it for me. . . you should hear the Andy Prieboy version. . .  Aaaa hahaha! Yes, you've nailed it. Kermit! Catchy tune.....but so is "Kung Fu Fighting". |
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numbat
(Los Angeles) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 13:33 | |
But why, oh why, are the drums mixed entirely into the right channel, etc?  |
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Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA) | | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 13:31 | |
The AM radio version. I got one much better off Itunes.
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Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 02:44 | |
To imagine in August these guys will play at a local Bluesrock Festival in a small town just around the corner from where i live...  |
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 10:33 | |
Bodhisattva wrote:The song "Going Up The Country" was 100% completely ripped off from an older, actual blues man (who CH never gave credit to, never mind royalties). I heard the original on a public radio blues show, and it is unmistakable theft, note for note. Canned Heat should be banished from RP in the name of artistic integrity.  That is not even theorically possible. All music is built upon other pre existing music. That is how it works. It is impossible to rip someone off. There may have been an exact song that Canned Heat reproduced in their own way, it is still their interpretation of a song already done. Like this has never been done before?? If we banned all artists that did that, you wouldn't be hearing any music at all.  |
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2011 - 06:23 | |
techer2 wrote:i didn't know that Ron Jeremy and his brothers had a band! :) Ha! |
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k_trout
(Dream State) | | Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 10:43 | |
This song scared the hell out of many parents with teenagers in the 60's
i was 18 when i first heard it and it sent a shiver down my spine too.
wotta song.
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 04:17 | |
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k_trout
(Dream State) | | Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 10:44 | |
Bodhisattva wrote:The song "Going Up The Country" was 100% completely ripped off from an older, actual blues man (who CH never gave credit to, never mind royalties). I heard the original on a public radio blues show, and it is unmistakable theft, note for note. Canned Heat should be banished from RP in the name of artistic integrity. Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it |
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chyk5
(Florida) | | Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 10:19 | |
Saw a clip of this band from a Woodstock documentary. They were wicked good live.
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capandjudy
(Huntington, WV) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 10:32 | |
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techer2
(my own private idaho) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 09:54 | |
i didn't know that Ron Jeremy and his brothers had a band! :)
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musicmaniac
(South of Memphis, East of New Orleans) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 12:55 | |
ooooohhhhhh.... LOVE THIS!!!
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Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 16:50 | |
I'd almost sell my soul to some kinda evil deity to have a voice like that (just kidding, evil deities!)
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kurtster
(Area code 216) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 16:48 | |
This wonderful set keeps on going.
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Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 14:08 | |
Bodhisattva wrote:The song "Going Up The Country" was 100% completely ripped off from an older, actual blues man (who CH never gave credit to, never mind royalties). I heard the original on a public radio blues show, and it is unmistakable theft, note for note. Canned Heat should be banished from RP in the name of artistic integrity. they don't give any credit on the album? They were known as blues collectors and experts back then... folklorists who studied the blues. I'm sure they announced quite often who had originally done the song; but I don't know....certainly a lot of white blues bands and white folkies took the exact song or melody of an original song and made money off of it. do you think Led Zep and Bob Dylan should be played on here? |
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Bodhisattva
(Charlottesville, VA) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 08:57 | |
The song "Going Up The Country" was 100% completely ripped off from an older, actual blues man (who CH never gave credit to, never mind royalties). I heard the original on a public radio blues show, and it is unmistakable theft, note for note. Canned Heat should be banished from RP in the name of artistic integrity. |
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fran_tarkenton
(Kamloops, British Columbia) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2009 - 09:42 | |
Wow, its been a while since I've heard this one. Love their tune 'going up the country' also.
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2009 - 23:51 | |
robb104 wrote:...well it's about time...what a tasty little gem from days gone by...
Totally. A quintessential 60s nugget! |
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 10:12 | |
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