A real sing right along song.....outstanding....

Weren't they a dutch rock band?

Used to play air drums to this one as a kid.

One of the things that I loge about this song is that it is continually inventive all the way through. No section sounds like another. Great stuff.

I'm at 50/50 for the last 5 songs how long can the run last?

rockpommel16 wrote: 
Couldn't agree more. Summer. Beach. Scoping out the life guards. Seems like yesterday!

This is as good a rock n roll song that's ever been recorded, just freakin' perfect!!!!!

Just my 2 cents for those that only know the band through this song... If you're inclined, go back and listen to a couple of other songs on Moontan (while admiring the original cover art, not the one here) "Candy's Going Bad", "Are You Receiving Me", and the full sublime 9:16 of "Vanilla Queen".  Also Side One of their album 'Switch' has "Intro: Plus Minus Absurdio", "Love Is a Rodeo", "The Switch", and the intense "Kill Me (Ce Soir)".

...thanks a lot for THAT,bill............8 points only for the memories....................

I thought this was pretty cool when I was 14.  If it hadn't been played absolutely to death on FM, I might be more nostalgic about it.  Pretty good for its day... I'll rate it a 6.

Takes me back to the summer of '74.  Good album, too, I used to play it in its entirety...I especially like "Vanilla Queen" and "Candy's Going Bad" on this record.

 ubastard wrote: 
They've pulled that off.  But I expect you mean this ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YDljSTtZAM

... which makes me wonder which came first, the video, or the joke ...

Q:  What's the ambition of every Robin driver?
A:  A speeding ticket!

 sirdroseph wrote: 
I love this song. I tried to get my old band to play it, but they said, "What? That oversaturated piece of garage crapola?" Which was my point. Sigh.

BTW, buddy, you need to relax. Life's too short, and there's too much good music that neither of us has yet heard. 

According to Wiki, these guys are still touring - and were founded in 1961.

Wow, that beats Richard Thompson's record of endless touring . . .  

One of the best songs of the 70s, but Golden Earring has SOOO many great songs.  I guess I'll have to upload some more of those too.  Hopefully Bill will include them.

Another classic segue... Chris Isaac's Gone Ridin' with a barely perceptible downshift into Golden Earring. Smoooooth....

And the cockatoo is dancing wildly  

Nice combo of Chris Isaac's "Gone Ridin" leading into this. Like it.

I probably don't ever need to hear this again, but still, immortal...

Classic track. Takes me right back to stealing my dad's car, getting drunk at the local hotel and gunning the Chevy through the black velvet night. To nowhere. And back. To a good ear-bashing.

 sirdroseph wrote: 

One of the best songs ever

 sirdroseph wrote: 
I like it very much

 RedGuitar wrote: 
That's an interesting list.  I'm surprised at some of the tunes on there.
This tune's not so bad - it's sort of funny, like a parody of a rock song.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Actually, check this link: http://freewayjam.blogspot.com/2005/08/lists-most-played-songs-in-pop-history.html

 romeotuma wrote:
Whose ears is the question.

 vandal wrote: 

You're awesome!

Aah!  The summer of '74, the wife and I (and another couple) having cut all ties, broken all leases, quit all jobs, on the Great North American Road Trip.  Driving all night many nights through pretty desolate country, as well as Interstate truck stops, and this (and Midnight at the Oasis) were the soundtrack; seems like they were the only 2 songs on the radio.

One thing I'd love to hear of theirs that reaches even further back is their album-side length cover of Eight Miles High.  Is that even available on CD?  I've never been able to find it.

This song is soooo good for the ears...
 

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Calm down and just do what the rest of us do when we get frustrated: smash another Xanax on the dashboard of your beemer and snort it, take a slug of your Starbucks no-caf soy latte, and roll down the window. . . 

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
Go, Barry, Go!!