fredriley wrote: 
The father of a friend graduated engineering in the 50s. His grad paper was about the vacuum tube and he assured us that the paper was cutting edge :) He also claimed that vacuum tubes were still in use in submarines at least into the 80s. Apparently they had some advantage in those circumstances but I don't remember what that advantage was supposed to be if I ever knew.

Ah yeah. Maybe a little bubble gum but it sure takes me back to some good feelings. When it first came on I thought, "ahhh Rascals" but it's not. Still a sweet song. Thanks Bill.

Amen to that:

 n4ku wrote: 

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 

Yes! This song totally brings back that warm sun, sand, beach memory...

 

Shondell (n): a backup musician, singer, or dancer, who is not otherwise important enough to have a name. Typically found in the company of a primary musician, singer, or dancer, who is important enough to have the name "Tommy James."

one of the great songs about drug addiction....right up there with Velvet Underground "waiting for my man" and Third eye Blind "semi-charmed"

Along with the Rascals, Tommy James & The Shondells were mid-60s avatars of blue-eyed soul. Yeah, the lyric content was, um, different, but both the instrumental and vocal arrangements could have come right out of an Impressions session. In the middle of psychedelic heyday, stuff like this took moxie, so you admire him at least for that. But I like his work, "Mony, Mony" and "I Think We're Alone Now."

nah bill, it ain't hip yet.  still bubble gum pop.  nostalgia distorts the ratings.  3 tops.   grin.  

 treatment_bound wrote: 
That could lead to some hanky panky.

"peace and good......brotherhood"......yeah!

Transports me to junior high school. That was a dark time for me, but music was kind of my savior. This song was one of the musical highlights of that time. Thanks for the memories Bill. 

For songs like this I listen RP.

Thanks for this Bill, but why call the song "lame" (I think you said)? Or sappy? I found it fun and still do. It gives me a warm feeling and not just for nostalgia but also cause it's a caring song that simply sounds nice...not great writing musically or lyrically but not the worst either. Thanks again!

Translation from British English to American English: ''valve'' = ''tube''—-replaced eventually by the transistor.
 fredriley wrote: 

The woo hoo backing vocals are spot on for the Eagles 'In the city'.

Thanks Billl...........

Yeah, I remember leering at Cathie Filteau's sexy teenage thighs prominently displayed by her miniskirt in Grade 10 Biology class as I replayed TJ + TS song Mony Mony in my head...sigh + whimper

   stevano wrote: 

Very nice! 

Brought a HUGE smile to my face, thanks Bill :-)

Never liked these guys.

 gypsyman wrote: 
Sure you want to know? :)

 RobRyan wrote: 
Hah! That's nothin' - I remember valve radios. Not that they were especially portable, mind you . I also remember building very basic radio sets with transistors (usually burning them out because I didn't know how to solder properly), diodes, capacitors and tuning coils. Again, those weren't right portable, or even working...

I think folk these days, when you've millions of transistors etched on a microchip, forget just how revolutionary the transistor was in the 60s, and why the phrase 'solid state' (meaning transistor circuits) was such a strong selling point for electronic items, including high-end stereo amps. The transistor has to be up there in the top 10 of world-shaking inventions. Portable transistor radios were the 'must have' cool item in those days, particularly for music and football (soccer, to youse across the Pond) fans. Transistor radios had the same kudos then as iPods do these days. Really.

Ok, that's enough of All Our Yesterdays...

 blkstd wrote: 
Great summer. I was still in high school!

Believe it...

Unfortunately, we still don't know what a Shondell is.

I first held hands with a boy to this song *sigh*

I remember hearing it at college in the summer of 1969. 

 martinc wrote: 

Summer cicadas singin' with this song playin on my transistor radio; I'm 9 years old again. Magical. :)

Only LP I ever won. It wasn't 1989 maybe more like 1970? Had to look it up. 1969. In the sea of other great tunes that year I was embarrased to pick it up. But free music. Crimson and Clover over and over.