Bahnahnahnah nahnah nah naaaah, bahnahnahnahnah (eeyooeeyooeeyooeeyooh), bahnahnahnah nahnah nah naeeyaah, bahnahnahnahnah (rrrrrreeoorrrr), nahnahnahnah nahnahnAHnahnahnah nahnahneenahnahnah nah nah nah, nahnahnahnah nahnahnAHnahnahnah nahnah NAHnahnahnah NAHnahnahnah naheeeeeeyaaaaaaahhhhhhhh...

Huzzah!

I don't know, but this live version is sure something...
all nine minutes of it -- the synth freakout at about 7 minutes in is gloriously, painfully entertaining (?)

John W. wrote:I don't know, but this live version is sure something...
all nine minutes of it -- the synth freakout at about 7 minutes in is gloriously, painfully entertaining (?)

someone should do an either/or of that song vs. this song

by the way, the clip i posted is one of the funniest fucking things you will ever see.

CRAP, but it's almost impossible for a song with that much ARP 2600 in it to not be enjoyable to listen to on some level...i didn't watch the linked video, but i'm guessing it's the Old Grey Whistle Test performance? that's about where all of my familiarity with this song stems from...it's pretty lame when Edgar's off playing other instruments, but there's some swell synth sounds and it's funny watching him "attack" the keyboard like he's a dinosaur or something...some amusing stuff that i can enjoy over a bad song...

that damned fly wrote:

John W. wrote:I don't know, but this live version is sure something...
all nine minutes of it -- the synth freakout at about 7 minutes in is gloriously, painfully entertaining (?)

someone should do an either/or of that song vs. this song

by the way, the clip i posted is one of the funniest fucking things you will ever see.

NICE!
That is a great head-to-head. I totally forget about that song all the time. It's like it's Frankenstein's less popular younger brother who everyone ignores.

-A

Not Crap! Ronnie Montrose wrote the riff, wish I had the Midnight Special from when he was still in the band.
Hocus Pocus has been discussed elsewhere. Jan Akkerman is GO!

I was thinking that this might've been the last instrumental to be a hit single (if indeed it was--might just have been an "FM staple"), but then I remembered "Popcorn" and "A Fifth of Beethoven." It's kinda interesting that, at a time when instrumental music is totally lauded in the underground, it has pretty much disappeared from the charts.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I was thinking that this might've been the last instrumental to be a hit single (if indeed it was--might just have been an "FM staple"), but then I remembered "Popcorn" and "A Fifth of Beethoven." It's kinda interesting that, at a time when instrumental music is totally lauded in the underground, it has pretty much disappeared from the charts.

You're also forgetting "Axel F" and the theme to Miami Vice, and I think the original "Wipe Out" charted again in the mid-80s.

I think I recall the theme from Fletch having a quick go at the charts for a brief moment in time, too. Also, that song N-n-n-n-nineteen... does that qualify as instrumental? My favorite instrumental hit of all time has to be Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny. Ahhhh...