This episode of Hippie Love Turbo, on KUCR 88.3 FM rocked the house with tunes from around the world, ranging from fuzzy to moody and a little bit of everything in-between. Speaking of a little bit of everything, did you happen to catch KUCR's College Radio Day programming? It was pretty sweet and featured some experimental music, punk, funky stuff, and other delights. If you want to listen to the archived College Radio Day programming it's a little bit more complicated than usual. What you'll want to do is head to the KUCR Archive and look for the "Blues with Jeff Friday, October 4, 2024 12:00 pm" to find the start of the lineup and then you'll find the rest of the programing before "Democracy Now! Friday, October 4, 2024 5:00 pm." That's it! Be sure to listen while you can because the archive is only up for a couple of weeks. And now for this episode's summary below.
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Near the beginning of the show, you heard The Troggs most aggressive song 66-5-4-3-2-1 which is the B-side to their Any Way That You Want Me single. The two songs are polar opposites with Any Way That You Want Me featuring a slow droning strings and minimal acoustic guitar work compared to the harsh aggressive electric guitar in 66-5-4-3-2-1 with its heavy and primal drum beat. Some of you may also recognize Any Way That You Want Me from the Spiritualized cover released in 1990.
During the show I mentioned that The Troggs had a few sound-alikes of their own songs, which was fairly common during this time, and Any Way That You Want Me features a similar chord structure to their hit song Wild Thing. A more egregious example, also based on Wild Thing, is their song I Want You which was released around the same time. Although The Troggs made the song popular, Wild Thing was originally recorded and released by an American band named The Wild Ones, however, their version failed to chart. According to the songwriter, Chip Taylor, The Troggs version was closer to his demo version and captured the song's feeling and original intent despite The Troggs version featuring an electric guitar rather than acoustic. If you are interested in the history of the song, I suggest checking out this short documentary created by the Dutch television show Top 2000 a gogo.
Later in the show, you heard The Hangmen's song Faces and I spoke a little about their history, including some funny incidents where the band called up the British Embassy looking for a singer and how the band's rhythm guitarist, George Daly, was almost evicted over fans writing love notes on his front door in lipstick. Check out these two articles on Garagehangover for more information including a firsthand account written by George Daly himself.
After The Hangmen disbanded, members formed another group, The Collection, which had a smoother more pop orientated sound. As for Daly, he became a music executive and is known for being the man that signed The Cars to Elektra/Asylum.
And that's it for this episode! Thanks for reading the blog and be sure to listen over the air on KUCR 88.3FM on Saturdays at 9pm PST or listen to an archived version of the show here. You can also listen through KUCR.org, Radio Garden, or Tune-In.
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