Some major label 60s Garage sounds from a group that were actually quite well known. You have probably heard of the Young Rascals, or the Rascals as they went on to be know when they grew up from their number one single in the States in 1966, Good Lovin' or if you are a follower of Dr John Cooper Clarke's filling in for Jarvis on the Sunday Service on 6Music you will know that he has appropriated their 1967 laid back Groovin', another number one for the group from Garfield New Jersey in 1967, as his theme tune.
The tune we are concerned with was the follow-up to their first number 1, a very different tune indeed, You Better Run, a song with a brattish, near punk attitude which must have had those used to Good Lovin' scratching their heads. Needless to say after the achievemts of the previous single the label and band were disappointed with the position of 20 on the Billboard chart. They were to get back to chart topping ways of course with more chart friendly material and again unlike most other Garage bands they kept going for quite a few years eventually coming to an end in 1972.
The Young Rascals - You Better Run
2 comments:
I think the link is dead, mate. I'll come back in a bit to see if it lives up to Good Lovin'.
Sorted now Brian. Don't know what's been happening to my links recently.
Happy belated birthday btw, I hope you got what you were expecting.
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