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2ndbanana

The Clinger Sisters

Feb 23, 2010 00:00

Here's a gem I found last night on YouTube. It's the Clinger Sisters from the Danny Kaye show sometime in the late '60s. I find it absolutely horrifying. And totally hypnotic. I've watched it at least five times now. Wait a minute... that chick in pink.... the one who thinks she's Janis Joplin... OMIGOD! It's Superchick from Kaptain Kool and ( Read more... )

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progbear February 23 2010, 08:09:38 UTC

LOL, the blondes look lobotomized. “Let me tell ya now!” I like the way the girls on the ends try to pick up the slack by ROCKIN’ OUT!

Speaking of all-girl bands with no bass player, here’s New York’s Goldie & the Gingerbreads on Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s early 60’s sketch comedy show:

Well, they kinda had bass, Margo Lewis is playing the bass pedals of her organ with her feet. Well, she would if they weren’t obviously lip-syncing. Not only were they the first “girl group” to play their own instruments, they were probably the WORST lip-syncers in music history!

2ndbanana February 23 2010, 08:53:30 UTC

LOL, the singer reminds me of Syd Barrett on one of those days he "just wasn't into moving his lips." She's just concentrating on playing that tambourine SO HARD, she can't put much into her performance. I wonder if it's scary that I knew what song they were playing before the first measure was over.

Speaking of girl groups with no bass player, I wonder if there are any clips of the Shaggs on Youtube. THAT would be something to see. I'll have to check.

2ndbanana February 23 2010, 09:10:08 UTC

Dang, no live performance. But the still picture is mesmerizing enough. They're like Midwich Cuckoos. Only chubby, with bangs. "My Pal Foot Foot" is my favorite Shaggs song. This quote from the comments section killed me... "When they recorded this, they would occasionally stop because one of them made a mistake. The people running the equipment at the recording studio could only wonder as to how they knew when a mistake had been made."

progbear February 23 2010, 21:01:46 UTC

The Shaggs song that had me convulsed with laughter the first time I heard it was “It’s Halloween.” Carla Bley is quoted saying about them, “They bring my mind to a complete halt.”

Oh, and female bass players weren’t illegal. What about Megan Davies from The Applejacks?

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robearal February 23 2010, 10:55:48 UTC

Somehow, my young self conflated Debra Clinger, the above mentioned member of a Saturday morning glam rock band, with Debra Winger, the actress, whose earliest roles include Princess Drusilla/Wonder Girl on the Wonder Woman TV show.

2ndbanana February 24 2010, 08:48:26 UTC

I'd forgotten that Debra Winger was on Wonder Woman. What a way to start a career. Now I can't get the image of her in her skimpy, sparkly Wonder Girl outfit out of my head.

Awful! bobobear12 February 27 2010, 17:59:17 UTC

I can't understand why you are mesmerized by that awful clip. I almost shut it off before it ended! Ouch! But hey, I am not a musician, so maybe your ears hear something completely different than mine do.

astraplain March 7 2010, 16:27:43 UTC

You probably have these, but just in case - some KKatK for Hippo Bird-day

http://wayoutjunk.blogspot.com/2006/11/kaptain-kool-and-kongs.html

http://stax-o-wax.blogspot.com/search/label/kaptain%20kool%20and%20the%20kongs

And in case you don't have this...
http://wayoutjunk.blogspot.com/2006/08/here-no-evil-tribute-to-monkees.html