These guys were ahead of their time. Very cool arrangement and sound.
@bobyoung169811 ай бұрын
I listen to their songs, and it's as if I'm hearing them for the first time. They were decades ahead of their time.👍
@zsoltbarkaszi93873 жыл бұрын
This group is brilliant! I love them and their music.
@Jerwood100010 ай бұрын
LOVE THEM since '60s !! GREAT BAND !! 💖🥃
@johnvandommelen69986 жыл бұрын
Thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for this outstanding footage..simply over the TOP.WHAT A BAND!
@TVsMrHappyTalk3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous track.. fabulous band! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@USCG.Brennan4 жыл бұрын
Never heard this one before....sounds good though!! These guys (like the Yardbirds) were way ahead of their time!!
@strickly60s78 Жыл бұрын
THE MOST SENSIBLE, TRIPPY-IST SONG EVER.. (To Me.) LOVE IT. Thank You.
@kentchambers44682 жыл бұрын
One of my earliest favorite bands❣Opening track from "Underground" 1967"🔥🇺🇸 and they opened for another fave: THE DOORS❣
@emilyarts725011 жыл бұрын
Great song! And I completely DIG their outfits!
@honkynel4 ай бұрын
Great song and a real good TV appearance.
@kso808 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Just discovered this video! Never saw one before, for this song! I love the percussion and accompaniment on this. I remember hearing this on the radio back in the day, during the late summer of 1967, as an 11-year old. The greatest year for music IMHO.
@daveshultz37184 жыл бұрын
I always liked the sound of the Electric Prunes but this is one I's never heard before. Thumbs up!
@robertsrecords2 жыл бұрын
this was the first song on their 2nd lp. the lp is great..seek it out..
@jg6698 Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I liked them too back then but this was an exception. Ugh.
@user-ss2rw9mz1w7 ай бұрын
Great tune. Bass , drum and guitar in rhythm.
@liselottefrejdig1112Ай бұрын
Have loved them since 1981..
@777RockNRollin6 жыл бұрын
The Prunes or the Count Five or the Yardbirds ,...tough call there !! they all jam ,..
@OldMod677 жыл бұрын
Not heard this for ages. Got the Underground LP in mid 80s on Reprise import (very chuffed if I recall!) This is a really great tune.....
@bryanpalmer96602 жыл бұрын
The last song played by then Pirate radio station Radio Hauraki before they had to abandon their boat after it went aground in the late 60s Auckland New Zealand 2021
@juliusschwencke8157Ай бұрын
..really? You would have thought they would have played Crystal Ship. 1480 Top of the Dial - Home of the Good Guys.
@matsgoalkeeping24485 жыл бұрын
How did this song not hit the charts?
@xyz21215 жыл бұрын
The charts moved.
@heli-crewhgs52854 жыл бұрын
This couldn't surpass "Too Much to Dream."
@matsgoalkeeping24484 жыл бұрын
Heli-Crew HGS or get me to the world on time
@matsgoalkeeping24484 жыл бұрын
x yz it did indeed
@simonadkins9929 Жыл бұрын
@@heli-crewhgs5285 I think it does … great song this
@paularobinson81066 жыл бұрын
Love these guys.
@joepolach972511 ай бұрын
How did I grow up in the 60s and not know this band.
@zigzagwanderer95315 жыл бұрын
Peanut Butter Conspiracy and Banana Hoax sandwich.....yummy yum
@markwright130 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous
@scottystrider8 жыл бұрын
Another awesome song!!
@mtntime15 жыл бұрын
Two observations: 1. I like that bouffant hair do on the woman in the opening scene. Very 60's! 2. Now we know where Slash (G&R) stole the top hat idea from!
@allergeist Жыл бұрын
2:50! It’s a total precursor to Sonic Youth! Rock music needs more capes and smokestack hats. I’m on it
@robertsterner4083 ай бұрын
Splendid
@phylliselizahb1041 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it was a stigma to have a "hit" 45 in those days. This band was so good!
@jg6698 Жыл бұрын
Utter nonsense. There was no "stigma" to having a hit in those days. EVERY band would kill for one.
@ronaldgarrison8478 Жыл бұрын
I remember those days, and I'm not the first one to say that being talented, and being commercially successful, went together a much more in those days than they do now.
@wyliesmith42444 ай бұрын
@@jg6698 I am afraid that you are wrong with that opinion. 1966 and 1967 were the years that album sales took off, leaving 45s for the younger, poorer (maybe) teenyboppers. 'Serious' listeners went out and bought real stereo equipment to hear the music in stereo. Groips like Paul Revere and the Association were uncool to like. Of course such tastemakers were total snobs, and when Jann Wenner started Rolling Stone magazine, he became the flag bearer for defining some music as unhip. But definitions change and some 'hip' folks discovered how good groups like the Prunes were. Let your ears decide what is worthwhile. No two tastes are the same.
@thecountrydark8 жыл бұрын
Damn Great!!
@scorpio87162 жыл бұрын
Great, Nice, 💎👁️
@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j1326 ай бұрын
I like how the lyrics explain how everybody got hoaxed by the bananas.
@777RockNRollin6 жыл бұрын
This is bad ass shit here !!!!
@RobertLaberge2 жыл бұрын
Don't miss my playlist: The Electric Prunes - 60's Tv appearances videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLWBBSfXw9ml7jXxxBlxBhrm5TOI-5H5mC
@Majnun74Ай бұрын
I’ve got their ‘Mass in F Minor’ vinyl🎉
@marialuisapisasimonini70263 жыл бұрын
La risposta a Mellow yellow di Donovan
@danielfox300322 күн бұрын
My best friend did a 21 and me test and found out his real father is a dude from this band. Trippy.
@darylcumming7119 Жыл бұрын
❤.
@felixmadison5736 Жыл бұрын
Hand me the weed and pass the prunes! I was 18 and graduated high school that summer of '67.
@walkinthrutheparkbymr.melo39054 жыл бұрын
#ROCKOUT!!!
@fueledbylove Жыл бұрын
Great video, this track is very beat-heavy so having the drummer stage front and the guitars in back really worked, groovy threads, does it get any better than this - too bad the original E.P. only cut the first two LPs. Everything else was a commercial construct of the producer and some hired hands riding on the brand.
@heli-crewhgs52854 жыл бұрын
Guitar solo (1:42) is rather similar sounding to Jefferson Airplane.
@wyliesmith42444 ай бұрын
This record came out in August '67 not that much after the Airplane. And lead guitarist Ken Williams was way ahead of his time - when the Prunes producer Dave Hassinger would let him. I saw the Prunes in '04 (with original members Williams, Tulin on bass, and Lowe singing lead), and they could have blown most bands off the stage.
@williampeeler30715 жыл бұрын
The bass player is slash back in the 60s
@joehiggs1004 жыл бұрын
Great, many thanks. Great sound considering they hadn't invented guitar leads in them days.
@mielanime84864 жыл бұрын
Yihaaaa
@willharris37985 ай бұрын
10 March 2024.
@berachtdorian6191 Жыл бұрын
They play like the band is one instrument being played by five people.
@suzannelawson9215 Жыл бұрын
Are these band members still alive and what careers did they get into later in their life?
@wyliesmith42444 ай бұрын
They got back together circa 1999 and made a couple of albums. Their producer (maybe someone else?) actually owned the band's name which is why after this second album (Underground) members drifted away until no original members were left. Lead singer Jim Lowe became an engineer and recorded the Nazz's second album and then worked with Nazz member Todd Rundgren. Lead guitarist joined Lowe and bassist Mark Tulin (those two wrote Banana) when they reformed and tried to pick up where they left off. When I saw them in '04, they had a devoted following and blew the roof off. Tulin died around 2011.
@berenandluthien28263 жыл бұрын
Hey, he didn't mention bananas at all. I only came here for a song about bananas. I feel cheated. Great Banana Hoax indeed. Song was alright I suppose.
@lukasdoms74833 жыл бұрын
dont you think the hoax is real too? they always mention banana in propaganda and they always mention it as best source of potassium (which is most important mineral) and its not even true, kale has better levels, and less sugar, sugar is reason for all sickness.
@wyliesmith42444 ай бұрын
The band, who wrote the song, admitted that even the title was a hoax. I assume that it referenced Donovan's hit 'Mellow Yellow' with its line 'electrical banana is gonna be a sudden craze.' The rumor in early '67 was that you were supposed to smoke the peel, after you toasted it, to get high. Donovan admitted that an electrical banana was a vibrator. A different kind of cultural outrageousness.
@agarkyou004 жыл бұрын
3:38 is that Kind of lyrics from "A Day In The Life" from The Beatles
@BoxesOfFoxes4 жыл бұрын
Definitely inspired by it to a certain degree but alot of groups would do that with other groups tunes as a way of paying homage or respect to one another I believe
@agarisha4 жыл бұрын
@@BoxesOfFoxes very true
3 жыл бұрын
@@BoxesOfFoxes The Electric Prunes came first!
@omiluna73622 жыл бұрын
They didn't need The Beatles to compose their songs. The Electric Prunes were way better.
@jg6698 Жыл бұрын
@@omiluna7362 aw, shit. Prunes had their moments, but get serious.
@macmccreadie8541 Жыл бұрын
The Electric Indigestion Relievers?
@syjo4701 Жыл бұрын
These guys were a real kick. They were creative. The vocals on this one are a bit weak. Could use a bit more maturity and the song would be great.
@jg6698 Жыл бұрын
This outfit did a couple of interesting efforts. However, there is nothing here to develop.
@PrivateEyeYiYi Жыл бұрын
Well that sucked muscally, but at least the video is historic.