The Electric Prunes - The Great Banana Hoax

Melody varietes

[@olliefoxx7165]

These guys were ahead of their time. Very cool arrangement and sound.

[@bobyoung1698]

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.👍

[@zsoltbarkaszi9387]

This group is brilliant! I love them and their music.

[@Jerwood1000]

LOVE THEM since '60s !! GREAT BAND !! 💖🥃

[@johnvandommelen6998]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for this outstanding footage..simply over the TOP.WHAT A BAND!

[@TVsMrHappyTalk]

Fabulous track.. fabulous band! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@USCG.Brennan]

Never heard this one before....sounds good though!! These guys (like the Yardbirds) were way ahead of their time!!

[@strickly60s78]

THE MOST SENSIBLE, TRIPPY-IST SONG EVER.. (To Me.) LOVE IT. Thank You.

[@kentchambers4468]

One of my earliest favorite bands❣Opening track from "Underground" 1967"🔥🇺🇸 and they opened for another fave: THE DOORS❣

[@emilyarts7250]

Great song! And I completely DIG their outfits!

[@honkynel]

Great song and a real good TV appearance.

[@kso808]

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.

[@daveshultz3718]

I always liked the sound of the Electric Prunes but this is one I's never heard before. Thumbs up!

[@robertsrecords]

this was the first song on their 2nd lp. the lp is great..seek it out..

[@jg6698]

Interesting. I liked them too back then but this was an exception. Ugh.

[@user-ss2rw9mz1w]

Great tune. Bass , drum and guitar in rhythm.

[@liselottefrejdig1112]

Have loved them since 1981..

[@777RockNRollin]

The Prunes or the Count Five or the Yardbirds ,...tough call there !! they all jam ,..

[@OldMod67]

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.....

[@bryanpalmer9660]

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

[@juliusschwencke8157]

..really? You would have thought they would have played Crystal Ship. 1480 Top of the Dial - Home of the Good Guys.

[@matsgoalkeeping2448]

How did this song not hit the charts?

[@xyz2121]

The charts moved.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

This couldn't surpass "Too Much to Dream."

[@matsgoalkeeping2448]

Heli-Crew HGS or get me to the world on time

[@matsgoalkeeping2448]

x yz it did indeed

[@simonadkins9929]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 I think it does … great song this

[@paularobinson8106]

Love these guys.

[@joepolach9725]

How did I grow up in the 60s and not know this band.

[@zigzagwanderer9531]

Peanut Butter Conspiracy and Banana Hoax sandwich.....yummy yum

[@markwright130]

Fabulous

[@scottystrider]

Another awesome song!!

[@mtntime1]

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]

2:50! It’s a total precursor to Sonic Youth! Rock music needs more capes and smokestack hats. I’m on it

[@robertsterner408]

Splendid

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Unfortunately it was a stigma to have a "hit" 45 in those days. This band was so good!

[@jg6698]

Utter nonsense. There was no "stigma" to having a hit in those days. EVERY band would kill for one.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

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.

[@wyliesmith4244]

@@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.

[@thecountrydark]

Damn Great!!

[@scorpio8716]

Great, Nice, 💎👁️

[@jeffschwartz4t.o.council-j132]

I like how the lyrics explain how everybody got hoaxed by the bananas.

[@777RockNRollin]

This is bad ass shit here !!!!

[@RobertLaberge]

Don't miss my playlist: The Electric Prunes - 60's Tv appearances videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLWBBSfXw9ml7jXxxBlxBhrm5TOI-5H5mC

[@Majnun74]

I’ve got their ‘Mass in F Minor’ vinyl🎉

[@marialuisapisasimonini7026]

La risposta a Mellow yellow di Donovan

[@danielfox3003]

My best friend did a 21 and me test and found out his real father is a dude from this band. Trippy.

[@darylcumming7119]

❤.

[@felixmadison5736]

Hand me the weed and pass the prunes! I was 18 and graduated high school that summer of '67.

[@walkinthrutheparkbymr.melo3905]

#ROCKOUT!!!

[@fueledbylove]

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-crewhgs5285]

Guitar solo (1:42) is rather similar sounding to Jefferson Airplane.

[@wyliesmith4244]

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.

[@williampeeler3071]

The bass player is slash back in the 60s

[@joehiggs100]

Great, many thanks. Great sound considering they hadn't invented guitar leads in them days.

[@mielanime8486]

Yihaaaa

[@willharris3798]

10 March 2024.

[@berachtdorian6191]

They play like the band is one instrument being played by five people.

[@suzannelawson9215]

Are these band members still alive and what careers did they get into later in their life?

[@wyliesmith4244]

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.

[@berenandluthien2826]

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.

[@lukasdoms7483]

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.

[@wyliesmith4244]

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.

[@agarkyou00]

3:38 is that Kind of lyrics from "A Day In The Life" from The Beatles

[@BoxesOfFoxes]

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

[@agarisha]

@@BoxesOfFoxes very true

@@BoxesOfFoxes The Electric Prunes came first!

[@omiluna7362]

They didn't need The Beatles to compose their songs. The Electric Prunes were way better.

[@jg6698]

@@omiluna7362 aw, shit. Prunes had their moments, but get serious.

[@macmccreadie8541]

The Electric Indigestion Relievers?

[@syjo4701]

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]

This outfit did a couple of interesting efforts. However, there is nothing here to develop.

[@PrivateEyeYiYi]

Well that sucked muscally, but at least the video is historic.