The Shangri-las - Out In the Streets * HQ True STEREO *

[@alfmac7886]

RIP Mary Weiss! You ladies blazed a trail for women in music.. So much drama & angst in those rock gems!💎

[@dean828]

Rest in Eternal Peace, Mary Weiss... you and the girls will always be a part of American musical history... forever and ever.

[@DA90027]

This rare obscure video shows how talented and underrated these girls were.

[@Karen-pg7gp]

@DA90027 actually, they weren't underrated at the time & today have tons of young fans who appreciate great music. Lots of youngish hipsters are into the 60s pop, surf & rock music.

[@soarornor]

Whoever art directed this was a genius. Brilliant set design, lighting, costume and camera. Wow.

[@DzaVideo]

Yes, I agree! Above and beyond what you would expect fropm a teen pop show of the time. I think the lighting can be attributed to Vincenzo Cilurzo. The whole episode is superb; the staging and lighting of This Sporting Life by Ian Whitcombe is great, and it segues terrifically from Give Him a Great big Kiss.

[@soarornor]

@@DzaVideo Thanks for the info. I’m going to look those bits up. It really was a magnificent time as far as stage artistry in presenting musical acts was concerned. So many amazing contributors that remain unknown. The very temporary nature of so much of it. In most cases there was no surviving record of the event beyond the original broadcast and many extraordinary shows and performances were simply wiped to reuse the video tape. Just amazing. I was watching the original Jugband Blues/Pink Floyd video the other evening and marveling over every aspect of it. It survives but no one seems to have info on who created such a masterpiece. These things aren’t made in an hour. There’s a lot of trial and error involved to finally get all elements looking right so as to assemble a final edit that shines. There are so many uncredited heroes that really contributed to the magic that was the historic pop scene.

[@DzaVideo]

@@soarornor Yes, it's a miracle that even these episodes of Shindig! still exist, albeit as kinescopes. Mary Weiss has actually commented on the staging of one of the TV shows they appeared on in the UK in 1964. It was a show called Thank Your Lucky Stars. Long wiped, of course (only two episodes from 1966 still exist). However, we're lucky in that a single colour image of them perorming in the studio exists. This is what Mary said: "When we went to England we found, the British spent more time setting up everything as far as television goes. They’re meticulous. I walk in the studio and the entire soundstage was filled with sand and a giant grandfather clock for one song. I just could not believe it. It was beautiful."

[@soarornor]

@@DzaVideo Wow. That’s a cool quote at the end. I didn’t know all of Thank Your Lucky Stars was wiped. That’s so absurd that they did that to so many shows. I realize that many people thought that whole scene would never last, but that so much creativity and artistry was poured into it should have had someone realizing that much of it was worth archiving. History was truly being made.

[@rozchristopherson648]

I’m 62 and in all these years, this is the first time I’ve heard this song. I love it. RIP Mary. ❤️🙏

[@liamnoone9381]

The sheer beauty of this era remains unmatched.

[@jamesmurphy2869]

My favorite song. Great story and it makes sense if you have spent time in Queens New York. Thank you ladies for all the great music

[@darin271]

Don't give a crap where Billboard ranked this. It was their best performance and one of the only times you heard them backed by a full string section. The twin's vocals, cello, violins, bass guitar, and drums are prefect.

[@danakenyon8167]

R.I.P. Mary. Thank you.

[@ians2726]

So sad to hear of Mary Weiss passing. your music will live on from here to eternity

[@DoranSteven]

Came to watch this after The Bikeriders. If you’ve seen it, you’ll know ♥

[@LamarMBarnes]

It was so good ‼️ My favorite part was when Benny (Austin) just took off and then punched a member of the other gangs & started a whole gang fight 😂 And when Austin started crying over johnnys death, Movie told a good story & made me and a lot of others want to be just as bad as the vandals are 😂

[@MelchizedekKohen]

​@Lilbrothamanee, the ending, even left room for a revenge squeal obviously for Johnny's death we will see I really enjoyed it.

[@anloy26]

Did the same thing 😅

[@j.g.bloodworth9837]

If you know, ya know 😉

[@kenfong3403]

Exactly jjjj

[@petrslivinski7481]

Oh My the 60s were great moments in music: history was being made! For the Baby Boom generation, it was fun and now memorable. The Shangri-las were no exception with their music. The song is another "golden gem" by songwriting team of the 60s Barry and Greenwich. The girls (only a trio now with the departure of Mary's sister Betty) sound incredible. Harmonies are clear and Mary's voice brilliant! RIP Mary Weiss. Thank you for coming into our lives and leaving us your music.

[@chrism.4544]

Mary Weiss is with the Ganser Twins now. Only Mary's sister, Betty. Thankfully all four are immortalized for all eternity through music and musical images like this. Hang in there, Betty.

[@IvanKinsmanSDP]

Out of interest why didn't Betty stay with the group?

[@lemurianchick]

​@@IvanKinsmanSDPI think she became a mom at 18.

[@UrbanOspreys]

Rest in peace. A realness to her voice, hard to find. "Her mother brought up three children in poverty, surviving on welfare and handouts."

[@LPJack02]

RIP the two members of The Shangri-Las Mary Ann Ganser (February 4, 1948 - March 14, 1970), aged 22 Marguerite “Marge” Ganser (February 4, 1948 - July 28, 1996), aged 48 You both will always be remembered as legends.

[@mjc5509]

I agree the twins backing vocals and choreography are iconic

[@josephmazzotta8813]

There gong but not forgotten.

[@JohnSteech]

First time I heard this song. Rest in peace MARY ❤❤

[@tonyevans1350]

Mary Weiss passed away so sad brilliant 60s group

[@zeboczulu]

Outstanding and such memories . These gems will last for ever.

[@tonylichacz6453]

This music will always be history. It stood the test of time.

[@Skylarking00]

Their greatest song. RIP Beautiful Mary.

[@tmcge3325]

My Goodness, these girls were pure Gold! Mary, why did you go away?

[@cynthiasummers8238]

RIP Mary Weiss. Born on my exact birthday ( month day year ). Died on my younger sister's birthday, January 19.

[@byronfortier6555]

The ultimate Shangri-la's song. Love everything about this.

[@zak_atck]

here from bike riders, what a movie

[@rc2464]

Mary W was 16 yrs old here. Not bad for a high school kid. Queens NYC!

[@lpnelson6584]

What a cool video, the lighting, spare movement, sound, it looks other wordly.

[@mickwarfield2447]

Mary is the most underrated singer of any band of any time. She deserved better!

[@4bawbees]

Stunning. So strong simple and modern.

[@michaelpanagiotis7109]

I pLayed this song over and over in the parking Lot tonight at the roLLer rink and aLL the peopLe were cooL with it . . .CLassic music wiLL never expire ! ! !

[@tini708]

First time i see this video and was impressed by it, so ahead of their time, a good 20 years!!!!

[@Yanito_Shwavy]

The Bikeriders got me hooked on this

[@McCannon21]

These girls were metal and punk before those terms were applied to music. Respect and admiration.

[@greig2000uk]

inspired the ramones and new york dolls to name a few, girls are fukin underated legends of everything after 1970! their story will shine through...

[@steveneardley7541]

@@greig2000uk Velvet Underground?

[@GrayNeko]

I'm in love with these young ladies! I can see so many musical pathways that they helped open! Long live the Shangri-Las! ^_^

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

RIP Mary 😢she don't. Hang around. With the gang. No more. 😢

[@Johnnycdrums]

It's tough.. In the street.

[@aerofan89]

Here after The Bikeriders. Great movie. I didn't know the beginning was from a song (the harmony). I thought it was a score 😅

[@alexthreet5131]

we love you

[@sejongking8994]

I have been loving the Shangri Las in my all life.

[@jamesn8236]

So ahead of its time, both the song and the video. If it was a new release today it wouldn't seem out of place. Beautifully eerie.

[@susankennedy5739]

Such artistic staging, lighting and camera work. The subtlety of the sisters' hand gestures. People tend to focus on Mary, but the sisters, Maryanne and Marge were so important in their whole look and sound.

[@johnsampson1096]

I agree 100%!!

[@reesemorgan2259]

I just like the fact that they're twins. Every girl group should have some twins... Very sad that one succumbed to drug addiction so young. I wonder if the fact that the hits dried up made facing life unbearable. It must have hurt to have TV hosts say that Mary Weiss was the magnetic one, in front of the watching millions too. Maybe not and I'm projecting but...

[@DADDYDRAGONGIRL]

love you Mary RIP WITH THE TWINS

[@CantFindADamnedName]

I'd love to know if 50 years from now people still listen to the music from this time when there will be noone alive who was even born then (like me). Or will it be forgotten like most of the music and musicians from before the 1950s now? I just hope one day I'll go wherever all those bands and singers from the 50s and 60s went and then I'll listen to this wonderful music for all eternity.

[@tonylichacz6453]

People still remember Abe Lincoln. When your great your name lives on. The Shangri Las is American history forever.

[@bedbugs52]

Great music transcends time. People are still listening to wonderful classical music written in the 18th and 19th centuries

[@luckystriker7489]

The good will survive and the bad fades away, as it should be. Which is why we remember Bach from 250 years ago but not Oysterhead from 20 years ago.

[@Homer1e2]

That's deep. The shangri-las are forever.

[@nicholasmole8438]

Unbelievable I love them god bless them for bringing us so much pleasure

[@mjc5509]

ONE OF THE BEST 60S GIRL GROUPS

[@Skylarking00]

This is their greatest song. This one.

[@Johnnycdrums]

"He don't wear those old dirty boots no more" I love that line, it moves me deeply, and I don't know why.

[@LamarMBarnes]

BECAUSE OF BIKERIDERSSS😊

[@delsongalasinao706]

I love the old school music.

[@jimdouglas43]

RIP beautiful Mary

[@garykornfield6048]

The vocal harmonies are the secret sauce.

[@davidbrock2871]

Best girl group of all time. Nuff said.

[@tigerlille1]

Wow. The Shanghai-Las we’re way cooler than I ever realized.

[@franklinthomas7213]

tigerlille Fuckin Aye.

[@LeviBulger]

They were street girls from Queens too. Tough girls. Mary Weiss was a total babe.

[@suzannenoa9736]

YEAH THEY ARE😎

[@Fuzzbucket3358]

Smoke a bowl of the good good and lower the speed of the song down to x.5 It's good 😑

[@bashbrannigan]

An absolutely amazing song. It sounds very modern and few groups could top these vocals.

[@jacksagrafsky4936]

WOW! Shindig, almost forgot that show. And all the current hits that appeared on it. The Shangri-las were awesome.

[@jeremycline9542]

One of their best that I've near heard until August 2022...at 47 years old. Love the lower harmonies.

[@stewartfenton7660]

One of my two favourites by the girls. The other is "Give us your blessing". Third would be "Give him a great big kiss".

[@LuisLopez-cf9td]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWulXiDe7OsiJo The (reunited) NY Dolls cover.

[@Prfdt3]

I'm happy that their young lives were full of music and popularity.

[@TurboMountTV]

Hauntingly Beautiful

[@leegreenhalgh6677]

Reminds me so much of a lazy Sunday, listening to my elder Sisters playing records

[@suzannelawson9215]

I love this group, love their singing, harmonies and their stage presence. Choreographed beautifully. What an incredible voice Mary had, unlike anybody else. And she was what, 15 or 16 when she was singing some of these songs? Just amazing@

[@darin271]

Most likely 17 or close to it. This song was released in 1965.

[@jpolar394]

Simply wonderful.

[@tonylichacz6453]

The Shang girls got the right sound that will live on.

[@Aodhanlurcher]

This song was a perfect choice for the "Bikeriders" soundtrack.

[@TheJessicaTate]

We love you, Mary💔

[@wayinfront1]

After all these decades I'm only now really waking up to what a superb singing voice Mary Weiss possessed. It's like silver. The other girls are good too.

[@mickjr270]

An amazing song from an amazing group.

[@nicholasmole-md8jw]

Unbelievable talent,I love them

[@Daisnap]

I believe a man named Shadow Morton wrote most, if not all of their songs. Give Him a Great Big Kiss is so much fun! I think my favorite is the atmospheric - with seagulls sounds - and very dramatic Remember: Walkin’ in the Sand. Dang, what an amazing song!!

[@wrongwaypete]

Shadow wrote "Remember: Walkin' in the Sand" after stopping by the roadside and realizing he had no material for the Shangs to record. He generated that pop masterpiece in a few minutes literally on his way to the studio. Amazing!

[@Daisnap]

@@wrongwaypete Zowie! I did not know that! Thanks for the info! I wonder if the roadside was near a beach. Jaw-dropping how masterpieces like that can just come to people. Perhaps Shadow was channeling it from a muse of divine inspiration! It remains one of my all-time favorite songs. Thanks again, Harry

[@wrongwaypete]

@@Daisnap Hi, Harry. Thanks for the kind message. I'd read that story about the composition of "Remember" years ago in a published interview with Shadow Morton. There is a version of the story with a somewhat longer and bifurcated composition time in the Wikipedia article on the song. Regardless of which is closer to the actual truth, it does often seem that musical inspiration and genius happen instantaneously. I know Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb all claim that songs simply materialize to them in a heartbeat from the ether, and that the melody of Paul McCartney's "Yesterday" came to him of a sudden, though it took him a bit longer to solidify the title and opening lyrics, as all he could initially conjure up was "Scrambled Eggs" until the more poignant and poetical title and first lines were written. On another note, my big brother was fortunate enough to have seen the Shangri-Las live in a small venue and had conversations with the two sets of sisters, Mary and Betty Weiss, and identical twins, Margie and Mary Ann Ganser. He said they were extremely nice girls and very warm and friendly, with zero pretentions. When Mary Ann died in 1970, Marge was heartbroken, as it felt as half of herself died with her twin. In many ways she never fully recovered, though she lived 26 more years. Just gotta love and appreciate the Shangs and their "idea man" Shadow Morton, who always said one of the amazing things about lead singer Mary Weiss was that, not only did he ask this 15-year-old girl from Queens to sing, but also to act in his teenage tragic mini-operas, and that she pulled off those duties with incredible feeling and absolute believability. High praise indeed!

[@hansdado]

young people love the shangri las

[@enzorossi1363]

RIP Mary😢

[@pack-wr6nq]

Ironic how the twins vanish seconds before the end of the song, leaving Mary the last one standing....life imitates art..

[@glennhfriedman4571]

tragic too

[@MB-uj1oo]

I feel like it is foreshadowing in a way.. foreshadowing what was to happen in 1970 and 1996.

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

​@@MB-uj1ooThe tell tales where a lot earlier, a lot earlier

[@MB-uj1oo]

@@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323 what are you talking about?

[@theresasmith8972]

​@@MB-uj1oowhy don't you just ask your question instead of adding your hashtag criticism?

[@TurboMountTV]

Haunting. Hauntingly Beautiful. The pinnacle of 60's girl groups. These girls don't full credit. And the producers of course.

[@michaeljohnson5684]

Yep 👍

[@russellcampbell9198]

Outstanding.

[@normanbommarito6029]

A very good record by a great group the Shangri las

[@roseyc.5846]

I LOVED THEM THEN, AND, STILL DO! Since 1964...🤗❤️❤️❤️

[@glennhfriedman4571]

the more obscure, the better .. they were so good !!

[@Kevin-hc2zl]

They were so good!

[@ericg6948]

fantastic song!

[@mikeyarborough2773]

Marys voice has always been the sexiest thing ever !

[@ralphmilano1703]

influenced many other cool rock bands, blondie for one covered this song!

[@jamesewanchook2276]

Ramones!

[@hanssvedlund1381]

Wonderful girl group with their unique sound. Just Beautiful!!

[@kevinsimpson3374]

RIP Mary!

[@barbarakaufman5384]

a classic song...excellent rendition

[@dylanakent]

Queens, NY - our greatest contribution to the world is Rock n Roll (Shangri Las, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Thunders, Cyndi Lauper, KISS, The Ramones, Run DMC)

[@truthtriumphant]

The Rascals band from the ‘60’s as well I believe..

[@mariosergio8062]

AWESOME SONG!

[@Alchemedia]

RIP Mary Weiss

[@PIKCAP]

They were great!

[@Dermot2927]

A lovely, haunting "video" (as it would later be called). Very dramatic and evocative.

[@r.g.9717]

May their memories be a blessing on all humankind ❤

[@JAMES-zm6vn]

My new favourites.. I adore them 😍

[@larryvermeer6170]

Good morning my friend I was born in 1955 to These ladies was great in their era to RIP my lovely ladies to Today's music 🎶🎵 is like garbage to Am still listening to this music in Oct of 2024 to

[@blahblah-kl2pd]

All the top comments are really recent guess we all loved the bikeriders huh?

[@johnsherrod6331]

Just Beautiful! Got me hooked!

[@darin271]

This song is better than where it charted (53). My opinion is it's their best. The Gassner twins balance Mary's high whiny lead. AWESOME!

[@moominpic]

RIP Mary and the girls

[@kellyj.azania4371]

Rest in peace, Mary.🥀

[@Karen-pg7gp]

This is TALENT!!!! Mary Weiss was 16!! Nothing like 60s girl groups!!

[@juliereminiec4937]

My favorite Shangri las song

[@normanbommarito6029]

They are a great girl group of the 1960's.

[@wayinfront1]

Those voices, those faces. They haunt you. But they're so therapeutic.

[@dman1417]

I love their sound. On the surface it looks like innocent teen girls and melodramatic love songs, but the lyrics and themes explored in their music is actually pretty dark, and they’ve got a really haunting sound

[@charlesquinnwarwick380]

Music is heaven. The music business is hell.

[@SUPERFLY-ky7yh]

Explain further

[@soarornor]

@@SUPERFLY-ky7yh Creating music and playing music is a beautiful thing. Being signed and entering into the business of being a property sold to the public by sleazeballs (not always but all businesses have them in abundance and the music business has them in ultra abundance) usually ends up awful for the people who actually have to deliver the goods. The pressure of delivering the Golden moment on demand night after night, doing constant promotion, interviews, travel etc and basically barely having a private moment to call your own takes a major toll on most sane people who started out just wanting to share the joy of their music. The pressure to keep delivering the goods, stay on top, stay visible, make it all look effortless while maintaining a relentless pace while management and record companies help themselves to the biggest slice of the pie ends up making a lot of artists in the music business completely miserable with fairly predictable consequences.

[@kimsullivan5576]

@@soarornor That is definitely true. I think the saddest story in music history is the true story of Badfinger. Two members committed suicide over that tragedy.

[@soarornor]

@@kimsullivan5576 Yeah. Their manager screwed them over good. Imagine the desperation and misery of reaching the point those two had reached. It should never happen to anyone.

[@kimsullivan5576]

@@soarornor I feel such sadness for Pete Ham, the most. He died 3 days short of his birthday and his girlfriend was expecting their baby Daughter the following month. I also read that their Manager was so selfish that the band members could barely afford to buy new guitar strings for their guitars. The guys didn't deserve that. It's a true heartbreak. 😔

[@normanbommarito6029]

They are fantastic

[@pommelhorsepommelhorse8731]

The Ganser Twins. Amazing. Love to Mary.

[@LamarMBarnes]

Bikeriders brought me here.

[@alfx5432]

Is that a movie

[@LamarMBarnes]

@@alfx5432 yes

[@MaliqueLove]

Hey what was the other song

[@thowata]

A song lamenting that her boyfriend isnt a bad boy anymore because she 'fixed him' is probably the most teenage girl drama thing ever. I love it.

[@dman1417]

It’s a lot deeper than that I think. It’s about the way relationships change people, and how we all make compromises in the name of love. She wanted to tame the wildness out of him and he changed for her (“It makes me so sad, cause I know that he did it for me”), but in the process he lost himself as well as some of the qualities she used to love about him (“But he’s not the same, something bout his kisses tells me he’s changed, I know that somethings missing inside”) He is a good, straight edged boy now, but his heart his still wild and longs to be set free again. (“His heart is still out in the streets”). I relate to this song so much, I think it’s brilliant.