tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post1833810078092967075..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: Music Break: Count FiveJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-74912662148781734262010-09-29T21:22:17.719-07:002010-09-29T21:22:17.719-07:00Here's some trivia for you Mike...Psychotic Re...Here's some trivia for you Mike...Psychotic Reaction was the first known song to use guitar feedback on a Top 40 song. Count Five barely gets recognition for it.<br /><br />I almost put up "96 Tears" but couldn't find a good video I liked. More trivia...they were Mexican Americans (from Detroit no less, where Mexicans had migrated for factory jobs in the 50s) and had a hard time with music promoters and radio program managers. They didn't want to put them on TV.<br /><br />You'll be able to tell in the next few music breaks...what I really miss is good vocals and harmonizing voices with very simple instrumentation.JR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-63762189190555478752010-09-29T17:55:03.019-07:002010-09-29T17:55:03.019-07:00Tried to comment on this last night and managed to...Tried to comment on this last night and managed to make it all disappear just as I was finishing. Sometimes I think making comments go away is what I do best.<br /><br />Anyway: thank you for putting this up!<br /><br />I've been a fan of '60s "garage rock" stuff for a long time. I assume it's in my blood; my dad used to write songs for a local band back when he was in high school; if you ever hear a song called, "Fort Lauderdale", you might be able to say you've heard his work. It's supposedly on record somewhere and I am on the lookout for it. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea if I nailed down the name of the band, but such things sometimes escape me. :)<br /><br />Anyway, I love this song, like I love "96 Tears" or "Dirty Water" or a whole bunch of "Nuggets"-type songs I can't remember the names of but would flip out at hearing again.<br /><br />I'm not sure why...it's not because they're simple songs; I once heard someone say that Frank Zappa was always bugged that he couldn't write "Louie, Louie" and I think whether that's true or not there is some logic to it.<br /><br />I think I love them mostly because they're the result of people getting together and creating something THEY thought was cool as hell.<br /><br />This music, to me, seems to be the exact opposite of carting 6-year-olds around 3 states to play a soccer game for which no score is kept.<br /><br />I'm sure there are other reasons I love them, but that one alone would be enough.<br /><br />I could type all night but I better try to post this before I work my disappearing act again.<br /><br />Great music break, JR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com