Song Of the Day: Setpember 30, 2005
The Hollies had some real strengths besides their lauded harmony blend. They also had one of the most underrated drummers of the British Invasion in Bobby Elliott, and a not insignificant amount of songwriting chops. By 1966 there wasn't much fluff to be found on their albums; I would gladly throw down for a double CD from the Imperial years that contains not only the hits (My favorite is "I'm Alive," What's yours?) but the many great non-45 tracks from their first few years. This one is perhaps my favorite, but there are others from this same album like the oft-covered "You Know He Did," and "We're Through" that cruise past the era standards for "filler." Great cover of "Mickey's Monkey," too.
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Like the George Jones song a couple days ago, this was an unexpected choice(these guys had big hits, not just little ones). Which isn't to say that they also weren't great choices, however.
To answer your question, my favorite Hollies song is "Jennifer Eccles." The little whistle that sounds each time the girl's name is mentioned makes me smile every time.
"Stop Stop Stop," home of the most pleasantly ridiculous guitar sound of all time. Tan Sleeve's "Bad From Both Sides," from a couple years ago, is based around a sample of this riff.
I think I mentioned "Jennifer Eccles" back when "Jenny Artichoke" was posted, but yeah, that one's my favorite too.
So Lonely is my fave.
"Look Through Any Window" - one of the finest ever ...
"Look Through Any Window." Damn! That's nice.
Jon
Great song, love those harmonies. I Love "I've Been Wrong Before", "Don't Run and Hide", and "When Your Lights Turned On".
Like so many overlooked 60's UK bands the only place to get the non-hits are on import CD's.
I suggest getting "Not The Hits Again" and "The Other Side Of The Hollies" (a b-side comp) on See For Miles records. These are the best compilations available of the 60's Hollies that dont have the big hits on them.
Also worth picking up are the EMI-UK digipack re-releases of the Hollies original UK albums. There are plenty of great songs in both mono and stereo versions (unlike the shorter Imperial albums that used fake stereo). I highly reccomend the 1965 "Hollies" LP (released with a different track listing as "Hear Here!" in the USA) and the 1967 "Evolution" album.
I'm going to vote for "Pegasus the Flying Horse" because it's just the hippiest, trippiest slice of syke goofiness ever recorded. I understand it broke up the group. That's too bad. If you can weather the silly bits, you're blessed.
Who is the whistler in Jennifer Eccles?
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