Song Of the Day: June 16, 2006
After I exhausted the original Nuggets, I got into Pebbles. I had no idea where
to start, but the rumor was that Volume 7 was the one to get. So I got it.
Lots of ’66-'67 unknowns thrashing their hearts out into the overloaded cheap
microphones of two bit studios across the country (and UK, too). “Stop It Baby”
was the track that really grabbed me by the throat. The sounds were so heavy
and aggressive, lyrics dripping with sexual frustration and hormonal excitement,
perfectly distorted everything. The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” must’ve
been a huge deal to these guys. It was a huge deal for me, I can tell you. It
always amazes me how this sound was so of its time and place that thousands of
retro garage bands from the late 70’s on up through today can’t seem to quite
get the sonics right, and here’s this band of screaming 19 year olds who’d
probably never set foot in a studio before and they hit pay dirt, as did many of
their unknown contemporaries, captured by the primitive recording equipment of
the day in an improbably perfect confluence of technology and cultural
phenomena. The irreproducible conditions of rock.
-Andrew Chalfen
7 Comments:
Really cool guitar break. Nice!
Pebbles knocks the socks off the nuggets comps, outstanding stuff!
I'd only ever heard The Inmates version before.. very cool.
I have been playing this song since the 60's and had no idea who where or what, a friend of mine just found this site and what a gas... Our rendition is close, using harp, so now I can adjust the lyrics and credit to their proper place, thanks Heard
Kim Copli's composition. - 1967
Kim Copli (Kerim Capli) was playing guitar in this song.
Kim Copli (Kerim Capli) wrote this song actually.
He died last year in his homeland, Turkey. He was a great musician. He could play any intrument, especially, guitar, drums, and piano. He was the son of a musician parent. He played in a blues bar named "Mojo", with loving friends that took careof him in his recent years. You can chack his story and pics on www.mojomusic.org Unfortunately the site is in Turkish.
Has anyone translated Kerim Capli's website or anything that relates to him. I played with Kerim for a couple of years and co wrote a song with him in 1969 while we were both in Los Angeles. This was after his monumental success with the Monkees and Jimi Hendrix.I heard from his manager in Turkey in 2003 and he told me Kerim was in grave trouble. I am concerned.
Thank You
Jake Gerber
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