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Chi-Town
11-12-2014, 11:12 AM
Saw Radio Flyer at LSL last night and one of the songs they played was Hang On Sloopy which was a fun tune from 1965. The original video is pre MTV but has an early MTV feel to it.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTKhPkZSJo
Dr Winston O Boogie jr
11-12-2014, 11:27 AM
Good fun song. We do it in Vinyl Recall.

I like videos where they show the band playing even though this, as most are, is the band lip synching.

Xylophone and tympani? I don't hear them in that song. Maybe they were just stick in there to make the video cool.
Laurie2
11-12-2014, 11:32 AM
Sorry I missed it.

But I do think maybe I saw Sloopy dancing at the square one night. That 1965 girl in the video has to be somewhere. Right?

Do you know about the Ohio State Marching Band and Sloopy? Probably had a few Buckeyes at LSL last night.

OSU Marching Band plays 'Hang on Sloopy' at the Statehouse: Video | cleveland.com (http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/05/osu_marching_band_plays_hang_o.html)
jblum315
11-12-2014, 12:26 PM
Wasn't it Hang on Snoopy?
DougB
11-12-2014, 01:31 PM
Wasn't it Hang on Snoopy?

This thread is going to the dogs
Chi-Town
11-12-2014, 01:32 PM
Good fun song. We do it in Vinyl Recall.

I like videos where they show the band playing even though this, as most are, is the band lip synching.

Xylophone and tympani? I don't hear them in that song. Maybe they were just stick in there to make the video cool.

This video makes more sense as far as the instruments played:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtOYBtB3OtI
DougB
11-12-2014, 01:37 PM
Saw Radio Flyer at LSL last night and one of the songs they played was Hang On Sloopy which was a fun tune from 1965. The original video is pre MTV but has an early MTV feel to it.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTKhPkZSJo

The original song was actually recorded first by The Vibrations and was called "My Girl Sloopy".
Chi-Town
11-12-2014, 01:55 PM
Sorry I missed it.

But I do think maybe I saw Sloopy dancing at the square one night. That 1965 girl in the video has to be somewhere. Right?

Do you know about the Ohio State Marching Band and Sloopy? Probably had a few Buckeyes at LSL last night.

OSU Marching Band plays 'Hang on Sloopy' at the Statehouse: Video | cleveland.com (http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/05/osu_marching_band_plays_hang_o.html)

The girl is supposedly Liz Derringer, Rick Derringer's (who was the lead singer) wife. Here is a recent pic:

Liz became a successful music journalist.
Chi-Town
11-12-2014, 02:05 PM
The original song was actually recorded first by The Vibrations and was called "My Girl Sloopy".
DougB, that's a fact. The Vibrations version:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0hHm-ckQw