[Chi-Town]

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]

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]

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

[jblum315]

Wasn't it Hang on Snoopy?

[DougB]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Wasn't it Hang on Snoopy?

This thread is going to the dogs

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

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]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

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]

Originally Posted by Laurie2

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

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]

Originally Posted by DougB

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