BTW, I used to love that song because I could do all of the lyrics and keep up with the very fast pace of the song. Couldn't carry the tune, but could keep up on the lyrics.

Did anyone else do this? If not, try it sometime. It's fun. The two hardest parts are:

And when the masquerade is played and neighbor folks make jokes As who is most to blame today

and

And when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed
And flaccid kids are flung across the stars

It takes practice to do those lines as fast as the song goes without garbling the words and without a cheat sheet.

Okay, PT, I want to see a video of you singing this.

If you must, consider it educational -- pop culture history.

Aw, c'mon. :jester: You've got a video camera, right?

and TV's censor board let it play?
Then again...
some of the tunes on WVLG's logs would have been on the no play list before they were oldies -

As far as being in tune and having top shelf stage presence?
Wonder if playing to 'a retirement village' made any difference in effort?

L and L

I was there. They were really trying to do their best. They kept inviting the audience to join in and sing along. And, that was fun!

Oh P!!!! In the interests of mankind and the further edification of your devoted friends on this forum, We wanna hear you and see you sing, and that difficult part too..... Look directly into your phone and let er rip.

Click on the link for the slow version of Along Comes Mary. Easier sing along. And fun to see The Association back in the day.

http://www.guitarsolos.com/videos-al...Zt2YC7Y%5D.cfm

Oh my. Just for that, the next time I'm there, the three of us must get together. I'll make you listen to me do the whole song. That will be your punishment for suggesting it!! As for doing it on video camera-- ha. There's not enough Kool drink, Mary Jane and Jack D combined!

... Unless... Hmmmmmmmm, You two are singing along with me! Misery might love company, but you know, I'm just thinking-- foolishness loves it more.:jester:

Jordan Cole was the keyboard player. I agree that the keyboard player was not great, but he wasn't the main part of the show. The man you are referring to is Russ Guigere and is one of the three original members of the group, according to their website ( http://www.theassociationwebsite.com/lineup.html ).

My wife and I enjoyed the show. Our complaint is that the music drowned out the vocals a lot of the time. I think they need to fire their sound man. As far as the quality of the vocals, have you ever heard the Beach Boys or Bob Dylan live? A lot of bands sound different when they aren't in the studio and also after several years have passed, so we went in not expecting to hear them sound like they did 40 odd years ago. All in all, we thought it was a very good show and left feeling like we got our money's worth.

We're looking forward to Herman's Hermits.

Recently saw Hermans Hermits at the Syracuse State Fair!

They were fantastic and sounded exactly like they used to.

Yes - Herman's Hermit's is definitely a "do not miss". Surprisingly, 99% of the groups I have seen here, have not really lost their voices and sound just like they did before. It amazes me.

Association Review
 

The concert received such a really wonderful review in the 'Daily Sun?' Why the disappointment by others?

If you were around in the 60's and under 60 you knew that "Mary" was short for "Cannabis!"
I never cared too much for this song .......not easy to dance to...and dancing and yoga were the things that gave me a "high" back then......and still do!

Annabelle

Nice to see some of these "oldie" performers still around.......bring back such fond memories.........haven't caught his show........but from photos I've seen.....he looks pretty darn good for a man of his age.

Thanks for your post.....hope he comes to our state fair too!

Annabelle

I may be wrong but I know my music. As far as the Association- a key member and voice of the band was Terry Kirkman. As far as I know, Kirkman is no longer in the band. It could be why the Association didn't sound as good as you remember. The same goes for the Lovin' Spoonful who has other people singing songs that John Sabastian use to sing.

Hermin's Hermit are Peter Noone. Peter is still Peter and I saw a video of the concert held in TV and he still sounded great. I loved how such a simple song like "Henry the Eighth" (Second verse same as the first) went over so well.

In my experience of attending the 50's / 60's concerts, I have never been disappointed or noticed poor quality even when it wasn't the same lead singer or all of the original members. There was definitely a problem with this performance - I stood in line at the box office yesterday for an hour to get tickets to Leslie Gore and that was the primary conversation among the people in line - and it was both shows. Of course, the Daily Sun would never publish a negative review. I did overhear someone say that the lead singer had a stroke a while back. If so, I give him credit and praise him for not giving up and giving it his all. I love these concerts, always have a great time, and one disappointment in 7 years is not bad.