96 Tears
I was driving home from work today and this little earworm popped into my head...now you have it too. I wonder how many bands covered this tune? Besides the ones here, I know Aretha did a version, and so did Texas Tornados....
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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question mark and the mysterions
That's a pretty scary shirt in the first video! Hard to listen to the music when you are thinking about scary shirts.
Big Maybelle's version is totally awsome and a revelation. I am blown away.
LM, I think Big Maybelle's version is awesome too. I love the shots of the VOX organ in the ? and the Mysterians video - the reversed black and white keys are very groovy.
I remember a previous post on here about this song...where I learned Craig was so wrong about the instruments involved...I keep forgetting to e-mail him about it...
Candy,
Yes, the post was about the VOX Continental sound. You can see clearly in the ? video (the top one) the organ they use is a VOX. They even show a close-up of the name plate. Those organs are identifiable from a distance if you can see the keys because the black and white keys are reversed from the way they are on a piano. In other words, the sharps and flats are white and the other keys are black.
So that's what those reversed keys are all about. i've always loved the look. Only on a VOX?
The Continental is the organ known for the reversed keys, but here is an excerpt on this subject from a combo-organ website:
The Continental's key colors are reversed from a standard organ/piano, like a harpsichord. Many Combo Organs reverse color only the leftmost 12-18 keys to indicate that they play bass notes. These are often duplicates of what would be played if bass pedals were hooked up (many Combo organs actually came with an octave or so of bass pedals). The Vox Jaguar and Continental Baroque have the opposite - reverse keys for the treble section, and normal colored keys for the bass octave. Some organs have gray/white keys for the bass section, which usually (but not always), indicates they can be switched to be an extension of the Treble keys. To muddy the mix further some have black/white keys and gray/white keys. In this case, the gray/white keys are usually "switcheable", and the black/white keys are fixed for bass notes. The Farfisa Compact Deluxe and the Elka Panther Combo are good examples of this. Some of the Panthers also have gray/black keys instead of gray/white. As if that's not enough, a few models have all gray/white keys, like the Farfisa Professional (but not the Professional Duo), or light gray/white for treble, darker gray/white for switchable bass/treble, and and black/white for bass (like some of the Farfisa Fast series).
I guess poor Craig can blame limited access to movies and videos and YouTube back in the day for his belief...thank goodness for rock videos! I am totally e-mailing his this link...!
Even though Question Mark has said they used a VOX, the reality is that there were any number of combo organs in use at the time that could have done the trick. I understand the bargain out there, if you're looking for a cheesy organ, is in Yamaha organs. They have a great sound, and you can pick one up for a couple hundred canadianos, whereas the VOX and the Farfisa are a little more expensive.
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