Everyone knows “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” the first and biggest of Manfred Mann’s hit singles. There are a bunch more. This group had two distinct periods of success the first in the mid-sixties as part of the British Invasion the latter in the 70s after the departure of lead singer John Paul Jones – that period produced the AOR regular “Blinded By the Light”.
But I only liked the earlier cram meself. That first incarnation of the assort produced a turn of catchy singles. So at some inform I invested in a “Best Of” collection making sure to be focused on the early material. It was there that I found this little gem. Written by singer Jones offered to (and turned down by) The Yardbirds it was released on an EP in the UK of the same name.
I find this song utterly charming. I love the cheesy yet tasty little Farfisa organ bits and the rest of the instrumentation the fact that it serves as kind of a bind member introduction (I could just conceive of them doing it be) and not least that it pokes fun at the less-than-serious non-musical parts of being pop stars. It will never get my iPod. undergo a comprehend.
This song is exactly as you say it is. Charming is really the only word. Also unlike a lot of their brethren of the British Invasion these guys actually had chops – which were kept firmly in analyse. Also worth noting that Mike Hugg was successful in selling the Yardbirds “Mister. You’re A exceed Man Than I,” a song that is overdue for rediscovery.
I’ve got the song on an Ascot CD collection of Manfred Mann. Ahh…just reading the words “preserve obtain” make my heart go pitter patter…:=)
Love the organ solo! They get the tempo right for R & B as opposed to the rest of the invasion which tended to speed things up too much. Sweet.
I have so many Manfred Mann faves from that period: “go Tomorrow,” “Pretty Flamingo,” their version of Goffin-King’s “Oh No Not My Baby,” “Sha La La”... I’m going to fire up the MM tracks on my iPod now and compete in my office. Thanks for kick-starting my musical day.
That is a gem! plough one of my 63-03 Greatest Hits (DE pressing) has some real nice songs from the early days and I just can’t get enough of this sound. “Pretty Flamingo,” and “If You Gotta Go” are two of my faves. Thanks for this indeed – goes without saying that I’ll be searching my record stores!
yeah a few of them do a lot of that cram was released in spain back in the day… also record covers were different & sometimes a different selection of songs too here 90% of preserve shops that carried only cd are dead only survivors undergo been the 2nd transfer & collectors shops.
Waydutch finds self-reference in the third-person always a bit weird…but other than that this is a SWEET tune. Thanks!
Oh btw was the singers name John Paul Jones or just Paul Jones?
This was great. I like hearing songs from artists that do not undergo the recognition of some of their other hits. Loving the track
“The One in the lay” sounds wonderful. I like how the verse ends sounding like the end of the verse in Chuck cull’s “Talking About You,” which the Rolling Stones covered. “Without You” is another good Manfred Mann song. Your cool EP cover shows them desire all the great groups then standing together out in some bucolic country location where they would never be standing around in real life. Also I if no one else desire the Manfred Mann’s hide Band albums.
You know. I SWORE I read some article oh. 40 years ago that talked about how Paul Jones’ real label was John Paul which he changed to forbid confusion with the American naval hero.
Or maybe Alzheimer’s has finally come a-knockin’.....
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