So... This is what Manfred Mann's band was up to, post Do Wah Diddy / pre making a living doing crappy versions of Bruce Springsteen songs.
The late 1960s....
It must have been the acid that made the flute sound like a good idea on this one. There's no shame though, the 1960s happened to every group from the era. Sometimes with favorable results, sometimes- well, not so much...
Let your ears be the judge on this one.
Enjoy!
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8 shout outs:
i actually always liked this one. crazy but i love the energy. really nice blog, by the way.thanx
paw, denmark
I don't dislike this one, i'm just more a fan of the earlier stuff is all.
Seems I've started a tradition of weighing in on all Manfred Mann tunes....but I can't help it, these guys always sound much better than I expect.
Maybe I should mention that I'm a huge Kinks fan as well?
Anyway, I like it. Thank you.
Always a pleasure to hear from you Ana B!
I feel the same about the Kinks as i do these guys- I like the early records, better than the later era. But i also dig the Mick Taylor-era Stones more than the Brian Jones-era... Go figure.
Not a bad version of this song. I have long considered this particular song to be plain awful - the Yardbirds were forced to record it by Mickie Most - a truly abysmal version.
Love the Yardbirds, but i don't know if i've heard their version of this. Must be from the Jimmy Page-era.
I'm a closet flute freak, but Jeff's right, it's horrid here! Nonetheless it sticks in one's head...
9/27/11
RobGems.ca wrote:
Keith Relf was the only Yardbird member to participate on "Ha Ha Said The Clown". The other Yardbird members hated the song. Jeff Beck hated it so much that he left the group to go solo with Rod Stewart, and later Bob Tench as his lead singers. Mickie Most was the Svengali that made Columbia Records of england put it out against the group's wishes. Epic Records dutifully issued it here in the States,where it bombed in the lower reaches of the Top 100. That song was said to be the beginning of the end of The Yardbirds, though the group followed with three more singles.
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