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Title: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2015, 03:44:29 AM
All this time without a topic of their own.


http://youtu.be/YRvcIj3XzU8 (http://youtu.be/YRvcIj3XzU8)


http://youtu.be/otulZt0DQns (http://youtu.be/otulZt0DQns)


http://youtu.be/GeDBJquB2WY (http://youtu.be/GeDBJquB2WY)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2015, 03:47:28 AM
http://youtu.be/c4OS17lqHiE (http://youtu.be/c4OS17lqHiE)


http://youtu.be/6zXgINz7gWU (http://youtu.be/6zXgINz7gWU)


http://youtu.be/oKwSGovRACk (http://youtu.be/oKwSGovRACk)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: KelMar on August 18, 2015, 04:13:48 AM
All this time without a topic of their own.

I thought I was the only one here who liked them! They are one of those groups that I remember hearing on the radio as a very little kid. But until just recently I thought "She's a Must to Avoid" was "She's a Mess to Avoid".  ;D
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2015, 04:33:41 AM
^  Same thing.  :)


Two songs written for them by Graham Gouldman...


http://youtu.be/ZZxx4u_XPC8 (http://youtu.be/ZZxx4u_XPC8)


http://youtu.be/AuGWNshGM64 (http://youtu.be/AuGWNshGM64)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2015, 04:46:39 AM
Silhouettes


http://youtu.be/QrkhI5kRIZc (http://youtu.be/QrkhI5kRIZc)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2015, 04:59:25 AM
I'm Into Something Good

Gerry Goffin and Carole King


http://youtu.be/BHI3ZT_uGjA (http://youtu.be/BHI3ZT_uGjA)


http://youtu.be/DL8z5WQGtC4 (http://youtu.be/DL8z5WQGtC4)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on August 18, 2015, 06:12:26 AM
http://youtu.be/9keoxorV-ZI (http://youtu.be/9keoxorV-ZI)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Mr Mustard on September 12, 2015, 11:40:56 AM
"No Milk Today" is a fabulous Sixties pop song. Underrated group but I remember a documentary about fellow Mancunians The Hollies in which Graham Nash grew quite impatient in a mild row with Peter Noone being happy to settle for catchy, lightweight pop which didn't try to "open doors". It was another classic "We're artists with the opportunity to change things" versus "No, we're entertainers lucky enough to just have fun" type disagreement, although they seemed to remain friends.
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on September 13, 2015, 12:04:14 AM
^

I can understand both their viewpoints.  During the 60s there were times I wanted to take a break from the Revolution, heady music and songs with meanings and go to a party and dance with a girl.   ;)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2015, 02:14:11 AM
http://youtu.be/YiMblJ-VrVg (http://youtu.be/YiMblJ-VrVg)

Hilton Show    Melbourne, Australia    3 February 1966
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: stevie on December 14, 2015, 08:49:50 PM
The Keith Moon bio 'Dear Boy' has wonderful anecdotes about HH touring the US with the Who in 1967. Except for Peter Noone, the other Hermits partied hard with Moonie especially on his 21st birthday.

Unfortunately the night was marred when Keith fell over and smashed a tooth. They took him to an after hours dentist and fixed it. But the dentist couldn't use anaesthetic as Keith was blithering drunk. He was screaming when they drilled out his busted tooth and put a cap in. Lol
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 15, 2015, 01:30:03 AM
The Keith Moon bio 'Dear Boy' has wonderful anecdotes about HH touring the US with the Who in 1967. Except for Peter Noone, the other Hermits partied hard with Moonie especially on his 21st birthday.

Unfortunately the night was marred when Keith fell over and smashed a tooth. They took him to an after hours dentist and fixed it. But the dentist couldn't use anaesthetic as Keith was blithering drunk. He was screaming when they drilled out his busted tooth and put a cap in. Lol



(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vewKCMPB6Ow/T5_k7-aAvII/AAAAAAAAEYI/c0khaJ8oihg/s1600/party.jpg)

23 August 1967     Flint, Michigan



Keith Moon teased Peter Noone relentlessly.  Peter was always very patient and tolerant.
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 11, 2019, 03:48:38 AM
https://youtu.be/lVMtcl4SdX0 (https://youtu.be/lVMtcl4SdX0)
Hilton Show    Melbourne, Australia    3 February 1966

Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 11, 2019, 03:50:28 AM
They reunited in 1973 for The Midnight Special...


https://youtu.be/coZZaqFfr2g (https://youtu.be/coZZaqFfr2g)

Second verse, same as the first!   ;D


Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: KelMar on December 12, 2019, 04:03:00 AM
Looks like a lot of those kids weren't sure what to make of this Herman guy! LOL I didn't discover The Midnight Special until 1975 but if I had seen this I would have known who he was. But he did look a lot different than the first time I saw him:

(https://i.postimg.cc/dVdTCgvH/R-5641603-1438298621-3910-jpeg.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

 :)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 03:07:01 AM
Looks like a lot of those kids weren't sure what to make of this Herman guy!


Those kids were about five or six years old when Herman's Hermits released I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am.  They were watching Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room in 1965.  In 1973 these kids liked stuff like Grand Funk Railroad and Tony Orlando and Dawn.  I bet they knew the words to Little Willy alright!

Yeah, but Peter Noone called them out alright, calling their sing-a-long "sensational, nearly" and "nothing short of mediocre" and teaching them how to spell Henry.  I loved it!   icon_good

Sadly, the songs they performed and their delivery made them come off as a novelty act.  They should have performed I'm Into Something Good, No Milk Today and this one...


https://youtu.be/6zXgINz7gWU (https://youtu.be/6zXgINz7gWU)

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Nah!  Forget it!  Teens in 1973 wouldn't understand or appreciate those songs.  They related to songs on a simpler level like...


https://youtu.be/NM6I-pmV0RA (https://youtu.be/NM6I-pmV0RA)


(https://i.postimg.cc/GmZ1GFwx/slaps-forehead.gif)
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: KelMar on December 13, 2019, 03:52:02 AM
^^^
I was watching Romper Room and Captain Kangaroo as a preschooler but I also knew all the songs on the radio and was an ardent fan of the Smothers Brothers and Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Those kids had  no excuse!  ;D But you’re right; the performance was a bit over the top.

Oh, did I ever tell you my Romper Room story?
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 03:57:39 AM
Romper, stomper, bomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do.
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: KelMar on December 13, 2019, 04:28:00 AM
 :)

Okay. We didn’t have preschool where I lived so I loved watching Miss Patty. One day she made the trip from Johnstown so we could all stand in line at our local department store and wait our turn to talk to her. Only when I got to the head of the line there was no talking on my part. I took one look at her and started wailing. Mom hustled me out of there and she wasn’t too pleased but she laughed about it later. I guess I was just star-struck!
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 04:53:51 AM
There was no such thing as preschool in the early 50s.  There was something called Ding Dong School...


https://youtu.be/6dterNqnjUo (https://youtu.be/6dterNqnjUo)


Miss Frances asked questions and replied to what kids would be answering.  What a bore!  Fortunately I was living in North Carolina at the time where we had no TV reception.  I found other ways of learning about things like going to the Navy airfield to watch Grumman Panthers take off and land...


(http://www.relojdeavion.es/IMAGENES/F9F/F9F%20PANTHER%20TOW.jpg)


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Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 05:07:40 AM
I'm Henery The Eighth, I Am


https://youtu.be/gkbE4URVcKY (https://youtu.be/gkbE4URVcKY)
William Henry Crump - Harry Champion   1911



(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/H._Champion.jpg)


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https://youtu.be/4cly_2pGTNw (https://youtu.be/4cly_2pGTNw)
1965
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: KelMar on December 13, 2019, 05:24:06 AM
There was no such thing as preschool in the early 50s.  There was something called Ding Dong School...

She looked like a kind lady but her singing was difficult to listen to. That’s probably what the parents said after our programs when I taught preschool. It often wound up with my assistant and I singing duets.  ;D


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Fortunately I was living in North Carolina at the time where we had no TV reception.  I found other ways of learning about things like going to the Navy airfield to watch Grumman Panthers take off and land...


How exciting it must have been to see those jets!
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 05:31:27 AM
How exciting it must have been to see those jets!



(https://i.postimg.cc/MznTG6pV/Edenton-Auxiliary-Landing-Field.jpg)


(https://i.postimg.cc/fsPhwc02/Grumman-F9-F-Panther.jpg)



It was a blast!  Who needed TV?!    ;D
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: KelMar on December 13, 2019, 05:48:49 AM
Thanks for sharing those precious pictures, Barry.
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 06:02:16 AM
https://youtu.be/Ss4jYTd8KUo (https://youtu.be/Ss4jYTd8KUo)
From the 1965 movie When The Boys Meet The Girls.   icon_good
Title: Re: Herman's Hermits
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 13, 2019, 06:08:19 AM
https://youtu.be/q6OlyEoNlew (https://youtu.be/q6OlyEoNlew)
2018


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