Careful with those guitars!

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:12 pm

Yes, Dane. Peter Asher played the cowbell. Joe Meek was in the control room screaming, "I must have more cowbell and a few more spacecraft noises!"

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:24 pm

Why do musicians and singers always want to clobber the drummer?

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:25 pm

Because they generally deserve it!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:41 pm

That's it: I'm storming out...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:03 pm

Drummers are cool!!!!!

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:06 pm

I always wanted to clobber the lead singer personally. Wait! That's me.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:40 pm

You'll certainly want to clobber me if I git's to singin' in September, Brian. Perhaps I'd better get you 'alcoholically challenged' before I start - then there might be a remote chance that you'll put up with it!! LOL

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:49 pm

That's my kind of challenge - an alcoholic challenge!

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:01 pm

I just got 'Pop Gear' on DVD, which is where the Honeycombs shots are taken from. Great song - still play it. Love those Burns!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:24 pm

Wait a minute--Peter Asher was the drummer for the Honeycombs?

I thought she looked like a guy!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:53 pm

Her name is Anne "Honey" Lantree, Paul. One could say that she had a voice like a guy but I reckon the rest was genuine.

Might be unwise to start calling drummers "Honey"....IMO

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:20 pm

Aitch,

You probably don't sing any worse than our Cockatoo does. She is able to produce a real ear piercing racket and for no apparent reason.

You probably know all about that though.

string_along · Post by **string_along** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:11 pm

Honey's "That's the Way" vocal is pure chickie-pie all the way!! (nice!!)

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:28 pm

Skip I can only remember one song of theirs that actually charted. Did they have any another songs that made it to the charts?

string_along · Post by **string_along** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:04 pm

Hey, Brian. I'm just going from memory here but aside from Have I the Right, which was their big No.1, the 'Combs did have material that charted big in other countries! I know they had songs that charted in the Scandanavian countries and they were mega-big in Japan. Love in Tokyo was a big hit there.
Check this out - there was a live album that they did, intended only for Japanese release!
To find that LP now would be pretty tough but I know that there is a German company that put it out as a CD! Whether it's in stock is another matter but the live CD stuff is out there!!