Archie Bell and the Drells

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:45 pm

I found a video of these guys doing tighten Up. The video is awful and you can't hear the bass. Someone put the music to a slide show. The sound is MUCH better!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l9EMqj56T9A&mode=related&search=

try and not groove to that stuff!!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:48 pm

Here's the real thing, but it is awful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0n7C1AyU-9Q

Wish I could play guitar better, I got the bass line, It's pretty simple. But I can't make the chords ring out on the guitar with those tiny little strings!

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:25 am

Got to meet Archie Bell, and get his autograph. ("Son, that's only the second autograph I've ever given out") a few years back when we were invited to hang out with Dick Clark(yes, THAT Dick Clark). Meeting Dick and getting a picture taken with him was cool but talking with Archie for a while was great fun.

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charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:35 am

Very cool Ronn! You are very fortunate, always seeming to be in the right place at the right time for really cool stuff to happen!!

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:07 pm

...but what the Hell is a "Drell" anyway???

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:08 pm

It's a goofy guy that dances around singing doo-wops and such. Very similar to a Pip!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:11 pm

That was a great song, still love it to this day. Ever hear "Loosen Up" by The Nazz, Todd Rungren's first band? It's hilarious, a take off on Tighten Up. Loosen up on that bass now! loosens string, bloom bloom, OK, let that guitar fall in now! crash! It's all out of time. They were a great band though, did the original Hello It's me, completely different than the jazzy version he did solo later on.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:00 pm

I loved that double album of his, I can't remember the name at the moment! Hello it's Me is on it.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:14 pm

If you're talking about The Nazz Charlie, I can't find it at the moment, it's the Nazz's three albums on two CD's.