Poll: What is your pick for the strangest song of the rock era?
@RBS_
10 ай бұрын
"...Ive got a LOVELY bunch of......" .....finish it how you may! ....ha-HAA!
@catherine6653
10 ай бұрын
Rock Lobster- B52s. It's strange and I love it. 🦞
@Ganja-jh6iy
10 ай бұрын
In a gadda David a
@Lam_3-22-23
10 ай бұрын
AEIOU and Sometimes Y- Ebn Ozn Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm- Crash Test Dummies
@freezer8530
10 ай бұрын
I'll nominate ... "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy (written by Alan O'Day).
@andywomack3414
7 ай бұрын
I'm 75 and this makes me want to cry. I want to go back. I want to do it again.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306
6 ай бұрын
I am a generation before you and want to go back. EDIT: Well actually after you being 62 but still I can't imagine not being raised on all this great music that was inspired by greatness as well as inspired greatness. I also want a do over. Can't they figure out a way?
@653j521
6 ай бұрын
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306 It's called youtube.
@dennistrull1475
6 ай бұрын
@@whichgodofthousandsmeansno530665 here. Agreed
@kyhi9645
6 ай бұрын
face mortality like a man
@edryba4867
5 ай бұрын
This is the ONE special effect those Imagineer guys will most likely NEVER be able to sell you (on your completely over-priced Disney park pass). It sure would be great to be able to go back to 1964 or so, and enjoy a time-compressed version of all the highlights (which YOU would be able to choose!) between then and now, wouldn’t it?
@googlamonster5086
3 ай бұрын
96 Tears is on my top played songs to go on walks. That organ and bass together are catchy as hell. I just love it. It tickles my groove. I'm 70, so I was loving all those songs by the Stones, Beatles, Mamas & Papas, Simon and Garfunkle real time. Such great music!!!
@DrWaites
10 ай бұрын
My dad had his own legend about this band. It didn't matter that it changed every time he told the story, which was every time this song came on the radio on our road trips. Dad passed away last month. I would've liked to have shared the real story in this video with him. Thank you so much for these videos - it's like keeping him here with me.
@CowGirlKat8691
10 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss
@magpieone9390
10 ай бұрын
My condolences .😢💔🙏
@cjgia4898
10 ай бұрын
I'm sorry. My condolences to you and all who knew him.
@eightiesmusic1984
10 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Hugs. 🫂
@microzap
8 ай бұрын
I'm 72 years old, and 96Tears has been a favorite since it first came out. The opening organ riff has been the ring tone on my phone for years.
@andywomack3414
7 ай бұрын
I wish I could go back in time and do it again. The hell with our parents. We were the greatest generation.
@strickly60s45
7 ай бұрын
Hi Microzap, Ditto at my end too. I'm from way up in Toronto..and I'm also 72 and "96 Tears" was A Very Memorable Song For Me Too. Great Ring-Tone Idea. Thanks
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306
6 ай бұрын
@@andywomack3414 If they ever invent a time machine sign me up.
@653j521
6 ай бұрын
@@andywomack3414 I'm sure that makes them so proud for having raised you to this high plane of immaturity.
@CarolShook-yg9nn
4 ай бұрын
I remember listening to the song as a younger child. I just loved it and still do ❤
@23Robusto
8 ай бұрын
96 Tears. Still on my playlist. That organ sound is just memorizing.
@gilbertcortez6472
9 ай бұрын
Kudos to you on a well researched segment on question mark and the mysterians. I knew Rudy before he became question mark. My friends and I used to follow the band all around Saginaw and Bay City back in’65 and’66. Drummer Eddie Serrato was my cousin. Fun times. A great time to be a teenager.
@Jreb1865
9 ай бұрын
How cool is that..😮
@beebuzz959
9 ай бұрын
Lucky! Great story, too! Do you know if Rudy had the story of being born elsewhere and his past lives before the band?
@gilbertcortez6472
9 ай бұрын
@@beebuzz959I don’t know for sure when Question Mark started those strange stories. Probably after he and the band hit it big.
@victorianoreyes3642
9 ай бұрын
My dad went to school with Rudy
@UberLummox
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@motownrockerusa
10 ай бұрын
Rudy Martinez aka ? is a friend of mine. He just performed a show here in Detroit a couple 💏 weeks ago. He still has it! 😊
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Can you get me an interview? Would love to talk to him! my email is the professor@professorofrock.com Thanks!
@jamesredman1263
10 ай бұрын
Cool!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
How often do you see him?
@motownrockerusa
9 ай бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980Not very often. He lives up north and pretty much has retired. Due to health reasons.. Although he will agree to a show here and there. His touring days are done..
@mangrove
9 ай бұрын
"Up North" is such a Michigan thing to say, and honestly, it can mean any number of places. When I was growing up in Warren (8 Mile & Ryan), we spent weekends up north near the tip of the Thumb area. Later on, we moved near Traverse City, which was more up north @@motownrockerusa
@dennisgreene5055
10 ай бұрын
in the top 100 for sure... never gets old,,,, still love to hear it after all these years,,,, I'm 78 and need these oldies as much as oxygen
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
THanks!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Rock on 🤘
@garywright7826
Ай бұрын
The song was the standard of "garage rock " and became an instant classic because of its raw sound . CKLW and WKNR pushed it to international success . One of the greatest rock songs ever .
@vanpearsall
22 күн бұрын
CKLW Boy that brings back memories used to listen to that all the time long live rock
@hallacar
10 ай бұрын
These guys were kind of a staple in the Midland/Saginaw/Bay City fair and festival circuit for decades. I think the last time I saw them in the 20-teens. They were always a fun crowd draw. How cool to see you do a show about them. You are the best, sir.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Really? That's so COOL! Thanks for sharing!
@MyName-pl7zn
10 ай бұрын
Damn I'm jealous, I always support local bands and hope many of them hit the top. How cool is it you actually saw a band that came from your hometown to hit. #1 . That is so cool
@hallacar
10 ай бұрын
@@MyName-pl7zn Well I saw them quite a while after, but I like the fact they returned to their roots to help support locally. I can't say I recall Madonna ever coming back to Bay City to do anything like that.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
No kidding!@@MyName-pl7zn
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Very cool!@@hallacar
@sharonsocoloski5485
10 ай бұрын
I love the song 96 tears! I actually have the 45! I'm 67 and grew up with all kinds of music.
@le_th_
10 ай бұрын
The lyrics are horrific! It's essentially a song about a man who DUPES a female into taking him back for the sole purpose of destroying her emotionally by pretending to want her back so badly only to kick her to the curb and leave her devastated. If these are your favorite type of lyrics, you'd have to be a very disturbed human being. These are the lyrics of an extremely distrubed, pathological individual who enjoys the power of intentionally destroying others: a sociopath.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Lemme say, you have such good taste.
@sharonsocoloski5485
10 ай бұрын
@@le_th_ Chill Out! It's a song!
@joedomingos8486
10 ай бұрын
Plm
@garyphisher7375
10 ай бұрын
Can you recommend any hidden/forgotten songs from that era?
@scottburton9701
10 ай бұрын
"96 Tears" is an all-time classic,no doubt about it!
@jeffrobodine8579
8 ай бұрын
A staple in the Stephen King movie Cat's Eye.
@chrisbraswell8864
8 ай бұрын
My Sister played that song over and over and over in about 66, we had the Album and I personally threw it away in 1990 for no particular reason.
@allenhonaker4107
10 ай бұрын
The simple organ riff made this song. It was a unique sound
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
That’s one of the main reasons why people remember this song.
@James_St._James
10 ай бұрын
The only song similar to it that I can think of is "Double Shot of My Baby's Love" by The Swingin' Medallions.
@lynnestamey7272
10 ай бұрын
It's a really good hook . Unmistakable sound. Immediately identifiable! I'm happy to be a boomer, alive and dancing in the 60s, 70s. I remember the parties in basements back in the 60s. Music was so much better then. The musicians were REALLY musicians and it was all so fresh.
@thadmatson4754
6 ай бұрын
@@James_St._James both of these songs were used by the Residents to great effect. Great call.
@bdi11000
5 ай бұрын
at the local carnaval and this song!
@hoopiedoo
9 ай бұрын
I was so honour3d to have Question Mark and the Mysterians to play at our Wyandotte Art Fair nearly 20 years ago. He lives in a town where my family settled in the early 1800s to raise chickens. He still could shake it on stage in his 60s, then despite some real personal tragedies where he had lost his home to fire. Thanks for sharing. Just love that song.
@BrockSampsonNA
6 ай бұрын
KCKS?
@Sonmoecham
2 ай бұрын
And his 3 Yorkies died in the fire..😢
@dirtywaterpj_dj
9 ай бұрын
When I was involved in a show they played in the UK in 1998, he was having people refer to him as “Q”. His brother accompanied the band and was the main contact for the organising of the show. His brother said it was a tough job because he needed to get “Q” a passport. That meant him taking off his sunglasses for the photo and allowing his real name to be written in the form. His brother claimed that even he hadn’t seen him without sunglasses in more than 25 years.
@terryem4052
10 ай бұрын
I was born in Michigan in 1966 and I remember having the 45 on my dad's juke box at his restaurant, and I remember seeing them at a fair when I was about 11 years old. We had so many of these songs that you cover in your series I really appreciate your channel and I hope you keep up the great work!
@johnnyxmusic
10 ай бұрын
We picked up a good few 45s from the jukebox in our family restaurant, which was in Mt. Vernon, New York. I have “Speak to the Sky” by Rick Springfield, among others.
@rgs8970
10 ай бұрын
This video sent me down the rabbit hole of the Billboard Top 100 of 1966! I never realized how many of the oldies I loved growing up were all from that year! Hard to pick favorites, but "Reach Out I'll Be There" by Four Tops, "Wipe Out" by the Surfaris, "Summer In The City" by the Lovin' Spoonful, and "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James and the Shondells were all hits the same year!
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
So many great songs that year!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Such a fantastic year for music. It does not get any better than The Sound of Silence and Good Vibrations
@damienrobertson1593
10 ай бұрын
66 was the year my favorite Stones album(s), AFTERMATH, were released! 66 was an amazing year in music far beyond that!
@clydekimsey7503
7 ай бұрын
1965 and 1966 are my 2 favorite years
@dalehood1846
5 ай бұрын
@ProferssorofRock,. I heard, possibly in an interview with Tommy James, that Tommy was 16 years old when he sang Hanky Panky. ??????
@alanapril4643
9 ай бұрын
In the summer of 1985, when I was 16, I went searching for the 45 that had 96 tears on it. I ended up finding it at a classical record store near the pizza joint where I first heard the song. I thought it was the coolest song I ever heard and went to every record store looking for this classical masterpiece.
@oldschoolfunkster1
10 ай бұрын
One of my favorite songs of my youth. Actually probably one of my first rock songs I ever loved. Every time I hear this song it takes me to that time. And it STILL sounds great!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
It’s an incredible song. Has aged remarkably well.
@Dave-lq2le
10 ай бұрын
96 Tears was a MONSTER hit back then! Didn't know he was a time traveler. I do remember LSD was pretty popular back then!😂😂😂 😎👍
@mitchellbaker9434
10 ай бұрын
Merely a coincidence, I'd say.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
No kidding. Ha ha!
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Maybe!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
I know Carlos Santana was on LSD when he played at Woodstock.
@Dave-lq2le
10 ай бұрын
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I'm sure others were too! 😎👍
@witsend236
10 ай бұрын
Spirit in the sky by Norman Greenbaum was the first single I ever bought. I remember pocket money was hard to come by back in the day but it never stopped me getting involved in music. Never regretted the purchase or the many I have made since. Music is great and well worth wasting your money on.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
I met Norman last summer! Great guy. THat's so cool!
@ShelleybutyoucancallmeShell
10 ай бұрын
Saving our money to buy cassettes, albums all those years ago was a very wise decision. It helped prevent the wasting of money on cigarettes and alcohol (or drugs!). Music was a much better way to go.🙂
@jamesredman1263
10 ай бұрын
Greenbaum's album was one of my indulgences from a part-time job in my junior year of high school. I found the quirky musical treatment of Spirit in the Sky engaging.
@matthewronson5218
10 ай бұрын
Books and music are two investments that can pay dividends over a lifetime (even when you have to buy new ones after wearing the old discs or tapes out & replacing them, with returns that extend well beyond their cost(s). Books for knowledge and entertainment, music for mental floss and hygiene :). This means that you must buy books on music. Just ask the Professor how that worked for him.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Spirit in the Sky is an eternal classic.
@karmab4391
10 ай бұрын
I do not have a lot of memories of 96 Tears besides recognizing its uniqueness. Still, one of the things I love about this channel is the question of the day makes me think about songs I have not listened to in a while so I immediately go rock out to them. Good times.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Any requests?
@karmab4391
10 ай бұрын
I would to hear the story behind Hear N' Aid and the song "Stars"@@ProfessorofRock
@catserver8577
10 ай бұрын
Yay! This song holds up so well today. So far ahead of the time!
@Milehighssc5280
10 ай бұрын
Being much younger than most people that watch these videos, I had no idea the backstory behind this band and the song. Thank you so much for sharing the story!
@zangzang1268
10 ай бұрын
If you like this stuff - try "Nobody" by the Human Beinz - same era and basic vibe. Also give a listen to "Heart Full of Soul" by The Yardbirds. While you're looking around check out "Them" and "The Animals". Gloria by Them rips ass - Van Morrison in his early days before going solo.
@ItsSusieQue96
10 ай бұрын
This is not the back story-sorry but the professor failed the exam on this one. I’m Que’s publicist and rin the fan club on Facebook -who does a story on a still performing artist without talking to thd artist, his manager or his publicist???
@Milehighssc5280
10 ай бұрын
@@ItsSusieQue96 then contact him and get the story straight. He doesn't hide his contact info and welcomes the truth and interviews!!!
@WilliamEdmondson258
3 ай бұрын
This was a great song. Growing up during the 60's there was so much good music.
@MyName-pl7zn
10 ай бұрын
I had no idea Creem magazine's Marsh coined the term "punk rock" ,so fitting. I love these stories of a real rag tag group of garage bands creating a raw sound without much production but a great simple groove and solid lyrics hitting it big. The dude even changed his name to ? Love it. What a crazy underdog story! The ultimate garage band song? Maybe. Great episode professor the music scene was insane during the 60s.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Thanks my Name!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Apparently, the term punk rock has been around since as far back as 1970.
@lauraturner4216
9 ай бұрын
Well said! It was a crazy time indeed
@Joseph-ax999
9 ай бұрын
I loved Creem magazine. It was the best. The writers and editors loved the music but treated the artists with total disdain. Figuring that they were all swell heads, which was probably true.
@MyName-pl7zn
9 ай бұрын
@@Joseph-ax999 agree, I always thought Robert Christgau was the harshest on many of the band and albums I loved
@BeSmarterFaster
10 ай бұрын
I was 14 when this song hit the airwaves in NJ. As an organist myself, who played both a Vox and a Farfisa, I have always loved this number. You revealed details about this song that were completely new to me. Thank you.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Just about everyone knows the organ riff!
@rockystarland6051
10 ай бұрын
Yup… it was really weird how this song to be so popular yet it was basically 2 chords and changed to 1 chord for the bridge (“And when the sun goes down… 🎶) Guess there is some truth about simple is best 😂
@BeSmarterFaster
10 ай бұрын
@@rockystarland6051 Many super popular songs are just a few chords. Proud Mary stays on one chord for a very long time. Nearly all of Santana's first album was mostly 2 chord songs. Tons of blues numbers are just 1-4-5 progressions.
@GeraldM_inNC
10 ай бұрын
I was 14 too.
@DJarry394
10 ай бұрын
Maybe you can cover The Monks, the most influential group nobody ever heard of (except for artists who liked avant-garde music)
@flamencoprof
10 ай бұрын
I can tell you this made it to No. 7 on 03 Nov. 1966 in New Zealand. I know because I have 9 sheets of yellowing lined school pad paper listing in pencil the charts of each week from the 15th of September through to the 10th of November, 1966. What a nerdy little geek I was!
@mrbniederer
10 ай бұрын
? and the Mysterians 96 Tears were officially named the rock song of Bay City in a ceremony at a restaurant named City Hall. They played at the event - all the original band members except the drummer. His son played in his place using his dad’s drum set. The song and album were recorded in a basement studio in Bay City’s south end. Bobby Balderama fronts a blues/rock band and this past summer he came onstage with Larry McCray and they jammed on Soulshine. A good time was had by all.
@markmaciag235
10 ай бұрын
I think it was recorded on Raymond St. on the West Side. I’m a 65 y/o Southender.
@mrbniederer
10 ай бұрын
Yes you’re correct. Not in the Polish south end. The Mexican/Latino neighborhoods are north of that. I had a friend named Steve Alvarado who knew where the house was located and grew up with some of ?’s brothers. He lived on Madison south of Columbus so I guess I always think of that as the south end.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
That’s so cool! Is the recording studio still there, or was it turned into another establishment?
@James_St._James
10 ай бұрын
@@markmaciag235 Wow. That's incredible. I was just living on Raymond Street in Bay City in September and October. 96 Tears has been my favorite song since I was a teenager. I knew they were from Bay City, but I had no idea I was living on the same road the song was recorded. I was just a couple blocks away from Salzburg and Euclid. Apparently The Mysterians sans Question Mark played in Bay City in August right before I got there.
@James_St._James
10 ай бұрын
@@mrbniederer I'm guessing you are from there. Bay City is a cool little town. I was living on Raymond Street just last month. Just about every house in the area is very well maintained. However, the residential roads are absolutely beat to hell. Giant potholes everywhere. And if you are a pot smoker, no place better than Bay City. 36 dispensaries. I'm in Jersey now and it's 10 times more expensive than in Bay City.
@andrewfurst5711
9 ай бұрын
I knew most of this story, but once again "The Professor" nailed it - and added a lot that I didn't know. "Professor" Adam not only has a great, well-timed and interesting delivery of these stories, but his research is always spot-on. I've watched a lot of these videos, and I've never seen Adam get anything wrong, unlike a lot of other so-called reporters. Thanks for this video and so many others.
@danporath8258
10 ай бұрын
A few years back had business with Bobby Balerama in Bay City. In his living room he had guitars and posters of shows. I didn't recognize his name but asked if he was a mysterian. He gave me 2 CD's of his current work. My older sister in law used to watch them in the garage as kids.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
She was right there!
@robertprice9052
10 ай бұрын
I loved Question Mark! I met him in an airport thirty years ago. Very nice guy.
@briandawson1082
10 ай бұрын
I don't care for all of the songs that you feature, but I love how you tell the stories behind them. Professor, You Rock!
@darelvanderhoof6176
10 ай бұрын
I saw them play at Edgewater Park in a pavilion, near the Detroit area, back in the late 60's, maybe 66 or 67. They played 96 tears and it sounded just like the record on the radio. I was about 10 years old, and the amusement park was great, it had all the carnival rides you would ever want. Its gone now.
@stevebeanemusic897
9 ай бұрын
My mid-'60s garage band, The Brass Tacks, played a pretty good version of 96 Tears. I was a drummer then and loved laying down the back beat on that song. Our organ player learned that riff perfect and got a pretty good faux Vox Continental sound with the Sears Silverstone organ his folks bought him because he really wanted to be in a band./// Always enjoy your shows and the interesting info you bring plus the great interviews. Keep on Rockin'!
@eightiesmusic1984
10 ай бұрын
The Stranglers cover of 96 Tears is one of their best songs in a run of UK hits in the eighties. Great interpretation by the men in black.
@stephenbrown4211
10 ай бұрын
Never been a fan of them but that’s a great cover
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Good call!
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
!
@DebbieTDP
10 ай бұрын
@@stephenbrown4211it's sad not to love the Stranglers 😢
@herseem
10 ай бұрын
Am a big Stranglers fan and seen them live a few times (and chatted with Hugh Cornwell after a solo gig), but the album '10' had very poor audio quality. Not sure exactly what they'd done to the sound, maybe they'd mastered it on a potato or something, but it sounds very poor.
@christineml1476
10 ай бұрын
It's brilliant marketing before we knew what it was. Create something odd, catchy and listeners will talk about it for decades. Brilliant!
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
He was and is brilliant. Good point Christine!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
People will want to know who you are!
@hariatmakhalsa1648
10 ай бұрын
Even when 96 Tears came out, not many people thought the song was strange (but maybe the band was). Strangest song(s) "They're Coming to Take me Away" or "Surfing' Bird"
@TheTwangKings
9 ай бұрын
Mystery, space and strangeness were very hip in the mid 60s. Garage bands and TV shows capitalized on it.
@verdinox4548
10 ай бұрын
This is one of the best channels on all of KZitem. Thanks for the amazingly wonderful content, Professor! 🎶❤️🎵
@esspyarrow8772
7 ай бұрын
This is my ringtone. In the late 90's I wrote to them and he wrote back in a the sweetest way possible.
@pugil1sttheboxingforce940
7 ай бұрын
Great stuff, Adam, as always. My oldest brother had the 45 of 96 Tears--as well as D.O.A. by Blood rock and so many others.
@outlawdronz407
10 ай бұрын
I’m another of the fans who grew up in Michigan during that time. I remember the battle of the bands (MC5 and Grand Funk) and listening to this song on WTRU. Great memories thanks👍🏾👍🏾
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@paul6925
9 ай бұрын
What a great year for music. So many of my favourites from the 60s
@GBURGE55
8 ай бұрын
I've been into 60's music since I was about 10 years old (1974) & hadn't heard this song until the mid '80's when it was played on the radio. I found & bought via a mail order company a classic re issue 7" single of it. Obviously now have a downloaded copy too. This is one of the best most hypnotic tracks I've EVER heard. All time classic.
@terrystewart2034
10 ай бұрын
I guessed the group and song immediately. I was the lead singer in a Fort Lauderdale rock band (The Noblemen) back in the mid-late 60s. We performed that song.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Do you have any videos on KZitem of the band?
@johntiggleman4686
10 ай бұрын
A great garage band song. There were so many out there, and they deserve reviews.
@raythackston1960
8 ай бұрын
Back in the mid 80's our keyboard player ask us to play the song because he loved it. We knew the song and didn't hate it but thought it would flop live. But our first night playing it...the dance floor was flooded by the crowd. And we kept it till we slit up. It lead us to play more songs from the 60's and people loved it. We played everything from John Prine, Hank snow, Hank Williams Sr., with modern country, all the way to Ozzy, Judas Priest, and Led Zepplin and more. There was not much we could not nor did not play. Great times.
@kennethheying7845
9 ай бұрын
I love this song. Early, simple and enjoyable.
@gdsbmf
9 ай бұрын
This has been my favorite song since at least 1990. At the time, it was out of print. That really added to the mystery of the song. Fast forward to now, thanks to ebay, I have 2 cd copies and several vinyl copies of this song. When I moved to Bloomington, Indiana in the fall of '97, this was this first show I saw in town at the Bluebird. I still have the flyer somewhere. Something about that organ. The sound just gets under your skin. I've loved it for years.
@kraigpeterson3667
10 ай бұрын
I never knew who sang this! Thank you so much for posting this. You truly are the Professor of Rock! Rock on brother!
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Kraig!
@catherine6653
10 ай бұрын
I like this song. I have it on my fabulous oldies playlist. The B52s like it too. They mention this song in their song Deadbeat Club. The jukebox plays real loud 96 Tears.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Oh yes, I love Deadbeat Club.
@catherine6653
10 ай бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Me too 😊
@GeraldM_inNC
10 ай бұрын
You can hear its influence all over their style, especially "Planet Claire". Evidently on his style of dancing too
@rickpawl
9 ай бұрын
This song was also featured in the 1985 movie Cat’s Eye, a collection of three stories by Stephen King, where James Wood’s wife is made to hop around on an electrified floor because her husband snuck a cigarette. Also starring Drew Barrymore. Thank you so much for these great back stories to some great music.
@noglobalists
7 ай бұрын
I was once a Mysterian. It was in 1974 or '75 that Question Mark attempted a comeback that ended in disaster. I somehow landed the keyboard part from a chance encounter with other band members outside a liquor store in Canoga Park. We rehearsed in a room of a derelict motel (that I assume Q - as we came to know him - owned) in Saugus. Q never rehearsed with us. I think I saw him once before the gig, which was held at the Glass-blower's Union Hall in Saugus. I came with my band, performing before Question Mark's big entrance, until some jerk found the circuit breaker panel and turned off the power to the entire hall for a few minutes. When the power came back on there was a considerable delay (consumed by long chords on the Arp string ensemble) before the start of 96 Tears because I forgot that my Hammond B3 (not a Vox Continental) needed to be restarted after the power-down. This threw Q into a panic, and the rowdy crowd wasn't very receptive to him, anyway. He entered the stage wearing an orange jumpsuit with an oval cut out of the middle, with a "Q" glittered to his torso. The crowd was jeering. It was rather embarrassing. Q was in tears - 96 of them.
@D_Hawk-e5x
2 ай бұрын
Interesting
@seeingsights
10 ай бұрын
This is an incredible story. Great job, Professor of Rock!
@mariskacandice890
9 ай бұрын
I need to amend and apologize for my previous comments. I love 96 Tears! Always have. But I always thought ? was just part of the band name. I never put it together that the singer changed his name to that or thought to look up the band members. Please accept my apologies as I had a bad week with my depression. Professor of Rock please don’t ever stop with the best and most fascinating channel on KZitem!
@Exotic3000
10 ай бұрын
A great video. I remember this song getting tons of airplay in Southern Ontario…… right up until 1971.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Huh. Why’d it stop there?
@ritchhine6255
10 ай бұрын
Great song. Great story i would tell on the radio back in the day.. I remember learning the keyboard riff for my cover-band. Once i figured it out we included the song in almost every set because it was so popular. Thanks for this video.👌✌️🙏
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
What was your band’s name?
@ritchhine6255
10 ай бұрын
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 The RH Factor
@awso-noanazz
10 ай бұрын
Another great song that withstands the test of time. Just great music.
@mitchellbaker9434
10 ай бұрын
Back then this had a really unique sound, as it was one of the pioneer garage rock classics. You never saw ? without those trademark sunglasses. Wouldn't be surprised to find that he slept in them.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
I think he did!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
The sunglasses were to hide his true identity, I’ve always said.
@JB-ub3gd
10 ай бұрын
I play Tears on the juke at my local all the time...never fails to put the hips in motion. Killer track
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
It’s a great song for swaying.
@robgronotte1
9 ай бұрын
I saw ? and the Mysterians in concert on their reunion tour around 1998 or so, they were great. At the time I heard a story about how when they flew to Europe, QM was told he had to remove his sunglasses for identification. His brother said that was the first time he had seen QM without his sunglasses on for 20 years or so.
@KarenOrr-ed8vb
9 ай бұрын
I just wonder if his eyes are not totally ruined wearing sunglasses all the time!
@thomasallen3818
10 ай бұрын
I recently played 96 Tears on keyboard for my grandson. One of the first songs I learned to play in the mid ‘60’s. My first keyboard was a Vox Continental, but sold it to buy a Yamaha YC-10 combo organ.
@Silentscreamer37
9 ай бұрын
This song is fantastic. It’s been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. I also really like their song “Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby.”
@michaelrue1400
5 ай бұрын
Smash Mouth made a hit out of it. Just went and listened to the original. It should have been a hit the first time.
@spicyd1
Ай бұрын
I first heard the Colourfield’s version in the 80s, way better than Smashmouth to me. And the Four Seasons were the originators, rt before ?
@fancycavegaming620
10 ай бұрын
I just want to thank ? for making that poem and turning it into one of my favorite songs. It brings me back to that love and hurt from my first girlfriend. In the song I feel the sparks when we first touched and the anguish of the breakup, the want for revenge but ultimately as it tapers off the forgiveness and fond memories.
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
I’m sorry.
@feegureeetout
3 ай бұрын
Always get thank yous when i karaoke this classic. Instantly recognizable. The hallmark feature of great songs.
@debbiereitmulder2151
10 ай бұрын
Definitely has that British 1960's invasion song flavor....even though it wasn't. Very cool song!! Love your stories about these songs!! Thanks!!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
As is Black is Black by Los Bravos from the same year.
@mikemartinez7433
10 ай бұрын
I was four in 66, 96 Tears was a major influence in my love of the keyboard Rock sound, and until reading about an hour ago I had no clue the lead vocalist shared my last name. As the youngest of 12, I do remember this being popular amongst the sibs ❤🎉
@motherelmtree609
5 ай бұрын
Reminds me of skating as a kid
@bensfisher6065
10 ай бұрын
I just learned more about this Band,,,More than I did before,,, thanks P.O.F... KEEP ROCKING 🤘🤘🤘🤘
@jamesredman1263
10 ай бұрын
I had forgotten the whole Mysterians thing and had it in my head that it was a Stones tune. Thank you for "three chords and the truth"! Garage band makes a massive hit.
@GeraldM_inNC
10 ай бұрын
One punk band has a song called "3 chords and an eff you"
@michaelmusson3593
9 ай бұрын
don't feel bad I thought it was the Amimals
@kellswitch
10 ай бұрын
I find it fascinating when bands have the talent to pull together that one BIG song, but can never match it again. In some cases I'm sure it's just the taste of the listeners, but others you can tell that nothing else they did matched that level of magic again. They clearly have the talent, so what went wrong?
@mrsp2115
10 ай бұрын
In the summer of 1966 in Southeast Michigan 96 Tears was BIG and was played frequently on the radio. My driver's training teacher let me play it a full blast while driving!
@ponzo1967
10 ай бұрын
I remember my foster sister playing this on piano which was funny because she played gospel music exclusively. I said "isn't that 96 tears? and she stumbled to find the words "I don't know!" .... Yes you do! Lol
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Ha!
@aluminumshapingobsession2814
10 ай бұрын
Adam, can’t get enough of your stuff. Thanks for being so creative!!!
@willarellano833
10 ай бұрын
I had a vox continental organ at one time and that's the first thing I learned to play on it .A great one hit wonder classic
@alicejean4879
10 ай бұрын
Excellent video! My most fondest memories of this song is when my brothers got together with cousins and neighborhood friends to sing Temptations songs and copy their steps, lol Motown music brought good times to sooo many households and neighborhoods!❤
@jimmcclellan8891
10 ай бұрын
You read my mind Professor! This song and video is addictive. Simple beat, so very entertaining. Was hoping you’d cover this.
@rockyruane9379
4 ай бұрын
One of the greatest songs ever recorded
@hugoxavierbastidas8630
9 ай бұрын
Great back history about one of my favorite songs of my youth.
@AshRiot81
6 ай бұрын
"Question Mark Was arrested for sniffing glue" 😂 what a proto punk
@johnbrierley7579
9 ай бұрын
Definitely one in my top 10 of 60's garage. It never gets old and it's always fun. I was 9 years old when it hit and I remember those times every time I hear it. It was a great time to be a kid.
@jcheck6
Ай бұрын
I agree John. My real favorite garage band was the Count 5 with Psychotic Reaction.
@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306
6 ай бұрын
Some songs define a time just perfectly. This is one of those songs.
@lib556
10 ай бұрын
Made me think a bit of Chad Allen (just passed- RIP) and the Expressions and their big hit: a cover of Shakin All Over. The studio released the single as a bit of a mystery. No band name and just the question: 'guess who'. Allen quit music and the question stuck as the new band name.
@danmac1871
10 ай бұрын
3 chords….love it. This was a great episode. Loved it. The world a strange place.
@johnmaynardable
10 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you mentioned the Garland Jeffreys album. I had that album in the day, but couldn't remember his name.
@clydekimsey7503
7 ай бұрын
Iove wild in the streets
@sandijohnson2216
10 ай бұрын
Not from the 60’s, i remember as a young kid going through my parents friend’s old records and seeing the album- being surprised to see the lead singer was Mexican because being very young and Mexican myself, I didn’t see many rock bands with Mexican musicians. 👍🏼👍🏼
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
That's right! Ritchie Valens!
@sandijohnson2216
10 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock Yes! I didn’t realize that either until the movie. Quite inspirational as a kid. 😊
@kevmac1230
10 ай бұрын
I always loved the song since it was released.Kinda weird them being from Michigan with the Mexican heritage.I thought they must've been from Texas.
@sandijohnson2216
10 ай бұрын
@@kevmac1230 I learned years ago Michigan has a large Mexican population. Go figure 😁
@sc100ott
10 ай бұрын
Lots of good “mom & pop” or small “local” chain Mexican restaurants in and around Saginaw. The GM plants brought in workers from all over.
@steveelder5306
10 ай бұрын
this song featured heavily on many levels in Stephen Kings book Hearts In Atlantis. and its indeed one of the memorable his from that era. I love it! thanks Professor!
@-.Steven
9 ай бұрын
What a great deep-dive into Rock and or Roll! Love it! ❤ I recall this song being in the Stephen King movie, The Cats Eye. Great movie, as I recall, and a great 60's song! Thanks Professor! This is a Gem! 💎
@skiptrailer7048
8 ай бұрын
best tune ever
@rikhelgason2629
9 ай бұрын
My band The Dawgs opened for ? In Boston in ‘82. We were pretty stoked, ? had really long hair, wore a green sequin jumpsuit, and of course, shades. He was amazing and the band was tight ❤
@ErikSamys
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this, Adam. I always wondered about this band. Now I know😁
@ProfessorofRock
10 ай бұрын
Happy to help! Thanks Erik!
@BarerMender
9 ай бұрын
I remember when this was on the air. I was 17 and a freshman in college. I never liked rock music, but I liked this one.
@steveneff7223
10 ай бұрын
Facinating Story, I remember hearing this song as a kid & was facinated by it & the other groups songs from that Era you mentioned in this story. In the late 90s, my brother-in-law got me my first built computer during the AOL Era & this song was the 1st 60s Song I ever downloaded. I find it Facinating how local Songs became Regional hits & got picked up for National distribution in an Era before the internet & Small independent labels to become Major big #1 hits within months making young unknown kids major stars almost over night!😊
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
The power of globalization!
@scotness
10 ай бұрын
I first heard this song when I was a kid during the mid 80's. I remember it was on an am oldies station in LA and I was blown away by how simple it was and loved it.
@christopherjohnson2171
8 ай бұрын
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew what this was going to be about. Great idea for a video!
@caeserromero3013
6 ай бұрын
I had hazy memories of the keyboard riff from way back in my youth. Then last year I was binge watching the Michael Man show Crime Story, which is set in the 60's. There was a scene with about 15 seconds of this song. I immediately went to youtube to track it down. Now have it on my MP3 list.
@joseph-ow1hf
10 ай бұрын
As soon as you played it, I remember hearing at the roller rink on Friday night back in elementary school. I'm not one fixated on the past, but there were some really fun songs back then.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
10 ай бұрын
Great roller rink song!
@electrochubb
7 ай бұрын
They hit it outta the park in 1967, "96 Tears' was my fav song in that era...ok, them & the Beatles, STEPPENWOLF & 'The Doors"..etc.
@ericcrawford3453
10 ай бұрын
Thanks Professor for this salute to maybe the greatest one hit wonder, eight there with Red Bone's Come & Get Your Love!! You rock Professor! T.C.B. 🤟⚡
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