George is back, to give me a much needed week off, and today he's the scribe with the Vibes...
My previous contribution to this series, The Swans, led me to investigate bands called The Geese. Whatever the results of those searches were, I have not kept them. And from that, I leapt to today’s choice, but how I got there I just don’t know. And of course I will be sticking to the rules, so no deviations into such horrific territory such as The Vibez or The Vybes. Rules are rules.
(This clearly demonstrates the difference between Maths teachers and English teachers.)
THE VIBES #1
First up, a rock-and-roll single from 1958.
Vocals are credited to Ronnie Franklin, who a few years later formed a soft-rock band that sold 120 billion records, although I know of no-one who bought any singles or albums by Bread (Ronnie Franklin seems to have been a stage name for David Gates).
(Further research reveals the band also featured Leon Russell and JJ Cale. But I can't find a picture of them anywhere.)
THE VIBES #2
THE VIBES #3
Swiss rock next, and a track from a 2013 album “45 minutes to go”...
You can find a lot of their music on bandcamp.
THE VIBES #4
Sorry, I am unable to find any of the three songs made by the Nashville punks who went by the name of The Vibes.
Me neither.
THE VIBES #5
South African vibes next, funky South African vibes, no less.
THE VIBES #6
More doo-wopping, from a band who might also have gone by the name of The Flames...
THE VIBES #7
Thankfully I can not find the Happy Vibes track by The Vibes from an album called Jazz’ngo vol. 2.
Having read up on that, I think we're all relieved.
THE VIBES #8
A cheery little pop song from 1962 next...
THE VIBES #9
And from El Salvador, via The Netherlands, some noisy young vibes with a song about Ron’s eyes...
THE VIBES #10
The penultimate Vibes are from Northern Ireland. Possibly the best reggae band from that country, and a song with a very commendable opening line, especially if your first class on a Monday is a disenchanted Year 8 collection of young rowdies (one of whom threatened to stab me in a McDonalds).
THE VIBES #11
Saving the best ‘til last, and loud fast garage rock from 1985...
And from the same 12 inch EP (The Inner Wardrobes of Your Mind)...
You will of course be familiar with those last two songs, they were much played by John Peel. (I’m In Pittsburgh and It’s Raining was no. 32 in the Festive 50 - a scandal.)
I’m trying to think of a “Rol-ism” to finish: Which band give you good vibes?
While I'm inclined to agree that George saved the best till last, I'd be doing regular readers of this feature (i.e. Ernie and... erm, George) a disservice if I didn't tack a few more Vibes onto the end of his post... for completeness' sake.
THE VIBES #12
The earliest Vibes I could find - they formed in 1948, originally as The Vibrinaires before shortening that to The Vibes. I can only think that George missed them out because they came from Asbury Park, New Jersey.
THE VIBES #13
Ohio alt-rockers led by Nathan Corsi, from 2005...
THE VIBES #14
Some smooth jazz sounds from Italy in 2011 (can't believe George missed these guys!).
THE VIBES #15
And finally (again) some New Zealand rockers from 2020...
Thank you to George for his efforts as always. Although we'll miss his regular intense critical evaluations in the comments box this week. Feel free to step up if you have a spare couple of hours...
George seems to have a rather ambiguous approach to rules. Here he seems to be inventing rules of his own and implying that you ought to follow them. In his recent excellent contribution over at my place he also invented a rule but on that occasion he did so solely in order to say that he wasn't going to follow it.
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DeleteI like rules! Bands with the same name must have the same name. No hats worn in the classroom is another one. Or indeed, no hats to be worn indoors at all!
DeleteNot even a dunce cap?
DeleteAs it happens I was listening to #9 yesterday for reasons that may or may not become apparent in due course. A shame George didn't select a track from their aptly named EP "F*** The Vibes".
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