Wave your flag and stop the train
Stop the train
Stop the train
The Move (1967)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRKV...
#FabFlips (to "I Can Hear The Grass Grow") - note the dark nature of the lyrics
Blues Heaven
Where can this man be?
Ko Ko Taylor
With writer Willie Dixon (1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Kf...
#FabFlips (to #WangDangDoodle) - note references to Big Bill, Sam Cooke, Billie Holiday & more
I know a boy who was never blue
Now he lives in Cellblock Two ...
Jack Scott (1958)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlTq...
Just to show that Jack could cut a pretty mean rocker too - this was the B side to "My True Love" - #FabFlips
Well all right, so I'm being foolish
Well all right let people know ...
Buddy Holly (1958)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5An...
#TexasToons #FabFlips
I went out last night walkin'
I heard someone talkin' ...
Them (1964)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68x...
B side to their debut disc #Don'tStartCryingNow which makes it one of those #FabFlips
What am I living for
If not for you ...
Chuck Willis (1958)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSm...
#FabFlips - original B side to "Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes - later cut by folk with names like Sledge, Charles, Tubb, Wells, Scott, Fury, Morrison, Everly and many more #ProtoSoul
You don't need any reason, do you baby?
The Zombies (1964)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWW1...
#Fabflips again, this time to the one you all know (or should do!) - not quite as splendid as the A side but definitely not bad
Torture, torture
Baby, you're torturing me ...
Don & Phil (1964)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGbY...
#FabFlips - this was the B side to #GoneGoneGone - written by #JohnDLoudermilk but first recorded by #KrisKenson in '62 - hidden gem
Hey, friend, wake up, I'm throwin' rocks at your window pane ...
Scott McKenzie (1967 etc.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o_S...
Another one of those #FabFlips - this time to #SanFrancisco - but it spawned further chapters - this clip has all three
Everybody's talking
About my L. S. D. ...
The Pretty Things (1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yrf...
#FabFlips - to "Come See Me" - great stuff but neither side saw any chart action
I won't take all that they hand me down
And make out a smile, though I wear a frown ...
The Kinks (1966)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkY...
#FabFlips (to "Sunny Afternoon")
Blue moon, blue moon, blue moon
Keep shining bright ...
Charlie Feathers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIh...
#CowboyCarl (cut in '73 but released in '81) - song written & recorded by Bill Monroe in 1945 with the Presley version coming in '54 - that version was one of the greatest #FabFlips ever
Here's a song I wrote on a plane
Between Dallas and Austin goin' to El Paso ...
Waylon (1975)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVFj...
A tribute to "... a guy that probably did as much for our kind of music as anybody" - #TexasToons #FabFlips
I got something to say that might 'cause you pain
If I catch you talking to that boy again ...
The Beatles (1964)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nye...
#FabFlips (to "Can't Buy Me Love") - written (and sung) in the main by John - also appeared on #AHardDaysNight LP
I got a brand new baby and I feel so good ...
Don & Phil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUzD...
#Fabflips (to "... Dream"), song written by #RoyOrbison
It must be love
Oh what a feeling ...
Don & Phil (1959)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBF...
#FabFlips (to "('Til) I Kissed You") - written by Don