I had a random thought cycle about the Raiders a few weeks ago...they were a damn good singles band..."Just Like Me" (not at all similar to "Louie, Louie" imo, if only because it has four chords instead of three ), "Hungry", "Kicks"...one or two more...tight, edgy sound...as the 60s wore on, they got a rep as a bubblegum fan, mostly because Mark Linday pimped like a he-ho to the teen mags (oh yeah, "Him Or Me. What's It Gonna Be", that was another good one
HELL yeah!)), and at the time it seemed like it mattered, but today, hell, it was pop and it was good pop, pop that rocked, so what the hell, ya' know? If I could find a wedding band that would cover "Hungry" instead of the same old tired/endless bullshit, I'd be happy about that. But I don't think people wanna put out like that in a wedding band, so there you go, that's what's wrong with all that right there, yes sir.
"Good Thing", that's the other one, yeah!
I can't really find any fault with that...it's good garage band playing a really good garage band song taken to a very high level. Humanity has had far worse musical fates inflicted on it than this.
And check this shit out!
forget the stupidass costumes and "antics", just listen...
BACK TO THE GARAGE!!!