The Links do "Vehicle" by the Ides of March

[Teasing the Korean]

This version of the Ides of March's "Vehicle," performed by Omaha-based cocktail lounge act the Links, is unbelievable.  

 

[felser]

Wow.  Shatner/Nimoy territory there.  The original was outrageous enough - Jim Peterik does the David Clayton-Thomas schtick beyond even Clayton-Thomas himself (and he was only 20).  But of course, it went to #2 pop, so they had both the first and the last laugh.  Peterik then hit big a decade later in Survivor with "Eye of the Tiger" etc.

[Teasing the Korean]

1 minute ago, felser said:

Wow.  Shatner/Nimoy territory there.  

Right?  It's so bad it's almost brilliant.  It borders on polka in a few passages.  

[JSngry]

That Links record is a trip. Very popular on the blogosphere back when that was a thing. 

Funny thing is that I can totally relate to the environment that spawned that type of thing. Back in the day when damn near every lounge and hotel lounge had live bands, there was a LOT of that going around. But hardly any of it got recorded for posterity. 

Regarding Peterick, he also was in the orb of Chase, post Ides.  

Lounge bands, one more opportunity for a musician to get practical experience gone. Sigh. 

[Teasing the Korean]

10 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Funny thing is that I can totally relate to the environment that spawned that type of thing. Back in the day when damn near every lounge and hotel lounge had live bands, there was a LOT of that going around. But hardly any of it got recorded for posterity. 

I remember going to see Bobby Palermo - "Florida's Neil Diamond" - at the Ramada Inn on US Hwy 19 in Clearwater.  On the weekends, he did a big show, with a backing combo; but during the week, he sang, played keyboards, and did his own sound and lights, pretty much everything except serve drinks and bus tables.  

Edited September 17, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[T.D.]

2 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

This version of the Ides of March's "Vehicle," performed by Omaha-based cocktail lounge act the Links, is unbelievable.  

 

Wow. Unbelievable to say the least. Words fail me. Pity I was unaware of it in real time.

And those threads are priceless, weirdly appropriate for a band from Nebraska, would probably fit in just fine at a football game or pep rally. 

[Teasing the Korean]

14 minutes ago, T.D. said:

Wow. Unbelievable to say the least. Words fail me. Pity I was unaware of it in real time.

And those threads are priceless, weirdly appropriate for a band from Nebraska, would probably fit in just fine at a football game or pep rally. 

It seems weird to wear bright polyester in nature, unless they were trying to avoid getting shot by hunters who may have mistaken them for deer. 

[T.D.]

25 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

It seems weird to wear bright polyester in nature, unless they were trying to avoid getting shot by hunters who may have mistaken them for deer. 

True, but OTOH all that hairspray* might double as an insect repellant!

*Hope it didn't prove toxic to the band members. 

The mountain backdrop looks super fake to me. The band appears superimposed or a fabric curtain is possible, only the rock (or painted Styrofoam) the dude is seated on looks real.  But I don't know the state of photo doctoring technology in 1974.

Edited September 17, 2022 by T.D.

[Teasing the Korean]

27 minutes ago, T.D. said:

The mountain backdrop looks super fake to me. The band appears superimposed or a fabric curtain is possible, only the rock (or painted Styrofoam) the dude is seated on looks real.  But I don't know the state of photo doctoring technology in 1974.

It may have been done at a Sears photography studio!  Remember those?

My wife's band in the 1990s did their promo shots at Sears.  They were made to look like warm family portraits, despite the fact that the band wore heavy make-up and and 70s glam fashions!

[JSngry]

Sears, JC Penney, K-Mart... 

[JSngry]

Olan Mills.

Karaoke.