Little Green Bag by The George Baker Selection New Edit
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2012
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Names are the theme that haunt this song. It was supposed to be called "Little Greenback," like in money, but the seven-inch single debut was misprinted by publisher label Negram. Wouldn't you know it, it became their top hit, and so became known by the wrong name. Worse yet, they had to change the name of the album to reflect that. If you listen to the words, "greenback" is actually the word sung.
George Baker, meanwhile, was actually born Johannes Bouwens. He's from the Netherlands, you see, and so "Little Green Bag" first made the top-40 on the Dutch charts, then Belgium, and finally internationally.
Have you ever heard such a unique construction? It starts out with jazzy bass and tambourine, with a bouncy bass line and drum. Then the vocals slide in with an almost whisper, and then suddenly the song opens up and it's a Spanish romance ballad.
Yes, Quentin Tarantino fans, this song was of course your very first introduction to the QT universe. It's the opening credits to Tarantino's debut Reservoir Dogs, with the suits and shades ambling down the street. This pushed it back to international success yet again in 1992, causing it to pop up in weird places like Japanese whiskey commercials.
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George Baker ❤ the world’s 🌎 🌍🌏 greatest singer ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
cooler Song George Baker einer der besten Musiker Grüsse aus Sachsen
Never ever tired of this great song since 1969.
Probably one of the down right coolest songs ever!
probably...... you mean the coolest bestest and noooo probably didn't you ?????
@Hyper Nοτια oui
@@jfk19780 Clearly you have never listened to THE COOLEST Dutch band ever: THE OUTSIDERS.
A great example of a singer with perfect pitch--he's got it!
IMMORTAL, NEVER DYING, DEATHLESS, WONDERFUL!!!! One of the best songs of the modern music. When I die there will still be a lot people listening it... and on and on...
I was a little kid when this gem came out and it was great now I’m a big old kid and it still kicks ass. The music I grew up on was the best
I will always LOVE this song. Delicious!
I'm really diggin' this song. Whatta gem. Genius. So catchy.
K-Billy's Super Sounds Of The Seventies Weekend!
What a great song takes me back to those years
I love this song! Such a great groove, so cool!
Reservoir Dogs is such an amazing film for popularizing this song.
Hans has stated Tom Jones is one of his idols. You can definitely hear the influence. Tom Jones also covered this song.
Seriously wow cool!
They do sound similar
Yeah you’re right I can hear the influence 💯👌
I dig it. Even back in the day. So cool
I keep dancing on this when I get home from work
Lost gold. Found it again. Thank you skiptracer21.
Blijft zo mooi. ❤❤
Está canción, Little Green Bag, forma parte del soundtrack de mi juventud. Excelente. Me trae inolvidables recuerdos. Buen¡¡¡¡s¡¡¡¡maaa
Hij is de BESTE ooit er is NOOIT een betere geweest in ons land wat een Topper.
+Het eeuwige leven Hoppekee :)
Although I have not a clue what you are saying, I am both intrigued and yet satisfied. Go figure...LUV YOU!!!
hell yahhhh !!!!!!
yup
Awesome tune
It's a great song and it still holds up today I saw on the soundtrack of Reservoir Dogs and it fit perfectly like a puzzle piece great song thanks for sharing
Great movie! Great representation of the song in Reservoir Dogs!
I love that song .little green bag
Great song !!
On this day in 1970 {March 7th} the George Baker Selection performed "Little Green Bag" on late Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand'...
Two weeks later on March 21st it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #21 & spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #3 in Belgium, #9 on the Dutch Top 40, & #16 in Canada...
Was featured in the 1992 Quentin Tarantino movie 'Reservoir Dogs'...
R.I.P. Mr. Clark {1929-2012} and Mr. Baker celebrated his 68th birthday this past Dec. 8th...
Súper tema musical ....lo escuché por primera vez en una fiesta casera, era estudiante universitario en 1972, nunca supe el nombre de la canción ni el autor o cantante, de eso hace 50 años, hace unos 25 años la busqué y desde entonces la oigo regularmente, tiene mucho ritmo y tema...grandioso tema musical de los 70s.
Me identifico contigo ..
Ein claBic lead!!! Ich vermiB es, danke!
Love this cool song from 69'
They are forever young, immortalised in this clip; how wonderful.
I haf mam and fater an anges for they are they wear so yong then.
Pequeño bolso verde te escuchare por el resto de mi vida gracias por esa alegria
gotta love the green bag..miss Mary!
love this song
This song makes me wanna walking down the streets with the gang
Merci Tarantino avec ses films pas mal de découverte.
Än Super Song! Ich Liäb än! Danke
2020 still beyond cool
funky song so good good music video too🤠🥸😎😍🤩🥰🤣
First time in 49 years I've heard a long version. It's shorter on my record by almost a minute.
Love this song.
My go too make me in a better mood song
Siempre busque este tema xq quedo en mi memoria cuando niño temazo
A song from my childood: looks like yesterday...
Temazoooo !!!!
great edit
My new favorite! Though its been around for over 50 years.
i love this sung !
La chanson de mon premier fiancé..Freddy ❤❤❤
Imagine how things would have gone had Little Greenback been used.
Little Green Bag was an accident.
15 añitos tenía cuando esta cancion sonaba en la radio ahora soy una adulta mayor y sigue siendo mi favorita...❤
I wish I was 18 again!
Little Green Bag by The George Baker Selection - 1970
Lyrics
Yeah
Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag
Got to find just a kind or losin' my mind
Out of sight in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my way
Out of sight in the night, out of sight in the day
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my way
Lookin' back
Lookin' for some happiness
But there is so a loneliness to find
Turn to the left turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs lookin' behind
Lookin' for some happiness
But there is so a loneliness to find
Turn to the left turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs lookin' behind
Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag
Got to find just a kind or losin' my mind
Out of sight in the night, out sight in the day
Lookin' back on the track gonna do it my way
Lookin' back on the track for a little little green bag
Got to find just a kind or losin' my mind
Lookin' for some happiness
But there is so a loneliness to find
Turn to the left turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs lookin' behind
Lookin' for some happiness
But there is so a loneliness to find
Turn to the left turn to the right
Lookin' upstairs lookin' behind
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Hans Bouwens / Jan Visser
Love the Tom Jones-ish vocal break.
LUV IT ! 👍😎👌
You can see the Elvis influence with the sideburns and hair style.
Lol
Old music n sound. Just bring memorized pack. Da bong. Pipe da bowl. N chill. With a big. WhiteLine.....
Makes me proud to be Dutch!
dutch....wooden head wooden shoes wouldnt listen lol !!!
@@jfk19780 george baker is Dutch. His real name is hans bouwens and this band was founded in Holland.
@@hansolo2121 Didn't know that. Thanks for the info!
Dutch rock. Vengaboys. Dutch troupe as well.
Nice bass line intro.
School used to play this back in 99' before first class started in Ontario. Kinda funny looking back in it now...to use this song. Guess Principal either liked reservoir dogs or Baker.
Lookin' back on the track for a little greenback.
1:34 - Mr. Brown, Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, and Mr. Pink.
I imagine a bunch of old Italian couples dancing to this song at Tony Soprano's wedding.
I remember hearing this waaayyyy back when i was a kid about 10(?)and really liked it, didn't know who sang it though.
I heard the song on the radio the other day and could not remember who sang it (getting old). Tried song finder and couldn't get it either, til today, my lucky day, found the artist that I grew up with and love.
Montery12
Igot old when i wasn't looking LOL
Where are the best songs of all time "YOU-TUBE" Thanks and Love you all.💋
never ever use a hyphen like that again.
remember it well
thanks .. It was a nice edit
Part of the short-lived "Dutch Invasion" hype of the early '70s, the George Baker Selection's "Little Green Bag" is today so inextricably intertwined with its use in the opening scene of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" that any use of it in the years since that movie came out (such as a memorable gag from the first season of the British sitcom Coupling) is intended as a reference back to the film, not the song itself. On its own, "Little Green Bag" is an odd little hybrid of proto-punky rock and roll (dig that surprisingly tough, stabbing rhythm guitar riff, and the funky bass and tambourines opening) and utterly unfashionable European MOR influences like the bouncy organ part (reminiscent of Bent Fabric's "The Happy Puppy") and the downright giddy turn the melody takes on the bridge. This combination evokes, of all things, Love's Forever Changes, which had similarly combined no-nonsense rock and roll with unexpected accents like a mariachi band and adult-contemporary strings. "Little Green Bag" is so weird that it by rights shouldn't work at all, but in fact, it's utterly beguiling.
What is in the "Little Green Bag"? Hint: The group hails from The Netherlands.
That was the Partridge Family's Doesn't Somebody want to be wanted followed by Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows where my RoseMary Goes.. As the K-Billy's Super Sound of the 70's just keeps on trucki'n.... 00:00
"Got to find just the kind for losing my mind." No this is bout a bag of marijuana. That's the little bag I always envisioned! I have always loved this song!
Bart van de Sande How do you explain the "losing my mind" line?
Right. It was a different time and one did get airplay if you admitted your song was about a drug.
...look at it this way, Money/drugs can be synonymous. Either making you or BREAKING you. Depends on what kind of plain you start off and LAND.
... besides ,.. your opinion counts for....
TheHarmonicWheel, the original title of this song was Little Greenback. It was about money. When the records were pressed, the title was printed Green Bag instead of Greenback. Since it was a low dollar production it was cheaper to keep Bag than change all the records. Straight from George Baker's mouth. Listen to the song and hear greenback instead of green bag, and, you'll see.
Coool
7 muy bonita la canción
George ,you will only get it , according to me.rocl on much love sent to you from Florida
I have just three words to say: Una Paloma Blanca!
The original title of this song was Little Greenback. It was about money. When the records were pressed, the title was accidentally printed Green Bag instead of Greenback. Since it was a low dollar production it was cheaper to keep Bag than change all the records. That is straight from George Baker's mouth. "Lookin back, on the track, for a little greenback". Listen to the song and hear greenback instead of green bag, and, you'll see.
.... seriously, it is plainly audible "GREEN BACK" and the rest of the lyrics do not suggest anything other THAN.
Roosje Keizer, you're out of your fricken mind, plus you're calling George Baker a liar. Hahahaha. You're saying the writer,and, singer of this song is wrong. Geeze, there's always someone like you, isn't there?
Got to find just a kind or losin' my mind
Them dollar bills are quite special, it would seem.
Even if the song were about a green bag of marijuana, which is legal in the Netherlands, then for the purpose of record sales abroad where in the majority of cases marijuana is illegal and condemned, it would be a good idea to deny it.
I am calling George Baker a liar.
Nice cover story but it's a drug song about marijuana.
I always wondered why it sounded like green BACK.... Thanks for the info
Yes !
George looks so much like Josh Hutcherson here and a little Pedro Pascale
Lov.
Cool baby Cool
loveeeeeee
oh to be in in a hash cafe in holland smokin dope from a little GREEN BAG with my good buddy george and his pals.
awesome!
Reservoir Dogs
Oh yes, just a horosho day in the country with me droogs.
Is that a ‘Clockwork Orange’ reference?
Google "Original title of Little Green Bag"It was Little Greenback, The band used their own $$$ and needed some back. I really dig the tune, and always sing little green back. Fun fact.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Green_Bag
I know his brother, ginger Baker selection!
I laughed out loud at that...
Smart ass :-))
he looks like ginger baker
This song was supposed to be called “Little Green Back” (💵 money) not a bag.
lets fuckin go
I think I heard this in aprox 343245345 commercials
Probably my fav 45 in 1970, probably the worst mime I have yet to see!
This is the original and only video shot in the 60's. Other videos are add-ons. The colored part wasn't even there. This video has been altered/modified. Should have left it as original recorded video. Why change everything. :-(
I am sure you all know, they are actually singing " LITTLE GREEN BACK" If you listen carefully you can hear the word "BACK" NOT "BAG" Look into it!! "Looking back on a track for a little little green Back" ENJOY!
I always love hearing this on wls out if chicago back in the ol days on am🎉 radio
little green bag a reference to WEED!
Yes, possibly why title was changed. The lyrics are still "Little Green back." best of luck.
Reservoir Dogs ; )
Love this song. Whatever happened to these guys?
+LoginsSuck123 They are still alive and happy here in The Netherlands. This was the most succesful song they made though and still getting payed for it. Lekkere band en geweldig mooi nummer. Ik ben trots als Nederlander elke keer weer als ik dit nummer hoor. :)
I worked with Henk in Australia in early 2000s he was building boats
They had a massive hit in 1976 with the song, "Una Paloma Blanca".
Great
Lidl green shopping bag yeeeu
Where are they now?
Dude at 3:42 musta found that little green bag.
one of the coolist tuneim wasted.sorr
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Of course it's about marijuana! Just listen to the words-'Gotta find just the kind for losin' my mind.............Lookin' for some happiness but there is only loneness to find...." Shucks! He's talking about a patch of marijuana he found the other day, and now he's looking for it again, but he can't find it, probably because the cops found it first! Marijuana is his "bag"-his "little green bag"!
Cheech & Chong had a little green bag too!
spy4863 bollox
rolling a scoob 3:42 ahh
Where’s the blow??
What was in that Little Green Bag ?🙄😏