Lol! Thanks for the correction and cool info 😉 I wasn't at all confused about the song just got that year totally wrong. I'm an old girl now, I do that sometimes❤ Have a great day 🎶
@@abashal Then that moment when you lovingly pulled out the vinyl from it's sheath, placed it gingerly on the turntable, cued the needle and lowered it down on the record...That unique and exquisite sound of the stylus finding the opening notes ~sigh~...I haven't done it in a LONG time...I miss it dearly...So many hours of just listening to music...:)
there are some conflicting figures about this record with the most unlikely being that this sold 30 million copies worldwide (wiki). on the same page it also shows the certified sales to be much, much lower than that number. A huge record but I dont believe it's as big a seller as is suggested. Had a disagreement with a pal about the same thing which is why i know the wiki page.
One thing you may have noticed on your journey through the music of the past is that in the 60s and 70s, unlike today, there was a space for unique sounds .
That's when it was the music business and not the music industry. A lot of music these days sounds laundered, washed out and pressed and decided on by a group of people only interested in dollars and cents. Not everything, obviously, there are still unique artists around, they just need to fight harder to let their voices be heard.
If this song doesn't get your feet tapping or put a smile on your face you are dead lol, upbeat songs like this are what the world needs a lot more of nowadays.
Mungo Jerry is a band from the UK that did a lot of Psychedelic as Amber would say "Hippie" and Folk music. This particular song is Skiffle style which is kind of a Mississippi River Delta New Orleans Blues mix with old school improvised instruments and all. It always gave that River Blues vibe and with that title it definitely brings memories of Summertime.
Way back in the ancient days, folks formed jug bands, using whatever items they could find to use as instruments, including water jugs. You can hear more of this with Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Down On The Corner (Willie And The Poor Boys)". Great song, thanks!
When you had a lot of desire and no money, you improvised. I saw two young boys in New Orleans tap dance like crazy! Their shoes were loafers with bottle caps attached to the soles!i
Love "In The Summertime" the line "have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find" hits quite a bit differently now than it did in 1970. Still, it's considered the top selling summer hit of all time -- so says Alexa.
It was used in an advertisement for to STOP people DRINK DRIVING and that's what put the death to DJ's playing this song. I think people need to separate songs from actions - doubt the band was telling folk to drink and drive. Great song.
@@chicsharp5786 I didn't know that part particularly, but of course the line "have a drink have a drive go out and see what you can find" didn't age well. Neither did "If her Daddy's poor, just do what you feel" but it remains one of the most poular hit songs of all time and ranks high on Billboard's top charts
This was a worldwide HIT back in 1970 !! It still brings smiles to whoever is listening to the 🇬🇧 rock group !! This is a folk / rock/ hippie song 💜☮️ You can’t help but dance down the street…sing along with us yea we’re hap happppy🤩 If you whistle this walking down the street, I’m sure someone will know what song is happening in your head, it is a summertime song ☮️🥰🇨🇦
Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten that one. Absolutely. As long as we're doing crazy songs, might as well also add Lonnie Donegan's Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor, released in 1977, one of the funniest songs I've ever heard.
The "stand up thing" is a double bass. It gives so much depth to the music. I was 14 when this song came out and I remember that year so well, the summer was a good one.
i was mesmerized by this song when i was a kid, it was unlike anything id ever heard before. and it still kind of is. still listen to it a lot to this day. reminds me of being carefree and just having fun
Love this song. You can’t be depressed when you listen to this, puts a smile on your face. I was a freshman or sophomore in college and this brings back fond memories.
Whoever threw a thumbs down to this song needs a hug or something... Being a new 60 year old, hearing songs like Mongo Jerry's "Summertime" I still feel the same way I did all through my ages including the first time I heard it! All the other things that drag me down seem to just disappear! Great reaction guys!
@@jtd5849 If her daddy's poor just do what you feel doesn't mean anything sexual. If her daddy's rich, she'll have expectations of a fancy dinner date...back then, anyway. I'm 67, since we're exchanging ages.
Summer wasn’t complete until this came on the radio every year. Kinda like Christmas wasn’t official till the radio played Cheech and Chong’s Santa Claus and His Old Lady!
"If her Daddy's rich, take her out for a meal, if her Daddy's poor you can do what you feel" I forgot this song. I do remember it now (I was born in 1961). Such a cool song. Thank you!
The lead singer is Ray Dorset. I met him in Poole, Dorset about 6 years ago he was performing on the Quay with his band. And yes he sang this song. Got a picture with him. What really lovely guy.
"Have a drink, have a drive..." LOL how times have changed! What a great classic tune! Glad you two enjoyed it. On the summer theme, check out: "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts, "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful, and "Magic" by the Cars.
I just have to say, I really like watching you both react to a lot of music from "my" time. I have 5 kids, 15 grandbabies and 8 great grandbabies so I can say this...you two are precious. I loved watching you (mama) with your pregnancy and birth. What a beautiful family. The way you (daddy) reacted to your baby, and girls, was wonderful. Okay, enough gushing. I really like watching your reactions. It's great to expose yourselves to "new" music.
This song was their only Top 40 hit in America. Back in England, this song spent 6 weeks at #1 on the British Pop charts in the spring of 1970. On the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at #3 during the summer of 1970. A totally unique song indeed!!!
This was their only US hit. The Instruments, Jug, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, and Double Bass (this is the kind of string instrument that Symphonies use as a bass for the string section). Double Bass was also used in early rock and rockabilly, as the electric bass and bass amp were not invented until after the electric guitar. The name Mungo Jerry was from t.s. eliot's book, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", the short stories that the musical Cats is based upon. Mungo Jerry was one of the cats.
Should be noted that sound of him blowing on th jug in the middle of the song that sounded like a car revving, was actually a recording of a Corvette (?) revving in the parking lot.
Mungo is a well enough known male's first name in Scotland - particularly in the farming community in Ayrshire!. St Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow, although he's also known as St Kentigern.
This song was fun back in the day and it is fun all over again watching adventurous young folks like yourselves react to it for the first time. Keep up the great work.
If I remember correctly, blowing into a jug to make that low note is called "jugging". It was a popular improvised instrument in mountain bluegrass music. Others include the washboard, the spoons, and the saw as instruments.
Jim Dandy, of Black Oak Arkansas fame, played an electric scrub board. I know this being a fan of BOA since the 70's. I've heard it and seen it live. It took me a while to figure out how he did it, if you listen you can tell, he puts thimbles on his fingers. Excellent sound and probably not easy to do. Was a hell of a concert with a fair amount of stupidity to abide, the 3 drunk younglings that started out beside us were exceptional entertainment. One barfed on the chair beside him, then the fuzz took them away, then about 3 people sat on the seat then realized that they were sitting in barf and the cycle continued until we vacated the area. A lot of shit is funny when you eat good acid.
I had to look it up some instrument names like guiro & scraper thinking it might be that. I was expecting a cheese grater and stick or maybe even a washboard. I forgot he was using his voice instead to keep that beat. Bringing up the spoons reminds me of that now old song called Spoonman by Soundgarden.
The style is called "Skiffle" and is a mix of Blues, Folk and Jazz from the early 50s and is a genre of Folk Music. I like your Reactions by the way... keep it comin' :)
Shouldn't be a shocker that Jimmy Page was in a skiffle band. There is a YT video where he is on a talent show at about age 15. He told the host of the show he wanted to be a research biologist when he grew up. I guess the world lost a great research biologist. ;>)
Saw them perform this in the Acapulco nightclub in Halifax, West Yorkshire, (now believed to be the oldest nightclub in the UK- it's still going) in 1984 or 85. Sounded exactly like the record. ❤
I still live in HB. Went to Marina High in the mid 70’s. I still park for free behind the Jack in the Box on PCH and Warner. A whole different vibe nowadays, but spending a day at the beach staring out at Catalina Island is always pure bliss.
In the early '70s, there was a brief revival of ragtime and other early 20th century music styles, including jug bands, culminating in the popular film "The Sting," with its Scott Joplin-heavy soundtrack. Leon Redbone kept the revival going into the late '70s, including several "Saturday Night Live" appearances, and beyond, but he remained a niche entertainer until his death two years ago. He performed locally in one of his final concerts, but there was a snowstorm and we never got to see him.
I was 19 in the summer of 1970 when this was released and I was tooling around in my VW bug. It seemed like this song was on the radio every 10 minutes. It was a fun time.
Fun tune! Very unique, one of those musical earworms that you can’t get away from. They were a British band fronted by Ray Dorset. The lineup was kind of revolving, I think, and the band name came from the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats which was the foundation for the musical, CATS.
It seems that Eliot inspired a lot of art. His poem The Waste Land inspired Stephen King’s The Dark Tower book series, and part of The Waste Land was also included in the game Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The line “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” always gives me chills, and it was perfect to include in a video game scene with a man wandering in the desert dying of thirst.
This used to be played every summer, but it was banned from some TV because of the line- take a drink take a drive. My husband had big sideburns when we first meet 🥰
This was the big hit of the summer in Britain in 1970. Two other songs of theirs that I like are 'Baby Jump' which was also a number 1 in 1971 and the b-side of it, 'The man behind the Piano'.
I was 16 when this song came out and as you can imagine, it was one of the wonderful summertime anthems and a great part of the soundtrack of our young lives. It truly helped everyone feel carefree and happy to be looking around to see who else was looking around. Going to the beach, dances, awkward flirting, a bit of drinking and some hilarious misadventures were the order of the day, so it’s nice to be reminded of those times.
When my family got together when I was a kid my Uncle blew in a beer jug like that, my Dad played harmonica and my Aunt played a boogie woogie piano. Everyone sang along to old time songs and it was just the best times.
In the early 20th century, "jug bands" became popular among African-Americans in the South. They consisted of a guy blowing across of the top of a jug, like you see here, along with other store-bought and homemade instruments. You'd see basses made out of washtubs, and banjos with guitar necks bolted onto them, along with people playing the spoons and even stove-pipes. Jug bands were an early precursor to blues bands, so they hold an important place in the history of American music, particular Black American music. It's important to note that Mungo Jerry is not a jug band, themselves. But they're drawing inspiration from the tradition, with their acoustic instruments, folksy sounds, and of course, the jug.
Ifn' ye ain't a feared ta, take a deep dive on the Bloody Jug Band! Ya might get offended but, ya ain't gonna get disappointed! Quality entertainment and musicianship
And roots music like jug bands was influential on some of the folk musicians of the early 1960s, who later influenced popular songs like this and even the purported first psychedelic band, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, and their 1965 hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me," which featured an electrically amplified jug played throughout.
My mom used to play the spoons. Dad played the guitar. They'd jam in the kitchen or by a bond fire in the backyard. Friends and neighbours would all gather. We'd all sing along. Great childhood memory.
A flatmate played Jim Kweskin albums along with some rootsy Blues LPs back in 1970 or so. I was educated and chased up the Blues aspect, but I didn't get the jug band vibe then. These days I get it more.
I have to say I think my early teen years had the BEST music, this song included. But I guess everybody feels that way about the music they grew up with, but I do think we had the best variety.
Thank you for saying that second part. SO MANY people online (especially under reaction videos) get so insistent and/or angry that their generation had the best music that ever existed and all new music is garbage. If people would just take a step outside of themselves for a minute and look at the larger picture, they'd see that literally every generation feels that way. The teens today are going to look back on 2021's music the same way Boomers look back on the music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Gen X-ers look back on the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, etc. It's not that the music is any better or worse, it's that you connect most to the music, styles, tech level, and social mores that were prevalent when you were in your "coming of age" and "prime" years. You're developing as a human, discovering yourself, having first loves and breakups, and haven't become jaded by the coming, going, and cyclic returning of trends, the standard beat-downs of life, etc. The songs of your prime years formed the soundtrack to your personal "good ol' days" so of course you're going to feel them more than you feel music that speaks to a 16-year old in 2021. Trust that a teen today feels Billy Eilish just as much as a Boomer felt Janis Joplin and, subjectively, it's just as valid an opinion. "Objectively" is not an actual thing when you're talking about art. I have friends who will insist that hair metal was the best period of music and everything that's come since is garbage. This is obviously "nostalgia bubble" nonsense. My grandparents loved Big Band music (Glen Miller, Les Brown, etc) and insisted everything after that was just "screaming" with "no melody." They didn't understand the music that came after it so they just classified it as garbage. Trust that my grandmother thought Janis Joplin was just screaming over electric noise and the Beatles were just bubblegum garbage that evolved into rambling, druggy nonsense. My grandfather once told me that Michael Jackson songs had no melody and that MJ couldn't sing. Also, a lot of people who claim that "today's music" is trash and "kids don't know what's good" haven't actually sought out or listened to any new music that might prove otherwise. They half-hear a radio-friendly pop song - the lowest common denominator - in passing and judge an entire generation's music. There's plenty of great music today and plenty of great artists who are just as talented and deep as anyone from any previous generation but you either have to (1) seek them out outside of just pop radio or whatever, or (2) accept that their vibe is not aimed at your demographic. Similarly, there have been plenty of throwaway, garbage songs that were popular in any given generation. You just forget those as you get older. Anyway, sorry for the long blurb here but it's just refreshing to finally hear from someone who understands that their love of the music from their tweens, teens, and twenties is personal and subjective, not objective, inarguable fact. Last thing I'll say here, addressing your last comment: There's actually plenty of variety in today's music. What changed is that the radio narrowed its playlists because companies like Clear Channel learned that you could turn anything into a hit single by playing it over and over until people developed Stockholm Syndrome and believed they liked it. Radio sucks because the business side took over but we have more genres, subgenres, genre combos, and experimental music today than has ever existed before (thanks to tech supplanting the traditional gatekeepers), the 60s included. You just have to know they exist and where to go to listen. There are literally millions of amazing rabbit holes out there featuring artists that you will never hear on the radio (or any casual, sales-oriented equivalent).
@@johnplaysgames3120 Whoa, but you're right. I do love music from every genre from the 50's through today. I listen to it all. Thanks for your thoughts.
This is called jug band music. In the 20s and 30s in the South there were jug bands who toured the honky tonks. In the folk revival of the 50s and early 60s, a lot of folk bands played jug band songs. The Lovin' Spoonful was popular in the mid-60's with a derivative of this sound. "Do You Believe in Magic" was their first and biggest hit.
@@lindaingallsobrien4217 I was about to say something about the same. Growing up near Appalachia & spending a lot of time in New Orleans & Cajun country, these were wise words to follow.
@@joiedevivre2005 So true! I lived in Tennessee, also, so know the Appalachia well! I'm with the younger chain in Colorado now - The Rockies- no humidity! My gggg#? Uncle was Jeremiah Ingalls who compiled one of the 1st shaped note songbooks In America from that old Appalachian music! I'm a pianist, Dad & 8 brothers all played in South Louisiana & he had a beautiful voice! WE Ingalls are known for our music......got to MA in 1628 & fought in every war for our country. But my son has the true gift of music, plays drums, guitar & composes beautiful music.
Rick Dees "Disco Duck", Steve Martin "King Tut", Jim Stafford "Spiders and Snakes", Harry Nilsson "Coconut", Devo "Whip It", Blue Suede "Hooked On A Feeling", Lobo "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", Minnie Ripperton "Lovin' You", Ray Stevens "The Streak" are fun songs with different sounding with both voice and instruments. You'll love em'!!
"If her daddy's rich"... Well, Daddy certainly wouldn't cotton to a fella taking out his daughter if the boy couldn't even afford to take her out for a meal. A father who was poor might understand a young man taking his daughter out for a walk on the beach or just to spend an afternoon listening to music on the radio. I don't think the lyric was suggesting you shouldn't ever spend money on a girl from a poor family. Just do what you feel... a walk, a dance, a picnic, a dinner out...whatever you could manage and what you'd both enjoy. Just that parental expectations can factor into your plans going out with a girl. And the vibe here is about living carefree, enjoying friends, enjoying the weather, being young. Love this song with its different sounds, the bit of syncopation, the wobble in the lead singer's voice, the soft honky-tonk feel of the piano, the tapping feet, the encouragement to sing along... the happy sum of it is so great.
The band's name is Mungo Jerry from T.S. Eliot's cat poem Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. The singer's name is Ray Dorset. Today he's 75 and still the singer for the band.
I've always loved this song. I remember being surprised that my Dad even liked it a lot when it would play on the radio. If you want another very unique song to react to, PLEASE do a reaction to Cover of the Rolling Stone by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. I promise you'll like it. 😁
I love this stuff I am so glad I grew up listening to music that was as good as this.The different genres of music we had from folk to funk, Motown to disco, country to Southern rock, Rock ‘n’ roll etc. there was music for everybody.
I REQUESTED This song so many times ,, Thank you ROB SQUAD,,, In The summer time Has sold over 30 million singles , Making it the 5th biggest song ALL TIME ,, It Was released in 1970 ,,,, LOOOOOOVE the 70s BABY
This song is my favorite shocker song. Fell in love with it when it first came out, and loved hearing it on and off, over the radio, for over 50 yrs. Never saw them in print or on any TV show. First time I ever saw the video was about 2015. Hearing that voice for so many yrs and than seeing Mungo, WHAT A SHOCK!!!
That stand up thing is a double-bass, the acoustic predecessor to the electric bass. It's traditionally an orchestral instrument played with a bow like you use on a violin, but many bands used it for a folky style.
Jug band music was very popular in the old south. Since there wasn't lots of money, you played what ever you could come up with. From cigar box guitars, jugs, spoons, to washboards with thimbles on your fingers. If you notice, Jerry uses his mouth to make the shh shh sound. When we were kids, we used wax paper across your comb to get a kazoo sound. My brother put his hands over his mouth to make bass (fart noises) and my other brother played his nose like a flute. "Don't make me stop this car"! Bobby G SoCal
He's playing an upright bass. One of my favorite artists, Peter Steele, was a big big man who put a bass on a chain and wore it around his neck and played it like a bass guitar. That man's voice sends chills through me.
I was 13 when this was a hit in Ireland and I spent my summers with my Aunt May and Uncle Eddie in Balbriggan a beach town in Co Dublin with my great cousins Pauline and Trish, Damien, Dominic, and Christopher. Great great times.
The keyboard player, Colin Earl, is the brother of Foghat drummer Roger Earl, who still plays and tours with Foghat. Whenever Foghat has needed a keyboard player Colin has always been their go-to guy.
It's impossible not to be joyful when listening to this song!
Impossible!! ❤️
yep carefree fun. 🥰
Definitely, can't be in a bad mood while listening to this. This song always makes me smile.
Isn't that the truth!
Go ahead, try and sing it angrily. I dare you.
it still staggers me when people haven't heard this song, in the UK it is one of the most well known songs there is,every summer it gets played
In 65, it was a huge hit in the US too. And still transports me right back to my days on the beach in Cali with my transistor radio
Love to U.K.!
Lol! Thanks for the correction and cool info 😉 I wasn't at all confused about the song just got that year totally wrong. I'm an old girl now, I do that sometimes❤
Have a great day 🎶
@@likearainbow7501 actually the summer 70’ it was a hit!
Most played song in Denmark, in 1970
I stumbled across this a long time. I play for my kiddos randomly, lol. Sublime's Summertime/Doin time came first in my timeline. Love both songs.
I feel so bad for you youngsters that weren't around when this was a normal summer song on the radio...So many decades of love for this stuff...:)
And there was new music coming out almost weekly!
Heard it on the radio, then had to go to the record store to buy the album, or 45!
@@abashal Then that moment when you lovingly pulled out the vinyl from it's sheath, placed it gingerly on the turntable, cued the needle and lowered it down on the record...That unique and exquisite sound of the stylus finding the opening notes ~sigh~...I haven't done it in a LONG time...I miss it dearly...So many hours of just listening to music...:)
Or most of their other songs.
I was 13 years old and remember that time!
@@phillipecook3227 Good times...:)
This was a piece of music designed to make people smile.. and to this day, it still does.
😃 😃 😃
Absolutely true
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I've listened to this song my whole life (I'm 50) and it never gets old. Such a classic.
Me too ! - I'm 50ish 😎 You wonder, one ... where do they get these suggestions and two, how have they never heard this ... great classic tune !
57 and still diggin' it.
Like “The Bird” by the trash men…😂🤣
@@O_Towne_Bear
Mee Too! 57 and still smokin!💨
This was a huge global hit when released and even to this day is one of the top five biggest selling singles of all time in terms of physical sales.
there are some conflicting figures about this record with the most unlikely being that this sold 30 million copies worldwide (wiki). on the same page it also shows the certified sales to be much, much lower than that number. A huge record but I dont believe it's as big a seller as is suggested. Had a disagreement with a pal about the same thing which is why i know the wiki page.
lol Thats funny i was going to leave a comment saying the same thing 35 million sold a HUGE hit for the 70s.! I was 9 now I'm 63 lol
Thats what i tell people as well VERY POPULAR IN DEED FROM 1970
One thing you may have noticed on your journey through the music of the past is that in the 60s and 70s, unlike today, there was a space for unique sounds .
That's when it was the music business and not the music industry. A lot of music these days sounds laundered, washed out and pressed and decided on by a group of people only interested in dollars and cents. Not everything, obviously, there are still unique artists around, they just need to fight harder to let their voices be heard.
Correct! And there’s your difference.
And talent. Raw
Same thing was happening with movies too in the 70s. It was a fun and interesting time.
"shaduppayourface" 😁
If this song doesn't get your feet tapping or put a smile on your face you are dead lol, upbeat songs like this are what the world needs a lot more of nowadays.
Mungo Jerry is a band from the UK that did a lot of Psychedelic as Amber would say "Hippie" and Folk music. This particular song is Skiffle style which is kind of a Mississippi River Delta New Orleans Blues mix with old school improvised instruments and all. It always gave that River Blues vibe and with that title it definitely brings memories of Summertime.
Skiffle was REALLY big in the UK in the 1950s. It's what got the future Beatles into music as teens.
This song also has a 1920s pop vibe. Retro in about five different ways.
@@Jessica_Roth Was about to comment the same. Iirc, John Lennon was in a Skiffle band (The Quarrymen?) when he met Paul.
@@lipby some Ragtime. 👍🏻
I meant to add that but forgot. But I agree!
the UK? I did not know that.
I was 9 in 1970 and remember in the summer of 70 this playing on the radio when I was outside enjoying the weather with my older sister
Me 2 born in Nov 60 The Great old YEARZ Im 63 now i waz hugly blessed by the LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE 70s big time
Way back in the ancient days, folks formed jug bands, using whatever items they could find to use as instruments, including water jugs. You can hear more of this with Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Down On The Corner (Willie And The Poor Boys)". Great song, thanks!
Old time wash boards 😁
@@bethshadid2087 they did not always have a drummer , so feet on the floor or hitting the guitar provided rythm when needed.
When you had a lot of desire and no money, you improvised.
I saw two young boys in New Orleans tap dance like crazy!
Their shoes were loafers with bottle caps attached to the soles!i
Good songs.
The andy Griffith show has a lot of jug playing
Love "In The Summertime" the line "have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find" hits quite a bit differently now than it did in 1970. Still, it's considered the top selling summer hit of all time -- so says Alexa.
It has sold 30 million records 5th biggest selling song EVER From 1970
My favorite part too
@@laurin4405 I heard a version just a few days ago and the lyrics have changed to have a jump have a dive. Doesn't matter. Still a great song.
It was used in an advertisement for to STOP people DRINK DRIVING and that's what put the death to DJ's playing this song. I think people need to separate songs from actions - doubt the band was telling folk to drink and drive.
Great song.
@@chicsharp5786 I didn't know that part particularly, but of course the line "have a drink have a drive go out and see what you can find" didn't age well. Neither did "If her Daddy's poor, just do what you feel" but it remains one of the most poular hit songs of all time and ranks high on Billboard's top charts
Im 61 and this took me right back to summers with my friends barefoot out all day and having a blast! ✌❤
This was a worldwide HIT back in 1970 !! It still brings smiles to whoever is listening to the 🇬🇧 rock group !! This is a folk / rock/ hippie song 💜☮️ You can’t help but dance down the street…sing along with us yea we’re hap happppy🤩 If you whistle this walking down the street, I’m sure someone will know what song is happening in your head, it is a summertime song ☮️🥰🇨🇦
Alrighty then, if we going this route, gotta do Harry Nilsson's, Lime in the "Coconut", from 1971
Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten that one. Absolutely. As long as we're doing crazy songs, might as well also add Lonnie Donegan's Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor, released in 1977, one of the funniest songs I've ever heard.
Great time❣️
Well then it must Harry Chapin and 30,000 lbs of Bananas time.
For funny songs, I recommend checking out Tom Lehrer, e.g. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.
Love this song but have hated the whole Lime and Coconut from the moment I heard it.
The "stand up thing" is a double bass. It gives so much depth to the music. I was 14 when this song came out and I remember that year so well, the summer was a good one.
In the orchestra, it's a "bass violin" and is played with a bow.
i was mesmerized by this song when i was a kid, it was unlike anything id ever heard before. and it still kind of is. still listen to it a lot to this day. reminds me of being carefree and just having fun
Same here. It happened when my aunt played it.
Love this and it really does take me back too!!
Love this song. You can’t be depressed when you listen to this, puts a smile on your face. I was a freshman or sophomore in college and this brings back fond memories.
The only song you can listen to after this is Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
Mango jerry this took me back
This is from 1970. I play this every first day of Summer!! It is the happiest song of all time!
Whoever threw a thumbs down to this song needs a hug or something...
Being a new 60 year old, hearing songs like Mongo Jerry's "Summertime" I still feel the same way I did all through my ages including the first time I heard it!
All the other things that drag me down seem to just disappear!
Great reaction guys!
" if her daddy's poor just do as you feel". At least i've learned something in my 62 yrs, hence the thumbs down.
Welcome to the club. I'm a new 60-year-old too! Happy Birthday, 1961 baby!
@@jtd5849 If her daddy's poor just do what you feel doesn't mean anything sexual. If her daddy's rich, she'll have expectations of a fancy dinner date...back then, anyway. I'm 67, since we're exchanging ages.
@@jillwklausen January 27 1961
@@bigbobvub, you're just a little older. May 25th here. 🎉
"He looks like his name would be Mungo Jerry" Lol!!! I totally agree!!! Just does!!!
Always loved this song! 😊
That's one of the happiest songs ever made.
Summer wasn’t complete until this came on the radio every year. Kinda like Christmas wasn’t official till the radio played Cheech and Chong’s Santa Claus and His Old Lady!
Don`t forget Thanksgiving with Arlo Guthrie Alices` Restaurant
"If her Daddy's rich, take her out for a meal, if her Daddy's poor you can do what you feel" I forgot this song. I do remember it now (I was born in 1961). Such a cool song. Thank you!
One of the classic one hit wonders from the 70s. I love this song.
The lead singer is Ray Dorset. I met him in Poole, Dorset about 6 years ago he was performing on the Quay with his band. And yes he sang this song. Got a picture with him. What really lovely guy.
"Have a drink, have a drive..." LOL how times have changed!
What a great classic tune! Glad you two enjoyed it.
On the summer theme, check out:
"Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts,
"Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful, and
"Magic" by the Cars.
This song was written in 10 minutes with a second hand Fender Stratocaster by Ray Dorset.
IO Minutes Of greatness that has sold over 30 million singles ,
Who lives in Dorset .
I just have to say, I really like watching you both react to a lot of music from "my" time. I have 5 kids, 15 grandbabies and 8 great grandbabies so I can say this...you two are precious. I loved watching you (mama) with your pregnancy and birth. What a beautiful family. The way you (daddy) reacted to your baby, and girls, was wonderful. Okay, enough gushing. I really like watching your reactions. It's great to expose yourselves to "new" music.
Classic banger! Can't help but tap your foot and sing along!
This song was their only Top 40 hit in America. Back in England, this song spent 6 weeks at #1 on the British Pop charts in the spring of 1970. On the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at #3 during the summer of 1970. A totally unique song indeed!!!
This was their only US hit. The Instruments, Jug, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, and Double Bass (this is the kind of string instrument that Symphonies use as a bass for the string section). Double Bass was also used in early rock and rockabilly, as the electric bass and bass amp were not invented until after the electric guitar. The name Mungo Jerry was from t.s. eliot's book, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", the short stories that the musical Cats is based upon. Mungo Jerry was one of the cats.
Should be noted that sound of him blowing on th jug in the middle of the song that sounded like a car revving, was actually a recording of a Corvette (?) revving in the parking lot.
Just remember this being number 1 for weeks basically the whole 1970 summer,what memories
Mungo is a well enough known male's first name in Scotland - particularly in the farming community in Ayrshire!. St Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow, although he's also known as St Kentigern.
30 Million singles sold ,, 1970 Released
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This song was fun back in the day and it is fun all over again watching adventurous young folks like yourselves react to it for the first time. Keep up the great work.
You can't help but smile when you hear this.
The song never fails to make me smile. Different sound, different look, he was cute, too! And what a voice.
If I remember correctly, blowing into a jug to make that low note is called "jugging". It was a popular improvised instrument in mountain bluegrass music. Others include the washboard, the spoons, and the saw as instruments.
I do it with beer bottles and even plastic soda bottles.
Jim Dandy, of Black Oak Arkansas fame, played an electric scrub board. I know this being a fan of BOA since the 70's. I've heard it and seen it live. It took me a while to figure out how he did it, if you listen you can tell, he puts thimbles on his fingers. Excellent sound and probably not easy to do. Was a hell of a concert with a fair amount of stupidity to abide, the 3 drunk younglings that started out beside us were exceptional entertainment. One barfed on the chair beside him, then the fuzz took them away, then about 3 people sat on the seat then realized that they were sitting in barf and the cycle continued until we vacated the area. A lot of shit is funny when you eat good acid.
I watched my daddy play all the "instruments" you just mentioned. He taught me the spoons but I never mastered the saw.
I had to look it up some instrument names like guiro & scraper thinking it might be that. I was expecting a cheese grater and stick or maybe even a washboard. I forgot he was using his voice instead to keep that beat. Bringing up the spoons reminds me of that now old song called Spoonman by Soundgarden.
Ty for doing this one, actually forgot about this, and it's sucha smile inducing song. Love from Sweden.
The style is called "Skiffle" and is a mix of Blues, Folk and Jazz from the early 50s and is a genre of Folk Music.
I like your Reactions by the way... keep it comin' :)
I thought it was Ragtime. Learned something new today. Thanks!
@@mattwhite2328 I think Ragtime was more piano based. Or maybe Skiffle is English and ragtime US?
@@annother3350 Skiffle is English. The Quarrymen, who later became The Beatles, began as a skiffle band.
To me, it's like calypso.
Shouldn't be a shocker that Jimmy Page was in a skiffle band. There is a YT video where he is on a talent show at about age 15. He told the host of the show he wanted to be a research biologist when he grew up. I guess the world lost a great research biologist. ;>)
Saw them perform this in the Acapulco nightclub in Halifax, West Yorkshire, (now believed to be the oldest nightclub in the UK- it's still going) in 1984 or 85. Sounded exactly like the record. ❤
ANOTHER HUGE HIT for the 70s Amber i was 9 in 1970. 35 million lps sold
Mungo Jerry is a British band from the 70’s I remember listening to this at the Beach in Cali when I was little.
Same! I grew up in So. Cal too
@@delicatefleur Huntington Beach lifeguard tower #15….. where did you grow up?
I still live in HB. Went to Marina High in the mid 70’s. I still park for free behind the Jack in the Box on PCH and Warner. A whole different vibe nowadays, but spending a day at the beach staring out at Catalina Island is always pure bliss.
@@TheTrojanman83 that’s so cool.. I lived in Anaheim went to Magnolia High… I totally remember eating at that Jack n the Box
Highland Park and Lakewood. My aunt lived in HB in the late 70s and early 80s. We went to Santa Monica then HB and Seal when we moved to Lakewood
In the early '70s, there was a brief revival of ragtime and other early 20th century music styles, including jug bands, culminating in the popular film "The Sting," with its Scott Joplin-heavy soundtrack. Leon Redbone kept the revival going into the late '70s, including several "Saturday Night Live" appearances, and beyond, but he remained a niche entertainer until his death two years ago. He performed locally in one of his final concerts, but there was a snowstorm and we never got to see him.
The name Mungojerry came from TS Elliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” which was the foundation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, “Cats.”
Glad somebody else knows this 🎭❤
I just cannot believe you guys are doing all these awesome songs! You are on a roll that never ends! 👏👏👏👏
Woo! Mungo Jerry is AWESOME! Great song! Perfect time of year!
From a time of a world of joy and freedom,I was 14 and life was free and easy how lucky were my generation.
I was 19 in the summer of 1970 when this was released and I was tooling around in my VW bug. It seemed like this song was on the radio every 10 minutes. It was a fun time.
I always loved this song when it came on the radio when I was a kid.
Fun tune! Very unique, one of those musical earworms that you can’t get away from. They were a British band fronted by Ray Dorset. The lineup was kind of revolving, I think, and the band name came from the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats which was the foundation for the musical, CATS.
Interesting information.
@Little Ogeechee
I never knew any of that! :) Thank you for taking the time to share the info. :)
It seems that Eliot inspired a lot of art. His poem The Waste Land inspired Stephen King’s The Dark Tower book series, and part of The Waste Land was also included in the game Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The line “I will show you fear in a handful of dust” always gives me chills, and it was perfect to include in a video game scene with a man wandering in the desert dying of thirst.
@@daerdevvyl4314 Wow. I never knew that. Mucho Cool to know. Great insight!
The only song you can listen to after this is Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
The happy song. Been making me smile for years.
This is just a feel good kind of groove. Have always liked this song. Brings back memories of family jam sessions with my aunt and a couple of cousins
Always transports me back to my childhood.
The weird and wonderful 70's lol I remember this from my childhood. The jar is a demi-john, used for home brewing beer lol
Memories.
There were a lot of happy, silly, loving songs back in the day. 😊
This used to be played every summer, but it was banned from some TV because of the line- take a drink take a drive. My husband had big sideburns when we first meet 🥰
Wild that some didn't ban it. We rarely see anyone take the pro casual drunk driving position anymore.
@@lucybrown387 hello Lucy, I look forward to it every night… I put on my earphones, while Peter is watching his rubbish TV programs😂
@@lucybrown387 🤣 I get told off for singing
@@lucybrown387 🤣😂🤣😂
It ended up being used as a public safety announcement on TV as a ‘don’t drink and drive’ message. It was so grim.
This was the big hit of the summer in Britain in 1970. Two other songs of theirs that I like are 'Baby Jump' which was also a number 1 in 1971 and the b-side of it, 'The man behind the Piano'.
I was 16 when this song came out and as you can imagine, it was one of the wonderful summertime anthems and a great part of the soundtrack of our young lives.
It truly helped everyone feel carefree and happy to be looking around to see who else was looking around.
Going to the beach, dances, awkward flirting, a bit of drinking and some hilarious misadventures were the order of the day, so it’s nice to be reminded of those times.
It is simply a happy song IMO. Haven’t heard that song for many years. Thank you! ❤️
FUN, just so FUN. Classic for summertime.
When my family got together when I was a kid my Uncle blew in a beer jug like that, my Dad played harmonica and my Aunt played a boogie woogie piano. Everyone sang along to old time songs and it was just the best times.
In the early 20th century, "jug bands" became popular among African-Americans in the South. They consisted of a guy blowing across of the top of a jug, like you see here, along with other store-bought and homemade instruments. You'd see basses made out of washtubs, and banjos with guitar necks bolted onto them, along with people playing the spoons and even stove-pipes.
Jug bands were an early precursor to blues bands, so they hold an important place in the history of American music, particular Black American music.
It's important to note that Mungo Jerry is not a jug band, themselves. But they're drawing inspiration from the tradition, with their acoustic instruments, folksy sounds, and of course, the jug.
Ifn' ye ain't a feared ta, take a deep dive on the Bloody Jug Band! Ya might get offended but, ya ain't gonna get disappointed! Quality entertainment and musicianship
And roots music like jug bands was influential on some of the folk musicians of the early 1960s, who later influenced popular songs like this and even the purported first psychedelic band, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, and their 1965 hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me," which featured an electrically amplified jug played throughout.
My mom used to play the spoons. Dad played the guitar. They'd jam in the kitchen or by a bond fire in the backyard. Friends and neighbours would all gather. We'd all sing along. Great childhood memory.
A flatmate played Jim Kweskin albums along with some rootsy Blues LPs back in 1970 or so. I was educated and chased up the Blues aspect, but I didn't get the jug band vibe then. These days I get it more.
I was wondering. Did Mungo Jerry have any other hits? I only remember this song by them.
17 when this came out !! Wonderful days & times.......
so are u 70 now ? im 63, in1970 I was 9
Always loved this song!!
Perfect song to break out the roller skates and cruise the Venice boardwalk.
I have to say I think my early teen years had the BEST music, this song included. But I guess everybody feels that way about the music they grew up with, but I do think we had the best variety.
Thank you for saying that second part. SO MANY people online (especially under reaction videos) get so insistent and/or angry that their generation had the best music that ever existed and all new music is garbage. If people would just take a step outside of themselves for a minute and look at the larger picture, they'd see that literally every generation feels that way. The teens today are going to look back on 2021's music the same way Boomers look back on the music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Gen X-ers look back on the 70s, 80s, and early 90s, etc. It's not that the music is any better or worse, it's that you connect most to the music, styles, tech level, and social mores that were prevalent when you were in your "coming of age" and "prime" years. You're developing as a human, discovering yourself, having first loves and breakups, and haven't become jaded by the coming, going, and cyclic returning of trends, the standard beat-downs of life, etc. The songs of your prime years formed the soundtrack to your personal "good ol' days" so of course you're going to feel them more than you feel music that speaks to a 16-year old in 2021. Trust that a teen today feels Billy Eilish just as much as a Boomer felt Janis Joplin and, subjectively, it's just as valid an opinion. "Objectively" is not an actual thing when you're talking about art.
I have friends who will insist that hair metal was the best period of music and everything that's come since is garbage. This is obviously "nostalgia bubble" nonsense. My grandparents loved Big Band music (Glen Miller, Les Brown, etc) and insisted everything after that was just "screaming" with "no melody." They didn't understand the music that came after it so they just classified it as garbage. Trust that my grandmother thought Janis Joplin was just screaming over electric noise and the Beatles were just bubblegum garbage that evolved into rambling, druggy nonsense. My grandfather once told me that Michael Jackson songs had no melody and that MJ couldn't sing.
Also, a lot of people who claim that "today's music" is trash and "kids don't know what's good" haven't actually sought out or listened to any new music that might prove otherwise. They half-hear a radio-friendly pop song - the lowest common denominator - in passing and judge an entire generation's music. There's plenty of great music today and plenty of great artists who are just as talented and deep as anyone from any previous generation but you either have to (1) seek them out outside of just pop radio or whatever, or (2) accept that their vibe is not aimed at your demographic. Similarly, there have been plenty of throwaway, garbage songs that were popular in any given generation. You just forget those as you get older.
Anyway, sorry for the long blurb here but it's just refreshing to finally hear from someone who understands that their love of the music from their tweens, teens, and twenties is personal and subjective, not objective, inarguable fact.
Last thing I'll say here, addressing your last comment: There's actually plenty of variety in today's music. What changed is that the radio narrowed its playlists because companies like Clear Channel learned that you could turn anything into a hit single by playing it over and over until people developed Stockholm Syndrome and believed they liked it. Radio sucks because the business side took over but we have more genres, subgenres, genre combos, and experimental music today than has ever existed before (thanks to tech supplanting the traditional gatekeepers), the 60s included. You just have to know they exist and where to go to listen. There are literally millions of amazing rabbit holes out there featuring artists that you will never hear on the radio (or any casual, sales-oriented equivalent).
@@johnplaysgames3120 Whoa, but you're right.
I do love music from every genre from the 50's through today.
I listen to it all.
Thanks for your thoughts.
A summer can not go by without this awesome classic being played numerous times plus I like the shaggy ravon cover also.
A reminder of times when hit musicians didn't have to have model looks...
Mungo Jerry did not have classic good looks, but he absolutely dripped of sex appeal.
nobody's hired ed sheeran for his sex appeal
@@storageheater That's true, haha! Maybe we've gone past the video-ready star. Hope so. It should be based on talent, not looks.
A classic summer day song of the 70's.
This is called jug band music. In the 20s and 30s in the South there were jug bands who toured the honky tonks. In the folk revival of the 50s and early 60s, a lot of folk bands played jug band songs. The Lovin' Spoonful was popular in the mid-60's with a derivative of this sound. "Do You Believe in Magic" was their first and biggest hit.
You nailed it! I'm from Louisiana and what I remember is to never drink out of the Jug!
Love the Rascals
@@lindaingallsobrien4217 I was about to say something about the same. Growing up near Appalachia & spending a lot of time in New Orleans & Cajun country, these were wise words to follow.
I would argue that Summer In The City was their biggest hit, but shout out to anyone who mentions the Loving Spoonful
@@joiedevivre2005 So true! I lived in Tennessee, also, so know the Appalachia well! I'm with the younger chain in Colorado now - The Rockies- no humidity! My gggg#? Uncle was Jeremiah Ingalls who compiled one of the 1st shaped note songbooks In America from that old Appalachian music! I'm a pianist, Dad & 8 brothers all played in South Louisiana & he had a beautiful voice! WE Ingalls are known for our music......got to MA in 1628 & fought in every war for our country. But my son has the true gift of music, plays drums, guitar & composes beautiful music.
A one hit wonder 50 years OLD... AND STILL a great sound!!
Rick Dees "Disco Duck", Steve Martin "King Tut", Jim Stafford "Spiders and Snakes", Harry Nilsson "Coconut", Devo "Whip It", Blue Suede "Hooked On A Feeling", Lobo "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", Minnie Ripperton "Lovin' You", Ray Stevens "The Streak" are fun songs with different sounding with both voice and instruments. You'll love em'!!
….and “Going Up The Country” by Canned Heat.
Uplifting summer time song. Having fun driving around, going to the beach and feeling free.
"If her daddy's rich"... Well, Daddy certainly wouldn't cotton to a fella taking out his daughter if the boy couldn't even afford to take her out for a meal. A father who was poor might understand a young man taking his daughter out for a walk on the beach or just to spend an afternoon listening to music on the radio. I don't think the lyric was suggesting you shouldn't ever spend money on a girl from a poor family. Just do what you feel... a walk, a dance, a picnic, a dinner out...whatever you could manage and what you'd both enjoy. Just that parental expectations can factor into your plans going out with a girl. And the vibe here is about living carefree, enjoying friends, enjoying the weather, being young. Love this song with its different sounds, the bit of syncopation, the wobble in the lead singer's voice, the soft honky-tonk feel of the piano, the tapping feet, the encouragement to sing along... the happy sum of it is so great.
especially one having a drink and having a drive!
In Denmark during the Summer of 1970, you could not go anywhere without hearing that song, it was a monster hit🙂
35 Millon sold 5th biggest selling song ALL TIME, Not to Shabby
"we're always happy, lifes for living yeah that's our philosophy" so great
The band's name is Mungo Jerry from T.S. Eliot's cat poem Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. The singer's name is Ray Dorset. Today he's 75 and still the singer for the band.
I've always loved this song. I remember being surprised that my Dad even liked it a lot when it would play on the radio. If you want another very unique song to react to, PLEASE do a reaction to Cover of the Rolling Stone by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. I promise you'll like it. 😁
I love this stuff I am so glad I grew up listening to music that was as good as this.The different genres of music we had from folk to funk, Motown to disco, country to Southern rock, Rock ‘n’ roll etc. there was music for everybody.
I REQUESTED This song so many times ,, Thank you ROB SQUAD,,, In The summer time Has sold over 30 million singles , Making it the 5th biggest song ALL TIME ,, It Was released in 1970 ,,,, LOOOOOOVE the 70s BABY
YAY I've been requesting this since the 1st day of summer! Love it 😀 👏👏
This reminds me when I had to take algebra in summer school, it was hazy, hot and humid. The song helped me keep my sanity into summer of 1970
This song is my favorite shocker song. Fell in love with it when it first came out, and loved hearing it on and off, over the radio, for over 50 yrs. Never saw them in print or on any TV show. First time I ever saw the video was about 2015. Hearing that voice for so many yrs and than seeing Mungo, WHAT A SHOCK!!!
That stand up thing is a double-bass, the acoustic predecessor to the electric bass. It's traditionally an orchestral instrument played with a bow like you use on a violin, but many bands used it for a folky style.
Didn't know it was called double bass, I just thought it was called stand up bass. Thanks for the info
This is a funny take on it: images.app.goo.gl/KgfLTHTA8mmwKxHu8
I always was taught it's called an upright bass.
Jug band music was very popular in the old south. Since there wasn't lots of money, you played what ever you could come up with. From cigar box guitars, jugs, spoons, to washboards with thimbles on your fingers. If you notice, Jerry uses his mouth to make the shh shh sound. When we were kids, we used wax paper across your comb to get a kazoo sound. My brother put his hands over his mouth to make bass (fart noises) and my other brother played his nose like a flute. "Don't make me stop this car"!
Bobby G
SoCal
He's playing an upright bass. One of my favorite artists, Peter Steele, was a big big man who put a bass on a chain and wore it around his neck and played it like a bass guitar. That man's voice sends chills through me.
I grew up on this music, this is when talent was talent they where true musicians
This was released in 1970.
Another song from that year you should try is
War by Edwin Starr.
Totally agree! Great song from this same time period!
I've always called music like that from the 50's and 60's happy music . Made you smile , laugh , dance and just have fun . Love you guys ❤
Haven’t heard this in a long time thanks for the memories 🙋🏻♀️
Mungo Jerry is the name of the British band. The lead singer's name is Ray Dorset.
Give a listen to Blood, Sweat and Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy or Spinning Wheel. Good stuff.
Great band 😊👍
I’ve been begging for this song! ❤️ His voice is phenomenal!
Horns!
@@sjw5797 Yep😛👍
In the summer's of the 70's was so.cool.Music was super. Thanks for playing this one.
“The rubber band man” by the spinners ✨👊✨
Yes.
Ohhh yes ...1970 brilliant times fantastic music fantastic bands let's all go back
I was 13 when this was a hit in Ireland and I spent my summers with my Aunt May and Uncle Eddie in Balbriggan a beach town in Co Dublin with my great cousins Pauline and Trish, Damien, Dominic, and Christopher. Great great times.
A simply great old tune. I loved this when I was a kid (61 now).
Such a great song
The keyboard player, Colin Earl, is the brother of Foghat drummer Roger Earl, who still plays and tours with Foghat. Whenever Foghat has needed a keyboard player Colin has always been their go-to guy.
Ahhh, one the "funnest" songs from my childhood! Yes, I know that's not a word, how can it not be when you hear this song?
no word is gooder imo
Thanks for the requester. I had forgotten this one. Great song.