Someday You'll Cry - The Standells

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  • Опубліковано 21 січ 2025
  • Another Standells track from their appearance on The Bing Crosby Show (Jan. 18th 1965) "Someday You'll Cry" released as the b-side to "Zebra in the Kitchen" by MGM, the song also appears on the compilation "Pebbles Vol. 9" From episode #16 season #1 "Bugged by the Love Bugs"
    Four months prior to recording the 60s punk classic “Dirty Water” The Standells, still sporting their lame, faux fab four matching suits and growing their hair out following their residency at P.J.s nightclub in Hollywood (which had a strict no long hair dress code) made an appearance on Bing Crosby's short lived sitcom “The Bing Crosby Show” Season #1 (there would be no second season) episode #16, “Bugged By The Love Bugs” 60s television sitcom drivel at its worst, complete with man servant (ala Uncle Charlie from My Three Sons) and a subversively subservient wife seemingly hopped up on happy pills. All of which plays off against Crosby's psycho killer in a fedora demeanor.
    Cavorting as the “Love Bugs” The Standells start out doing the running man while showered in shrieks from a gaggle of teenage girls (The Break Song) Bing steps in, cracks wise to his daughter's vacant eyed BFF “Are you promoting this mob?” Later that evening, The Standells serenade Bing and his clan with an impromptu set that includes “The Break Song” segueing into “Someday You'll Cry” and after a quick interlude, finish up with “Come Here” During a break, Bing orders his man servant to prepare a round of root beer for the group and something a little stronger for the senior citizens. Few if any hi jinks and shenanigans ensue, the boys are well mannered and polite.
    “Who's giving a party?... it looks like I'm hosting a riot!” exclaims Crosby as a mob of aggressive teenage girls bum rush the proceedings. The premise of the show has Crosby playing the part of a college professor who also happens to have a background in the music biz.... which of course leads to the crowd imploring Bing to join The Standells for a song. Bing obliges, only because it might “just might be the thing to drive them out” Der Binger and the boys than proceed to deliver a bad ass version of that old Leiber & Stoller warhorse “Kansas City” No denying Crosby's singing prowess as he firmly puts his trademark vocal mannerisms and zombie like dance moves to effective use.
    Yeah boy! rock & roll the way it was meant to be... squeaky clean and more fun than a barrel full of monkeys. At this point, The Standells had already appeared on The Munsters and would follow up their Crosby experience with an appearance on Ben Casey. They also had or would have cameos bits in a few trashy b-movies “Get Yourself a College Girl” “Zebra in the Kitchen” “Follow the Boys” and “Riot on Sunset Strip” Riding a crest of failed singles, an unsatisfying stint as a human jukebox at PJ's and cameos in shitty movies, within a year they were working a totally different schtick, rocketing up the charts with a hot single that put them at the forefront of 60s garage punk. But, that's a story for another time. The Godfathers of Schlock.. errr! 60s Punk, The Standells!

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