Remember the 60's group "The Troggs?"

[Archae]

Did songs like "Spooky Little Girl?"

They recorded promos for Miller Beer back in the 60's.

I laughed my ass off hearing them singing the "If you've got the time..." jingle.

[pipi_k]

1. Oh yeah....

Especially the song "Wild Thing", which the boys in my 9th grade class turned from, "Wild Thing...You make my heart sing..."

to:

"Wind Thing...You make my thing spring..."

Lame enough on its own, but they were actually singing it to/for a girl who was like the epitome of un-coolness and, in their views, un-hotness.

It was their nickname for her.

She was my friend.

[walkerbait41]

2. yes

"Love is all around"

[shanti]

4. I liked that one too

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. One of the truly great songs of the 60s

despite the slightly out-of-tune guitar.

[lastlib]

3. "Wild Thang--You make my heart sang..."

"You make EVERYthang GROOVY!"

(nah, never heard of 'em!)

[sarge43]

6. Now you've done it

I'll have to watch Major League again.

[graywarrior]

5. I loved them!

[olddots]

7. Chip Taylor wrote Wild Thing

he also wrote Just call me Angel in The Morning and Son Of A Rotten Gambler plus tons of other great songs .

Jon Voight is his older brother who is Angelina Joley Pitts father who to my knowledge has not done a movie with Kevin Bacon .


Wild Thing was really made famous by Jimi Hendrix

[Boomerproud]

9. Six degrees of separation of Angelina?

Just joking, I was aware that Chip Taylor is her uncle. Just Call Me Angel of the Morning was my stand-on-the-bed-with-the hairbrush song.

[pipi_k]

13. Don't remember

what my stand-on-the-bed-with-the-hairbrush song was when I was a teen, but when I got a bit older, it definitely became Aretha Franklin's "Another Night".


"My man, I don't need YOU to be bringin' me down! HEY!!!!"


Go girl!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. The Troggs had a big influence on punk rock that followed them

Iggy Pop, The Ramones, and others credited them for their innovative sound that was ahead of its time.

[Archae]

10. The mp3 files are available here to play or download.

http://mp3hamster.net/muz/Miller%20Beer#.UeMgEH4o600

Hee hee!

[Tom Kitten]

11. An inspiration for Spinal Tap

Someone left the tape running while they were in the studio recording a song called "Tranquility" and a disagreement rose...The tape was released as a record called "The Trogg Tapes"! It contains more f-bombs than you'll probably hear anywhere else in ten minutes and was supposedly an inspiration for Spinal Tap...it's pretty funny too!

[Iggo]

12. Oh god, fuckin ear worm!

"If you've got the time, we've got the beer.

Mil-ler tastes too good to hurry through.

So when it's time to relax

One beer stands clear (beer after beer).

If you've got the time, we've got the beer!"

[LWolf]

14. Of course I remember the Troggs.

[Archae]

15. Funny how many 60's groups needed cash so much back then.

I have on one of my CD's the Moody Blues doing a Coca-Cola jingle.

I can't think of any other 60's groups that did ads, but I'm sure there are more.

[love_katz]

17. Love is all around.

That is the one I remember the Trogg's for. Love that song still.

[hifiguy]

18. Now that is a

GREAT song. Couldn't believe it was the Troggs when I heard it.

[love_katz]

19. That song became one of my faves...

the first time I heard it. Which was a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time ago.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. I'm surprised no one has mentioned "With a Girl Like You"

By the way, I don't think the Troggs ever did "Spooky"-- the most popular version was sung by Classics IV (of "Traces" fame)