BS: I have hit the bigtime.

Subject: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Peace
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 11:52 AM

Thanks for the heads-up, Bobad.

Didn't know until five minutes ago that this had been done by anyone other than "The Restless Feelings (Feelin's ??)".

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Peace
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 11:52 AM

OOPS. That's a YOUTUBE thing.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: gnu
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 12:45 PM

KEWL! YT coughin up any royalties?

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: maeve
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 12:55 PM

I even took the time to let this download so I could listen to it. Great fun, Bruce.

What gnu said.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Beer
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 12:57 PM

Good find Bobad. Now Bruce you better go checking. You must have royalties coming to you. Don't spend it all in one place.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: number 6
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 01:37 PM

Congrats Bruce !!!

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: John Hardly
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 01:39 PM

Cool! Which of those Carvelles was you, Bruce? I never figured you for a miniskirt kinda guy. Great legs, though. I guess if I had legs like yours, I'd be the miniskirt type too.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 01:45 PM

Wow!!! They are just totally classic! The look! The sound! The haircuts! The name! The "Caravelles". Perfect. They are like the very prototype of a certain moment in British pop music that we all lived through.

Thanks for the link, Peace.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:00 PM

Dang. I think I used to date one or the other or both of them.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Ebbie
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:03 PM

Good song, Bruce. What a kick! (But royalties, uh huh. Or at least permission)

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:12 PM

I was 7 years old in 1965. When was this single released? Anyway how Lovely for you! Blast from the past. The sound and the look. I remember my first mini skirt. I was 8 and beebopping along to stuff like this   

Hang on Sloopy
and
Mighty Quinn
and
Monday, Monday
and
Georgy Girl

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:14 PM

Bruce, I once had a gig at the Pike County Fair, scheduled to sing during the 4-H Swine Judging. Yup, I'd hit the pigtime but was asked to quit the singing business after fourteen people were trampled in the mud by the pig stampede caused by my singing. Heck's Angles, who were doing security, couldn't even stop 'em. Nobody got hurt, but there was pigshit everywhere. It just don't do to have a song with the chorus being "SOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! PIGPIGPIG!!" I guess.

You, on the other hand, have hit the bigtime.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Jeri
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 02:46 PM

It sounds a bit Byrdsish, and I do like the song. I don't understand a lot of it, probably because I was only a kid (my parents wouldn't drive me to Woodstock) in the 60s and have never actually tried hallucinogenics (did I mention my parents wouldn't drive me to Woodstock?). (Note to self: find tambourine to bring to Apple Hollow.)

Anyway, cool!

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: bobad
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 03:16 PM

Here are the lyrics to the song, another version of which can be heard here:http://www.garagehangover.com/mp3s4/RestlessFeelinsHeyMamaYouveBeenonMyMind.mp3

Hey Mama, You've Been On My Mind

When you wake up in the morning and the bold centurion
Comes through the dawn to say she's gone
And loneliness is draped in flames designed to drive you blind
Hey Mama you've been on my mind

Ah noiselessly the memory does spiral spins
Around the vision crowning all the sound
To see the golden goddess settling down the line
Hey Mama you've been on my mind

And the yellow hair reflecting all the shadows
From the dreams that scream extremes solve all it seems
But there exist no pathways to leave the past behind

Hey Mama you've been on my mind
Hey Mama you've been on my mind

Ah the ship rests in the harbour but the ship ain't got no sail, Besides the sail ain't got no gale
And the portrait scene is waiting to be taken by the tide

Hey Mama you've been on my mind
Hey Mama you've been on my mind

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 05:22 PM

Dylan also wrote a song called "Mama, You've Been On My Mind". It's got better lyrics than this one, although I'm not complaining about that...it just does, that's all. Joan Baez's recording of the Dylan song is probably the best known one out there.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: GUEST,heric
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 11:03 PM

You hit the big time and you MISSED IT LOL

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: bobad
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 07:31 AM

The tune, by The Caravelles, has been re-released on a compilation series of 60s female singers called Dream Babes, it appears on Volume 5.

This write up is from the music blog Stupid And Contagious:

"First and foremost, this compilation is worth every penny to finally hear The Caravelles 1967 single Hey Mama You've Been on My Mind. I'd been making do with a muddy cd-r copy of this incredible Spectorian folk rock gem. The Caravelles are best known for their early 1960s hit You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry. I'd been dying to hear the highly sought after Hey Mama You've Been on My Mind for as long as I can remember, and to finally hear it in crystal clear cd sound is awe inspiring. Not to be confused with the Dylan tune Mama, You Been on My Mind, The Caravelles' song was probably inspired by a similar Dylanesque vision, but doesn't ape him at all. It's a soaring, wonderful piece of folk pop."

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Spleen Cringe
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 08:14 AM

"It's a soaring, wonderful piece of folk pop"

It is that, too. One of the best things I've heard via Mudcat all year.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 10:19 AM

OK bobad lets see, your royalty of $44 over 44 years with interest at ~4.4% compounded quarter annually would come to...

Well you could buy a block of homes in Flint Michigan in todays market.

Fun sound!

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 08:03 PM

Being the last entry on 8 threads, its time to take me hat.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Beer
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 09:01 PM

Bobad,
Do you know if Bruce is given credit for writing the song anywhere on their vinyl? Maybe it was mentioned somewhere and I missed it.
Adrien

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: bobad
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 09:12 PM

I've not seen the record, it is Polydor 56137 1966 Hey Mama You've Been On My Mind/ New York.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Skivee
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 11:14 PM

Man, I just got sucked back into the 60s! Ditto to Little Hawk's critique above.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Peace
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 01:39 AM

"Dylan also wrote a song called "Mama, You've Been On My Mind". It's got better lyrics than this one, although I'm not complaining about that...it just does, that's all."

I could not agree more. I didn't start this thread to suggest otherwise. FYI.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Peace
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 01:44 AM

Jaysus--1965, 66 and 67 so far. Sixty-eight anyone?

I didn't know until Bobad sent me the link that the Caravelles had done the song. I was excited, that's all.

Would someone close this thread, please?

Thank you.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Peace
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 04:34 AM

'"It's a soaring, wonderful piece of folk pop"

It is that, too. One of the best things I've heard via Mudcat all year.'

Why Nigel Spencer; facetiousness isn't usually your bag.

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: maeve
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 07:38 AM

I enjoyed the clip and appreciate that it was posted. Thank you.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: I have hit the bigtime.
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 08:50 AM

I enjoyed the chicks and the music. Reminded me of my misspent youth.

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Peace asked me to close this thread. Since it's about him, that's his right.
-Joe Offer-