Friday Freak-Out: Arthur Brown's "Nightmare"

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Friday Freak-Out: Arthur Brown performs "Nightmare" in The Committee (1968), directed by Peter Sykes. (Thanks, UncaScrooge!)

• [irksome]

  Thanks; now I have something I can watch every time I start to wax nostalgic for the ’60s. It’ll remind me that, like every era, most of the musical output from the days of my youth did, indeed, suck.

  • [Art]

    @Irksome.

    Bingo! You hit the nail on the head!

• [JonStewartMill]

  Wow, Arthur Brown actually recorded more than one song?

  • [Kaden]

    Yeah, it’s a shame he got tagged as a one trick pony… He’s actually produced a huge body of work. Dig up tracks of him fronting Hawkwind for a full daily portion of spaciness.

  • [Anonymous]

    Clearly you’ve been limited by repeated listenings to the Velvet Underground.

    • [JonStewartMill]

      Huh? No, “Fire” was a huge radio hit when I was but a lad, and I’ve never heard anything else by the guy.

• [Homegrown Evolution]

  I demand that Friday Freak-Out be made a permanent BoingBoing feature. Looking forward to the future post that mashes it up with Mean Monkey Mondays.

• [Anonymous]

  Aurther Brown is still going. You can see what he is up to on the news section: http://www.arthurbrownmusic.com/

• [UncaScrooge]

  My favorite Arthur Brown album is “Journey” with the Kingdom Come. It is amongst the very first pop albums to use a drum machine exclusively for the rhythm tracks — a little something to alienate the hippies. Much fun if you enjoy severely dated electro.

  And thanks, Mr. Pescovitz, for the plug!

• [Nadreck]

  The scariest part of the nightmare is that painting behind him!

• [Art]

  Walks in scary and evil but starts “groovin’” way too soon :)

  BTW….LOVE the flaming crown!

• [Anonymous]

  Was that Syd Barrett on drums? It certainly looked like him.

• [thepez]

  That dude is one POWERFUL drummer.