Comments on: Friday Freak-Out: The "Swiss Beatles" - Les Sauterelles - "Dream Machine" (1969) http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 02:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TomAqMar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550627 TomAqMar Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550627 To say nothing of the frickin' rotating chairs from THE PRISONER. To say nothing of the frickin’ rotating chairs from THE PRISONER.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550621 B E Pratt Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550621  Os Mutantes! Yes!!! They somehow managed to translate a semi-obscure tongue-twister of a Mamas and Papas song called 'Once Was A Time I Thought' into Portuguese. Fun stuff.  Os Mutantes! Yes!!! They somehow managed to translate a semi-obscure tongue-twister of a Mamas and Papas song called ‘Once Was A Time I Thought’ into Portuguese. Fun stuff.

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550583 Ernest Valdemar Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550583 I see your Los Shakers and raise you a Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes live on Brazilian TV circa 1967. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qHM3ey0o4 Note the strolling fascist at 00:40 looking for subversives, and missing the elephant in the living room. Say what you will about the Beatles, none of them were ever forced to seek political asylum or face summary execution. EDIT: Same performance, alternate footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qHM3ey0o4 I could listen/watch all day, and just might. I see your Los Shakers and raise you a Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes live on Brazilian TV circa 1967.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qHM3ey0o4

Note the strolling fascist at 00:40 looking for subversives, and missing the elephant in the living room. Say what you will about the Beatles, none of them were ever forced to seek political asylum or face summary execution.

EDIT: Same performance, alternate footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9qHM3ey0o4

I could listen/watch all day, and just might.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550570 LightningRose Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550570 You young whippersnappers sure are freaked out easily. You young whippersnappers sure are freaked out easily.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550222 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550222 Mark posted a version of it a couple years ago, but it was crappier quality and only had the first half. Mark posted a version of it a couple years ago, but it was crappier quality and only had the first half.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550212 rattypilgrim Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550212 Antinous, you should get a raise for posting this video. My head hurts yet I feel compelled to watch it again. Antinous, you should get a raise for posting this video. My head hurts yet I feel compelled to watch it again.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550155 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550155 The Monkees were vastly better than that elevator music band called The Beatles. The Monkees were vastly better than that elevator music band called The Beatles.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550088 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550088 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxxi6LZ3Jv0&fmt=18" rel="nofollow">Dekho ab to kisko nahin hai khabar. </a> Dekho ab to kisko nahin hai khabar.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550063 Boundegar Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550063  You are obviously not a 50 year old teenage girl.  You are obviously not a 50 year old teenage girl.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550033 rattypilgrim Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550033  To each his/her own but there is no comparison between the Monkees and the Beatles.  To each his/her own but there is no comparison between the Monkees and the Beatles.

]]> By: Souse http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550029 Souse Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550029  My thought exactly.  Not a bad sound.  My thought exactly.  Not a bad sound.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1550022 Boundegar Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1550022 That is not a bad thing. That is not a bad thing.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1549990 Incipient Madness Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1549990 The seem more like the Swiss Monkees.  The seem more like the Swiss Monkees. 

]]> By: Uncle Geo http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1549938 Uncle Geo Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1549938 Uruguayan Beatles band, the very popular Los Shakers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfVpvrYf_Lo Decidedly more jazz funk when they morphed into Opa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdQ1ve295xs&feature=related Uruguayan Beatles band, the very popular Los Shakers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfVpvrYf_Lo
Decidedly more jazz funk when they morphed into Opa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdQ1ve295xs&feature=related

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1549888 rattypilgrim Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1549888 Sounds more like the Monkees. Sounds more like the Monkees.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1549881 Navin_Johnson Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1549881 <i>'Cause we're hiding money from the taxman, yeah from the taxmaaaayaaaan</i> ‘Cause we’re hiding money from the taxman, yeah from the taxmaaaayaaaan

]]> By: Stephen Schenck http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1549863 Stephen Schenck Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1549863 "Where is a Swiss Beatles when we need them now?" Well, we've got Swizz Beatz, I guess. “Where is a Swiss Beatles when we need them now?”

Well, we’ve got Swizz Beatz, I guess.

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/the-swiss-beatles-les-sa.html#comment-1549859 snagglepuss Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185520#comment-1549859 They sound about as much like the Beatles as they look like Moby Grape. Meaning, "Sort of, but not really". They sound about as much like the Beatles as they look like Moby Grape. Meaning, “Sort of, but not really”.

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