January 30, 2008

Vintage Sparks

A strange California band that's still going strong. This 1974 song's a blast, whether you can understand the verses or not.

Posted by floridacracker at January 30, 2008 01:29 PM

   


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I remember the Emaciated Hitler keyboard player. What was their big song?

Posted by: CJ at January 30, 2008 01:53 PM

I think it was "Cool Places" with Jane Wiedlin.

The keyboard player (who writes all the songs) changed his mustache just because of observations like that. The brothers are Jewish.
ETA, though he did once say his piano playing was influenced by Hitler. ;)

Posted by: Donnah at January 30, 2008 02:08 PM

Weird. I would have pegged it as new wave circa 1982.

Posted by: James at February 2, 2008 08:03 PM

Bit ahead of their time, was Sparks.

Posted by: Donnah at February 2, 2008 08:05 PM

Ronnie was definatly way ahead of the curve. They were a lot of fun and I'm glad they are still churning out the jams.
Now I must go through my collection to see if I have one of their alblums or if it was a friend that had it because I remember listening to them back then.

Posted by: Gmac at February 4, 2008 10:12 AM

Hmmm....I don't recognize any of the songs. They must have played on Saturday Night Live. Somehow I the image of the keyboard player was burned into my psyche.

Posted by: CJ at February 5, 2008 01:29 PM