great song, one hit wonder, my friend has a few of their albums. Who likes this band or the song 96 Tears.

http://96tears.net/

Great song.

I LOVE the song. I haven't heard anything else by them though. I guess I should check the rest of their stuff out.

It's in the movie Cat's Eye too. The part where they're shocking that man's wife and making her dance.

AnckSuNamun said:

They're a one-hit wonder. They're other stuff didn't live up to that track.

JANFAN4L said:

I meant I never bothered to listen to an album of theirs.

AnckSuNamun said:

You ain't miss much.

JANFAN4L said:

I'll try to find them at Emule or somewhere to download, because if 96 Tears is as good as it gets then it's no point in buying it.

AnckSuNamun said:

tit tis', i'll send u some stuff, just let me find it, kay
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AnckSuNamun said:

Maybe theAudience can clue you in on their lesser known material. I've largely read that it was lackluster, so I didn't check it out. If I were you, I'd stick to just that one song (which is a classic) or get an oldies compilation. At least you'd get some variety.

lilgish said:

ok

AnckSuNamun said:

Hey, check out Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders' "Game of Love" while your at it. Love that song.

JANFAN4L said:

the almighty music guru!

True one hit wonders. Became part of the Cameo/Parkway family.

The bulk of their other songs could have been titled 97 Tears, 98 Tears, 99 Tears, etc.
A song from their 2nd album, Can't Get Enough of You Baby, was also done by The Toys, The Four Seasons and most notably by Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth used The Mysterians arrangement complete with cheese filled Farfisa-like organ sound.

? could certainly be considered one of the original weirdo-persona front men.


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theAudience said:

JANFAN4L said:

Cool tune, no doubt.

But if you want to get closer to that cheesy organ ? and The Mysterians sound, you gotta go with some...

Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Wooly Bully
Li'l Red Riding Hood


The Sir Douglas Quintet
She's About A Mover
Mendocino
The Rains Came


Also rans...

The Gentrys
Keep On Dancing


The Standells
Dirty Water

(a bit more polished)

Los Bravos
Black is Black


The Box Tops
The Letter


Billy Swan
I Can Help


This song you should get just because it's cool...
The Hombres
Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)


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I have the 45 for that!

GangstaFam said:

is it worth anything?

lilgish said:

I really don't know. It was given to me as a gift.

GangstaFam said:

I became curious about the value of an old 45 so I went on MusicStack just to get a rough and dirty idea.

I Want To Hold Your Hand $5-$28

96 Tears - 2 available $8.49 & $10.45


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Never heard of them, is it funk?

HamsterHuey said:

More like '60s garage.


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Downloaded it.
Listened to it.
Did not like it much.
Deleted it.

It's a bit too Doors-y to me.

theAudience said:

Ah. Thanks for checkin'.

theAudience said:

what no Dave ( baby) Cortez?

TheRealFiness said:

Using 96 Tears as the jumping off point, all the tunes listed use a similar cheesy organ sound.
My criteria was that the "cheese" was produced by a...



...Vox or Farfisa category instrument.

Even though Dave "Baby" Cortez doesn't get the sound of Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff or even Booker T. Jones,
he still plays a Hammond instrument which is why he wasn't included.

He does manage to make it sound rather cheesy though.


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theAudience said:

well yeah, hence why i mentioned dave he did make a hammond sound like queso

lilgish said:

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theAudience said:

cool thanks. I love that cheesy organ sound