Music Machine - Where The Action is
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AWESOME! Thanks Freddy & Mike!
Mr.Segment
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Amazing footage! Thank you! They look like quite the outsiders in this clip.
Frantic
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It's 1966, these guys are growing their hair long for the 1st time in their lives. I think a trim is the last thing on their minds. Look at it for what it is (great) not what it could've been...Weird response, dude!:confused:
I am glad you guys are digging it! It's cool to see a clip like this in non VHS 5th generation quality with timecode isn't it? I talked to Sean earlier today questioning why he wasn't playing guitar. I asked him "Did you guys forget to bring the organ the day of the Shoot? I was curious because you were not behind the guitar."
His response was this: Mark sums it :
Sean,
Amazing!.. Thanks... I have never seen this one, shot at the long gone "Jungle Land" in Thousand Oaks... We were bored with lip synching as I recall... The private joke was that Doug the keyboardist, was playing Keith's Hofner bass... Keith the bassist, was playing rhythm on my '65 Guild Starfire, & I was playing lead on your (Sean's) Martin electric, & there's no keyboard at all... What a great 'lil vid, & wonderful memory...
Many thanks to all involved....... Mark Landon.
His response was this: Mark sums it :
Sean,
Amazing!.. Thanks... I have never seen this one, shot at the long gone "Jungle Land" in Thousand Oaks... We were bored with lip synching as I recall... The private joke was that Doug the keyboardist, was playing Keith's Hofner bass... Keith the bassist, was playing rhythm on my '65 Guild Starfire, & I was playing lead on your (Sean's) Martin electric, & there's no keyboard at all... What a great 'lil vid, & wonderful memory...
Many thanks to all involved....... Mark Landon.
Frantic
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And what did they say about Sean's unkempt hair??? Just kidding:confused:
axel
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Why on earth would you take a comment like that seriously?! I do think that he looks sharper on other pictures, but I don't really bother that much.
The second point was serious though. The band shouldn't have broken up so quickly. They might have become really big (if we would like it is yet another question...). Although I have to confess I might be the only one here to totally dig The Millenium. But it was Sean who threw them out, right?
Sorry, Fred, bout the hair-comment. I didn't mean to revile this clip in any way. Of course it's great. And thanks for sharing it!!!
axel
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I also have the impression that before psychedelic really broke through there was a move towards really hard & heavy sounds in 1966, which of course is why ´66 is the year which most identify with´60 "punk" sounds.
I read in an interview with Sean Bonniwell that they were deliberately trying to generate a sound as hard and edgy as possible by pulling only the very deep and very high registers. And that is what makes their sound: really heavy basslines on one side and high-pitched organ on the other (guitar-lines supporting either one or the other), with lots of space for Sean's soulful voice in between.
axel
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By the way, if these would be the only two things Mr.Bonniwell should have worked on, he obviously did everything else just perfectly: sing and write songs and create a unique acoustic and visual style.
And that´s probably why I dare to talk about his hairdo in the first place. The Music Machine, to me, are epitomes of style. Got it?
"Ahh, the Music Machine" was meant as a sigh with pleasure. Maybe that's what caused the irritation...?
Phil Istine
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absolutely brilliant. thanks for sharing!
beccabear67
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Not to pee on anyone's BBQ, and it's a really sharp image, but... I always found this group a bit too silly. :oops: I mean just the one glove on each guy thing was dumb to me, I guess I will never get it, and I like the Monks, so, um, I dunno... Music Machine comes across as a Seeds/Count V parody as much as a genuine garage make-some-noise combo. Very self-consciously show-bizzy, y'know? Dare I say... too much a studio sound? 'Course the one guy went on to help create the California Fleetwood Mac Buckingham-Nicks mega platinum sound. 
Then again, I think The Great Scots were the pinnacle so maybe I don't know nothin'.
Then again, I think The Great Scots were the pinnacle so maybe I don't know nothin'.
axel
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Strange how fans of the same genre sometimes totally disagree when it comes to specific bands. That's normal it seems.
In this case though I have to say you're simply wrong. From what I know about Sean Bonniwell he is a genuine artist with a deep personality, the opposite of a show-bizzy character. He actually quit making music because he was pissed off by the whole business part of it. That's very sad, because I think he was an extremely talented songwriter.
In this case though I have to say you're simply wrong. From what I know about Sean Bonniwell he is a genuine artist with a deep personality, the opposite of a show-bizzy character. He actually quit making music because he was pissed off by the whole business part of it. That's very sad, because I think he was an extremely talented songwriter.
beccabear67
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You could call Arthur Lee show-bizzy what with his stage costumery early on with Love, must've been an L.A. thing. But it's just laughable to see people pretending to play with one thick glove on a hand! There are good original songs by Bonniwell but maybe they were trying just a little too hard if that makes sense? I know I'm in the minority about them and about some of those groups that went big into the Munsters/zombie/graveyard stuff, some things females are just going to be immune to I'm sure!
