The Troggs
Transmissions 1966-1968
BBC Broadcasts
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01 From Home
02 Wild Thing
03 The Jaguar And The Thunderbird
04 The Yella In Me
05 Evil
06 Lost Girl
07 With A Girl Like You
08 Dimples
09 The Troggs Interview
10 You Can't Beat Me
11 I Can't Control My Life
12 I Just Sing
13 Reg Presley Interview
14 Any Way That You Want It
15 66 5 43 2 1
16 I Can Only Give You Everything
17 I Can Only Give You Everything
18 Give It To Me
19 Meet Jaqueline
20 I Want You To Come Into My Life
21 It's Too Late
22 Night Of The Long Grass
23 I Want You To Come Into My Life
24 Girl In Black
Reg Presley (R.I.P.) – lead vocals
Chris Britton – lead guitar, backing vocals
Pete Staples – bass, backing vocals
Ronnie Bond – drums
I watched a documentary 2 days ago called Punk. It was a 4 part documentary about Punk Rock from inception through it's development into a newer form of Power Punk Pop. They of course interviewed Iggy Pop (but not a mention of Lou Reed). Iggy stressed the importance of The Kinks, specifically the single "You Really Got Me" to Punk Rock. There is no denying the importance of The Kinks to Punk (especially to those that lived it). They forgot to mention the importance of Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, The Troggs & early Who recordings. If you can't see the inspiration of early Who tracks like "Run, Run, Run", "Disguises" & "My Generation" on Punk, I can't help you. If you don't know The Troggs were a big influence on Punk Rock, it could be forgiven these days.
The Troggs, along with a lot of other great bands can get lost along the road of time. You get a certain set of songs on Classic Rock Radio. That set is what most radio programmers think is classic. The Troggs are regulated to memory by one song "Wild Thing" (very Proto-Punk, Metal & Grunge!). You can not listen to these 22 songs, 2 tracks are interviews, without realizing how much The Troggs influenced Punk Rock. "I Can Only Give You Everything" is a great example (MC5 covered it as their 1st single) but the song "The Yella In Me" is the best Proto-Punk song lyrically I ever heard. How Punk is it to write a song saying that You let a bully scare you into giving up your girlfriend? Don't take my word for it, download this show and hear for yourself. You know you want it just for the live version of "Wild Thing" anyway, right?
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You're quite right about the Troggs being a big influence on punk. With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up, I'm reminded that the last time I was at the towers before they fell, it was to see the Troggs do 2 shows outside the towers--they would bring in a band to do 2 shows in the midday for people in and near the towers on their lunch breaks. I remember at the start of the second set I yelled out "Oh yeah" and Reg Presley looked at me and said into the mic "Oh yeah?" I yelled "Oh yeah" and we maybe went back and forth two or three times and then he yelled "OH NO!" and they went into "I Can't Control Myself". I've got some of these recordings but not all; looking forward to them.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I think you meant to mention "You Really Got Me" in talking about the Kinks.
Thank you Brett Alan for the story of the Troggs at The Towers. I personally never caught a Troggs show. That's why I love boots like this one, at least I can hear it. I'll tell you those moments of interaction like that as a fan those are lasting memories. As a musician I have to say it's the same, it's an acknowledgment that that person has "let you in" they probably talked about you after the show while cooling down. YES I meant to say "You Really Got Me" but "Wild Thing" was playing when I was typing lol. Thanks for the help on that. I keep telling myself no "smoking" while blogging, I never listen
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Dave
Was happy enough to see the legendary Troggs with Reg Presley in my home town Wervik Belgium back in 1991, and indeed they played Wild Thing as concert closer, if my memory's right.
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