The Equals - Viva Bobby Joe (1969)

[frankfarago]

Danced a lot to this song in 1969 at age 17 in Budapest and Pécs, Hungary.

[franzeickelmann]

Den Titel habe ich auf einem Vierspurtonbandgerät von Grundig.Hin und wieder lass ich es laufen.Zu der Zeit einer meiner Favoriten.Einfach Su....eh fantastisch.

[Kanassatego]

Man, what a blast I had listening to this song in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s!! And what a band from London it was!: an interracial mix including two talented black musicians and founded by Eddie Grant, a true rock genius, who later released an international hit "Electric Avenue."

[misterpeppercorn]

God did the Equals do a lot of music 😘

[FernandChansard-jlyu]

Souvenir électrique de mes 16 ans oohhh que oui j'aime ❤

[garrywood]

Eddie Grant 12 years before his big N01's of the 1980s!

[FernandChansard-jlyu]

Le rock de mes premières drague j'aime

[bladecastlevania]

It's like they're singing "Leave Her Bobby Joe"

[mikesmith]

Spotify just played this for me in a mix of otherwise pretty standard 60s stuff. I did a double take because it sounds straight out of 1983. (I had the same thought the first time I heard Baby Come Back in Idiocracy)

The Equals were before my time and none of their stuff gets played on the usual oldies outlets — I suspect because it doesn’t sound like everything else. Funny how what should be a strength (having your own sound) turns into a hindrance when dealing in nostalgia. Something similar happens to bands in the early 80s that were post punk new wave but not synth based. Acts like Tonio K or Marshall Crenshaw get forgotten by radio.

[kgarrett]

Eddy Grant looks like one of those night zombies who was trying to kill Charlton Heston in the Omega Man. (1971).

[titobelisarioticeranguerra]

Cover: CLAUDE FRANCOIS - VIVRE QUE C'EST BON ( 1969 ).

[trevk]

Lol What he sing Bobby Joe and his Fart Machine ?