flo and eddie

http://insound.com/cover200/dre300/e368/e368913h3dn.jpg

i bought this horrible album because agustus pablo was playing on it. boring reggae.

They're song "Keep it Warm" is legend! Well maybe not, but I certainly enjoy it so much, after repeated listens.

http://www.myspace.com/floandeddie3

is anything else by them worthwhile?

I long ago got rid of their first LP, The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie and wish I hadn't. I think it's a bit like Rundgren's Something/Anything; many skewed styles of 70s pop-rock, and of course, great harmonies.

Turtles stuff is fucking a-mazing

got The Phlorescent Leech and & Eddie. it's great stuff, kind of west coast psych folk rock. imo the Turtles was one of the cooler mainstream US psych pop bands and these guys carried that spirit throughout their career. this isn't too far from something like Battle of the Bands. its funny & they are great singers that kind of mock worship the Beatles/Beach Boys (almost like Nilsson in that way).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0JaXF-uGGg

i love the theme too. this is classic Zappa-style band theme. later on in the 80s they would do music for Care Bears and w their sillier trippier material you can kind of see how they were the perfect band for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UYgZ7ZC6N4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XufAjO5Bx7Q

early King Diamond style vocals here

Thank you for reminding me that I need to have a Flo and Eddie phase.

I only somewhat recently learned that they dis the backing vocals on Poison Heart by the Ramones.

AND the backing vox on Springsteen's Hungry Heart... you prob knew that

And Psych Furs’ “Love My Way”

...and a bunch of T.Rex stuff, including "Bang A Gong".

and many Alice Cooper tracks, from the late-70's/early 80's.

Love the Turtles, Howard Kaylan is a genius singer, but the spectre of Zappa has kept me far far way from Flo and Eddie records thus far.

If you love The Turtlas you should check out the first two F&E records for sure. No Zappa-ness, or even much quirkiness, at all. Just well-crafted, vaguely psych-y pop/rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8khU4hd3u8&list=PL5X1z05-HvVd1fZ95HQFsUfT1PazzIwoM&index=2

Dammit.

yeah I hate Zappa, really the only part of their catalog I haven't explored is their Zappa-affiliated stuff

It's also the fact that they were so closely involved with, intrinsic to in fact, one of Zappa's worst periods.

I love the Flo and Eddie band Zappa band they have some serious bangers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSU5R9kLIRw

Wouldn't have made a Turtles b-side tbh.

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I love the Flo and Eddie band Zappa band they have some serious bangers

yeah 200 Motels was my intro to the Flo and Eddie years. "Mystery Roach" is a fucking jam.

First Zappa I ever owned was a promo single of "Magic Fingers," retrieved from a local radio station's waste basket. How my parents never noticed those lyrics emanating from my bedroom stereo is amazing.