"Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over"
We stumbled upon this "Masterpiece Performance" two hour film tonight on PBS, and it was exceptional. Those times resonated here for obvious reasons. Never a real big Dave Clark Five fan, the music was still a set part of the background for an era, or more was a bridge from one era to the next, that bridge crossed clearly by The Beatles and unequivocally by the Rolling Stones.
Who knew that the DC5 sold more than 100 million albums in their six years of longevity, if it can be called that. Who knew that they had the fan hysteria of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones as they toured the U.S., who knew that their sound was fundamentally influential to Bruce Springsteen and his band, Elton John, or to many others to this day. And who knew that tonight there is no Dave Clark Five CD retrospective available on Amazon except for exorbitant third party seller charges. DC5 almost doesn't exist in current consciousness, and this program was fascinating.
Their music was created to awe one with great sounds and to make the listener feel good. Hear that snare. Did that tonight.
'Thump, thump, thump, thump, Glad..."
Who knew that the DC5 sold more than 100 million albums in their six years of longevity, if it can be called that. Who knew that they had the fan hysteria of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones as they toured the U.S., who knew that their sound was fundamentally influential to Bruce Springsteen and his band, Elton John, or to many others to this day. And who knew that tonight there is no Dave Clark Five CD retrospective available on Amazon except for exorbitant third party seller charges. DC5 almost doesn't exist in current consciousness, and this program was fascinating.
Their music was created to awe one with great sounds and to make the listener feel good. Hear that snare. Did that tonight.
'Thump, thump, thump, thump, Glad..."
posted by John Borden at 11:25 PM
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