TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Crimson & Clover

TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS - Crimson & Clover | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION

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@jessicalee7119 27 күн бұрын

Crystal Blue Persuasion is a MUST play !!!!

@jodyjackson5475 27 күн бұрын

Great tune!❤

@jamesscura7122 27 күн бұрын

What a great message !

@johnniekight1879 27 күн бұрын

"I Think We're Alone Now" was another biggie by them.

@tinapatterson5022 27 күн бұрын

♥ this Song!

@doplinger1 27 күн бұрын

“Crystal Blue Persuasion”, “Draggin’ the Line”, “Mony Mony”, “My Baby Does the Hanky Panky” to name a few - love his stuff!

@sammybeck7794 27 күн бұрын

I forgot they wrote so many songs

@KidBklyn 25 күн бұрын

'SWEET CHERRY WINE!'

@davidschecter5247 27 күн бұрын

Tommy is a fabulous songwriter, and he's been writing great music for many decades, up to only a few years ago. His songs have been covered by so many, and deservedly so. Next should be "Sweet Cherry Wine" or "Crystal Blue Persuasion," both from that same era. Album version of C & C is the right one to do!

@onionhead5780 27 күн бұрын

Had drinks with him after his set on our honeymoon cruise out of Fort Lauderdale in the 80’s. He sat with me and my wife for hours at the bar just talking until it got so late we couldn’t keep our eyes open. 😂. Down to earth dude.

@beeseewill2407 27 күн бұрын

Tommy James and the Shondells,"Crystal Blue Persuasion" is a great song.

@user-pq9zc3uc7m 27 күн бұрын

Had "The Best of Tommy James and The Shondells" on 8 track. Great road music in the early '70's. "Crystal Blue Persuasion", "I Think We're Alone Now", "Sweet Cherry Wine". Pick one, you won't go wrong.

@rghilino6734 27 күн бұрын

Sweet Cherry Wine is amazing.

@jons.105 27 күн бұрын

Tommy James was the KING of psychedelic bubblegum. He made bubblegum respectable.

@user-ur1jp9uv6j 27 күн бұрын

OMG this may be Shawn’s best weekend of music ever? But in my mind he’s batting 1000 and this is a grand slam weekend, Thank you Shawn.

@ivansavoie3190 27 күн бұрын

Dragging the Line is another good one, great reaction

@johnsexton2200 27 күн бұрын

Great song! He played all the instruments on the song.

@johnsexton2200 27 күн бұрын

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts had a great remake of this song worth checking out.

@PlutoAnn 27 күн бұрын

hahahha Every Jr High School Dance. Embedded right into my 8th-grade self. Thanks Shawn Standing at the bleachers like a wallflower waiting on Jim Zipp to ask me to dance hahaahah. He was so cool

@user-ph9wt3ue7c 27 күн бұрын

Tommy James has a great book called Me The Mob and The Music. It details his experience on Roulette records with Morris Levy.

@kentclark6420 27 күн бұрын

This record label, (Roulette), was run by the mob. The famous folk/pop singer Jimmie Rodgers was attacked by them. 'In his own autobiography, Me, the Mob and the Music, fellow Roulette recording artist Tommy James claims that Rodgers was the victim of an attack paid for by the label’s owner, Morris Levy, in response to Rodgers’ repeated demands for the royalties he had earned.'

@KidBklyn 27 күн бұрын

One of the great psychedelic songs of the 60s. Along with hard rock, soft rock, folk rock, the motown sound. What a great time for music, period.

@user-nu2hp2jn4u 27 күн бұрын

Sweet Cherry Wine is another great song 😊

@DonnaConner-fk4lm 27 күн бұрын

I love sweet cherry wine. That is an excellent song

@shirleybhs9zd6li5i 27 күн бұрын

OMG! This song came out my senior year of high school. Since a girlfriend lived across from the school, we'd go there for lunch, crank up her stereo full blast, and play this song over and over.(no pun intended). And yes, the teachers complained, asking us to at least play the whole album. Cherished memories. Thanks for the reaction, Shawn. Blessings all.

@dianegardner7210 27 күн бұрын

I was 15 when it came out -they seem to have more of an impact when you hear them as a teen-love this song

@mikefetterman6782 27 күн бұрын

This is awesome, also, Joan Jett and the Black Hearts do a great cover.

@MisterWondrous 27 күн бұрын

"Crystal Blue Persuasion" is probably their grooviest, most uplifting, inspiring and liberating of hit songs, but this one was also lot of fun. I could do that tremolo voice, which I Iater called "strobe voice", and can still do it, I just discovered. Like Cat Stevens and the Cowsills, "Crystal Blue" is medicine. A daily jolt of positivity.

@debsandz 27 күн бұрын

Love Tommy James and the Shondells! Great song, a great request, and a great reaction!💜

@OZAHS1959 27 күн бұрын

The Tremelo pedal effect was brand new back in 1968 when they recorded this. It was an extremely novel effect for the time. This is one of those songs that made me fall in love with rock and roll

@jollyrodgers7272 27 күн бұрын

about a year later my brother had a guitar amp with a Tremolo knob - can't remember the brand, but I wish I had that amp now! Such a cool effect.

@nancysmith38 27 күн бұрын

Crystal Blue Persuasion next - so relevant even today! I was 11 when I got this album. My dad was convinced the vinyl was warped because of the distortion and said I needed to exchange it for another copy 😂😂

@Wordsmyth8 27 күн бұрын

Tommy James and the Shondells are a great group and they did one of my favorite songs of all time that you should really check out. It’s called Crystal Blue Persuasion. This song was definitely a slow dance song and definitely psychedelic, Shawn. Please check out Crystal Blue Persuasion next.

@markgallemore8856 27 күн бұрын

Tommy James and the Shondells Mony Mony / sweet cherry Wine / crystal blue persuasion / dragging the line and of course Crimson and Clover. Sorry, I forgot I think we’re alone now. Another nice song from Tommy James..

@Chase57Tx 27 күн бұрын

A great throwback to the days of the battle of AM vs FM versions, and the need to buy the album. Always opt for the long version.

@JayCross 27 күн бұрын

I love this version, and very much respect the sounds they got with the equipment of the time. For a edgier sound try listening to the Joan Jett cover of this.

@TerryJ950 27 күн бұрын

This is another one of those songs that just transports me back to being 18.

@lickitup8461 27 күн бұрын

I saw Tommy James for the first time back in 1976....loved him 👍💯

@robertwatson2823 27 күн бұрын

One of my favorite bands from the 60's and early 70's. They have a lot of great hits. Tommy James was ahead of his time with the effects they used.

@tjerwin1 26 күн бұрын

Tommy James still performs to this day at the age of 77 and doesn't sound any different and has performed since the 60's. He is just an awesome talent with so many hits. His music is considered Rock, Psychedelic and pop rock. He is just a great easy listening person exc÷pt for a few songs like Mony Mony.

@Laura_Martin42 27 күн бұрын

I think this has to be everybody's favorite song at least for a minute of their lives.

@jbach4311 27 күн бұрын

Next "Sugar on Sunday" "Crystal Blue Persuasion"

@boosingh 25 күн бұрын

Tommy James was considered a singles artist and was never taken very seriously by record critics. He wrote so many iconic songs throughout the decade of the 60's. He's still performing. Saw him a couple of months ago playing hit after hit sounding just like he did in the day.

@dagmar.6954 27 күн бұрын

Tommy James & The Shondells are a great American pop rock/psychedelic rock band from the 60's. They had a lot of great hits such as "Crystal Blue Persuasion", "Hanky Panky", "I Think We're Alone Now", "Mirage", "Mony Mony", "Sweet Cherry Wine", "Ball Of Fire", "Do Something To Me" etc. When Tommy went solo in the 70's he had a couple of hits "Draggin' The Line" & "Three Times In Love".

@davidspring5013 27 күн бұрын

Just a quick anecdote, in 1975 these guys played at my senior prom. played their 6 songs and then left. to this day i still dont know why they had to do a high school prom, but we were thrilled to have them. oh and it hard to believe that I'm still in my 30's, oh yeah my 50th reunion is coming next year, maybe they will come back!

@patswanson2870 27 күн бұрын

They also had a hit called Mony Mony and it was covered by Billy Idol in the 80’s.

@garyarnett1220 27 күн бұрын

Seems as if most of his hits were covered in the 80's. The one you mentioned, this song by Joan Jett, I Think We're Alone Now was a huge hit for Tiffany (?). And "Weird" Al even parodied that last one.

@okpainter9700 26 күн бұрын

Crystal Blue Persuasion , another Tommy James song, has been my favorite song since 1969. Its the all time Feel Good song for a blue day ✌❤

@susanliltz3875 27 күн бұрын

Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! Have to listen to: “Crystal Blue Persuasion “ just as great as this one , different sounds!! “Draggin’ The Line” is another great one by them!!

@GaryBarlow-js3ph 27 күн бұрын

Probably the most innovative and underrated band of all time. My favorite in high school along with Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

@KJ-4321 27 күн бұрын

Yes! Gary Lewis & the Playboys had some really really good songs!

@kathyrizzi8754 27 күн бұрын

Yes, I danced to Crimson & Clover in 1968! I was 19 in 1968 & had my first baby boy!!! 👍👏👏👏💙💙💙👶🏻

@teresacartwright5406 25 күн бұрын

Tommy James & the Shondells had a string of hits including "Mony, Mony" (1968), "I Think We're Alone Now" (1967), "Sweet Cherry Wine" (1969): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7iUn9yqtZ7KZHU.htmlsi=rkTBH5Pxu181wA-c & "Crystal Blue Persuasion" (1969). Thanks so much for playing this & your comments.

@rghilino6734 27 күн бұрын

Psychedelic gem. Tommy James should be in the Rock Hall.

@intothesunset3 27 күн бұрын

Fantastic request and reaction♥

@kathyrizzi8754 27 күн бұрын

Loved this great song from the 60’s, love the 60’s music…Tommy James & The Shondells, yes! 👍💜

@stevetanner3019 12 күн бұрын

In the 80’s Tommy James songs had a bit of comeback as 3 of his hits were covered to be big hits again. “Crimson and Clover” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany, and “Mony Mony” by Billy Idol.

@katiem9644 27 күн бұрын

Brings up great memories! Great song.

@johnv61 27 күн бұрын

Great song, my favorite by Tommy James…..glad you enjoyed it

@TheRokjok 16 күн бұрын

The original short version was the first completed tune. As FM radio was starting to have major impact , that whole guitar solo bridge was added later. This was quite the departure for the band as they were more of a pop band. At first radio stations didn't air it since it sounded so strange. The repeating chrous vocals were fed through a guitar wah wah pedel.

@user-mj2sv5qo7c 27 күн бұрын

He wrote a autobiography it's title is Me, the Mob, and the Music.

@KJ-4321 27 күн бұрын

Ah Shawn! Perfect, fun & very informative reaction! 😀 I just loved it! Thank you! 😀 You will definitely love “Crystal Blue Persuasion!!” .. Also Draggin’’ the Line” .. “Sweet Cherry Wine” .. “I think we’re alone now” .. “Mirage” & more! You’re the best! 😀

@mrsouthjersey4956 27 күн бұрын

I read the following story years ago. In the early summer months of 1969 seems Tommy James secretary took a phone call wile Tommy stood close by going through his mail. As she hung up the phone chuckling, Tommy asked, "Who was that?" She responded, "Some East Coast promoter wanted to know if we would consider playing at a paying gig at some guys pig and horse farm. I turned him down Tommy." Tomy responded with a laugh, "that was probably a good idea." They weren't laughing months later when they read about the highly successful and probably historic arts and music festival that just concluded on Max Yasgurs farm in Upstate NY. Yup, "Woodstock" Tommy forgave his secretary.

@firedoc5 27 күн бұрын

The younger generations are probably more familiar with Joan Jett and the Black Hearts cover of this song, which they did give a valiant effort, but this is the best. IMHO

@yazmon4515 24 күн бұрын

I hadn't actually heard this longer version of this song. It sounded like a different version and not just a cut version than the 45 version.. As mentioned below, Crystal Blue Persuasion is another good cut in this sort of psychedelic vein. Tommy James & the Shondells also had poppy sort of hits with I Think We're Alone Now, Mony Mony, Sweet Cherry Wine and Hanky Panky. My favorite of all their tunes was a bit of a heavier sort of song called Draggin' the Line and it is well worth a listen.

@scottrbloom 24 күн бұрын

One of my favorite bands when I was growing up. He was a real innovator in the use of effects. The tremolo all through providing the beat, then the wah-wah work was superb. Nobody had ever done the vocals through a tremolo before. Yeah, it was psychedelic pop music, and yeah we sorta danced to it. Great stuff. Crystal Blue Persuasion is next, but you can get back to his earlier music, too. Mony Mony, and I Think We're Alone Now are super. I also love the song She.

@custardflan 24 күн бұрын

Eighth grade Y-teens dance. These guys were great. Many more to choose from.

@ed.z. 27 күн бұрын

We were close -dancing to this masterpiece. Girls would throw a party in their bedroom, invite boys and girls…the lights went out when a slow dance starts. Parents were upset and often powerless.

@mythicsin3083 27 күн бұрын

7th grade, living in Germany going to an American school…my friend Scott’s and my favorite for a while. Scott’s older brother in 9th grade and his best friend, the preachers son 😉, stole the preachers VW and took it across country. Two week manhunt later and they were grabbed trying to take a ferry to England. Great memories.

@leticiaserna2924 26 күн бұрын

CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUATION is another great song by Tommy James and the Shondells

@steverusso177 27 күн бұрын

Several more good tunes from this band.

@suethomson2256 21 күн бұрын

I have always LOVED this song. So glad you liked it too :)

@Mallykins 27 күн бұрын

You gotta think dude, the stuff you’ve always love has been inspired a lot by many of these people we’re recommending you. I love this song by the way.. I heard it first when I was 15ish in the mid 2000’s. I’ve loved it since. It’s an absolute vibe and I’m enjoying a j right now. Thanks for the good music choices and reactions.

@willow_wise 21 күн бұрын

This is such a classic!! "Draggin the Line" is another great one.

@michaelsommers5503 27 күн бұрын

"Crystal Blue Persuasion" was the theme for my high school prom!

@loisrogers9042 27 күн бұрын

Takes me back to school dances when I started high-school. ❤😊

@beverlysmith8025 27 күн бұрын

Saw them live my freshman year 1967 or 1968 at East Carolina University...far out!

@caryriggs5719 20 күн бұрын

This was a great tune and a major hit song. The ending i think was a risk as the song was already fire. The ending verse caused the sing to absolutely blow up the charts. We had never heard anything like that before

@patticrichton1135 23 күн бұрын

that is why I don't connect with MOST of the music from today. But the music from the '50s, '60s & '70s (when I was a child, a teen, and in my 20s) always filled me with every kind of emotion.....happy, joyful, sad, melancholy, broken heart sobbing, excited, loving....etc. Today's music leaves me with no emotion.

@KJ-4321 23 күн бұрын

Very well said! 👍

@kathyrizzi8754 27 күн бұрын

Shawn, you gotta play Crystal Blue Persuasion by these guys, you will love it!👍👏👏👏♥️

@MrAL2491 4 күн бұрын

Dragging' the Line is another Tommy song you gotta check out!

@robertcartier5088 26 күн бұрын

I remember, as a kid, emulating that vocal effect by rapidly tapping my throat while singing....It was only partially effective. ;-]

@user-vf1oj9lv3v 27 күн бұрын

You gotta do their song Crystal Blue Persuasion, love that song!!

@Soule6 26 күн бұрын

In the 80s, I was always told that the song was about scrwng... the crimson blue was the sky and the clover green was grass...a couple rolling over in the grass, over and over again. Seeing the blur of the sky ground sky ground sky...

@jodyjackson5475 27 күн бұрын

Omg. The chillzzzat the opening took me right back to 14 ❤. Have you done any of The Kinks yet. A great contribution to the British Invasion.

@peterfields4801 26 күн бұрын

Great band,great song,still getting used to the 'full' version,bought it as a single in the day!

@gpxo11 26 күн бұрын

The talking at the beginning is from a radio station album I used to own-I believe it was either WPOP or CKLW.

@rebaphillips4783 25 күн бұрын

I remember this as a young teen. Love this

@jenniferbabros1985 27 күн бұрын

Oldie but a goodie

@csedrivers2850 22 күн бұрын

This song is such a jam. 😎

@anthonyblakely399 27 күн бұрын

One of the my favorite songs from one of my favorite groups!!! Another psychedelic song about getting high on mushrooms!!! Also "Crystal Blue Persuasion" is great too.

@user-fw9li4qx1q 27 күн бұрын

Try listening to "Eloise" by Barry Ryan in the 60's as well. Such a classic song very epic. This song was a great 1 hit wonder for him. I still love listening to it to this day!

@sammybeck7794 27 күн бұрын

This is the long album version. There was a short version for AM radio

@peterstilla8733 26 күн бұрын

A treasure. It's funny that some of the greatest psychedelic songs of that era were not from the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane, but from Pop groups like Tommy James. The only one better than this is one you must hit soon, and that's Time has Come Today by the Chambers Brothers. That's when I'll hit the subscribe button!

@user-fk7qb7ty1q 27 күн бұрын

One of your best reactions yet!!

@suzanneprock7286 27 күн бұрын

Great song, they had alot of good music.

@timbriere2325 27 күн бұрын

A pop masterpiece.

@sixbladeknife44 25 күн бұрын

Cellophane Symphony is a great album 👌

@sourisvoleur4854 27 күн бұрын

Definitely psychedelic. One of the greatest examples of psychedelic rock/pop from the Psychedelic era.

@Debcatawba 27 күн бұрын

Mirage Draggin’ The Line I Think We’re Alone Now Mony Mony Sweet Cherry Wine

@wallacewhipps1206 27 күн бұрын

Mony Mony is also one of their best

@dianegardner7210 27 күн бұрын

Crystal Blue Persuasion seems to go with this one-should do it next

@tigerpinky 27 күн бұрын

love this one!

@user-fw9li4qx1q 27 күн бұрын

Hi Shawn love listening to your reactions they are great! If you want to listen to different songs with a psychedic touch from the 60's and you like Steve Winwood listen to the early group 'Traffic' he was a part of - "Paper Sun" and "Hole in my Shoe" You will love these 2 artistic creative songs!!!

@flash1660 27 күн бұрын

It’s a great song you might try crystal blue persuasion and dragging the line and I loved. I think we’re alone now.

@gfbumble 27 күн бұрын

How about “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield.

@jollyrodgers7272 27 күн бұрын

Ditto on the CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION, as well as Tommy James solo DRAGGIN' THE LINE. That vocal effect which sounds all shimmery/watery is called TREMOLO - not to be confused with Vibrato, as in the Whammy Bar on a Fender Stratocaster which they ERRONEOUSLY call a "Tremolo Arm" (Tremolo varies the VOLUME of a voice or instrument by oscillation - at various speeds-, whereas Vibrato varies/bends the PITCH of a Note). TJ & The Shondells had a dozen top 40 hits - CRIMSON AND CLOVER and HANKY PANKY were their only #1 hits.

@MongooseTales 25 күн бұрын

A psychedelic slow dance song. Yep, that's pretty much it!

@kellysargent1116 23 күн бұрын

Love your content! Please keep it up.

@billboyd9028 27 күн бұрын

So, Crystal Blue Persuasion would be great to react to next, and you might consider doing a "comparison" reaction and react to Mony Mony (Tommy James original version) versus Billy Idol's cover - listen to both and tell us what you think about the two versions... just a thought...