What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library



Weak excuse for a best of but at least they didn't title it Greatest Hits, cause it's not. Only a few were. Unbelievable there was a Volume 3. This is a poor compilation of these Manchester boys, formed in 1963. With their debut single of I'm Into Something Good hitting #1 in the U.K. and #13 in the U.S. they were off like a rocket. Their first #1 in the U.S. was Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter which was never even released as a single in the U.K. The group was a much bigger success in the U.S. than in the U.K., but their fall came as fast as their rise, reaching their peak around 1966. Lead singer Peter Noone left the group in 1970, but it was a good run. The few covers of classics on here was a big downer. Kinks/Hollies/Yardbirds, there oughta be a law. But I at least got one 3 out of it.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - For Your Love

Best Track - Leaning On A Lamp Post

I'm leaning on the lamp
Maybe you think I look a tramp
Or maybe you think I'm round to steal a car
But no, I'm not a crook
And if you think that's what I look
I'll tell you why and what my motives are

I'm leaning on the lamp post at the corner of the street
In case a certain little lady comes by
Oh me, oh my
In case a certain little lady comes by

Oh, she's wonderful, she's marvelous
She's fabulous, she's beautiful
And anyone can understand why
I'm leaning on the lamp post at the corner of the street
In case a certain little lady comes by

She doesn't always get away
She cannot always get away
But anyway I know that she'll try
Oh me, oh my
I hope that little lady comes by

She's not the kind of girl to be late for
But this one I'd break any date for
I won't have to ask what she's late for
She'd never leave me flat
She's not a girl like that

she's wonderful, she's marvelous
She's fabulous, she's beautiful
And anyone can understand why
I'm leaning on the lamp post at the corner of the street
In case a certain little lady comes by

I'm leaning on the lamp post at the corner of the street
In case a certain little lady comes by
Oh me, oh my
In case a certain little lady comes by

Oh, she's wonderful, she's marvelous
She's fabulous, she's beautiful
And anyone can understand why
I'm leaning on the lamp post at the corner of the street
In case a certain little lady comes by


1) This Door Swings Both Ways - ** - live
YouTube - #5 - Herman's Hermits - This Door Swings Both Ways (GOODBYE LUCKY STARS '66)
2) Listen People - ** - live
YouTube - Hermans Hermits - Listen People
3) Bus Stop - * - audio
YouTube - Herman's Hermits-Bus Stop
4) Story Of My Life - *
5) Little Boy Sad - *
6) A Must To Avoid - ** - audio
YouTube - Herman's Hermits-A Must to Avoid
7) Dandy - ** - live
YouTube - Hermans Hermits - Dandy (1966)
8) Hold On - * - audio
YouTube - Herman's Hermits-Hold On!
9) Leaning On A Lamp Post - *** audio
YouTube - Herman's Hermits-Leaning On a Lamp Post
10) For Your Love - * - audio
YouTube - Herman's Hermits-For Your Love
11) Take Love, Give Love - ** - audio
YouTube - Hermans Hermits - Take Love Give Love

3's - 1
2's - 5
1's - 5

Rating - 1.6