@sheilakathleen
Writer. I review films at Ebert. Essays at Criterion, monthly column at Liberties Journal. NYFCC / NSFC member. I’ve been blogging at sheilaomalley.com since 2002. I have a newsletter: https://sheilaomalley.substack.com/ I write a LOT about Elvis. TCB! ⚡
one of my favorite details in the Post is when the copy is rushed to the copyeditor who has to do his job in like 10 minutes before deadline - and literally the first thing he does is cross out the first sentence. that is so accurate.
Oh yeah I saw that one in my Ringo wandering. Act Naturally!! Such a good example because you have to literally “keep time” with that one. You can’t speed up or lag or show off or indulge. It’s not about you.
I think yeah that’s anthology. I’ve heard it
This is the best tribute I can think of !
Bless you!
This really warms my heart!
ooh i'm going to find that one.
Occasionally for fun I’ll watch drummers on YouTube talk about Ringo. It’s a whole genre! And yeah for Ringo it was about the song, not about him .
and this might be subjective and honestly maybe it makes me sound simple - but I think it's connected to what you're saying - the song somehow TRANSMITS joy. it's intense and unfiltered. I FEEL the song. it's communicating in a very pure way.
If you listen to that song, there are a few few very short rolls on the vocal oooh-ooohs, on no-nos and that stomping chorus.
It's so minimal, and perfect.
Goosebumps!
Love this!!
Love this observation
I love the song "Have I The Right" but had never seen a performance of it so I had no idea that The Honeycombs had *the* foundational Girl Drummer
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same!
61 years later, it still sounds good to me.
Martin Murray, Honey Lantree, Denis D'Ell, the Honeycombs
the woman who posted the Spinout pic said, “The girl drummer in Spinout and Honey Lantree inspired me as a kid to become a drummer.”
Karen Carpenter said when she saw The Honeycombs on The Ed Sullivan Show, it inspired her to become a drummer.
Elvis' band in Spinout with the girl drummer Les, played by Deborah Walley
Right before Lantree died at the age of 74, she came up in a discussion on FB. I posted about the BONKERS final moment of the Elvis movie Spinout. Someone in the comments, a woman, posted a picture of Elvis’ “band” in Spinout, all boys, with – a girl drummer. I said, "Hey it's like the Honeycombs!"
Oh my gosh thank you for letting me know! I love this!
Thanks for the perspective!
really?? amazing!
Honey Lantree, drummer for The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs were a one-hit wonder? Okay. You could say that. But look at the legacy. Honey Lantree was just doing what she loved , but ... it's like one of my favorite Shakespeare lines from Merchant of Venice: “how far that little candle throws his beams.” so happy birthday Honey Lantree!
Martin Murray, Honey Lantree, Denis D'Ell, the Honeycombs
the woman who posted the Spinout pic said, “The girl drummer in Spinout and Honey Lantree inspired me as a kid to become a drummer.”
Karen Carpenter said when she saw The Honeycombs on The Ed Sullivan Show, it inspired her to become a drummer.
Elvis' band in Spinout with the girl drummer Les, played by Deborah Walley
Right before Lantree died at the age of 74, she came up in a discussion on FB. I posted about the BONKERS final moment of the Elvis movie Spinout. Someone in the comments, a woman, posted a picture of Elvis’ “band” in Spinout, all boys, with – a girl drummer. I said, "Hey it's like the Honeycombs!"
Here they are. it's a banger. The foot stomping. The sexy growl in Denis D'Ells voice. it makes you want to answer his question "have I the right to kiss you?" with a resounding 'WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR." www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZUW...
There's a fun piece about the song by Tom Ewing: "when I listen to the instrumental break on this record, bright guitar and sharp keyboard slicing tuneless chunks out of each other, it’s not 1964 I’m hearing." he ends w/a nod to Honey Lantree. popular-number1s.com/2005/01/16/t...
Joe Meek died in a horrifying way in 1967 and the group disbanded. But before that they toured the world. They toured with Gene Vincent. History may deem them a one-hit wonder, but people still remember that song. It’s an ear-grabber. More in next post:
The Honeycombs, "Have I the Right" and "Please Don't Pretend Again"
The Honeycombs’ biggest hit, “Have I the Right?” (1964) was also their debut single, it went to #1 in the UK, #5 in the US. They auditioned for renegade producer Joe Meek with the song and he decided to produce it as well as the B side. Notice the photo. Kind of gimmicky. But it worked.
the fabulous Honey Lantree
A girl drummer was seen as a gimmick and people refused to even believe she was doing it. People thought she was “pretending” drumming to a track already laid down. Lantree was like, "I wish I cared what you thought but oh looky our single is #1 in the UK. Be mad about it."