In the 6th grade, everybody in music class had to bring in a song and write a report about it. This was the song I brought in and the whole class laughed, including the teacher
Different video. The bird dance was in a video that starts out with the Bandstand clip and alters the ending with a different guy doing a bird dance. The guy doesn't even look the same as the original singer at the beginning.
I was just thinking the same thing earlier today RonHoward! Punk rock in 63! If y'all haven't yet, look up "Talk Talk" by Music Machine, from 66 I believe. Some more early signs of punk rock.
"Worst song ever?!" You kiddin' me? This is the ultimate rockin' tune, dude! TURN IT UP! I dare you to ride along the California coast on a sunny day with ALL your windows down and sing it at the top of your lungs. If you do, nothing will ever bother you again, for now YOU... are the Surfin' Bird! Can I get a WITNESS!
The greatness of this song, it's simplicity, it's driving beat, classic lyric, this is thee epitome of the three chord song isn't it?? Mere words can't describe how great of a classic garage rock tune this is...
@@hockeyman1054 I have already explained the meaning, but I trie again. This trash would not be a hit if it not had trigger words for the Manchuria candidate or MK Ultra victim....for the target object for the patsy assassin of JFK. The right candidate would react to hear the word birds=JFK to be taken out. The whole song is code word for the patsy, who would be blamed for the murder, while the real people and CIA do the real assassin. Did you know that Lee Oswald (working for the CIA) though he was set up to kill Castro...but to late he found out that to be wrong...he acted on this song...why do you else believe this obviously trash song went world wide?? Do you even understand the lyrics?
I was always impressed by the drumming in this song. It was released in the middle of the surfing music era dominated by the Beach Boys and the Atlantics. I have loved this song all of my life.
Allan Survo they should know do you know about the bird cause everybody knows that the bird is the word bird bird bird bird is the word hey don't you know about the cause everybody knows that the bird is the WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had R. Lee Ermy sign my dvd of Full Metal Jacket back in the day. I complemented him on his performance in Siege of Firebase Gloria. I asked him what his favorite war movie was. He said Platoon was his favorite, he said it was the most realistic adaptation of what it was like in Vietnam.
+314rft I danced this song millions times! since 52 years ago until today, the family guy you talk about, must be the one on t.v. because over the course in this lifetime when you get old (I am 63 years old) you separate the home responsibilities, and that crazy dude you forge inside, when you are teen, is going to stay with you until you die, or become 100 years old!
michael stefano: this song is the combination of two great success songs: the number one is Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, sang by the Rivingtons and the second The Bird's The World - sang by the same: The Rivingtons
Any one else out there that was 8 years old in '63, teaching younger sister and friends to sing and dance this? I'm 65 now, taught my granddaughter. Gramma, let's do it again she says. Taught her the Name Game, all songs thru my young days. 2021 and still bad ass, young in heart 😊
When I was a kid living in (or is that on?) Staten Island, I'll never forget the first time I heard "Surfin' Bird," which was one of those few teen hits so demented and frantic that my mother wasn't sure what the hell it was, but I loved it, still do. Nobody really makes genuine novelty numbers anymore, but back in 1963 they were everywhere though few became million-sellers like this one did, and on a small Minnesota label. As for ripping off the Rivingtons...so what? Back then we knew who they were, and we dug their stuff, too, and as for 'stealing from blacks,' well...as Ringo once said, 'everybody nicks from somebody' or something like that, and it's true. Unless you believe the Platters invented their kind of ballad-pop, or the Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes For You" was written and produced by blacks. Color should be a non-issue when it comes to music, there are too many cooks involved in the making of every stew to pick it to pieces. Either you dig the music or you don't; personally, I adhere to the 'steak to the plate' philosophy: if I love it I don't care where it came from or what was done to get it to me (beyond personal interest, that is). It either works for you or it doesn't.
Hmm... that's odd.... I thought that would be big news... there seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece...a headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety; it was my understanding that everyone had heard....
aporo pomare OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. BRIAN DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BIRD? WELL PETER IS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIRD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD... SURFINNN BIRD.
The song was a combination of two R&B hits by The Rivingtons, "The Bird's the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow". Early pressings of the single credit the Trashmen's drummer and vocalist Steve Wahrer as the composer, but following a threat from The Rivingtons' legal counsel, the writing credit was removed from Wahrer and transferred to the members of The Rivingtons...
So what you are saying is that The Rivingtons were the first to announce that the bird is the word. Shouldn't they have gotten a Nobel Prize or something?
It takes talent moving those lips and making those noises.Good job!That song should win an academy award for best song.I love the the 1960's.I wish they play old rock and roll again from the 50's and 60's like they used to.
Yes, the song is a reworking of two Rivingtons tunes, "The Bird Is The Word" and "Papa Oom Mow Mow." "Surfin' Bird" (Garrett 4002) broke the week of December 7, 1963 and peaked at #4 over a 13 week chart run. There were two follow-ups: "Bird Dance Beat" (Garrett 4003) which reached #30 over a seven week run beginning February 8, 1964 and "Bad News" (Garrett 4005) which reached #124 over a two-week run starting May 15, 1964.
I have a bunch of songs from the Trashmen that I've collected over the years, and let me tell you, they kicked ass. Seriously. They were really, really good. Total rock out.
I was only 2 when this came out but have loved this for what seems like forever... I remember my parents bought me the greatest hits of the 60's, 70's and this was on the record and I think I drove everyone crazy playing this... Love it still....
Such a bad ass song. Takes me right to teenage years and Full Metal Jacket. But damn bro the band could backed you up so much more. It's not what you say, it's how you say...plus, your bros are right behind ya ready to back you up. But still the energy this song has...being there when it was first written musta been dope. ROCK N ROLL baby!!!!
The greatest musical Artist of all time. A treasure to the music industry. His artistic music made me feel something that resonated within me - Joy A true genius……
I can't believe I thought of this song AND found it. I was watching a ventriloquist with a bird dummy. I started thinking "bird, bird, bird......", then recalling some song that did that for lyrics in a song. So I can't believe I found this. I haven't heard this in ages!!!! Wow!! This is great stuff!!!
No description needed! it speaks for its self! LOVE it! I remember seeing it on tv when I was 9 .loved it then and still do.I remember my parents reaction to it too!
Still listen to it 2020 ... I found this on the 1995 Maxi-CD, CHARLY LOWNOISE & MENTAL THEO, "The Bird 1995", where the Netherland DJ-Heads covered this Thing into Gabber and Hardcore Techno !!! Better Music than the Shit of today !! #CLASSICHits
I like the part of Dick Clark's interview where he asks the guy about the origins of the song and the band name and the Trash man stated "we came up with it while looking through a stack of records". It's so awesome that the guy could look 50 years in the future and make sure he told the truth about the Rivingtons and their song...'Bird is the Word". The RUclips time machine strikes again.
I remember this song very well in early '64. I couldn't believe how crazy it was ( and still is ) when I first heard it, but it's one of those songs that's so bad it's actually good. If that makes sense. Which of course it probably doesn't. lol
I bought this song on a 45 record when it came out with my allowance money. I was only 10 years old. I still dig it today. Too bad when this did this video that they didn`t show the whole band instead of just the lead singer.
i remember this song as a kid. i wonder then, and still do now, just how in the world did he make his voice sound like. special sound effects , if it even existed back then, was in its infancy. hahaha listening to this song, and watching this dude still makes me smile. thanks for posting this one here. it excited every one i knew once upon a time.
I still wonder if Dick Clark knew about The Bird? Hahaha!!! This is Awesome! Peace and TY...I say that because did DC ever let anyone sing live or just lip sync?
Wonderfully goofy song. I sure wish someone had synked a re-mastered version of this song with this video so we could hear it with the heavy bass line as it was originally recorded. This is about as heavy as rock got before the Beatles, not matched until the hard rock groups of the late 60s. And only one chord for almost the whole song. No wonder Seth McFarland loves it. Would love to hear a true stereo mix of it. Glad this was posted even if we don't get to see the rest of the group.
'F' Family Guy! I was born and raised in Minneapolis (hometown of the Trashmen) and we had this record. I was in first grade, 1963, and was nuts about it! The Trashmen recorded on the 'Garrett' record label. If you have one of the original 45's it says Minneapolis, MN right on it. It ranked number 4 on the Billboard 100. Very popular. I understand it is still a major hit in Brazil for some reason. Then the new year came along and in February 1964, on Ed Sullivan, came the Beatles and the British Invasion. Everything changed and hair just kept getting longer until Disco, Rap and Hip Hop ruined everything. Anyway, we had another local band called the Castaways and in 1965 they did a song called 'Liar, Liar'. It was recorded on the 'Soma' record label which was started by a guy named 'Amos' something or other and he just spelled his name backwards. That 45 also say Minneapolis, MN on it. You know "Liar, Liar Pants On Fire'. It was big enough to make Hollywood and was done in some of those 1960's beach movies. Very popular, ranked number 12 on the Billboard 100. Debra Harry of 'Blondie' did a version of it years later. Both The Trashmen and The Castaways recorded in Minneapolis and their records were done on local labels and were pressed in Minneapolis. Total LOCAL packages that went national. That doesn't happen anymore. There is no such thing as regional record companies anymore. It's totally Corporate and pre-packaged now which is why everything sounds the same and we're still hammered with the same Rap and Hip Hop crap we've been listening to for over ten years.
Got a few 45s of this . But I'm Not too far from the CITIES .... up in Moorhead/Fargo .. :) .... Got a few on GARRET ...... Stupid and Funny stuff . :D
I was born in the 2000s (I’m not saying which year for obvious reasons) and I’ve found myself liking only music from before the 2000s . The Beatles and The Trashmen are two examples . I’m also into stuff like Nirvana and I feel like I should have been born in the 60s at least
Fall 1982, Arizona State University. I asked my little sister back home to make a cassette tape copy of the new Go Go’s album and mail it to me at the dorm. The cassette arrived. I pulled it out of the envelope and told my room mate to get ready to hear the greatest new wave song, “We Got the Beat.” Plugged it into the cassette recorder and cranked up the volume. Instead we heard the opening chords of “Bird is the Word.” The look on my room-mate’s face was priceless. Best practical joke ever! Long live “Bird is the Word!” ❤️ P.S. Whatever happened to these guys? Almost 60 years now. Hope they lived long and happy lives.
Drummer , Steve Wahrer (Shown here.) died many years ago. Bob Reed , the bass player , also died a few years ago.The Trashmen were still going with guitarist , Tony Andraeson's Brother , then Bob Reed's Son on drums until Bob passed away. I saw them four times in the 2000's. They were still great.
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In the 6th grade, everybody in music class had to bring in a song and write a report about it. This was the song I brought in and the whole class laughed, including the teacher
Your classmates were lucky to have such a cool person in the class.
My grand daughter is 5..I just turned her on to it..loves it!
My great uncle Bob Reed played bass guitar for this band
@@helendebord9349 lol so does my 2 year old niece
I remember that, I brought in Steve Miller 's "The Joker."
They don't write them like that any more. The lyrics are so deep and moving.
My penis goes deep when its moving lol
@@somanhamid3406 -___-
I wish they'd NEVER written 'em like this.
@@ArkansasPilgrim why tf are you here
@@somanhamid3406, does it make a sound, like, "bad nah bah nah boom ah bou bo!!!"?
There's no denying that this was way ahead of its time. World class.
PUNK ROCK!
I could watch this dude do his "bird dance" all day long!!
Same , it is so great. Usually i am not a great dancer, but this one is just fantastic %-))
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Different video. The bird dance was in a video that starts out with the Bandstand clip and alters the ending with a different guy doing a bird dance. The guy doesn't even look the same as the original singer at the beginning.
Still better than popular music these days.
Definitely.
it's all about the 'unpopular' lesser know music.
Fools! This is way better.
D3thM4sh33n Fools!!! Everyone must hear the message of the bird!!!
Way better @!!🥰❤❤❤
This guys invented the punk music.
yes....
RonHoward ahead of their time, too inventive for their time..thinking would have done better in the late '60's early 70's..
In England the sex pistols were the ones to introduce punk
DK definitely took something from these guys. Jello practically sounds just like this guy. Ha
I was just thinking the same thing earlier today RonHoward! Punk rock in 63! If y'all haven't yet, look up "Talk Talk" by Music Machine, from 66 I believe. Some more early signs of punk rock.
"Worst song ever?!" You kiddin' me? This is the ultimate rockin' tune, dude! TURN IT UP! I dare you to ride along the California coast on a sunny day with ALL your windows down and sing it at the top of your lungs. If you do, nothing will ever bother you again, for now YOU... are the Surfin' Bird! Can I get a WITNESS!
HOOAH
you right men
Not ultimate. But since Full Metal Jacket everybody knows it.
ROCKIN :)
My friend thinks this is the most annoying song ever!
The greatness of this song, it's simplicity, it's driving beat, classic lyric, this is thee epitome of the three chord song isn't it?? Mere words can't describe how great of a classic garage rock tune this is...
Only trash people loves trash. Enjoy your trash life.
@@isakkarvonen9387 How about if you translate your reply for me??
@@hockeyman1054 I have already explained the meaning, but I trie again. This trash would not be a hit if it not had trigger words for the Manchuria candidate or MK Ultra victim....for the target object for the patsy assassin of JFK. The right candidate would react to hear the word birds=JFK to be taken out. The whole song is code word for the patsy, who would be blamed for the murder, while the real people and CIA do the real assassin. Did you know that Lee Oswald (working for the CIA) though he was set up to kill Castro...but to late he found out that to be wrong...he acted on this song...why do you else believe this obviously trash song went world wide?? Do you even understand the lyrics?
I was always impressed by the drumming in this song. It was released in the middle of the surfing music era dominated by the Beach Boys and the Atlantics. I have loved this song all of my life.
178 people don't know about the bird
obviously....
Allan Survo Well, it's not our fault they suck.
Allan Survo correction, 216 for today 1/22/18
Allan Survo they should know do you know about the bird cause everybody knows that the bird is the word bird bird bird bird is the word hey don't you know about the cause everybody knows that the bird is the WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I typed wrong sorry
Not everyone is able to recognize it as such - but this is actually a masterpiece.
Yeah, if it hadn't been a blatant rip off of the Rivingtons "Papa Oom Mow Mow."
2020...still inspirational. That's longevity in music.
2021 and It Will continue
@@alexrios1034 still going strong in 2022…. See you all in 2023
Still going in 2023
Full Metal Jacket. One of the, if not THE greatest, war movies.
+Jeff Lucky Just watching it.
What about mash, appocplase now, full metal jacket, saving private ryan or hacksaw ridge?
I had R. Lee Ermy sign my dvd of Full Metal Jacket back in the day. I complemented him on his performance in Siege of Firebase Gloria. I asked him what his favorite war movie was. He said Platoon was his favorite, he said it was the most realistic adaptation of what it was like in Vietnam.
@@TrenchToast Siege of Firebase Gloria is a very underrated Vietnam war film. R Lee Ermy did just fine in his first starring role.
Announcer: Where do you see yourself in 45 years?
Trashmen: Hopefully not FamilyGuy...
+314rft I danced this song millions times! since 52 years ago until today, the family guy you talk about, must be the one on t.v. because over the course in this lifetime when you get old (I am 63 years old) you separate the home responsibilities, and that crazy dude you forge inside, when you are teen, is going to stay with you until you die, or become 100 years old!
Marina Garcia Solorzano Hopefully you make it to 100! =D
michael stefano: this song is the combination of two great success songs: the number one is Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, sang by the Rivingtons and the second The Bird's The World - sang by the same: The Rivingtons
+Michael Stefano maybe your are talking about my bad English, but if you don´t understand me, I am sorry, perhaps another people do!
+Marina Garcia Solorzano I surely understand what you're talking about.
Any one else out there that was 8 years old in '63, teaching younger sister and friends to sing and dance this? I'm 65 now, taught my granddaughter. Gramma, let's do it again she says. Taught her the Name Game, all songs thru my young days.
2021 and still bad ass, young in heart 😊
Who says white guys can't dance? I am completely 100% serious that that dance is the best ever. Serious as erectile dysfunction
2022 and still cracking up to this song! Thank you for sharing this video!!
When I was a kid living in (or is that on?) Staten Island, I'll never forget the first time I heard "Surfin' Bird," which was one of those few teen hits so demented and frantic that my mother wasn't sure what the hell it was, but I loved it, still do. Nobody really makes genuine novelty numbers anymore, but back in 1963 they were everywhere though few became million-sellers like this one did, and on a small Minnesota label. As for ripping off the Rivingtons...so what? Back then we knew who they were, and we dug their stuff, too, and as for 'stealing from blacks,' well...as Ringo once said, 'everybody nicks from somebody' or something like that, and it's true. Unless you believe the Platters invented their kind of ballad-pop, or the Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes For You" was written and produced by blacks. Color should be a non-issue when it comes to music, there are too many cooks involved in the making of every stew to pick it to pieces. Either you dig the music or you don't; personally, I adhere to the 'steak to the plate' philosophy: if I love it I don't care where it came from or what was done to get it to me (beyond personal interest, that is). It either works for you or it doesn't.
+Ed Bishop That was wise.
Rest In Peace Steve Wahrer, Bird is The Word
Bob Reed , too. His Great - Nephew left a comment , here.
best song ever written! Especially the lyrics. Ira Gershwin eat your heart out.
Hmm... that's odd.... I thought that would be big news... there seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece...a headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety; it was my understanding that everyone had heard....
LOL
aporo pomare OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. BRIAN DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BIRD? WELL PETER IS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BIRD. OH WELL THE BIRD, BIRD, BIRD, BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD. OH WELL THE BIRD... SURFINNN BIRD.
Brian DON'T!!
Brian don’t!!
The song was a combination of two R&B hits by The Rivingtons, "The Bird's the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow". Early pressings of the single credit the Trashmen's drummer and vocalist Steve Wahrer as the composer, but following a threat from The Rivingtons' legal counsel, the writing credit was removed from Wahrer and transferred to the members of The Rivingtons...
Truth!
Dick Clark: "Did you write it?"
Steve Wahrer:
"The four of us in the group did write this song."
The Rivingtons lawyer:
"Hold my beer."
@@big-baby-buddha George Harrison must have learned something from them.
So what you are saying is that The Rivingtons were the first to announce that the bird is the word. Shouldn't they have gotten a Nobel Prize or something?
still rockin' after all these years...made me smile...video is great
decades ahead with the song, the sound and the show! Wow! a tv musicality diamond!
this is quite possibly, the greatest thing in the history of anything. ever.
Who's listening in 2024
I can confirm that in 2024 bird is still the word!
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Dedicating my entire podcast this week to Surfin' Bird and it's impact on Punk Rock. I swear to the sweet baby jesus.
нашел это видео в лайках восьмилетней давности =))
First punk song ever!
No way mate, listen to the Phantom - Love Me, this tune was decades beyond its time
what about beethoven?
Do you think Beethoven might have had safety pins running from his nose to ears then;)
More like first industrial metal song lol:) I can really picture Rammstein or Laibach singing this !
Louie Louie?
It takes talent moving those lips and making those noises.Good job!That song should win an academy award for best song.I love the the 1960's.I wish they play old rock and roll again from the 50's and 60's like they used to.
The best use of this song is in Full Metal Jacket, definitely
Definitely
@Brett RandomStuff Brian *_DON'T!!!_*
@Brett RandomStuff Craaaap!
I say Fred Claus
PETER GRIFFIN HAS ENTERED THE CHAT
this has actually made my cry tears of laughter.......i love this song!!
Yes, the song is a reworking of two Rivingtons tunes, "The Bird Is The Word" and "Papa Oom Mow Mow." "Surfin' Bird" (Garrett 4002) broke the week of December 7, 1963 and peaked at #4 over a 13 week chart run. There were two follow-ups: "Bird Dance Beat" (Garrett 4003) which reached #30 over a seven week run beginning February 8, 1964 and "Bad News" (Garrett 4005) which reached #124 over a two-week run starting May 15, 1964.
I have a bunch of songs from the Trashmen that I've collected over the years, and let me tell you, they kicked ass. Seriously. They were really, really good. Total rock out.
Definitely agree. This song is many, many years ahead of its time.
A very influential singing style! Love it. Saw this band on a Rockabilly car show.
I fricking love this song 😂😂😂
Me to
+Zoe Garcia Yes in dee deeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Stupid
@@Am-uu6yi tf?
@@Am-uu6yi wut the prob?
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I was only 2 when this came out but have loved this for what seems like forever... I remember my parents bought me the greatest hits of the 60's, 70's and this was on the record and I think I drove everyone crazy playing this... Love it still....
60 años y suena tan genial!
awesome loved it.
My head was full of this song for an entire day! This is soooooooo addictive!
Dick Clark ...
I know your out there.
Please turn the clock back to these better times.
I heard he's a racist. From what I can remember 🤔🤷
Rest in peace dick clark, is memories, i know it new year dick clarks.
Is that you John Wayne is this me?
Start the cameras it's Vietnam the movie!
upvote for Full Metal Jacket reference :)
btw nice song :)
"I'll play Ann Margaret -- yeah, but who will play the indians?"
Who said that! Bet it was you wasn't it! Let me see your war face!
We remember this well from 63 and still love it today and all rock n roll.
Such a bad ass song. Takes me right to teenage years and Full Metal Jacket. But damn bro the band could backed you up so much more. It's not what you say, it's how you say...plus, your bros are right behind ya ready to back you up. But still the energy this song has...being there when it was first written musta been dope. ROCK N ROLL baby!!!!
Yep, that's really him doing the bird dance.
The greatest musical Artist of all time.
A treasure to the music industry.
His artistic music made me feel something that resonated within me - Joy
A true genius……
Wouldn't label him the greatest while basically covering The Rivingtons songs. Its not like he wrote it himself he didn't.
@@ThouArtOfWar If you ever have an original thought in your lifetime your brain might not be able to handle it.
The most FANTASTIC thing I've ever seen!
I want this played at my funeral
I can't believe I thought of this song AND found it. I was watching a ventriloquist with a bird dummy. I started thinking "bird, bird, bird......", then recalling some song that did that for lyrics in a song. So I can't believe I found this. I haven't heard this in ages!!!! Wow!! This is great stuff!!!
Absolut coole Song... and choreografie Nice... NICE
R u dutch
No description needed! it speaks for its self! LOVE it! I remember seeing it on tv when I was 9 .loved it then and still do.I remember my parents reaction to it too!
dude looks like he's having a good time
Great memories, and quite popular in 1963! Dig It!
this is quite possibly most genius thing any human ever made
The special effects of that robot bird is amazing.
Still listen to it 2020 ... I found this on the 1995 Maxi-CD, CHARLY LOWNOISE & MENTAL THEO, "The Bird 1995", where the Netherland DJ-Heads covered this Thing into Gabber and Hardcore Techno !!! Better Music than the Shit of today !! #CLASSICHits
Brilliant. One of the maddest songs ever.
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Oom-oom-oom-oom-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-oom-oom-oom
Oom-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-a-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, ooma-mow-mow
Papa-oom-oom-oom-oom-ooma-mow-mow
Oom-oom-oom-oom-ooma-mow-mow
Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, ooma-mow-mow
Well, don't you know about the bird
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word
A-well-a, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow...
It’s actually “bird” instead of pa
@@madnessgmd The second part of the song, from 1:48
I had a radio show and used this as the theme song to open and close the show.
The first Punk song.
you listen "los saicos"? they are the first punk band
Exaggerated
I like the part of Dick Clark's interview where he asks the guy about the origins of the song and the band name and the Trash man stated "we came up with it while looking through a stack of records". It's so awesome that the guy could look 50 years in the future and make sure he told the truth about the Rivingtons and their song...'Bird is the Word". The RUclips time machine strikes again.
what kind of drugs do you have to be on to write a song like this in 63
I was just thinking the same shit sjdjdjdkjshdjffjfjjshdjdkdjjsjrjf
+Dave the pond guy It's what you wrote when you stopped taking drugs...
a precursor drug of Psychobilly! the former users underwent convulsive strains with attendant verbal burst outs! Nice!
They didn't write it the rivingtons did.
All of them!
So cool it hurts. It is so far out there, so in your face, so "who you lookin' at". Love it.
I remember this song very well in early '64. I couldn't believe how crazy it was ( and still is ) when I first heard it, but it's one of those songs that's so bad it's actually good. If that makes sense. Which of course it probably doesn't. lol
It does makes sense to me!! Still, it was unsual for that time !
There's a certain cathcy rytme to it
I bought this song on a 45 record when it came out with my allowance money. I was only 10 years old. I still dig it today. Too bad when this did this video that they didn`t show the whole band instead of just the lead singer.
Dick Clark was too cheap to fly the whole band in. He had Question Mark perform without The Mysterians once, making him look like a solo act.
A masterpiece!
Wow, what an oldie. I remember hearing that as a kid...
agree, punk as hell! some of the best sounds around, for my sore ears!
i remember this song as a kid. i wonder then, and still do now, just how in the world did he make his voice sound like. special sound effects , if it even existed back then, was in its infancy. hahaha listening to this song, and watching this dude still makes me smile. thanks for posting this one here. it excited every one i knew once upon a time.
My favorite forever!!!!!!!!!!!
Dick Clark, it's still very big in 2016. Love this and love watching that guy dance.
All people: I'm here from family guy
Some people: full metal jacket.
Me: pink flamingos.
Massively Effected wrong
Me; The Super Mario Brothers Super Show!
Not me I'm here from the 30 Santa Claus chase from Fred Claus
De 1963 al 2022 ...mucho más de 50 años y este tipo era ya un adelantado en un estilo de música con un ritmo muy contagioso...realmente un genio.
I'm eatin' up every word...
***** ................................................ " TURD " is a word.................................................
It's beautiful...
I remember when this came out. I still love it.
Steve Wahrer died from throat cancerat age 47 on Jam. 21, 1989.
RIP 🔥
I still wonder if Dick Clark knew about The Bird? Hahaha!!! This is Awesome!
Peace and TY...I say that because did DC ever let anyone sing live or just lip sync?
Dick Clark only let artists lip -synch , but , that was standard practice at the time.He was too cheap to fly the whole band in.
And decades later Morris Day and Time did a sexy new dance called The Bird! ☺
How on earth did this song become such a hit?
because the bird is the word
Musically challenged much?
I've known this song for my whole life and I've just realized it was 60 years old ! 😳
R.I.P Steve Wahrer
R.I.P. Steve 'Birdman' Wahrer
@@ericrhodes5174 R.I.P. Bob Reed , too.
Bellissimo brano..mi riporta indietro nei miei 13 anni!!😢😢😢
This came out the last year I was at school. The dance, known to schoolkids as "The Birdie" became popular for a short time.
Ничего себе его колбасит!
Wonderfully goofy song. I sure wish someone had synked a re-mastered version of this song with this video so we could hear it with the heavy bass line as it was originally recorded. This is about as heavy as rock got before the Beatles, not matched until the hard rock groups of the late 60s. And only one chord for almost the whole song. No wonder Seth McFarland loves it. Would love to hear a true stereo mix of it. Glad this was posted even if we don't get to see the rest of the group.
informative song
Epic song with Epic interview!
'F' Family Guy! I was born and raised in Minneapolis (hometown of the Trashmen) and we had this record. I was in first grade, 1963, and was nuts about it! The Trashmen recorded on the 'Garrett' record label. If you have one of the original 45's it says Minneapolis, MN right on it. It ranked number 4 on the Billboard 100. Very popular. I understand it is still a major hit in Brazil for some reason. Then the new year came along and in February 1964, on Ed Sullivan, came the Beatles and the British Invasion. Everything changed and hair just kept getting longer until Disco, Rap and Hip Hop ruined everything. Anyway, we had another local band called the Castaways and in 1965 they did a song called 'Liar, Liar'. It was recorded on the 'Soma' record label which was started by a guy named 'Amos' something or other and he just spelled his name backwards. That 45 also say Minneapolis, MN on it. You know "Liar, Liar Pants On Fire'. It was big enough to make Hollywood and was done in some of those 1960's beach movies. Very popular, ranked number 12 on the Billboard 100. Debra Harry of 'Blondie' did a version of it years later. Both The Trashmen and The Castaways recorded in Minneapolis and their records were done on local labels and were pressed in Minneapolis. Total LOCAL packages that went national. That doesn't happen anymore. There is no such thing as regional record companies anymore. It's totally Corporate and pre-packaged now which is why everything sounds the same and we're still hammered with the same Rap and Hip Hop crap we've been listening to for over ten years.
Got a few 45s of this . But I'm Not too far from the CITIES .... up in Moorhead/Fargo .. :) ....
Got a few on GARRET ...... Stupid and Funny stuff . :D
I was born in the 2000s (I’m not saying which year for obvious reasons) and I’ve found myself liking only music from before the 2000s . The Beatles and The Trashmen are two examples . I’m also into stuff like Nirvana and I feel like I should have been born in the 60s at least
Adam i salute you regarding the family guy nonsense!!!
I was 12 and remember that crazy song.. LOL
R E P E T I T I O N
Again! Again! I love repetition!
I was 11 years old in 1963 and my parents laughed so hard at that song.
1:30 why did he say *fucking*
Fall 1982, Arizona State University. I asked my little sister back home to make a cassette tape copy of the new Go Go’s album and mail it to me at the dorm. The cassette arrived. I pulled it out of the envelope and told my room mate to get ready to hear the greatest new wave song, “We Got the Beat.” Plugged it into the cassette recorder and cranked up the volume. Instead we heard the opening chords of “Bird is the Word.” The look on my room-mate’s face was priceless. Best practical joke ever! Long live “Bird is the Word!” ❤️ P.S. Whatever happened to these guys? Almost 60 years now. Hope they lived long and happy lives.
Drummer , Steve Wahrer (Shown here.) died many years ago. Bob Reed , the bass player , also died a few years ago.The Trashmen were still going with guitarist , Tony Andraeson's Brother , then Bob Reed's Son on drums until Bob passed away. I saw them four times in the 2000's. They were still great.
I love bird is the word
Family guy
0:33 “Oh my god this is Surfin’ Bird by The Trashmen. This is my favorite song of all time!”
Wow, this is deep
Gente , genia que sube estos videos!!!!! gracias!!
1:56 me when I start to have a Seizure