The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
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- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2013
- The Standells made number 11 in 1966 with "Dirty Water," an archetypal garage rock hit with its Stonesish riff, lecherous vocal, and combination of raunchy guitar and organ. While they never again reached the Top Forty, they cut a number of strong, similar tunes in the 1966-67 era that have belated been recognized as '60s punk classics. "Garage rock" may not have been a really accurate term for them in the first place, as the production on their best material was full and polished, with some imaginative touches of period psychedelia and pop.
The Los Angeles band were actually hardly typical of the young suburban outfits across America who took their raw garage sound onto obscure singles recorded in small studios. They'd been playing L.A. clubs since the early '60s, with a repertoire that mostly consisted of covers of pre-Beatle rock hits. Drummer (and eventual lead singer) Dick Dodd had been a Mouseketeer on television, organist Larry Tamblyn was the brother of noted film actor Russ Tamblyn, and Tony Valentino was a recent immigrant from Italy. Gary Leeds (later to join the Walker Brothers) was an early member (though he was replaced by Dodd).
The Standells' pre-"Dirty Water" history is a little vague and confusing; they recorded some ordinary albums and singles for Liberty, MGM, and Vee Jay, appeared in the movie Get Yourself a College Girl, and did a lot of television work (most notably a well-remembered guest appearance on The Munsters, where they did a woeful version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand"). There were flashes of gritty inspiration on early cuts like "Big Boss Man" and "Someday You'll Cry," but the group didn't really hit their stride until teaming up with producer Ed Cobb, formerly of the clean-cut vocal group the Four Preps. It was Cobb who wrote "Dirty Water," which marked quite a change of direction from their previous clean-cut image. In fact, the group didn't even like the song, which took about six months to break into a hit.
Their image now considerably toughened, the group churned out four albums in 1966 and 1967, as well as appearing in (and contributing the theme song to) the psychedelic exploitation movie Riot on Sunset Strip. Cobb, in addition to writing "Dirty Water," also penned their other most enduring singles, including "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White," "Why Pick on Me," and "Try It" (the last of which was widely banned for its suggestive delivery). The group did write some decent material of their own, such as the tense "Riot on Sunset Strip," and the psychedelic "All Fall Down," which bears an interesting similarity to some of Pink Floyd's early work. Their albums were quite inconsistent -- in fact, one of them, consisting of covers of big mid-'60s hits, was altogether dispensable -- which makes it advisable for all but the truly committed to look for greatest hits compilations that selectively weed out the best stuff.
The Standells never had a stable lineup; bass players were constantly leaving (John Fleck, aka John Fleckenstein, who was briefly in an early version of Love, held the spot for a while), and Dick Dodd went solo in 1968, the year they released their last single. Tower, as was the case with most of its artists, didn't apply intelligent long-range planning to the band's career, issuing too many albums at once. The group didn't help their own cause by issuing an awful vaudeville-rock single, "Don't Tell Me What to Do," under the transparent pseudonym of the Sllednats. They didn't record after 1968, though the group dragged on in one form or another until the early '70s (Lowell George was even a member briefly). ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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Played bass on this song in my first good cover band in 1967. I went on to be Bobbie Gentry's bass player.
Many songs of this period ('65 -'66) had a similar theme. Guy asserting himself, addressing his girl friend, someone's parents or society in general. "Pushing Too Hard" - the Seeds; Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe." I was in high school so, just the right age.
This is real Rock and Roll here .....
My old garage band did this song when we were teens. During an early gig somebody fried my bass when the spilled a drink on it. Dig the black and white saddle shoes on that guy.
Despite the turmoil that was going on in the country, there was till this thing call having fun and a good time.
+Khultan The Sixties were "the best and the worst of times".
Great song!!!
4-26-2023 @Craig Jones Yes, MAX-coolness!
Most definitely gets one's head bopping ☺
They tour some states with the Rolling Stones 1966 .
Cool song love it
Dancing alone : the begining of the end (beautiful friend etc.)
One of the great working-class anthems.
never heard these guys before but there good
+Lewis S Burleson How is that possible you fellow codger?
A thousand thumbs up!
They were on a episode of the Bing Crosby show comedy,but not as themselves.
The band that was on The Munsters.
Bing Crosby too.
They just showed episode march 16th 2021
{{JOHN}} Well I don't know where you lived in the summer & fall of 1966 but if you listened to Los Angeles AM Radio, {I lived in Huntington Beach at that time}, Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White & Why Pick On Me {2 of my FAVES} were both in the top ten!
12/08/2023 @93KHJBOSSRADIO I see your comment from around 2018.
Until 1971, I was in 91436, the heart o LA AM "Boss Radio".
Listened to all of them. Then in 67-68, Both normal & Underground FM radio started taking hold, with KPPC in Pasdena being an underground station. Definitely was "in the right place at the right time" as far as rock music goes.
im a poor boy wanderin the rubble!
I'm a poor boy born in a rubble
And some say my manners ain't the best
And some of my friends, yeah, they've been in real trouble
And some say I'm no better than the rest
But tell your mama and your papa
Sometimes good guys don't wear white
Yeah, every day, baby, I work hard
And it's true at night I spend the restless time
But those rich kids and all that lazy money
Can't hold a candle to mine
So tell your mama and your papa
Sometimes good guys don't wear white
Good guys, bad guys, which is which?
The white collar worker or the digger in the ditch?
Hey, and who's to say who's the better man
When I've always done the best I can?
A-bad words and dirty minds
All those messed-up chicks of the changin' times
White pills and easy livin'
Can't replace the love I've given
So tell your mama and your papa
Sometimes good guys don't wear white
Ha! I mean to tell ya
You better tell your mama and your papa somethin'
I'll split off by myself with another chick, yeah
Ah, it's just a kick
You think those guys in the white collars are better than I am baby?
Then flake off!
You don't dig this long hair? Get yourself a crewcut, baby!
Yeah, I mean what I say
Don't wear white mama and papa owmowmow
Herman Munster brought me here.
Vocal sounds like Mick Jagger
Ramones and Sex Pistols influenced ...first real punk band ??