Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/10/07 06:58

Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:23:48 GMT
> Blinky the Shark scribed:
>
>>>> Band name! Modicum of Decorum
>>>>
>>>>:)
>>>
>>> My all-time fav band name is "Garbage". But don't trash it!
>>
>> And there was a band in the '60s called The Trashmen.
>
> The Trashmen... I _believe_ they did a song called "The Bird is the Word",

I remember it as "Surfin' Bird" -- the rock and roll band I and some
friends started up played it. In practice -- before we could get
presentable some of us (not me) flunked/dropped out of school and got
drafted.

> -a repetitous affair which nevertheless was catchy and became quite
> popular. Wait - let me Google...
>
> Yep, "The Bird's The Word", and some others. You're pretty old for a fish

I remember that as a refrain in "Surfin' Bird".

My Billboard Top 40 Book credits them with two on the chart:

1. Surfin' Bird late 1963 Reached # 4
2. Bird Dance Beat early 1964 Reached #30

> (-although sharks live a long time, don't they?)

I turned 60 last month.

New photo in the Misc album at the Yahoo AFCA thing; its relevance is that
it was taken in 1967. These kids got nuthin' on me. :)


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