Sunday, November 22, 2020

The Shadows of Knight sing "Potato Chip"

Digging around some old records yesterday and found this fun flexi by The Shadows of Knight. Released by Auravision in 1966, this 331/3rd disc with a run time of 31/2 minutes long is a great little garage rock number about girls and potato chips. It also includes a hilarious bit at the beginning with the lead singer introducing each band member and asking them a question which produces some very funny responses. Apparently the only way to get this song back in the day was to buy a bag (or box?) of Fairmont brand potato chips which had the bonus flexi attached to it. Is there a better combination in the world than rock 'n roll and potato chips? Of course there is, but still...

Give it a listen HERE!




6 comments:

Mr. Karswell said...

According to a comment on youtube, the band member who speaks backward is saying, "Waitress, why is my styrofoam well-done?" haha

Mr. Cavin said...

Hah! I read the YouTube comments before I read this, and just to see if some other obsessive had done the work to decode that bit. Because, if not, I knew I would have had to do it. Somehow. I sure hope I can take JustAFocus's word for it....

You know, I'd never heard of the band, but between this jingle and the Wikipedia entry, I think I'm going to spend a little time looking into them.

Brian Barnes said...

Not a bad little song, and it's always interesting to see bands doing advertising jingles.

The weird thing is, after hearing it, suddenly I got the Banana Splits theme song in my head! :)

Mr. Karswell said...

They have quite a few albums and seem to do A LOT of covers, I listened to them all weekend having not been all that familiar with them either and dug most of what I heard.

anthrax2525 said...

The Shadows of Knight were best known for covering 'Gloria' by Them. It made #1 in Chicago and #10 nationally in 1966 (#8 in Canada), but they never scored like that again. The only other things to come out of the band's changes and falling apart were Dave Wolinski eventually joining Rufus and Chaka Khan, Jerry McGeorge joining H.P. Lovecraft, and later member Peter Cetera joining Chicago.
Oh, and singer Jim Sohns, in his capacity as manager for Chicago's cult punkers Skafish, punched Sid Vicious in the face and threw him down a flight of stairs at the Harrah in New York City in 1978.

junkdrawerbrain said...

This track was also on the first Pebbles compilation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebbles,_Volume_1