7/1/2023 0 Comments The rainy daze fe fi fo fumits first repertoire with covers of bands like The Doors, The Who and the Rolling Stones. classic on the scale of “Los Momentos” and an impact that, although never massive, had a deep impact on a sector of the public and the Chilean music community. After its dissolution, in 1973, its three albums constituted a lost heritage until the personal effort of its members allowed its reissue, in 2001. was one of the few bands of the time that was able to transcend its Anglo-Saxon inspiration to give way to original creations with a powerful identity of their own. Jorge Leiva recounts Los Blops’ history and legacy: The song was from the “ebut from the experimental folk/rock band in the revolutionary days of the late 60’s in Chile” ( ) - so revolutionary that Los Blops were booed by right-wing audiences, considered “sh*tty hippies”, but at the same time viewed with distrust by the Communists because of “their rather hippie orientation, their open sympathy towards marijuana, and their lack of greater commitment”! () The Rainy Daze – Pigeonholed as one-hit novelty wonders.THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARDĥ41) Los Blops - “Los Momentos”/ (“The Moments”)*Ī stunning folk rock song from Chile that “would become a classic of Chilean popular music” ( ) and for Los Blops - the band’s name “inspired by the sound of a drop of water hitting the ground their great legacy to Chilean popular music.” () I originally posted this track a couple years ago on my now-defunct Newstalgia site. I realize there are a bunch of you out there who are new to this site, never having heard of the old one, so all this is new to you.Īnd even if you’ve been following the old site, this is still a great almost totally unknown track by a band that quick got pigeonholed as a One-Hit Novelty Act. Pop and Cub Handy Lumpy Jacky Mime Cub is watching TV when Pop comes in. Which was a shame, as The Rainy Daze had a lot more to say than merely Acapulco Gold (their big claim to fame). He tells Cub to go play outside, so Cub heads out. Pop wakes up to the sound of thunder and sees its raining outside, he freaks out realizing Cub is outside. He puts on a raincoat, grabs an umbrella and heads out. Tonight it’s the follow-up single, first issued in May of 1967 under the title Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum and later reissued around August as Blood of Oblivion. Rainy Daze Crye Baby On Tap at the taproom, Very pale foggy light-yellow. Despite the title change, it didn’t fare well for the band and the single went almost nowhere. Lots of fresh sharp biting op aromas and flavors. I remember hearing it once when it first came out via my local Top-40 station, and then it was never heard from again. Sadder, this track never wound up on the debut Rainy Daze album and has subsequently never been reissued by anyone even recently (as far as I know). Settle down and let the tranquil energy of Rainy Daze LoFi wash over you and clear your mind. Making matters worse, the original 4-track masters were destroyed in the great fire at Universal City a couple of years ago. So the likelihood of hearing a Stereo version of this track are remote at best.īut with all that in mind, you can’t keep a great song down and this is one of the many overlooked classics that are hidden away on the b-sides of singles, or the dusty tape shelves or the initially poorly received follow-up singles. It’s all history, it’s all music and it often makes no sense.
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