[virgil283]

"The Syndicate of Sound was an American garage band originally from San Jose, California, the band had an edgy style.... In an attempt to sustain their success, the band released singles, like "Keep It Up" but none of them charted. By this time John Duckworth had been drafted into the U.S Army and was replaced by Carl Scott on drums, and John Sharkey had left the group soon after "Mary" was released. After another single "Brown Paper Bag" reached No. 73 on 25 April 1970, the group disbanded...."

[Publius]

Proto-rap.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Love it.

[nickcarraway]

They were from San Jose, California.

[softwarecreator]

Now that is one cool song.  Good call.

[expat1000]

Can’t figure out why, but I like it!

[nickcarraway]

Interesting for it’s sardonic words and upbeat delivery. I’m surprised there was no female version of this song. Also, I wonder if there was real-life inspiration.

[bramps]

Heard it before but never paid much attention.
It's actually a very catchy song and a cool video. Now it will be one of those special songs that gets turned up when I'm fortunate enough to catch it on the radio. Thanks.

[AJ504]

Peaked at #8! Finished as #98 for 1966!

[Mastador1]

Brings back memories of KRLA 1110 AM in So Cal, they used to put out some great compilation albums with a lot of songs like this.

[publius911]

And the subtle slide at Free Republic continues.
Can we start requiring brainless posters to explain why they are posting irrelevant crap?

[upsdriver]

I have that lp. Great song from a great era!

[Hugin]

Flashback!

I used to take bass lessons from John Sharkey.

[Fiji Hill]

If you like "Little Girl," you might like these 1966 releases:

• The White Ship--The Denims

• The Younger Girl--The Hondells

• Hey, Joe--The Leaves

• Seven and Seven Is--Love

[Fiji Hill]

One of my favorites from 1966:

The Yellow Beret--The Beach Bums

[sushiman]

My first band , summer of 1966 ,covered this tune . :-) One of those songs anybody , even 14 year olds like we were , could do halfway decently .

[peteyd]

I still have the 45 around here somewhere.
I played it over and over again until it was well grooved.

[bonfire]

Had forgotten all about this song and group! TY! Just sent it to my sister.

(dang, the lead singer was HOT!)

[raybbr]

Had no idea what it was till the first riff. Heard it before and I always liked it. Pretty cool video.

[SamAdams76]

It's been over six months since this got posted but the video of this song still runs through my mind often. The band playing their hit song out on a pier during the summer of 1966. The first few seconds of the video remind me of the opening to the "Gilligan's Island" TV show for some reason.

But the thing that stuck in my mind most was that seagull that flew into the background at around the 1:22 mark of the video.

Of all the billions of seagulls that ever lived, this one seagull was fated to have a spot appearance in a legendary video. That seagull has been dead for decades now but I wonder why that seagull was in such a hurry on such a perfect summer day at the beach. Maybe it spotted a crab or a clam. We will never know. But it was absolutely perfect how that seagull flew in that particular spot at that particular point in time.

That seagull is famous. Even more famous than Jonathan Livingston Seagull, in my opinion.

[SamAdams76]

Hey, they just played this song again on the "Underground Garage" station on Sirius/XM radio. It played around 7:30 ET.

Awesome to hear this song again. Still 77 degrees out here on my Connecticut deck and I can picture that crazy seagull darting by while some young kids from the 1960s played some rock and roll on a California pier back in 1966.

Almost 50 years ago! This song is timeless.