The Shocking Blue - What a Great Band!

Yes it was. Used to have the 45.

 

One of my all-time-favourites is "Rock in the sea".

 

I have just gotten a used copy of the Repertoire "20 Greatest Hits" CD and it is great music and an excellent sounding CD.

 

Discovered them last year and must confess that

Shocking Blue At Home
Scorpio's Dance
Third Album


are surprisingly good. Nice packaging too with the gatefold and stuff. Plus: The cover of "At Home" is hilarious, I just wish they would have mixed a syringe, a spoon and a few pills into the collection of stuff scattered on the floor.

 

Have to say that I really don't like 'em. Plus they are totally overplayed on the radio. There are like 4 or 5 Shocking Blue tracks that are unescapable and I just can't take 'em them anymore. Ironically the girl from fellow 70's dutch band Earth and Fire Jerney Kaagman had a very similair voice to Mariska Veres yet I like her so much more!

 

They have so many classics (I own every song, I think), but this is the best one.

 

Love this band, have all albums on CD and 3rd on Dutch vinyl. My personal favourites:
Shocking You
Never Marry A Railroad Man
Long And Lonesome Road
Send Me A Postcard
I'll Follow The Sun
Gonna Sing Me A Song
Never Release The One You Love
A Waste Of Time

 

Can anyone comment on the sound of those 2 CD compilation: SHOCKING BLUE - VERY BEST OF COLLECTED, issued by the RED BULLET?

 

"Send Me A Postcard" is a killer garage fuzz track!

 

I love "Long and Lonesome Road."

They were a great band that should've been remembered for more than 1 song.

 

And they really could play, which can be heard on their vinyl only live-Album and also be seen on a very good DVD by Dutch label BR-Music.
But sadly a band without any happy end, I recently found a magazine report saying, that the two surviving members do not even want to talk about their band anymore....

 

"A goddess on a mountain top,
Was burning like a silver flame.
The summit of beauty and love.
And Venus was her name.

She's got it. Yeah baby she's got it....."

Nothing else needs saying, surely...

 

I recall reading somewhere that Mariska only joined the band on the condition that none of the guys would ever 'try it on' with her.

 

"Poor Boy" ought to be 4:50. Is there a CD with the full outro?

 

Yes, it is one of 6 bonustracks on the cd reissue of 3rd Album

on repertoire https://www.discogs.com/Shocking-Blue-3rd-Album/release/3558662

and on red bullet https://www.discogs.com/Shocking-Blue-3rd-Album/release/3283314

 

Ah, thanks. Too bad it's not on the correct album, but at least it's findable.

 

They managed another hit in the UK after Venus, called Mighty Joe. It was Shocking You though that to me should have been a major hit for them. Great song.

Their version of Venus is excellent but it's Bananarama's that's the one for me. Such a great cover that tops the original, which is very rare. No doubt Robert Van Leeuwen got to retire thanks the ladies.

 

Venus was one of the first records I bought (7") and to this day I find it's as good as perfect 3mins as one can find. The band never got much more airplay here (at least that I didn't hear), which surprised me because the single was so strong. Well, maybe not surprising given the sad state of affairs radio was where I lived. I still felt they deserved more, and still haven't got to hear any more of the band.