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Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass — Zorba The Greek
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Total ratings: 1995
Length: 4:22
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lovelyhelicopter wrote:
I used to spin around the living room to this!
Blimey. I'm nine years old again listening to this on my Dads radiogram. .
I used to spin around the living room to this!
kquinn03 wrote:
Cool! Happy memories!
This album came out when I was in middle school and I was playing tumpet in the band/orchestra. My mom bought the album and would play it all the time.
Cool! Happy memories!
This album came out when I was in middle school and I was playing tumpet in the band/orchestra. My mom bought the album and would play it all the time.
Geecheeboy wrote:
Yes yes and Yes -- and then I would play it while cleaning my college dorm, too
OOOH such precious memories
My mom would put this record on when she wanted all us kids to clean up the house really really fast. In that slow part we would move in slow motion, then speed up!
Yes yes and Yes -- and then I would play it while cleaning my college dorm, too
OOOH such precious memories
as kids my brothers and i so loved listening to our grandmother's box set -
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was a great band and still has many fans according to what I see many of your listeners writing
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was a great band and still has many fans according to what I see many of your listeners writing
This reminds me of a tape that my dad used to play in our 12 hours roadtrips (Puerto Vallarta for example...) along with other songs from 60's and 70's movies. Thanks Bill for reminding a lot of us of our childhood 
Heaven?
Wow, I'm 11 years old, my parents aren't home and I have this playing on the family Grundig console - at significant volume! As a junior high trumpet player, I'm also trying to figure out the notes, so I can play it myself - never quite as well as Herb, though. The Tijuana Brass was big part of my adolescence - Thanks Bill & Rebecca!
My kids LOVE this. Batshit-crazy dancing round the kitchen...
ever since I was a kid and my parents would put this on I would laugh at how ridiculously fast he was. Such a showoff. 😎
Proof that instrumental music can make you laugh out loud.
mjbaumann wrote:
Blending in the melting pot. He's like Cheech Marin. "Born In East L.A."
Talk about Cultural Appropriation! love it!
Blending in the melting pot. He's like Cheech Marin. "Born In East L.A."
jamesshoemark wrote:
aaand I'm doing the 'chair disco' my Mum did in the 50's
Made me dance in my garage again!
No whisky needed. LoL
RP, you irresitably and consisretly rock my world!
aaand I'm doing the 'chair disco' my Mum did in the 50's
Made me dance in my garage again!
No whisky needed. LoL
RP, you irresitably and consisretly rock my world!
No whisky needed. LoL
RP, you irresitably and consisretly rock my world!
Talk about Cultural Appropriation! love it!
lovelyhelicopter wrote:
And me ,exactly the same . Play it every Xmas!
Blimey.
I'm nine years old again listening to this on my Dads radiogram. .
And me ,exactly the same . Play it every Xmas!
lovelyhelicopter wrote:
Blimey.
I'm nine years old again listening to this on my Dads radiogram. .
at 2:21 PM on a Monday afternoon in my work cubicle...
This is just what the doctor ordered.
This is just what the doctor ordered.
I wonder what else is on this album? Like others, I remember this almost note for note, after 50+ years. Might go look for the movie.
Most excellent!
Geecheeboy wrote:
My mom would put this record on when she wanted all us kids to clean up the house really really fast. In that slow part we would move in slow motion, then speed up!
LOL! That's the best memory post so far of this great song!How multicultural is this?...A Jewish Ukrainian?Romanian musician
performing with a Latino/Mexican band recording a Greek themed soundtrack.
performing with a Latino/Mexican band recording a Greek themed soundtrack.
DaidyBoy wrote:
This is another case where the original is better.
Take that and party...
Take that and party...
memoryboxer wrote:
The "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" cover was an invitation to partake of pleasures that are displayed now without pleasure or delight or invitation.
Herb Alpert takes me back to a good place in this time of coronavirus quarantine.
Grew up listening to my dads HA&tTB...and of course drooling over the Whipped Cream and Other Delights cover; even prior to puberty understood that was something special. I've many tracks I prefer to this but still nice to hear - suddenly back in our Don Mills suburban rec room. Where are my bell bottoms and turtlenecks?
The "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" cover was an invitation to partake of pleasures that are displayed now without pleasure or delight or invitation.
Herb Alpert takes me back to a good place in this time of coronavirus quarantine.
My mom would put this record on when she wanted all us kids to clean up the house really really fast. In that slow part we would move in slow motion, then speed up!
memoryboxer wrote:
Take that and party...
Grew up listening to my dads HA&tTB...and of course drooling over the Whipped Cream and Other Delights cover; even prior to puberty understood that was something special. I've many tracks I prefer to this but still nice to hear - suddenly back in our Don Mills suburban rec room. Where are my bell bottoms and turtlenecks?
Take that and party...
Now we're talkin'...
Herb Alpert is one of the smartest and wealthiest people in the music business. Worth looking up his history as an executive.
tcseeley wrote:
Our band director said Herb Alpert could step up to a trumpet suspended on a wire, hands behind his back, and blow C above the staff. He's one of the best there ever was.
c.
I played trumpet in the junior high school band. This guy was my hero!
Our band director said Herb Alpert could step up to a trumpet suspended on a wire, hands behind his back, and blow C above the staff. He's one of the best there ever was.
c.
I played trumpet in the junior high school band. This guy was my hero!
memoryboxer wrote:
Nothing better than a pregnant woman covered in shaving cream!
Grew up listening to my dads HA&tTB...and of course drooling over the Whipped Cream and Other Delights cover; even prior to puberty understood that was something special. I've many tracks I prefer to this but still nice to hear - suddenly back in our Don Mills suburban rec room. Where are my bell bottoms and turtlenecks?
Nothing better than a pregnant woman covered in shaving cream!
I heard this as part of the soundtrack on Cheech and Chong's "Still Smokin'", a VHS tape I wore out when I was a teenager. My buddy Paul and I had memorized the entire movie, we watched it so many times one summer. Good times, thanks, Bill
And now I want to cook a Greek Mexican dinner!
Nice, but I wish we also heard the original.
Nice, but I wish we also heard the original.
Blimey.
I'm nine years old again listening to this on my Dads radiogram. .
LLB&RP
LONG LIVE RADIO PARADISE (AND BILL) FOR PLAYING THE MOST JUICIEST, BESTEST, "MOOZIK" ON THIS EARTH!
LYB
LONG LIVE RADIO PARADISE (AND BILL) FOR PLAYING THE MOST JUICIEST, BESTEST, "MOOZIK" ON THIS EARTH!
LYB
Grew up listening to my dads HA&tTB...and of course drooling over the Whipped Cream and Other Delights cover; even prior to puberty understood that was something special. I've many tracks I prefer to this but still nice to hear - suddenly back in our Don Mills suburban rec room. Where are my bell bottoms and turtlenecks?
we are all zorba cause we goood! :D :D
there are much better versions of this song. this one is too campy.
Wow! I don't think I've heard this since I was a kid back in the 60's and 70's. Yet I remember it almost note for note. Cool.
BillG must pull this track out often enough to have 1000+ ratings, yet I don't know if I've heard any of the "old" Herb Alpert records on RP until now. And I'm stoked! My dad, among his rather varied LP collection, was a BIG fan of HA&TTBB; of course, I remember it in reverse chronological order, starting with Rise, which came out when we lived in the 805 (Carpentaria in the house!!) and I was about 4-5 years old.
So, maybe I'll get to hear this 9 next time... Long Live RP!!
Bleyfusz wrote:
This one's also enjoyable.
Yes, I like this version. Years ago there was a tuba player who tried to perform this as an audition for The Ed Sullivan Show. He started out pretty well but by the fourth verse he blew his spleen out.
This one's also enjoyable.
Yes, I like this version. Years ago there was a tuba player who tried to perform this as an audition for The Ed Sullivan Show. He started out pretty well but by the fourth verse he blew his spleen out.
My dad has quoted my grandpa as saying back in the '60s that the Tijuana Brass would outlast the Beatles and nobody would know who the Beatles were in 15 years. Although I'm glad he was wrong about nobody knowing the Beatles, I wish the Tijuana Brass had better lived up to his expectations.
OMG I used to love to dance to this song when I was a little girl; I'd totally bounce off the walls to it. Love that whole album!
always loved them two-part harmonizing trumpets..
This is why RP is the best station on Earth! I was down...now I'm up. Love it! Ya ya ya!!
Venezuelan Beever Cheese anyone?
Pitjes wrote:
I agree!!!!
The original tune by Mikis Theodorakis is much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree!!!!
I could swear Bill just said "A Pepe little number".........well done, if so.
Azrica wrote:
I couldn't believe my ears! It's been at least 40 years since I heard this. Thanks, Bill.
(This is why I give Bill money. If you aren't a supporting member, shame on you.)
Oh... memories of my childhood :)
I couldn't believe my ears! It's been at least 40 years since I heard this. Thanks, Bill.
(This is why I give Bill money. If you aren't a supporting member, shame on you.)
gatorade wrote:Always a grand one to get you moving. Dancing in the kitchen.
Always a grand one to get you moving. Dancing in the kitchen.
Oh... memories of my childhood :)
That one woke me up 
The original tune by Mikis Theodorakis is much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes every Greek around the world want to get up and dance. Will my desk hold up?
ojibwe wrote:
What kind of tape is that? I used to have quarter inch RTR's that were on five(?) inch reels. Those look smaller. And maybe only ~10 minutes of music.
That is a 7" reel to reel tape that was factory pre recorded at 7.5 ips being played on Ferrograph Super 7 machine that can handle up to 10.5" reels. Its 1/4" tape also. That particular tape plays about 45 mins.
What kind of tape is that? I used to have quarter inch RTR's that were on five(?) inch reels. Those look smaller. And maybe only ~10 minutes of music.
That is a 7" reel to reel tape that was factory pre recorded at 7.5 ips being played on Ferrograph Super 7 machine that can handle up to 10.5" reels. Its 1/4" tape also. That particular tape plays about 45 mins.
DaveInVA wrote:
What kind of tape is that? I used to have quarter inch RTR's that were on five(?) inch reels. Those look smaller. And maybe only ~10 minutes of music.
What kind of tape is that? I used to have quarter inch RTR's that were on five(?) inch reels. Those look smaller. And maybe only ~10 minutes of music.
The_Walrus wrote:
This one's also enjoyable.
This one's also enjoyable.
I grew up with this. Like the Poster below, I still have an inexplicable affinity for whipped cream! Great stuff!
hedgie wrote:
ouzo
Pass the raki !!!
ouzo
First impression is really bad. Knowing the original, this is, at first, nearly insulting. (I nearly never like covers) But listening further, I must admit, not taking account of the original, I like it. It's fun, ryhtmic, well done.
Greek music on the Mexican way : inconfortable and strange at first sight, but it's worth to pass the first impression.
Greek music on the Mexican way : inconfortable and strange at first sight, but it's worth to pass the first impression.
40+ years later Zorba the Greek is still alive. Damn! And so sweet.
Elroweho wrote:
One of the best parties I went to was hosted by a bunch of Greeks!
Makes you want to smash plates on the floor LOVE IT!! 
One of the best parties I went to was hosted by a bunch of Greeks!
The version by the composer Mikis Theodorakis is infinitely superior.
Pass the raki !!!
PLC wrote:
Chuckle, chuckle; BIG chuckle .....
I used to drive past night club lines with the windows open booming Herb Alpert out of my factory installed car stereo... How they smirked. Well who's laughing now cool people!
Chuckle, chuckle; BIG chuckle .....
I used to drive past night club lines with the windows open booming Herb Alpert out of my factory installed car stereo... How they smirked. Well who's laughing now cool people!
"The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.
The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute."
That's what this calls to my mind, anyway.
I challenge you to do Zorba the Greek next time you're playing charades.
awwwwwwwwww yeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Sorry, but I almost broke my mute button putting my finger through it, once I realized what was making my skin crawl and my stomach turn. Just can't take the trumpet sound!
Sometime in the early-mid 60's, my grandpa told my dad that in 10 years everyone would be listening to Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass and no one would know who the Beatles were. I kinda think I wish his prediction had come true. This is good stuff.
I love this! Brings back memories from when I was little and my parents put the album on and played both sides straight through....
Such a classic.
I love this -- me be dancing!
Cornet payer in high school ... and the fast parts in this are damn near impossible to play.
(edit a few minutes later) And we all know he's the "A" in A&M records, right? Of course we do.
(edit a few minutes later) And we all know he's the "A" in A&M records, right? Of course we do.
This song feels like my carefree youth.
I liked the mix, Bill !
Fabulous energy!
This should be followed by Goran Bregovic:
.. or not
.. or not
Makes you want to smash plates on the floor LOVE IT!!
Outstanding! Thank you for keeping radio surprising!
My cousins used to blast this entire album at our summer home in the Poconos when I was growing up, so this tune has special meaning to me. That's why I rated it higher than average.
Huh?
When I was in grade school, I was laughed out of the room when I offered to bring in my Kinks album ("Kinks" debut with "You Really Got Me") for my class's Holiday Party. The obvious (and otherwise unanimous) choice was everyone else's parent's Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass Album ("South of the Border"). Shame on me.
No one else would play Herb Alpert's "Zorba", very brave, Bill.
pdjpirate wrote:
I will admit as lad of 10 or so spending more time looking at this particular record in my parent's collection than any of the others.... by a significant margin.
It does not get any better than this! For those that don't get it, you have not lived all that life has in store for the adventurous! May you see many sunrises in many lands!
Indulge yourself!
Indulge yourself!
I will admit as lad of 10 or so spending more time looking at this particular record in my parent's collection than any of the others.... by a significant margin.
Kind of jarring after Cake. But I like it, for some unknown reason.
Funny enough, after reading this thread on here this morn, ran across a news article about the model for this cover turning 76 today - neat!
pdjpirate wrote:
pdjpirate wrote:
It does not get any better than this! For those that don't get it, you have not lived all that life has in store for the adventurous! May you see many sunrises in many lands!
Indulge yourself!
Indulge yourself!
If you are going to play Herb,, please play anything from the album with the girl covered in whip cream is on the cover.....
Proclivities wrote:
I'm surprised to hear it here, but I'm glad they play it - I'd like to hear more of this genre on RP. In the studio, The Tijuana Brass was often largely comprised of members of The Wrecking Crew.
I'm surprised to hear it here, but I'm glad they play it - I'd like to hear more of this genre on RP. In the studio, The Tijuana Brass was often largely comprised of members of The Wrecking Crew.
Wrecking Crew Charts More Than the Beatles
dw wrote:
Et tu, Brutus?
Nice report! I remember those days better than what I had for lunch last week!
Et tu, Brutus?
Proclivities wrote:
Herb Alpert and The TJB did not have an album titled "A Taste Of Honey". Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss had won Record Of The Year in 1965 for "A Taste Of Honey", which was on the iconic Whipped Cream and Other Delights album. Frank Sinatra won album of the year in 1965 for September Of My Years.
Anyhow, it was a different time, obviously - a lot more adults bought records in those days than kids did. 1966's Grammy for Album of the Year went to Frank Sinatra's A Man & His Music. The Beatles' "Michelle" won Song Of The Year, and Klaus Voorman won Best Album Cover - Graphic Arts for the Revolver cover. By 1967, the Academy changed their tune, and Sgt. Pepper's... won Album of the Year.
Nice report! I remember those days better than what I had for lunch last week!
Herb Alpert and The TJB did not have an album titled "A Taste Of Honey". Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss had won Record Of The Year in 1965 for "A Taste Of Honey", which was on the iconic Whipped Cream and Other Delights album. Frank Sinatra won album of the year in 1965 for September Of My Years.
Anyhow, it was a different time, obviously - a lot more adults bought records in those days than kids did. 1966's Grammy for Album of the Year went to Frank Sinatra's A Man & His Music. The Beatles' "Michelle" won Song Of The Year, and Klaus Voorman won Best Album Cover - Graphic Arts for the Revolver cover. By 1967, the Academy changed their tune, and Sgt. Pepper's... won Album of the Year.
Nice report! I remember those days better than what I had for lunch last week!
S-curvy wrote:
Herb Alpert and The TJB did not have an album titled "A Taste Of Honey". Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss had won Record Of The Year in 1965 for "A Taste Of Honey", which was on the iconic Whipped Cream and Other Delights album. Frank Sinatra won album of the year in 1965 for September Of My Years.
Anyhow, it was a different time, obviously - a lot more adults bought records in those days than kids did. 1966's Grammy for Album of the Year went to Frank Sinatra's A Man & His Music. The Beatles' "Michelle" won Song Of The Year, and Klaus Voorman won Best Album Cover - Graphic Arts for the Revolver cover. By 1967, the Academy changed their tune, and Sgt. Pepper's... won Album of the Year.
The year was 1966, album: A Taste of Honey. It was produced by A&M Records ("A" for Alpert, "M" for Jerry Moss), which later became PolyGram Records. The album won a Grammy for Album of the Year, beating out the Beatles' Revolver. Herb Alpert sold over 13 million recordings in 1966, and even though he was from LA, neither he nor any of his band members were actually Latino. He's good, but better than the Beatles??
Herb Alpert and The TJB did not have an album titled "A Taste Of Honey". Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss had won Record Of The Year in 1965 for "A Taste Of Honey", which was on the iconic Whipped Cream and Other Delights album. Frank Sinatra won album of the year in 1965 for September Of My Years.
Anyhow, it was a different time, obviously - a lot more adults bought records in those days than kids did. 1966's Grammy for Album of the Year went to Frank Sinatra's A Man & His Music. The Beatles' "Michelle" won Song Of The Year, and Klaus Voorman won Best Album Cover - Graphic Arts for the Revolver cover. By 1967, the Academy changed their tune, and Sgt. Pepper's... won Album of the Year.
I remember this album when it came out - my parents played it on the HiFi. back when eletronics were furniture.
Theodorakis! Opaaa!!
The year was 1966, album: A Taste of Honey. It was produced by A&M Records ("A" for Alpert, "M" for Jerry Moss), which later became PolyGram Records. The album won a Grammy for Album of the Year, beating out the Beatles' Revolver. Herb Alpert sold over 13 million recordings in 1966, and even though he was from LA, neither he nor any of his band members were actually Latino. He's good, but better than the Beatles??
My old old mother had these albums and played them all the time. My old old mother was, what? 29 or 30? haha! I still love the sound of HA.
Must be time for some California Guitar Trio !!
Quite good but nothing compares with the original
Yes. Timeless. Not Godlike. But timeless.
Timeless
The RP magic strikes again. Where else would you hear CAKE followed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass?
michaelgmitchell wrote:
I'm sure you did. I did the same.
Not ashamed to say I wore this album OUT as a 12-13-year-old. Bizarre. My folks' collections. I turned out okay, by the way. Says me.
I'm sure you did. I did the same.
ole'
Not ashamed to say I wore this album OUT as a 12-13-year-old. Bizarre. My folks' collections. I turned out okay, by the way. Says me.
clwguy wrote:
I'm surprised to hear it here, but I'm glad they play it - I'd like to hear more of this genre on RP. In the studio, The Tijuana Brass was often largely comprised of members of The Wrecking Crew.
Though this falls into the world music and eclectic mix categories I don't think it's really RP material.
I'm surprised to hear it here, but I'm glad they play it - I'd like to hear more of this genre on RP. In the studio, The Tijuana Brass was often largely comprised of members of The Wrecking Crew.
dwlangham wrote:
Yup, I'm with you. The RP magic hasn't been flowing this morning.
Hey, I'm glad when this song is over. Not so bad when I don't have to listen to it.
Yup, I'm with you. The RP magic hasn't been flowing this morning.
etwilson wrote:
If Bill plays it on RP then it's by definition "RP material". Plus it's awesome.
Definitely agree with the first part, not so much with the second, just not my thing, but I will gladly listen to a few songs that drive me nuts for all of the awesome variety here!
If Bill plays it on RP then it's by definition "RP material". Plus it's awesome.
Definitely agree with the first part, not so much with the second, just not my thing, but I will gladly listen to a few songs that drive me nuts for all of the awesome variety here!
slartibart_O wrote:
Big time.
My Dad had this album (probably still does somewhere)
I think i popped a pube for the first time looking at this album cover.
Big time.
My Dad had this album (probably still does somewhere)
Aud wrote:
And don't forget Bil Cosby comediy albums! Also, watching The Avengers, The Saint and The Prisoner on TV during the summer....
God I love Bill!!! I played him over and over and over. I made an 8 hour reel to reel of all his records on my Dads tape deck. I'm sure I annoyed people by repeating his skits word for word.
I got to see him live about 6 months ago. Not like the old times but still funny.
Thanks for that.
Edit.. I am in the process of educating my boy about Bill. He loves the stories.
And don't forget Bil Cosby comediy albums! Also, watching The Avengers, The Saint and The Prisoner on TV during the summer....
God I love Bill!!! I played him over and over and over. I made an 8 hour reel to reel of all his records on my Dads tape deck. I'm sure I annoyed people by repeating his skits word for word.
I got to see him live about 6 months ago. Not like the old times but still funny.
Thanks for that.
Edit.. I am in the process of educating my boy about Bill. He loves the stories.
I just want you all to know that reading D**n you Autocorrect while this song was on, sent me into fits of giggles here at work.
Not good at all.
;)
Not good at all.
;)
brutal
As in the redonkulous artistry and skill slamming into you like Mjolnir? I agree.
Herb Alpert's technique was simply astounding.