The Young Men – Get The Message
What can one write about The Young Men that hasn’t already been written?
According to Google, absolutely anything.
Unfortunately I know nothing more about The Young Men than can be gleaned from the above-pictured Promo.
“Get The Message” has a nice Psych/Pop sound and some excellent drumming underneath it but it clearly wasn’t a major success. I can find only one reference to it anywhere on the whole universalsuperinterweb.
This is a shame as it’s a great little tune. Sounds like The Happenings or countless Garage bands.
I can’t find much on Viva Records. Looks like a surfy/garagey 60s label. Nice enough. Great logo but it looks like it ought to be on Goblin soundtracks or something. The only bell that rings is Snuff Garrett, the producer of Brill Building pop and “I Got You Babe”.
S’good though right?
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Your copy says promo only on it, so maybe it wasn’t ever released?
It’s a shame that no one appears to know about it, I really like it, especially the chorus.
The more times I hear it the better it gets!
Comment by Becca 03.12.07 @ 2:28 pmThe backing vocal on the chorus is fantastic and I really like the arrangement too.
Comment by David N 04.12.07 @ 12:11 amI betcha you’re looking at early 80s, not mid-60s. Probably why it was ignored.
Snuff Garrett was doing mostly Country records at the time on this VIVA label…David Frizzell, Shelly West,and movie soundtracks…stupid stuff like Clint Eastwood singing with Merle Haggard.
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