A
little known,
underrated band from the
hippie days.
The few people who have heard of them believe that their
ignominy is
well deserved, because their
Big Hit was the
insipid pop ditty Hello Hello.
They tried harder, and did better (artistically, if not commercially) with their second album,
The Miraculous Hump Returns From the Moon (Warner/Reprise - 1973). It is fairly listenable, and some of the songs contain lyrics that still resonate today. For instance:
From
Astronaut Food
Astronaut food, for a minute I thought she was
Astronaut food, oh astronaut food
I'd hate to be mistaken for
Astronaut food.
As far as I know, they are the only band ever to successfully use both
harmonica and
sitar in the same song without creating an unbearable harmonic or
cognitive dissonance.