The tone of this guitar gets to me every time. This song was the follow up to the #1 Venus and this made it to #43 in the Billboard 100. They are known as a one-hit-wonder but the truth is they had other hits all over the world just not in Billboard.
This song was written by guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen who most all of Shocking Blue’s successful songs. The band formed in 1967 and broke up in 1974. They did regroup a few times in the 80s but never had the success of this period.
The members in this period were Mariska Veres vocals, Robbie van Leeuwen guitarist, Klaasje van der Wal bass guitar and Cor van der Beek drums.
Mighty Joe
Be careful girls
For Mighty Joe
Be careful!
He teaches you all that don’t know
He makes you cry
Before it’s through
And I bet you like it too
Did you hear about Mighty Joe?
Did you hear about Mighty Joe?
Beware
Beware when he is around
Mighty Joe with the bass voice!
Mighty Joe was here last year
I tell you!
Just like you
I had no fear
I fell for him
Baby
And then he made of me a woman
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet thing
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet thing
I love you
Yes
I love you
I love you so bad
He took my heart and in a sense
I swear he ain’t got no sense
When I said yeah
He’s gone to town
I warn you
He will let you down
Did you hear about Mighty Joe?
Did you hear about Mighty Joe?
Beware
Beware when he is around
Mighty Joe with the bass voice!
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Never heard of this track or the band. Didn’t expect such a cool voice. Like this one!
She has a cool voice…Grace Slick like but I like it better. I have a few more songs of them coming this weekend. You know one by them…Venus…I also like that plain guitar
I don’t think I’ve heard this before. I really like it.
Thanks. I really like her voice and they are a band I disccovered because of “Venus” but they have some good songs. I went crazy writing up their songs…what info I could find and I’m posting them this weekend… I call it new old music.
What a great find. I recognized the name of the group from ‘Venus’, but I like this much better. I’ll look forward to the others you are going to post.
You thought the same as me. I like this and some others better than Venus. She had a Grace Slick sound to her voice. I’m glad you liked it.
Not bad at all. Never heard that one before. You’d never know she wasn’t North American from her voice and fluency in English.
I know…discovered this group through “Venus” and she has a throaty voice…I like it. I’m posting some more this weekend.
Has the same mid-tempo rhythm of its predecessor. But is not comparable to “Venus”.
I really like her voice. I discovered them a few years ago and they are new/old music to me. I like quite a few of them. her voice has a Grace Slick quality in some songs.
It’s not often every member of a band is so attractive. Not that crazy about the song but I can hear she’s got a good voice.
New song to me. She resembles Slick, too.
Yes they had hit records just not here… one of them Nirvana covered… I’ll have three more this weekend.
I like her voice though… I’ve heard her song Somebody to Love and it’s dead up like Grace
Cool.