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| TAKEN FROM THE BACK COVER OF THE BEST OF THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND
(A.V.I./Rhino Records RNLP 108). Attributed to: Mike McDowell,
Editor/Publisher, Blitz Magazine. |
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dongxiang liao wrote in message ...
I wear a sports watch to keep my time while swimming. But I found the
plastic band getting stiff and growing cracks as time going, and last
time it brokes. Is it because of the clorine in the water? Does anybody
has a solution for the problem?
Our coach ask us to use the wall clock, but since I am nearsighted and an
Engineering graduate student;) I always like to keep my own time. It also
helps me to keep track of how many laps Ive swimmed, because I always
feel like blanked out if it is a tough set. |
| Like many of their contemporaries in the San Franciscan rock movement of
the time, the Chocolate Watch Band was given to experimentation. What
set them apart from most of those other bands was their respect for the
pioneering artists of rock and roll. Though their recorded repertoir
consisted largely of original songs, the band never hesitated to utilize
worthwhile material from extraneous sources. Fiathful covers of such
classics as Hank Ballards Lets Go, Lets Go, Lets Go, the Kinks
Im Not Like Everybody Else, Ray Charles I Dont Need No Doctor,
Chuck Berrys Come On, Wilson Picketts In the Midnight Hour and Bob
Dylans Baby Blue all made their way onto vinyl, fitting in comfortably
alongside such unlikely group compositions as Devils Motorcycle,
Fireface and Uncle Morris. |
| Because of the thickness of the beads, you have to make the length of
the band slightly longer than your flat watch band. I had to take
mine apart and add two extra beads for comfort. |
| But as commercial acclaim did elude the band, who splintered for good in
1968 to pursue academic careers (vocalist Aguilar is now a professor of
astronomy at a Colorado university). Nonetheless, their influence on the
new music movement remains strong. Rochester, New Yorks Chesterfield
Kings covered the Chocolate Watch Bands I Aint No Miracle Worker as
their debut single in 1981. Los Angeles Unclaimed includes Sweet Young
Thing as a regular part of their live repertoire. And traces of the
Chocolate Watch Bands distinctive style can be found in the original
music of such diverse bands as the Three OClock, Psychedelic Furs and
the Dream Syndicate. |
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