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Shocking Blue: Greatest Hits

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Shocking Blue Rocks!
     

I don't own this particular compilation, but I do most all of the tracks from another compilation that I bought a few years ago. Folks, Shocking Blue was more than a one-hit wonder band. They were quite popular in Europe during the early to mid 1970s. Lead vocalist Mariska Veres is one of rock's most underrated divas. Her unique voice takes charge of all the tracks that she sings lead on... which is nearly all of them. Everyone knows their #1 hit "Venus." When I bought this 45 way back in the 1970s, I also grew to love "Hot Sand" which at that time on the Colossus label was the B-side to "Venus." The song totally rocks. It was not until later that I found all of their other music and have grown to love it all. Best tracks: "Never Marry a Railroad Man," "Send Me a Postcard," "Mighty Joe" and "Let Me Carry Your Bag." If you can try to find the CD with the track "Love Buzz" on it. This is a song that the legendary Seattle band Nirvana covered in the late 1980s.

Significant
     

It's significant to mention that Nirvana's first single ever was a cover of Love Buzz. I'm a big fan of their version, but the original is haunting and exotic.

The "correction" is not correct
     

Even if US listeners perceive Shocking Blue as a "one-hit wonder" band, they had a significant number of hits worldwide, as the first reviewer states.

Biography

Formed: 1967 in The Netherlands

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '60s, '70s

With a catchy guitar riff borrowed from "Pinball Wizard," this Dutch group had a worldwide hit in late 1969 with "Venus," which was later covered by Bananarama. After that they never had much success outside Europe, but they generated enough hits in enough...
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