Nuggets: At the River’s Edge by New Colony Six

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1. They should just rename Nuggets as “Bands Who Wanted to Be the Yardbirds.”

   • It is pretty fun to try and link the different bands to their influences- which have almost always been British. The Yardbirds and Them have come up a lot.

     • Yes. Perhaps half of them went on to do disco.

2. I think they sounded like Them except without Van singing. I like the excitement of At The River’s Edge…also a great name for a song.

   • Yup, I think the title is the best part of it.

3. I forgot who was that other band that I said should have done a double bill with Paul Revere so they could do Revolutionary War reenactments in their show. But this is really the band that should have done it. They have the red British uniforms. But I think sometimes Paul Revere had red ones and not just blue ones, but that was wrong because it was the British who wore red, that’s why they called them the Redcoats. The Americans only wore blue. If they wore red they would have been shot by their own men who mistook them for the British, right? LMAO!!! But anyway, this song sucks. I wish they would take all this kind of song off of Nuggets. But I love the video because I like seeing what the audience looks like in those days and what kind of haircuts they had and what they were wearing and what the club looked like.. And this video had tons of pictures of the whole place. Wasn’t it interesting? I think it was.

   • I don’t really like bluesy stuff that much at the best of times – probably should have gone with a lower rating.

4. The second video was even better cuz it wasn’t just still photos of the audience but it was on film so you can watch them dancing and see their groovy’60s clothes and haircuts better. Haha. To tell you the truth, I also like the song better than the first one.

   • That second one certainly doesn’t fit Nuggets though.

5. I bet ya one of the band member’s parents hired a photographer to photograph and film their shows. LMAO

   • Probably the same parent who paid for the recording sessions.

     • Lol. Are you just joking or is that really true?

       • A parent paid for the recording session for their first single.

6. “At the River’s Edge” has some good elements. I agree there’s a Yardbirds vibe. I also think Max is right about a Them influence. That said, I feel there’s something missing, which makes it a tune that’s not particularly memorable. The second song sounds much more polished and definitely very different from “At the River’s Edge”.

   • It’s a very skeletal song- just a couple of verses. There’s no chorus or bridge or anything

     • “Skeletal” is a great characterization. There’re some good elements in there. In a way it feels unfinished!