December '63 (Oh What a Night) - Four Seasons

[BootinUp]

Last edited Tue Feb 16, 2021, 10:07 AM - Edit history (1)

[blm]

1. Great song

[mr_lebowski]

4. This song f***ing RULES, actually :)

[BootinUp]

5. definitely.

[mr_lebowski]

2. A suggestion ...

[elleng]

3. YES!

[mr_lebowski]

6. It's a remake of the original 70's video, where the background is changed

BUT I FREAKING LOVE THIS SONG AND VIDEO SO MUCH!!!

It's so, so good

[DonaldsRump]

8. Great song

A few observations:

1) I wasn't born then, but I always thought December 1963 would have been terrifically depressing just after JFK's assassination.
2) Until this video, I had no idea that Frank Valli wasn't the lead singer throughout the song.
3) When I first heard this song years ago, I misinterpreted the lyrics as "I wanna' die"!

From this you can gather I am extremely political and terrifically musically challenged. Both are true.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Am I correct, that is the only 4 Seasons song without Frankie as lead.

My friend was bass player for Four Seasons. Joe Long. I enjoyed seeing the framed gold records on his wall.

[BootinUp]

9. I can't answer that, lets see if someone knows, good possibility.

[blm]

10. Yes. The drummer sang with Valli on background.

[mr_lebowski]

11. Drummer wrote it too ... (edit: corrected!)

And I don't think it's the only 4 Seasons song this drummer was lead singer on. But I think he was pretty new at this time.

[blm]

12. Bob Gaudio wrote it

[mr_lebowski]

13. My bad ... the piano player ...

You got me!

I have so much musical trivia in my old brain, it sometimes gets mixed up ...

[elleng]

14. Want that movie/show again!