The Bongos

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Numbers With Wings 04:25 Tools
The Bulrushes 02:35 Tools
In the Congo 02:58 Tools
Video Eyes 01:39 Tools
Glow in the Dark 02:05 Tools
Mambo Sun 04:27 Tools
Clay Midgets 02:42 Tools
Telephoto Lens 02:03 Tools
Zebra Club 03:07 Tools
Barbarella 03:11 Tools
Certain Harbours 02:57 Tools
Hunting 02:13 Tools
Automatic Doors 01:58 Tools
Three Wise Men 02:21 Tools
Burning Bush 01:30 Tools
Number with Wings 01:30 Tools
Question Ball 01:34 Tools
Tiger Nights 04:04 Tools
Brave New World 04:35 Tools
Space Jungle 03:51 Tools
Skydiving 03:59 Tools
Sweet Blue Cage 04:12 Tools
Apache Dancing 03:09 Tools
Come Back To Me 03:31 Tools
A Story (Written In The Sky) 03:10 Tools
Falling 03:52 Tools
Blow Up 04:07 Tools
Splinters 03:43 Tools
Totem Pole 03:12 Tools
She Starts Shaking 03:26 Tools
The Beat Hotel 04:00 Tools
Speaking Sands 00:29 Tools
Beat Hotel 04:01 Tools
Nuts & Bolts 01:54 Tools
Nuts & Bolts (Unreleased Single) 01:53 Tools
Nuts And Bolts 01:34 Tools
Telephoto Lens (Live In London) 02:14 Tools
Bulrushes 2007 03:15 Tools
In The Congo (Live In London) 02:49 Tools
Barbarella (remix) 03:41 Tools
A Story 03:11 Tools
My Wildest Dreams 03:26 Tools
Run to the Wild 03:21 Tools
Barbarella - Remix 03:42 Tools
River To River 04:38 Tools
Sunshine Superman 03:57 Tools
One Bold Stroke 03:47 Tools
Diamond Guitar 00:00 Tools
Bulrushes 2007 (With Moby) 03:16 Tools
Question Ball (Live from First Recorded Show) 03:47 Tools
I Belong to Me 03:47 Tools
Automatic Doors (live) 00:00 Tools
Tangled in Your Web 03:37 Tools
Roman Circus 01:36 Tools
Zebra Club (Live from First Recorded Show) 01:36 Tools
Hunting (Live from First Recorded Show) 06:42 Tools
Video Eyes (Live from First Recorded Show) 01:36 Tools
Nuts & Bolts (Live from First Recorded Show) 01:36 Tools
Glow In The Dark (Live from First Recorded Show) 01:36 Tools
Phantom Train 06:42 Tools
Zebra Club (live) 03:47 Tools
The Bulrushes (Live from First Recorded Show) 06:42 Tools
In the Congo (Rainbow, London 1981) [Live] 01:11 Tools
Under Someone's Spell (Demo) 06:42 Tools
Automatic Doors (Live from First Recorded Show) 06:42 Tools
Saturn Eyes 06:42 Tools
Town of One 03:21 Tools
Question Ball (First Recorded Show) 06:42 Tools
Nuts & Bolts (First Recorded Show) 06:42 Tools
Glow in the Dark (live) 06:42 Tools
Video Eyes (First Recorded Show) 06:42 Tools
The Bulrushes 2007 03:14 Tools
Hunting (First Recorded Show) 02:06 Tools
Glow In The Dark (First Recorded Show) 02:06 Tools
A1 - Question Ball 01:32 Tools
Claymidgets 02:41 Tools
Automatic Doors (First Recorded Show) 03:21 Tools
My Wildest Dreams (Demo) 03:14 Tools
The Bulrushes (First Recorded Show) 01:32 Tools
A3 - Burning Bush 01:29 Tools
Zebra Club (First Recorded Show) 01:32 Tools
Three Bling Men 01:32 Tools
A2 - Claymidgets 02:41 Tools
Question Ball (live) 02:41 Tools
Barbrella 03:14 Tools
The Bulrushes (live) 03:14 Tools
Hunting (live) 03:14 Tools
Video Eyes (live) 01:29 Tools
Nuts & Bolts (live) 02:41 Tools
Mambo Sun (t.rex) 03:36 Tools
A4 - Certain Harbours 02:55 Tools
B3 - Zebra Club 03:06 Tools
B2 - Videoeyes 01:39 Tools
Drums - Bongos -incredible Bongo Band 02:41 Tools
My Love, My Love 01:57 Tools
My Sin 01:11 Tools
Speaking Sands - Burning Bush 02:41 Tools
Question Ball (From First Recorded Show) 01:11 Tools
The Bulrushes (2007) 02:21 Tools
B4 - Three Wise Man 02:21 Tools
Glow in The Dark [Live] 01:11 Tools
The Bongos - Barbarella 03:14 Tools
Bongos Cuban Cafe (2012 Mix) 04:22 Tools
Nuts and Bolts (prev. unreleased) 02:55 Tools
Bulrushes (with Moby) 02:55 Tools
the bongos - numbers with wings 04:22 Tools
Automatic Doors (From First Recorded Show) 01:57 Tools
Numbers With Wings (Remixed Version) 04:38 Tools
Video Eyes (From First Recorded Show) 04:22 Tools
Glow In the Dark (From First Recorded Show) 04:22 Tools
Nuts & Bolts (From First Recorded Show) 04:22 Tools
My Love 04:22 Tools
Hunting (From First Recorded Show) 04:22 Tools
The Bongos - Tiger Nights 04:22 Tools
Three Blind Men 03:15 Tools
Three Wise Man 02:22 Tools
The Bulrushes (From First Recorded Show) 04:22 Tools
The Bongos - Come Back To Me 04:22 Tools
In The Congo (Live) 04:38 Tools
The Bongos - A Story (Written In The Sky) 04:22 Tools
The Bulrushes [1982] 02:22 Tools
Barbarella (Remixed Version) 02:22 Tools
Familiar Strangers 02:22 Tools
Zebra Club (From First Recorded Show) 04:38 Tools
The Bongos - Totem Pole 03:15 Tools
My Love My Love 03:15 Tools
Lena 04:04 Tools
The Bongos - Beat Hotel 04:04 Tools
The Bongos - Skydiving 04:04 Tools
The Bongos - Blow Up 04:04 Tools
The Bongos - Barbarella (Remix) 04:04 Tools
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The Bongos were a pop band active in the eighties. They formed in Hoboken, New Jersey and were led by Richard Barone (vocals, guitar). The band also included Rob Norris, formerly of the Zantees (bass) and Frank Giannini (drums). James Mastro (guitar), later of The Health & Happiness Show, joined the band after the release of their first LP. The group grew out of a band called, "a", which had included the three original Bongos and Glenn Morrow, who later formed the The Individuals and helped found Bar/None Records. "a" were the first band to play Maxwell's, a rock and roll club in Hoboken. The Bongos recorded their early singles and their well-received debut EP for UK-based Fetish Records. Their debut U.S. album, Drums Along The Hudson, compiled from the band's British singles, was released in 1982 to mostly favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. While Trouser Press suggested that the group "may trade a certain amount of substance for easy appeal," it added that "there's no better musical equivalent of whipped cream anywhere." Writing in the Village Voice, Robert Christgau dryly commented that "for all their jumpy originality [the songs are] still slight, and Richard Barone's lyrics are so oblique you have to wonder what his angle is." Regardless, in 2007, Jim DeRegotis wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times: "The initial impression of naivete is offset by deceptively simple lyrics that actually hint at deep, dark mysteries and unfathomed mystical enigmas." The group's cover of T. Rex's "Mambo Sun" reached #72 on the Billboard Dance Chart. In 1983, the group was signed to RCA Records, which subsequently released the album, Numbers With Wings. New York Times' critic Robert Palmer -- coincidentally also a former Hoboken-based musician with The Insect Trust -- subsequently marked this as the beginning of the Bongos' creative decline, lamenting the "slick, overproduced records which vitiated the raw vitality the group had originally displayed." However, the album spawned a popular MTV video of the title song (nominated for 'Best Direction' on the first, 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, while the song itself remained at the number one spot on the College Music Journal (CMJ) chart for six consecutive weeks), as well as the tribal, dancefloor hit "Barbarella". Their follow-up album, Beat Hotel, along with relentless touring, raised the Bongos' profile further. The band split up in 1987. Barone subsequently released a series of solo albums, including one currently in progress for 2008 release, and has established a career as a producer of recordings and major concert events. In 2006, the original three Bongos re-entered the studio with long time fan Moby producing to create bonus material for a CD reissue of the group's debut album. The remastered, 27-track Special Edition of Drums Along The Hudson, which was released by Cooking Vinyl Records in June, 2007, includes rare, live bonus tracks and new studio recordings. An accompanying video for "Bulrushes 2007," a reprise of the band's early single, "The Bulrushes" featuring Moby, was released simultaneously. The original three Bongos also reunited for two shows at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in Greenwich Village in October 2006, and two in February 2007. On September 30, 2007, the foursome played again in Hoboken for the first time in twenty years to an overflowing and appreciative crowd, and received a Proclamation from Mayor David Roberts commending them for their contributions to Hoboken's culture and heritage. They headlined a day-long bill that featured the Chris Stamey Group, Glenn Mercer (formerly of the Feelies) and The Health and Happiness Show. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.