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The Ides of March — Vehicle

Here's a seizure-inducing version of the classic, Blood, Sweat & Tears ripoff group, The Ides of March with a lip-sync of their big hit on the 1970 show, Something Else, hosted by John Byner. Lead singer Jim Peterik went on to bigger success with Survivor (of "Eye of the Tiger" fame).

The song reached #2 on the Billboard record chart, and #1 on the corresponding Cash Box listings. When the song was played on the radio, many listeners thought it was Blood, Sweat and Tears (which was still popular at the time) playing because of similarities with the vocals and brass arrangement. This is particularly true because the brass riff in "Vehicle" is almost note for note a copy of the riff in the Al Kooper song "More Than You'll Ever Know". The following album, Vehicle, reached #55 nationally.

and a solid, live version by the same, re-formed band, working the Vegas-style corporate entertainment circuit.

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This entry was posted by brianS on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 12:01 am and is filed under WGOM Videos. It is one of 752 entries by the author. We are no longer accepting Letters to the Editor on this post.

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