Esta banda de garage psicodélico surge en el Bronx neoyorquino en 1964 bajo el nombre de Bloos Magoos, finalmente cambiado por el de Blues Magoos. Inicialmente estaban formados por Ralph Escala (teclista y vocalista), Emil "Peppy" Thielhiem (guitarra y voz), Dennis LaPore (guitarra), Ronnie Gilbert (bajo) y John Finnegan (batería). Posteriormente se producirían los cambios de LaPore por Mike Espósito y de Finnegan por Geoff Daking.
Sus mejores álbumes son los dos primeros, "Psychedelic Lollipop" de 1966 y "Electric Comic Book" de 1967. Después de su tercer disco, "Basic Blues Magoos" (1968), los Blues Magoos se separan.
Emil Thielhiem volvió a formar el grupo y grabo dos discos más que pasaron desapercibidos.
- Psychedelic Lollipop (1966)
- Electric Comic Book (1967)
- Basic Blues Magoos (1968)
- Never Goin`Back To Georgia (1969)
- Gulf Coast Bound (1970)
- Kaleidescope Compendium: The Best Of The Blues Magoos (recopilación 1992)
Pipedream:
It's been a happy day
try not to spoil it, now
please don't get hung up that way.
Oh, he's not the boy for you
and i think you know it, too
kiss him and don't start to cry.
Cause you're having a pipe dream, an ordinary pipe dream
(now you see him flashing right before your eyes)
you're having a sweet dream, a lifelong sweet dream.
(i'm the one who loves you, can't yu see?)
pi-i-ipe dream
pi-i-ipe dream
come back to reality.
Now, in your mind there's always me
that's the way it's gonna be
kiss and tell him good bye.
I say you won't have to dream tonight
tomorrow may be clear and bright
i think the pipe's going out.
Cause you're having a pipe dream, an ordinary pipe dream
(now you see him flashing right before your eyes)
you're having a sweet dream, a lifelong sweet dream
(i'm the one who loves you, can't you see it's me?)
pi-i-ipe dream
pi-i-ipe dream
come back to reality.
(hey!) come back to reality.
try not to spoil it, now
please don't get hung up that way.
Oh, he's not the boy for you
and i think you know it, too
kiss him and don't start to cry.
Cause you're having a pipe dream, an ordinary pipe dream
(now you see him flashing right before your eyes)
you're having a sweet dream, a lifelong sweet dream.
(i'm the one who loves you, can't yu see?)
pi-i-ipe dream
pi-i-ipe dream
come back to reality.
Now, in your mind there's always me
that's the way it's gonna be
kiss and tell him good bye.
I say you won't have to dream tonight
tomorrow may be clear and bright
i think the pipe's going out.
Cause you're having a pipe dream, an ordinary pipe dream
(now you see him flashing right before your eyes)
you're having a sweet dream, a lifelong sweet dream
(i'm the one who loves you, can't you see it's me?)
pi-i-ipe dream
pi-i-ipe dream
come back to reality.
(hey!) come back to reality.
We Aint Got Nothin Yet:
One day you're up and the next day you're down
You can't face the world with your head to the ground
The grass is always greener on the other side, they say
So don't worry, boys, life will be sweet some day
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We made enough mistakes
But you know we got what it takes
Oh, we ain't got nothin' yet
No, we ain't got nothin' yet
Nothin' can hold us and nothin' can keep us down
And someday our names will be spread all over town
We can get in while the getting is good
So make it on your own, yeah, you know that you could
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
We got to make the break
'Cause we got too much at stake
We made enough mistakes
But you know we got what it takes
