The Five Americans performing Western Union and The Sound of Love on the Sump'n Else Show with Ron Chapman. This is the only video of The Five Americans performing Sound of Love. 1967 Courtesy of Bud Buschardt's library.
I WAS THERE ... NorthPark Mall in Dallas, Texas! Their label Atco/Abnak Records office/studio located on Mockingbird Ave. Ron Chapman was an Awesome Host!! Thank U for this clip ... it put me in the wayback machine!!!!
Brings me back to my younger days. Listening to them on my handheld transistor radio. Noticed one thing, There was no wires hooked up to the guitars and no Microphones visible Lip sink, NOOOOO. No mater what, loved the music
The Sound of Love: "This one's gonna be just as big, or even bigger than Western Union." Unfortunately, after that top-5 hit, they'd never crack the top-20 again in the US. Keyboardist John Durrill is the only member of the group still with us.
I knew him after he got saved .we went to the same church in nashville, tn . During the late 80's .he was married to a lady named katherine but i don't know where she is now.
used to go and dance on this show after school! won a contest on the show and got 2 tickets to the Will Rogers Coliseum where the DOORS were preforming! (1967) was a really groovy, fun time...
A friend, music librarian, gave me cassette of 60's music for August 2000; I kept having to ask my dad for extra money stranded in Krakow, then Prague then...; Western Union! I used them so much they gave me a free yellow wallet!
These guys had a follow-up sleeper hit called "Zip Code"..kept the same communications motif!! Once again, they were great, under-rated, should be been bigger than they were! Great vocalization!
I'm from the D/FW area. My Dad loved this show and this band. Memories of riding around with my dad in his truck as a kid, listening to this band on 8 track tape. Crazy.
I haven't heard either song in 40 years, or more. I hadn't forgotten them, but they had kind of slipped my mind. These seemed like a good bunch of kids. I know they were geniuses with the use of the vocal harmony, with vocal sound effects, falsetto, etc. They were unique, and very good. I am glad I ran across this. Thank you kyerabon. Fixing to play them again.
Thank you for the nice comment. Sadly, Mike Rabon the lead singer recently passed a few months ago, so it makes me happy that these songs are still bringing people joy!
@@kyerabon You are welcome. I am sorry to hear that. He was probably about my age, which is 70. I am sure they worked hard on songs like this, because, with the unique vocal effects, they were probably a bit difficult to get the vocal and musical arrangements worked out and then performed so solidly. Back then, I was susceptible to getting earworms and both of these really stuck in my mind. They are hanging with me a bit, again, since hearing them 2 days ago, which is quite pleasant. I am fixing to listen to them again.
heard this today on the radio...I had forgotten about it..such a happy, happy song....when people HAD to learn to play instruments in order to have music on the radio not like today's computerized crap....(great looking guitars!)
Yes, these Rickenbackers were incredible guitars with a very unique sound. Roger McGuinn of the Byrds played one also and gave that band their signature sound. Who can forget the classic opening notes of "Turn, Turn, Turn"?
In the '60's the mainstream was: good quality of compositions, lyrics and sound. Today remains the sound (and often it's awful too). Anyway there's a lot of kids learning musical instruments and musical theory... Let's hope for a new era of good music!
We used to drive from Grand Prairie to North Park Mall where this was shot each day, live. The wall facing into the mall was glass, so you could stand there and watch from outside as they filmed. Dallas's version of Bandstand. Ron Chapman emceed our battle of the bands at GPHS one nite in the auditorium. He was the drive time DJ on KLIF- AM for years. In reality, that studio was about the size of a phone booth, but it looked big on TV.
I lived in Dallas at the time too, and know very well the small studio at North Park Mall. Yeah, Chapman was one of many DJ's on the local radio stations. KLIF and KBOX were the rock stations at the time.
Yes this is a hoot. I lived in Dallas and knew Ron and his wife . I retired and moved back to Tennessee. I didn't know Ron was ever this young. When we moved he was still on 98.7 KLUV. I did listen in the last time down and Jim Zippo Jr. was on now.
Great to see this one and excellent quality...if only the ELEVATORS appearance from the same show had survived (the audio has been available for years...)
Wonderful video... It's great that this has survived, and in such great quality. I had read somewhere years ago that *none* of the "Sumpin' Else" videotapes had been saved, but rather had been erased and recorded over for the next episode as they went along. Thank Heaven this wasn't entirely the case, hmmm?!
I'd never heard of them here in the UK, but it was played today on the radio "sounds of the sixties", and I've just got to download it. Suddenly I was a teenager again, (well, in my head anyway!!)
I remember the song but never knew the name of the group, the five Americans. Probably because there were other groups with similar names back then, the American breed and Jay and the Americans.
And listen to that prominent D to G roll on the first 3 strings - nobody’s playing it! Both guitar players are just flailing away in quarter note strums. 🤣🤣🤣
Ha ha, send it to Larry Kane by way of Skillerns to get developed, wow, what a crazy flashback! I always liked Sound of Love best of all the Five Americans hits. Sure wish there were more films of Sumpn Else.
When I first heard this 🎵 🎶 🎵 songs, on the old radio's, stations... I thought it's was the grps, the monkees, Davy Jones, Mike's Nesmith, micky dozen, and also Peter torks, a residences from Washington, d.c. states hood, he's did the corrected he's not missing, any things at all n.. Washington, d.c. and too repeated m self again yous a aging man, happy birthdays man now 81s yrs old,
Great piece of tape. Glad it survived. TV stations wiped tape and reused it like crazy back then because it was super expensive and tape machines used football fields lengths of tape. REPLY
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OMG!!!!really?!!!!.OMG!!!....so must be Millions of 60s gold band actually recorded and then erased!???...is that only in US?
And that is a shame. Kinescopes were so less expensive, but you wound up with sometimes terrible audio and visual. Can you image gems like this which were erased? We lost so much.
@@jasonbeard4713 - Even the best Kinescopes are terrible. They were only meant to be working copies or safety copies as you know. 2" Quadruplex video tape rivals studio quality audio if the sound people are on the ball during recording. Too bad this is lip synced, but record companies wanted tight control of how these performances sounded on TV compared to the records. Europe was much better at preserving old TV performances. The BBC especially.
@@scdevon Well, I have seen kinnies that are wonderfully developed, such as Bela Lugosi as Dracula on The Texaco Star Theater. The visual and audio are excellent. I'll find it again and post it for you to see.
@@scdevon This is what I meant. The sound and visuals are stunning for a 1949 kinnie, one of the best I've ever seen. m.th-cam.com/video/68jmNR3HX68/w-d-xo.html
The Five Americans' first hit, "I See The Light," came out in January 1966 and reached #26. Next "Evol-Not Love" stalled at #52 in April 1966. "Western Union" followed, soaring to #5 in March 1967. After that came "Sound Of Love" (#36 in May 1967) and "Zip Code" (#36 in August 1967). The group released several more singles ("Stop Light," "7:30 Guided Tour," "Virginia Girl," etc.) but never again reached the national Top 40.
I sure miss Ron Chapman. I remember him from KLIF Radio in the early 60s. I know he retired and I hope he is doing well maybe still living in the D/FW area.
@@davidcoyle1084 Bands rarely performed live for these types of shows. The idea was to allow the television audience to see the band and hear the studio version of the song in order to sell records. Sometimes, bands will have their instruments plugged in but the amps were turned off. Lip-synching was done in all of the dance shows (Hullabaloo, American Bandstand, Soul Train, etc.
Had to laugh when Ron runs his hand up and down the keyboard at the end of the interview and nothing comes out due to the fact it wasn't even plugged in. lol Hopefully the audience had already sussed that the instruments weren't plugged in.
The sound of that Vox combo organ. Lol. Very 60s.
Keyboard player John Durrill (born 1941) was a member of the Ventures 1969-1972. Apparently, he is still alive today.
I WAS THERE ... NorthPark Mall in Dallas, Texas! Their label Atco/Abnak Records office/studio located on Mockingbird Ave.
Ron Chapman was an Awesome Host!! Thank U for this clip ... it put me in the wayback machine!!!!
Was 10 years old in Detroit with my 6 transistor radio listening to Top 40 music. Heard this song a lot. Loved it!
Brings me back to my younger days. Listening to them on my handheld transistor radio.
Noticed one thing, There was no wires hooked up to the guitars and no Microphones visible Lip sink, NOOOOO. No mater what, loved the music
Drummer never hit the cymbals either. Definitely lip synced.
Drummer be like: "Uh...hey cameraman...we're the FIVE Americans...hint hint...FIVE!"
The Sound of Love: "This one's gonna be just as big, or even bigger than Western Union." Unfortunately, after that top-5 hit, they'd never crack the top-20 again in the US. Keyboardist John Durrill is the only member of the group still with us.
I will always listen to these great bands from the 60s.thank you Lord for these classics.
XACTLY
Met Norman 40 years ago in Vacaville California. Heard he passed away a few years ago. Great guy. He is missed
Yeah I lived in Vacaville… I met him also at the Starbucks right off of 80 on the way to San Francisco one day. I love that song.
😥
I knew him after he got saved .we went to the same church in nashville, tn . During the late 80's .he was married to a lady named katherine but i don't know where she is now.
Huh! I didn’t realize Tom Cruise was the lead singer! Great song! Rock On!
used to go and dance on this show after school!
won a contest on the show and got 2 tickets to the Will Rogers Coliseum where the DOORS were preforming! (1967)
was a really groovy, fun time...
Hmm...I'm kinda jealous. Lol
I was 17 Loved these guys and this song
Summer of Love 💕😘 At it's Best from 1967.
So many faves from’67. This one. Brown Eyed Girl, Higher and Higher, Light My Fire(long version).
Noting the passing of Bud Buschardt, the source of this delightful clip. RIP.
A friend, music librarian, gave me cassette of 60's music for August 2000; I kept having to ask my dad for extra money stranded in Krakow, then Prague then...; Western Union! I used them so much they gave me a free yellow wallet!
I worked for Western Union as a teenager. Got this sung to me a lot.
Lucky you 👍🐶🇺🇲🍾🍷🥮👊💪 😅😂
You must encounter ppl who are far cooler than anyone I ever run into.
Very beautiful piece of music, I really love Western Union, brings back fond memories of life
These guys had a follow-up sleeper hit called "Zip Code"..kept the same communications motif!! Once again, they were great, under-rated, should be been bigger than they were! Great vocalization!
Back in the day when local TV was big! Great song, too!
I've always liked this song. The first time I heard it on the radio I thought that it was the Association, another great vocal harmony group.
Yes. The two group's sounds are/were pretty close. Both were great.
I'm from the D/FW area. My Dad loved this show and this band. Memories of riding around with my dad in his truck as a kid, listening to this band on 8 track tape. Crazy.
Western Union
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Lyrics
Things went wrong today
Bad news came my way
I woke up to find
That I had blew my mind
Western Union man
Bad news in his hand
Knocking at my door
Selling me the score
Fifteen cents a word to read
A telegram I didn't need
Says she doesn't care no more
Think I'll throw it on the floor
Got your cable just today
Killed my groove I've got to say
Western Union
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Now you've gone away, and
How it's sad to say you've gone
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
I remember what they said
Now I'm going out of my head
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Telegram just had to say
You've learned your lesson
All the way
Telegram just had to say
You've learned your lesson all the way
Western Union
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
I'll be on my way, 'cause
There's another girl for me
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
I'll be sure of her, and
Things will be as they were
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit (Western Union)
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit (oh, Western Union)
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit (Western Union)
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit
Dit, da dit, da dit (Western Union)
Dit, da dit, da dit
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Robert Durrill / Michael Rabon / Norman Ezell
Western Union lyrics © Concord Music Publishing LLC
We're you in the u.s. army signal corps ?? 😂😅 just kidding, thanks for the lyrics 💪👊🇺🇲🍷
Clean cut young men, and polite! Excellent music
I haven't heard either song in 40 years, or more. I hadn't forgotten them, but they had kind of slipped my mind. These seemed like a good bunch of kids. I know they were geniuses with the use of the vocal harmony, with vocal sound effects, falsetto, etc. They were unique, and very good. I am glad I ran across this. Thank you kyerabon. Fixing to play them again.
Thank you for the nice comment. Sadly, Mike Rabon the lead singer recently passed a few months ago, so it makes me happy that these songs are still bringing people joy!
@@kyerabon You are welcome. I am sorry to hear that. He was probably about my age, which is 70. I am sure they worked hard on songs like this, because, with the unique vocal effects, they were probably a bit difficult to get the vocal and musical arrangements worked out and then performed so solidly. Back then, I was susceptible to getting earworms and both of these really stuck in my mind. They are hanging with me a bit, again, since hearing them 2 days ago, which is quite pleasant. I am fixing to listen to them again.
heard this today on the radio...I had forgotten about it..such a happy, happy song....when people HAD to learn to play instruments in order to have music on the radio not like today's computerized crap....(great looking guitars!)
Yes, these Rickenbackers were incredible guitars with a very unique sound. Roger McGuinn of the Byrds played one also and gave that band their signature sound. Who can forget the classic opening notes of "Turn, Turn, Turn"?
Yeah, like The Monkees....jes kidding
@@sonoranrain2330 Mmm Gretsch, Guild, Fender...... Where are the Rickenbackers..(?)...
Great song and the best version.
In the '60's the mainstream was: good quality of compositions, lyrics and sound. Today remains the sound (and often it's awful too). Anyway there's a lot of kids learning musical instruments and musical theory... Let's hope for a new era of good music!
Never heard of this group and I was born in 1964, I really enjoyed both of these songs.
I was sooo in love with that little key board player!!
We used to drive from Grand Prairie to North Park Mall where this was shot each day, live. The wall facing into the mall was glass, so you could stand there and watch from outside as they filmed. Dallas's version of Bandstand. Ron Chapman emceed our battle of the bands at GPHS one nite in the auditorium. He was the drive time DJ on KLIF- AM for years. In reality, that studio was about the size of a phone booth, but it looked big on TV.
I lived in Dallas at the time too, and know very well the small studio at North Park Mall. Yeah, Chapman was one of many DJ's on the local radio stations. KLIF and KBOX were the rock stations at the time.
This takes me back to my teenage years when I was 17. I love it!!!!!!!
Same here..I was 18, in transit/on the road with family, driving/moving to Arizona, May '67..
I was 10 living in Detroit and LOVED this song!
Those songs bring back a flood of memories from my carefree preteen years.
Yes this is a hoot. I lived in Dallas and knew Ron and his wife . I retired and moved back to Tennessee. I didn't know Ron was ever this young. When we moved he was still on 98.7 KLUV. I did listen in the last time down and Jim Zippo Jr. was on now.
Ron Chapman passed last night. A Dallas radio institution. RIP Ron Chapman.
This band is so under rated. Got the greatest hit cd and every song is incredible.
Me too
I want to find one of those CDs, if at all possible. Thanks for jogging my brain.
Great name for a band, too! The lead guitarist looks like a young Tom Cruise to me
great great song...one of my all time favorites!!
Wow! This song brings back great memories of my youth. One of the first rock n roll songs I listened to.
Great songs in 1967,these were two of them.Anything with keyboards from those days I love."Zip Code" was excellent too.
Yes..See my previous comment above. What a group!
@@samburkes7552 in Radio KLIF 1190 *THE MIGHTY 1190* They fired RON CHAPMAN NOT USEING A RADIO NAME RETRO RADIO METROPLEX , COM
Wonderful song. I’ve always liked it.
beautiful!!!
Great to see this one and excellent quality...if only the ELEVATORS appearance from the same show had survived (the audio has been available for years...)
This is great! Great time in America and great time in music! :o)
Definitely back in the day. Host:…on the road making some bread…. Is this the cat back here that writes the songs?….
Just awesome!
Wonderful video... It's great that this has survived, and in such great quality. I had read somewhere years ago that *none* of the "Sumpin' Else" videotapes had been saved, but rather had been erased and recorded over for the next episode as they went along. Thank Heaven this wasn't entirely the case, hmmm?!
Great band loved 😍😍😍😍😍
60s MUSIC WAS THE BEST 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I had this 45 single
I'd never heard of them here in the UK, but it was played today on the radio "sounds of the sixties", and I've just got to download it. Suddenly I was a teenager again, (well, in my head anyway!!)
The Searchers covered it
I remember the song but never knew the name of the group, the five Americans. Probably because there were other groups with similar names back then, the American breed and Jay and the Americans.
Wow !!! They were fabulous !!! So much GREAT music back in the 60's !!
One of my favorites from ‘67.
@@michaelgasiciel9317 ...wow..the sixties were full of peace, music, love, flowers, acceptance, free love, togetherness. Wow !! Everything that Christ stood for.
Great clip! Thanks everyone. I never get tired of seeing and hearing The Five Americans.
Superb! An incredible song. One of the highlights from the past sixty+ years.
Guitars not plugged in, no microphones - GO GUYS! LOL.
But no auto tune in the record. It’s them lip syncing.
And listen to that prominent D to G roll on the first 3 strings - nobody’s playing it! Both guitar players are just flailing away in quarter note strums. 🤣🤣🤣
@@edavidsalways yes. probably recorded by studio musicians.
It was produced by Dale Hawkins who wrote the original Suzie Q.
@@ThePhoenixcompanies They recorded their own songs, with no “studio musicians” doing the playing or singing.
Fue una de mis favoritas de joven inolvidable
Fantastically rare tape and really sharp picture! Thanks! I wonder why Ron Chapman thought Jim Grant wrote the songs.
Great bridge- wow!
Great times ✌️
I don't know what to say other than they sound pretty good. I really never heard of them until yesterday
rip to the 3 members no longer with us
Jim Grant-Bass Player
Norman Ezell-Guitar
Jimmy Wright-Drummer
And, unfortunately, now in 2022-Michael Rabon-guitar/lead vocals
Keyboardist/backing vocalist John Durrill is the only surviving member from this five.
Wow that’s sad RIP
Wow that ‘sound of Love’ is a helluva tune, very rare
Who wrote it?
Dead & gone so rip it up!
Ha ha, send it to Larry Kane by way of Skillerns to get developed, wow, what a crazy flashback! I always liked Sound of Love best of all the Five Americans hits. Sure wish there were more films of Sumpn Else.
Gots to answer to that. Lol. I’d love to watch.
When I first heard this 🎵 🎶 🎵 songs, on the old radio's, stations... I thought it's was the grps, the monkees, Davy Jones, Mike's Nesmith, micky dozen, and also Peter torks, a residences from Washington, d.c. states hood, he's did the corrected he's not missing, any things at all n.. Washington, d.c. and too repeated m self again yous a aging man, happy birthdays man now 81s yrs old,
This is super! Thanks! 😊
Tom cruise looks like him
Awesome song
RIP Ron Chapman.
Great piece of tape. Glad it survived. TV stations wiped tape and reused it like crazy back then because it was super expensive and tape machines used football fields lengths of tape.
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OMG!!!!really?!!!!.OMG!!!....so must be Millions of 60s gold band actually recorded and then erased!???...is that only in US?
And that is a shame. Kinescopes were so less expensive, but you wound up with sometimes terrible audio and visual. Can you image gems like this which were erased? We lost so much.
@@jasonbeard4713 - Even the best Kinescopes are terrible. They were only meant to be working copies or safety copies as you know. 2" Quadruplex video tape rivals studio quality audio if the sound people are on the ball during recording. Too bad this is lip synced, but record companies wanted tight control of how these performances sounded on TV compared to the records.
Europe was much better at preserving old TV performances. The BBC especially.
@@scdevon Well, I have seen kinnies that are wonderfully developed, such as Bela Lugosi as Dracula on The Texaco Star Theater. The visual and audio are excellent. I'll find it again and post it for you to see.
@@scdevon This is what I meant. The sound and visuals are stunning for a 1949 kinnie, one of the best I've ever seen. m.th-cam.com/video/68jmNR3HX68/w-d-xo.html
FROM MY TIME BUT I FLOATED A DIFERENT STREAM
Se publico en España ese mismo año y compre el single.Me encantan,Beach Boys+garage+ pop
The Sound Of Love I have played so many times I have learnt the words where has this song been hiding blow me away
Great song i have the old 45
The Five Americans' first hit, "I See The Light," came out in January 1966 and reached #26. Next "Evol-Not Love" stalled at #52 in April 1966. "Western Union" followed, soaring to #5 in March 1967. After that came "Sound Of Love" (#36 in May 1967) and "Zip Code" (#36 in August 1967). The group released several more singles ("Stop Light," "7:30 Guided Tour," "Virginia Girl," etc.) but never again reached the national Top 40.
Interesting. Thank you for a great summary.
I like I see the light better than the others. A really good song.
05:43 i like the song! 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
AWESOME VIDEO!!!
I didn’t realize Tom Cruise was in a band, before he became an actor. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thought it was Tom cruise at. First ha ha
Adoro está música e muitas saudades
The Invisible Man on drums.
Sound of Love was a good song.
The ubiquitous Larry Kane!
I sure miss Ron Chapman. I remember him from KLIF Radio in the early 60s. I know he retired and I hope he is doing well maybe still living in the D/FW area.
Leave it to Ron Chapman who would always use 100 words where 10 would do.
1st thing I noticed. It’s about Look at me!
The drummer always gets the short end of the stick! Not one camera shot of him during Western Union!
they just showed the guitar work with no wiring up while they played the 45 rpm radio cut
Jimmy played a traditional grip and looked like he had good snap! Wished I could have seen him in later years. RIP to all.
Hera un excelente grupo
Magic, electric guitars without cords.....
What sinn only keyboardist left they had looks so young talented.
They were originally from Durant, Oklahoma! Cool! I did n or know that. 😆
Such commodity, in 1967
When rock music was still music! These guys are like Mozart compared to things like "Death Metal." of today!
year i was born yeah yeah whatever im a 60s rock lovin gen xr we are rare.
Has a ‘Monkees’ vibe to it.
Yes! And somewhat like The Byrds.
Coppertone days & Slot car nights gone by. 72917
Here’s where I didn’t know they were from Dallas..? Okay, Oklahoma originally, lol.
Amazing that the organ started playing before the organist's hand started moving.
Wow- - Ron Chapman(KLIF & KVIL) 'sans' beard 😀
North Park Mall - Dallas!!
How come they never showed the drummer??? It was more like the Four Americans!!
Watch the whole thing. Apparently, the producers got an idea between songs and changed the camera angle so that the drummer was included.
When I ran a 'soundboard'...it was so hard to get the singer to sing into the microphone and not trip over the cables...
They had several songs that should have been monsters, but that's popular music I guess.
INVISIBLE guitar cords and microphones! Simply amazing, just like the canned applause!
LOL!
Also the drummer NOT hitting the drums or the cymbals at 6:35 and making sound is fantastic !
I think there may have been some overdubbing done for this clip, but "Sump'n Else" was live with a real audience.
@@davidcoyle1084 Bands rarely performed live for these types of shows. The idea was to allow the television audience to see the band and hear the studio version of the song in order to sell records. Sometimes, bands will have their instruments plugged in but the amps were turned off. Lip-synching was done in all of the dance shows (Hullabaloo, American Bandstand, Soul Train, etc.
"That drivin bass tho!
💎👀
Who else legit tried meditating with his mantra, "eye-nay-mah?" Lolol
I never knew who the band was. I thought the song was by The Monkees and sounds like The Byrds.
From certain angles the one guitar player looks like a young Tom Cruise
Had to laugh when Ron runs his hand up and down the keyboard at the end of the interview and nothing comes out due to the fact it wasn't even plugged in. lol Hopefully the audience had already sussed that the instruments weren't plugged in.
Sounds like Snoopy Vs. Red Baron.