Politicians of the Street Grope

This was the mode of defiance in which the Fugs began 1968. Yet, in some ways '68 was an American Nightmare. The My Lai massacre happened in February; President Johnson abdicated under strange circumstances in late March; Martin Luther King was assassinated a few days later, and the next likely president, Robert Kennedy, was killed next to an ice machine in a hotel in early June. August saw the Chicago riots at the Democratic Convention and November ushered in the years of Richard Nixon. Behind it all, the war wailed onward.

Ai-yi-yi. Nevertheless, the Fugs partied forth. There were dashes of hope-- most notably the student rebellions in Paris and the takeover of Columbia University in New York City. That spring, The Fugs toured Scandinavia with Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After. One tune from this tour, "The Swedish Nada," from our concert in Lund, Sweden on May 13, is included on Fugs Live from the '60s. Fugs History

Here's an 18 minute documentary made for Swedish TV program called "Swiiisch" sometime during the tour of '68. Incredible footage, good quality and great tracks (at least 3 of which have got to be top 5 Fugs songs and these versions are better than recorded versions).
Sorry about having to split it.

part one


part two




and who knows how long before it gets freaked off the set by the fuzz...but everyone should have a copy.











Introducing the Fugs (dialog) (1:09 )
Jam (0:51)
Crystal Liason (3:08)
Politicians of the street grope - ED Sanders (dialog) (1:07)
I Could't Get High (2:22)
We ran into difficulty right away - Ed Sanders (dialog) (2:17)
The Garden Is Open (4:22)
Super Girl (2:25)
mp3 + .mov and stills