Soul singer Brenton Wood

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

It's almost impossible to be in a bad mood after hearing a song by Brenton Wood. His music has a sweetness and lightness with a bounce that conveys coolness. His music has helped define, what these days are called, Lowrider Oldies. Brenton Wood is now in his 80s, and he's absolutely still got it. If you can, you should go see him live. He is currently wrapping up his farewell tour. It's called the Catch You On The Rebound Tour. Brenton Wood joins Bullseye to talk about his career in music and what keeps him performing. Plus, we'll listen to some of his classic tracks from over the years.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:24.0	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:27.0	There are songs that just work for basically everyone.
0:31.0	That give you some particular feeling, vibrant and specific.
0:36.0	Pursuant to this, I submit to you the Ogam-Bugam song.
0:57.0	You've got me doing funny things like a clown.
1:01.0	I just look at me.
1:03.0	Silly title, obviously. Silly lyrics also.
1:07.0	But there's something about the feeling.
1:10.0	That almost playful falsetto.
1:13.0	The drums bouncing along.
1:15.0	The jangly guitar.
1:27.0	It's genuinely hard to be in a bad mood after you hear the Ogam-Bugam song.
1:33.0	In fact, it's probably not worth the effort.
1:36.0	Better to just kick your feet up, have a nice tea, and breathe easy for a minute.
1:57.0	The song was released in 1967.
2:01.0	It's singer, my guest, Brenton Wood.
2:03.0	Brenton wrote it too.
2:05.0	He's also responsible for the hit songs, Give Me Little Sign, and Me and You.
2:10.0	We'll hear those later on.
2:12.0	Now Wood, as I said, had some hits.
2:15.0	That song, the Ogam-Bugam song,
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