The Spiders -- Bang Bang Bang （バン バン バン）

 

It's a song that I've heard often over the years on those music retrospectives or other variety show specials. "Bang, Bang, Bang" is arguably the most generally well-known of the The Spiders repertoire for this reason, and probably the one that got folks off their duffs to do The Swim or any of those 60s dances. Composed by band guitarist Hiroshi "Monsieur"Kamayatsu（かまやつひろし）and written by Hiroto Sasaki（佐々木ひろと）, Kamayatsu created "Bang, Bang, Bang" from a riff from The Mindbenders' "Love Is Good"in 1965. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an original version so here is a live cover.

However, the song was actually the B-side to the far more sedate ballad by the band titled "Itsumademo, Dokomademo"(いつまでも、どこまでも.... Whenever, Wherever) sung by Jun Inoue (井上順）. The same duo who took care of "Bang, Bang, Bang" were also behind this A-side. The record, which was released in October 1967, went as high as No. 4 on Oricon.

And here is The Mindbenders' "Love Is Good" from their album, "A Groovy Kind of Love" so you can listen to the riff that Monsieur Kamayatsu based his creation on.