I wrote, about Mary Weiss, back in 2007.
Now, I see this morning, she has died.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no no no no no.
January 20, 2024
"Look at the way Mary looked then! Good Lord, she was only 15! She had the perfect tough girl image."
"Hers was a look that in those days -- where I was anyway, in northern New Jersey -- we called 'hoody.' It was the alternative to the mod look, which I personally favored. I knew one girl, a friend of my sister's, who had the Mary Weiss look. It was sort of the dark side to the candy-colored mod/psychedelic style that I believed would conquer all. But this other thing! It came from the wrong side of town. My sister's friend scared me a little. She didn't live with her parents. She was from over in Boonton. She wore Tabu perfume. Really, I would never wear Tabu perfume. It's unbelievably sweet and strong. But I'd love to have some to dump into a handkerchief to inhale while listening to old Shangri-Las records."
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I remember that blog post! I think it was the first time I had ever heard about an individual member of The Shangri-Las. That top song on that playlist was a favorite of mine since I was a young boy.
who are men flanking her?
Awww. She had a real late career spurt going there for a while.
https://youtu.be/GKuvz4o9JBc?si=veys3NdjrwimMq8m
The Shangri-Las. Wow, this brings back some fantastic memories from high school. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
@Althouse, you and I were teenagers in the 1960s, and like Mary Weiss we made it into our 70s. Will we make it into our 80s? I’m gonna do my best and I assume you will too.
Loved their music then...still do. RIP Mary.
Look out! Look out! Look out!
Boonton had a soapy smell, possibly because of the plastic dinnerware factory. My parents had a full set of Boontonware dishes. In those days one did not pronounce the second n in Boonton.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-life-of-the-shangri-las/
Iggy remembers...
https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/local/2014/01/11/do-you-remember-harbor-springs-club-ponytail/116836082/
She was making decent music when she started her comeback.
https://youtu.be/GKuvz4o9JBc?si=KOMM-c0XMExB0fwx
she was The Best Bad Girl.. EVER*
Can you imagine going to buy some furniture, and seeing her working away?
EVER* Well, except for the Ganser sisters.. Who were Pretty awesome Too
Karpntr said…
I was lucky enough to see them at a ballroom in Fort Dodge, Iowa in ‘67 I think. I remember they recruited a guy from the audience to do the motorcycle sound in “Leader of the Pack”. I was wearing my Nehru shirt and probably too much British Sterling.
People were always putting the Shangri-las down (down, down.)
Most girls I dated in 1967 wore Ambush.
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