Beat The Clock - The McCoys [Union City, Indiana] - 1966 video free download

Beat The Clock - The McCoys [Union City, Indiana] - 1966 - "Good first impression on this pop gem with some nice jazzy guitar riffs halfway through. Their longest song with possibilities." - Hang On Sloopy: The Best Of The McCoys (Epic/Legacy)-1995.

I'm giving this compilation a rating of 3.4 stars (#stars/#tracks).

YES it has all their hits from the mid 60's, but there are some forgettable songs that lower it's rating. :-(

BIOGRAPHY excerpt by Bruce Eder (allmusic):

"It seems like Rick Derringer (Lead vocals, and lead guitar) has been on the rock & roll scene forever -- actually, it's only been since 1965, which makes him one of the more enduring veterans of his generation. Derringer's work with his band the McCoys in his midteens, highlighted by the bubblegum anthem "Hang On Sloopy," gave him a claim to low-level rock & roll immortality, and his subsequent playing with Johnny (and later Edgar) Winter provided him with a degree of credibility that a lot of guitar players can only envy, especially after the release of the Edgar Winter live double album Roadwork. "

NOTE: I could only find the shorter 45rpm version on youtube and thought you would like to hear the longer album version.

Beat the clock. Try to make it stop

Before time can draw the line

And cut you down to her size

Beat the clock. Try to make it stop

Tell me how long will it take

Before you finally realize

That the carnival is over

And you've seen much better days

You have wasted too much time

Into many different plays

You deny the possibility

Of growing old

You are filled with false humility

You're much too bold

Beat the clock. Try to make it stop

Before time can draw the line

And cut you down to her size

Beat the clock. Try to make it stop

Tell me how long will it take

Before you finally realize

That you're in this game same as me

Although you think you're not

When you try to rise above it all

You get just what you got

It seems to me you're slipping

You seem slightly unnerved

When you finally see yourself

You get what you deserve

Beat the clock. Try to make it stop

Before time can draw the line

And cut you down to her size

Beat the clock. Try to make it stop

Tell me how long will it take

Before you finally realize

That the carnival is over

And you've seen much better days

You have wasted too much time

Into many different plays

You deny the possibility

Of growing old

You are filled with false humility

You're much too bold