the guy who wrote the garage-rock/proto punk classic Wild Thing by The Troggs (also Jon Voight's brother and Angelina Jolie's uncle) has died at 86:https://www.tmz.com/2026/03/24/chip-taylor-dead/
>>129777775I love Wild Thing, one of my fav songs of the 60s. RIP
>>129777775Taken far too soon. Who played the ocarina?
>>129777775Had no idea he was Voight's brother.
>>129777775Also wrote arguably the first modern power balladhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLa0h19O-SM
>>129777775He wrote a lot of great pop songs that sound nothing alike
i didn't know that. i wonder if he fucked Angelina Jolie (in the hackers era)
rip
Rip Taylor....... wait. RIP Chip Taylorand RiP Rip Taylor.
The Troggs [Pye, 1975]Yeah I own their greatest hits from the '60s and am proud of it but this one is strictly for the dimwits liberation front. What I like about rock-and-roll is that it usually takes brains. C
He also wrote "Anyway that you want me"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEJkCcDmTbsrip