The background music featured in the television broadcasts of the draws is a version of Inkpot, a song written by the Dutch rock band, from the Hague, Shocking Blue.
1970 Scorpio's Dance (Pink Elephant) also known as "Sally Was A Good Old Girl" (Japanese title)
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Nirvana covered the Shocking Blue song "Love Buzz" as their debut single in 1988, and it also appeared on their 1989 album Bleach.
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Sjoerd’s involvement in the music industry started in the mid 60’s, when Dutch bands like Golden Earring, Focus, Shocking Blue and various others broke through on the International scene.
#* Parody of "Venus" by Shocking Blue, this recording based on the version by Bananarama.
In a June 2008 review for online music magazine Blurt, rock critic Chuck Eddy described The Tonic Rays' sound as a 'rustic, sitar-spiced, and surprisingly catchy species of psychedelic folk-rock that Jefferson Airplane or the Shocking Blue might recognize.'