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12. Yeah, but I can still dance.

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 08:05 AM

Feb 2013

RIP Reg. You made everything groovy.

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‘Wild Thing’ singer and frontman for ‘The Troggs’ Reg Presley dies at 71 [View all] IDemo Feb 2013 OP

RIP Reg azurnoir Feb 2013 #1

Wow. Great suits! DreamGypsy Feb 2013 #6

Fun Fact: Wild Thing was written by Angelina Jolie's Uncle onenote Feb 2013 #2

And "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" by Janis DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #8

I had no idea! Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #20

Anyone else feel just a little bit older? wandy Feb 2013 #3

+1,000. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #4

Yeah, but I can still dance. pecwae Feb 2013 #12

RIP Reg 'Wild Thing' Presley. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #5

It was fun times in 1966 Norbert Feb 2013 #9

One of the best years ever for rock'n'roll IMO. mac56 Feb 2013 #15

And then there was the "Bobby Kennedy" sendup... Hekate Feb 2013 #10

Yup, I remember mac56 Feb 2013 #17

The Troggs on Bowie's 1980 Floor Show (1973)... Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #11

I'll take "Love is All Around" over "Wild Thing" any day. malthaussen Feb 2013 #14

I'll see your "Love Is All Around" mac56 Feb 2013 #16

Nice tune, but I'll stand pat. malthaussen Feb 2013 #18

Iggy Pop and the Ramones credited the Troggs for their influence on punk rock aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #19

Another great Troggs tune that influenced punk rock aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #21