What is the story behind The Guess Who song, Albert Flasher?
“Every song has some hook as to why it was written,” Randy Bachman says. One song that has regained a lot of attention is The Guess Who classic “Albert Flasher,” which appeared in the film Almost Famous. Although it’s one of Burton Cummings’s songs, Bachman puts a captivating spin on it. “He had a party one night that went all night long and he didn’t get any sleep. He went to a radio station the next morning for an interview and was a little bit [out of] form before going on. He could hardly see straight. They said to him, ‘When the flashing light comes on, that means you’re on the air.’ The thing flashed ‘Alert Flasher,’ and he thought it was ‘Albert Flasher’ and he said ‘What is this thing that says ‘Albert Flasher?’ over the air!” Hope I could help Sources: http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/2003/March/19/arts_and_entertainment1.
“Every song has some hook as to why it was written,” Randy Bachman says. One song that has regained a lot of attention is The Guess Who classic “Albert Flasher,” which appeared in the film Almost Famous. Although it’s one of Burton Cummings’s songs, Bachman puts a captivating spin on it. “He had a party one night that went all night long and he didn’t get any sleep. He went to a radio station the next morning for an interview and was a little bit [out of] form before going on. He could hardly see straight.
