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John Sebastian's songs sum up that innocent part of the sixties just before the multi-coloured sights and sounds of psychedelia began to take over. The Lovin Spoonful were the most popular group in America in 1966 with hit after hit of charming and simplistic folk/blues based pop music. Unlike their contemporaries The Byrds, Sebastian knew what made young people tick within a three minute tune, hence songs about young romance, growing up pains, and hot Summer days were very much in evidence, but always combined with a tongue-in-cheek twist. Not surprisingly the group were asked to record songsmore… for two comedy films during this period, 'What's Up Tiger Lily?' and the coming of age classic 'You're A Big Boy Now'. It's good to see that featured songs are included; 'Pow' from the former film and 'You're...', 'Darlin' Be Home Soon', and the instrumental 'Lonely (Amy's Theme), from the latter, are available on this CD. Relish the early Spoonful sound of the hits 'Do You Believe In Magic', 'Daydream', and what better tune sums up hot sweaty days in the smoke than the No1. single 'Summer In The City'. In addition there are some beautiful, lazy songs like 'Younger Girl', 'You Didn't Have To Be So Nice', and apparently one of Paul Weller's favourite songs, the spine-tingling, 'Coconut Grove', in which the melody and lyrics 'Tonight we'll find a dune that's ours, and softly she'll speak the stars', will break even the hardest of hearts. After guitarist, Zal Yanovsky left in 1967, the Spoonful struggled commercially, but this CD takes into account their later flops, which is just as well as the John and the boys were still in top form. 'She's A Still Mystery' showed a more mature edge to Sebastian's songwriting, the young girls he once chased, now grown up, he now finds to difficult to understand; 'Boredom', the ultimate pastiche of life on the road, 'I feel about as local as a fish in a tree', and the cynically amusing 'Money' with the background sound of a typewriter scroll being returned at the end of each bar.After Sebastian left in 1968 the death knell began to sound for this once incredible group, and as a result only the country-tinged 'Never Goin' Back' features from this period, plus John's first solo single 'She's A Lady'.I love The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, but there's no other band who I return to so much as The Lovin' Spoonful. I believe that this CD is a generous introduction into the band and I would recommend it to anyone who loves short, snappy, uncomplicated pop songs.
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Summer In The City |
| 2 |
Daydream |
| 3 |
Nashville Cats |
| 4 |
Darling Be Home Soon |
| 5 |
Younger Girl |
| 6 |
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind |
| 7 |
You Didn't Have To Be So Nice |
| 8 |
She's Still A Mystery |
| 9 |
Wild About My Lovin' |
| 10 |
Darlin' Companion |
| 11 |
Never Going Back |
| 12 |
Six O'clock |
| 13 |
Jug Band Music |
| 14 |
Lonely |
| 15 |
Rain On The Roof |
| 16 |
Sittin' Here Lovin' You |
| 17 |
Coconut Grove |
| 18 |
You're A Big Boy Now |
| 19 |
Boredom |
| 20 |
Younger Generation |
| 21 |
Money |
| 22 |
She's A Lady |
| 23 |
Pow |
| 24 |
On The Road Again |
| 25 |
Voodoo In My Basement |
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- Category:
- Music > Albums
- Case Type:
- CD
- Release Type:
- Retail
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Cover Info:
- Title:
- Lovin' Spoonful - The Very Best of the Lovin' Spoonful (1998) Retail CD
- Part:
- Front
- Dimensions:
- 919 x 942 px
- Size:
- 171 KB
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- Uploaded:
- 14/08/07 by Mark Elliott
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