This is my personal favorite of their early singles, and it's one of those records that soars along magically with gorgeous harmonies and guitar jangle for 2:40. And it's a PERFECT 2:40.
Maybe I'm looking far too into it, but it seems as though the band was caught in a moment here where a fantastic track, a string of flop singles behind them, naivety, talent, (perhaps) chemicals all came to a crossroads and drove them into another dimension. This record is just resonating in a very magical way with me this morning.
from 1967...
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3 comments:
That's very cool! It's like a cooler version of 'Listen To the Flower People' by Spinal Tap.
The music was great. I really like it a lot. It was like listening to a live performance and it was recorded so fine.
I think they distilled the sound more effectively on "You Wouldn't Listen." They seem to have migrated from Pop-Psych to Pop-Sike.
Also, Duck Dunn... born in Memphis---> died in Tokyo. Jim Jarmusch seems to have anticipated this (see Mystery Train).
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