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The Lovin' Spoonful
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Several of my favorite songs from oldies radio came from hearing these guys. 
One of the places where I get gas has a Muzak type system fixed on 50s/60s music. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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They had a pretty remarkable run in a very brief time. "Nashville Cats" is probably my favourite. | |
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Yes, they were fun in lilting soft rock kind of way. Sebastian played a zither ferchrissakes, not exactly an instument that moves the booty. Supposedly their name was a veiled hard drug reference but their vibe always seemed squeaky clean to me.
tA, hope you don't feel I'm hijackijng the thread by posting a Spoonful cover (Summer in the City) but I was so surprised by this when I bought this Inner Circle reggae album back in 1980 that I wanted to share it with you all.
Besides rocking Summer in the City really hard they also covered the Beatles Carry that Weight in a more traditional reggae groove and Yvonne Elliman's If I Can't Have You from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
See what you think: | |
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I've also seen John Sebastian play autoharp. Very rootsy instruments. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Might as well post that bad boy up.
...Been playin' since theys babies
Music for adventurous listeners
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Funny you mentioned that because every time I hear "Daydream", I'm always finding myself in the 1960s hippie scene, smoking trees, and just getting along with EVERYBODY! | |
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I LOVE these guys. They honestly don't get enough credit, but they have so many songs that are so popular, even little kids sing'em.
Just one of those bands you can't help but like. The salvation of man is through love and in love. - Dr. V. Frankl
"When you close your heart, you close your mind." - Michael Jackson (Man In The Mirror) "I don't need anger management, I need people to stop pissing me off"  | |
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I agree. They hardly get discussed in the realm of psychedelic pop/rock, which they helped pioneer by the way. Like always, and this is not against them because I dig them as well, the Beatles are always mentioned as pioneers of that sound but I give it to the Lovin' Spoonful and the Beach Boys, both of whom come from here in the U.S. | |
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Classic example of '60s Pure Pop! "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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That'll be cool. | |
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A couple more... "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Would anyone recommend diving into their albums? All I've got is the twenty-six track greatest hits album that was released in 2000. It's a very solid listen but I was never really motivated to dig any deeper. I see that their six John Sebastian era albums have recently been released a twofer's, I'll have to keep an eye out and see if I can scoop them up at a decent price. | |
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...that included John Sebastian.
I guess including the two soundtrack albums...
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...their names are on could add up to six.
To be honest, I never purchased any of their albums during the time period they were active. Only 45s. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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I was only aware of 4 actual "Lovin Spoonful" albums...Yup, the soundtrack albums are included in the total.
Here are links to the reissues. They are single discs except for the first one which is two discs.
Do You Believe in Magic/Daydream:
http://www.amazon.com/Do-...mp;sr=1-11
What's Up, Tiger Lily?/Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful:
http://www.amazon.com/Wha...y_m_text_c
You're a Big Boy Now/Everything Playing:
http://www.amazon.com/You...y_m_text_b
Now, if only there were some decent reissues of The Turtles then we would really be cookin'. | |
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Thanks for the links.
Music for adventurous listeners "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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The Turtles (thread idea) Ok, Ima start that Turtles thread, tA. Watch for it.
And yeah, how about posting that photo of your back in the day 'fro? [Edited 8/13/11 22:30pm] | |
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