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Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that

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takes the classic mixtape approach to building

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a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.

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Joining me once again as guest curator is Patreon

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mixtaper Philip Bergman, who you might remember

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joined me on the Ultimate Weird Al playlist.

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Philip, welcome back to the show, man. Thank

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you. I'm glad to be back. Hopefully we can keep

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the mood just as light, even if we're not doing

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comedy this time. Yeah, we're not doing comedy,

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but we're doing something that is a very much

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needed start to summer because last year I did

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summer vibes with DT Corral from Space Castle.

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But this year I wanted to take a different spin

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on the summer theme and go with golden oldies

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and doo -wop and golden by the golden sun. If

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you want to even use that as a example there,

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we are not going to limit it to just oldies.

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We're going to go oldies, doo -wop, Motown. When

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you think of summer songs, what were you thinking

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of with the songs you chose to bring to the table

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tonight? Well, it's funny you mentioned that

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because kind of what spurred this whole episode

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into motion was last year I commented on the

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Patreon about how there were so many great oldies

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about the summer. And as I was going through

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a lot of those. I realize a lot of those are

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slower songs, believe it or not. You think some

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of the classics like A Summer Song by Chad and

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Jeremy or Theme from a Summer Place by Percy

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Faye, very soft, lilting kind of songs, which

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is kind of not what we think of when we think

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of summer. So I did want to go more towards the

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literal side of summer, things that are about

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summer or actually have summer in the title.

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But at the same time, it's like, well, you got

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to have some of the vibes, too, because some

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of the things that we do in the summer aren't

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necessarily going to have the mention of the

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season in its lyrics. So it was kind of a blending

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hybrid of those two kind of themes that I was

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looking for in my songs. And for me, I think

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there will be some literal Brian tonight as some

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of the songs I chose definitely are on the nose.

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They scream summer. They are summer. But then

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there's other songs that I have in my bank for

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tonight that just make me feel like it's summer.

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The song might not have anything to do with the

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time of the year or the season, but there's something

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about the vibe of the song that for me personally.

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makes it a summer song. So I'll be interested

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to see how much of a balance we strike between

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the on -the -nose hits and kind of some of those

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off -the -beaten path cuts for tonight. But tonight,

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Philip and I will be curating the ultimate summer

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oldies and doo -wop mixtape, and we'll use the

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old cassette deck approach. Philip, as my special

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guest, will begin side A with his first song

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choice, and then I'll add a song that I feel

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best follows up that choice. We'll then flip

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-flop choosing songs until we've mapped out 10

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songs for side A. We'll then give our mixtape

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a proverbial flip, and we'll map out side B.

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Only this time, I'll kick things off with Philip

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choosing second. Our overall goal for this episode

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is to craft the best summer oldies and doo -wop

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mixtape possible through only 20 songs. At the

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end of the show, you can take our conversation

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guest, and chime in on upcoming show topics like

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several of the mixtapers did this evening with

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the songs they would use to kick off their respective

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summer oldies playlists. Brandon from Virginia

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chimed in saying there's only one correct answer

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to this, that being surf and bird, papa, ma,

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ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, case closed. Chad LaMassa

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chimed in with under the boardwalk by the drifters.

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Sherry Thomas chimed in with a place in the sun

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by the rascals. Sean Goff chimed in with shaboom

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by the cords saying that counts as summer, right?

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And Seeker chimed in from Australia saying that

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I have typical, Northern Hemisphere Bias, which

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you're 100 % correct, man. Sorry about that.

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But sadly, Seeker just finished his summer down

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under. But to fit the theme, he had considered

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Joplin's cover of Summertime, but landed on My

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Girl by The Temptations, which was a little more

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doo -woppy for this week's theme. Once again,

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if you'd like to chime in for future My Weekly

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Mixtape episodes, come join the mixtaper community

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And now, Philip, with those Patreon pics out

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in the atmosphere, I'm officially pressing the

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record button on our mixtape and turning things

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over to you. The sun is shining, the top's down,

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and you and I are cruising down the highway listening

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to some summertime jams. How are you kicking

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things off tonight? Well, first of all, apologies

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to Seeker. I should have thought to include the

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Seekers on this list. I love Judith Durham's

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voice. Seriously, I mean, even their 1997 album

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Future Road is a banger. I should have thought

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to include them. To kick things off, I actually

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kind of painted myself into a corner on this

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one last year because... When you were looking

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for recommendations for the summer vibes list,

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I said, well, it's not really the start of summer

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until school is out. It's not Memorial Day because

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you've still got class after that. And it's not

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the actual summer solstice because you're already

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out having fun at that point. No, the real start

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of summer, at least when we were younger, was

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when that final bell rang. So I kind of feel

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like I have to go in that vein. So I'm kicking

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things off with Gary U .S. Bond's 1961 hit, School

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Is Out, a top five hit. A lot of people only

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remember quarter to three, or maybe they know

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New Orleans, but School Is Out was a great song

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as well. I love this whole feeling like, hey,

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school is out. I can root from the... I would

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root for the Tigers, not the Yankees, but that's

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just me. But it just captures that whole vibe.

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You have to start it with that final bell. School

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is out, Gary U .S. Bonds. Well, I'm glad you

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didn't go with Alice Cooper's School's Out because

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as much as I love that song, that might have

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kicked off the vibe a little differently than

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we were going for tonight. But look, I am rooting

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for the Yankees from the bleachers, but I think

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we can both agree. At this point, we don't have

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to worry about teachers. So at least we're on

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the same page there, whether you're rooting for

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Detroit or not. This is the kind of song that

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gets your hands clapping and puts a smile on

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your face. And like you said, it reached number

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five on the Billboard US pop chart and number

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12 on the US R &B chart. Now, for Gary U .S.

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Bonds, for me, I was introduced to him through

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his 80s albums, Dedication and On the Line. Oh,

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that was a good one. They're incredible. And

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they recorded those albums with some group. What

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is it? It's the E Street Band and some guy named

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Bruce Springsteen. Yeah, yeah. Rings a bell.

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Something like that. And look, being from New

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Jersey, this. kind of made Gary U .S. Bond's,

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for at least those 80s albums, kind of fall into

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that Springsteen, Southside Johnny, John Cafferty

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kind of sound. And growing up listening to that,

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it wasn't until I started going to car shows

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with my father and my mother during the summertime

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where I started hearing these other songs. And

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my dad's like, hey, you know that song, Jolie

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Blonde, that you like so much? Here's... his

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songs from 30 years earlier. And that's when

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I discovered quarter to three in new Orleans,

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like you mentioned, but along with school is

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out and quarter of three in new Orleans. He also

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had two other top 10 hits of twist, twist in

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your and dear lady twist. So I could have went

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with any of those songs. And back in the early

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two thousands, I finally got the chance with

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my folks and my now wife to go see Gary U S bonds.

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with Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels doing

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a double bill. And we sat directly in front of

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the stage. This was in Atlantic City at the Sands

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at the time, way before it closed, and at the

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table directly in front. My dad did the whole

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handshake tip, and we got to sit and see Mitch

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Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and Gary U .S. Bonds.

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And my God, the talent on that stage, just phenomenal.

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So great way to start things. I wish I could

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have been there to see that show, man. It was

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great. And I would hope they do more because

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they're still both out there doing their thing.

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I still see them on bills. So gentlemen, if you're

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listening, make it happen. But following that

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up. All right. The bell rings. You get out of

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class. You run down the stairs. You hop in the

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car. Where's the first place you want to go?

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At least for me, it's under the boardwalk. The

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Drifters, written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick.

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and recorded by the Drifters in 1964. This track

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reached number four on the Billboard US Hot 100,

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number five on Canada's top singles chart, number

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45 in the UK, number seven in Australia, and

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number six in New Zealand. Rolling Stone ranked

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at number 489 on their list of the 500 greatest

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songs of all time. Personally, for me, I think

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it should be a little higher, but... There's

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been other versions of this track that have charted.

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You've got the Rolling Stones, Billy Joe Royal,

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Tom Tom Club, John Mellencamp, Lynn Anderson,

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Bette Midler, and Bruce Willis. Yes, that Bruce

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Willis. His version hit number 59 on the U .S.

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Billboard Hot 100 and was a number two hit in

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the U .K. Albu will never know, but he made it

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happen. And I think it's the strength of the

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song more than the artist at that point, because

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if all of those artists could have hits from

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this song, it just speaks volumes to what Kenny

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and Arthur did. They wrote a perfect song. And

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yes, it's very on the nose and obvious, but it's

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one of my favorite songs in terms of vocal harmonies.

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And there's such a lush, smooth melody that paints.

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This lyrical picture, if you close your eyes

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and listen to Under the Boardwalk, you see the

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movie playing out through the song, through the

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lyrics. And damn it, I smell the hot dogs and

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french fries when he sings that line. So for

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me, it's on the nose, but you can't have a summer

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playlist without it. Shout out once again to

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Patreon mixtaper Chad LaMassa, who also chimed

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in with this one. Well, you know. Whether it's

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the Jersey Shore or the shore of Lake Michigan

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for me. Yeah, you got to have the boardwalk.

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I will say, though, the drifters, I would probably

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put them in my top 10 favorite acts of all time.

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Like all their eras from Clyde McFadder all the

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way past Johnny Moore's second stint with the

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group. I mean, at this point, I think we should.

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playing a drifters episode of my weekly mixtape,

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just so people know they had other songs than

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under the boardwalk. I did have, I've got sand

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in my shoes and my bank of songs too. And also

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Saturday night at the movies. Cause you don't

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have to worry about it being a school night.

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So those were two songs I had in reserve, but

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I, I had a feeling you were going to go for under

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the boardwalk. I just didn't realize it'd be

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quite this early, but Hey, it's a great song.

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You got to have it. Oh, yeah. Rip that bandaid

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off. Let's get the elephant in the room. Everybody

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knew that listens to the show and has heard me

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talk oldies before. I usually end up at the drifters

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at some point. So let's just get that cat out

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of the bag right now and I'll throw it back to

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you for track three. All right. Well, speaking

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of letting cats out of the bag, just a little

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behind the scenes thing. Back when you were doing

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Playlist Wars. And we were planning to do an

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episode together. One of my first suggestions,

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I think, was the artist I want to bring in next.

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Ended up not going that route. We did the Motown

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episode, of course, and that was a ton of great

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fun. But I want to bring this act into official

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My Weekly Mixtape canon at this point. And I'm

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going to do it with a song that on my fantasy

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playlist wars list would have been track nine.

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But here it's going to be track three. When it

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comes to parents and dealing with their kids

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in the summer, you got to find something to do

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so they're not staring at some screen all day.

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You got to plan events, things for them to do.

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In my case, it was a lot of gardening, a lot

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of mowing, a lot of work around the house. But

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there were fun stuff, too, including trips to

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the zoo. So I'm going to bring in Simon and Garfunkel

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at the zoo. I believe it was 1966, 67, around

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that time. It was later included on their Bookends

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album. It was the closing track of the Bookends

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album on Side B. In terms of Simon and Garfunkel's

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discography, this to me is just such an underrated

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gem. I mean, everybody, of course, loves Bridge

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Over Troubled Water and The Boxer and Mrs. Robinson's

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Sounds of Science, all for obvious reasons. Those

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are great songs. At the Zoo, I think, is just

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kind of a very underrated song in terms of its

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delivery. And in terms of Paul Simon's songwriting,

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the symbolisms and anthropomorphisms he brings

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in with all the characteristics that the animals

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represent. And I do believe the song was originally

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written and recorded as a kind of promotional

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for one of the New York City area. I think Bronx

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Zoo it might have been. I think it's Central

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Park Zoo. Okay, there you go. It's just such

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a beautiful song and their harmonies are great

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as always. So yeah, for summertime is a great

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time to head to the zoo. So at the zoo. Underrated

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for sure, but it's not like it wasn't noticed

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because it did hit number 16 on the Billboard

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US Hot 100. So it was a top 20 hit for them,

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but I feel like it does get overshadowed by the

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songs like you mentioned, The Boxer, Mrs. Robinson,

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Bridge Over Troubled Water. Those are kind of

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like the home run grand slams. And this was a

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triple, let's say, if we're talking baseball

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here, Yankees, Tigers, kind of putting this all

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together. Now, being from New Jersey, for me,

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the Central Park Zoo is kind of a rite of passage

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for kids in this area. And I think the magic

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of Paul Simon on this track is that he captures

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that joy and that youthful energy of doing that

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as a child through this song. And it's very underrated

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in his. Kind of storytelling ability. And I think

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this is a perfect example of that. I love that

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you went with it. Now, following that up, it

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might be a little bit of a record scratch moment,

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but you said that we pivoted from Simon and Garfunkel

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back on Playlist Wars to do a Motown episode.

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So I'm just going to run with that and follow

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up your Simon and Garfunkel with some Motown,

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because I said at the beginning, all bets are

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off 60s and 70s. So we are going to the 60s,

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and I'm going to go with one of my, I'll say

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it, favorite songs of all time. Released in 1964,

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written by Marvin Gaye, William Mickey Stevenson,

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and Ivy Jo Hunter. We are going with Martha and

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the Vandellas, Dancing in the Street. Reached

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number two on the Billboard US Hot 100, which

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is a frigging crime because that song should

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have been number one. It is so iconic. It is

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so memorable. It sounds just as modern in 2025

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as it did in 1964. It hit number three in New

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Zealand, as well as Canada's top singles charts.

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They got it wrong, too. Number 28 in the UK.

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You got it even worse. And sorry, Australia,

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number 71. Get with the program. This is one

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of the greatest songs ever. The movie One Crazy

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Summer when the boat debuts and they're all standing

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on the boat rocking out to this song. It kicked

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every bit of ass you possibly could. They won

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the regatta. Sorry, I spoiled One Crazy Summer

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for everybody. But this song is amazing. It still

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holds up to this day. It's been covered by so

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:33.920
many people. Van Halen in 1982 on Diver Down.

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Their version reached number 38. on the Billboard

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US Hot 100. And then a couple of years later,

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David Bowie and Mick Jagger brought their version

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to number seven. None of these number one hits.

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It's frigging criminal. But this song has also

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been covered by over 150 other artists with recorded

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versions, including Grateful Dead, The Kinks,

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The Mamas and the Papas, Little Richard, Black

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Oak, Arkansas, Neil Diamond, The Who, Phil, I

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can go on. But I'm not gonna because the summer's

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here and the time is right. Dancing in the street.

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As you heard me say on the Motown episode of

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Playlist Wars, of all the powerhouse acts of

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Motown, Martha and the Vandellas is far and away

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my favorite. Because even though they had the

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same writers and they had the same musicians

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playing on their songs, they did not sound like

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any of the other Motown acts. Sometimes some

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of these... Lower charting. I say lower charting,

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ironically, because we're talking like still

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in the top 40. But some of these songs from the

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instrumentation, you're not sure if it's Temptations

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or if it's Four Tops or if it's The Miracle.

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With Martha and the Vandellas, you know it's

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Martha and the Vandellas because they almost

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:51.279
sound like Stax Bolt. And I think a lot of that

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:53.559
has to do with the way the bands had to play

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behind Martha Reeves' voice. And she was just

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so... just so soulful and so rockin' at the same

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time. Obviously, if you wanted to be even more

00:19:06.589 --> 00:19:09.349
on the nose, I had Heat Wave in my bank as well.

00:19:10.049 --> 00:19:12.369
Fair, fair. But Dancing in the Street is an absolute

00:19:12.369 --> 00:19:16.670
gem, an absolute banger. And it's just so difficult

00:19:16.670 --> 00:19:20.609
to follow that up. But I guess I gotta try, huh?

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If not, we could just end the show. No, no, no,

00:19:24.130 --> 00:19:26.529
no. I'm not tapping out that early. But I think

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I am gonna kind of... Pick up this theme of getting

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the kids out of the house. We've been to the

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zoo. We've been dancing in the street. Let's

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extend that a little bit because, again, part

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of the summer experience, especially if you're

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a kid, is when your parents send you to camp

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for a week or so just to get you out of the house

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for a little bit. You don't even have to say

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the song. I think I know where you're going with

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:59.029
this. Well, we're going to do it anyway. For

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anyone who's not 100 % certain, of course, sometimes

00:20:02.750 --> 00:20:07.569
camp experiences are great. Sometimes they're

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not. And of course, I said we weren't doing comedy,

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and I guess I lied about that, because I am going

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to go with, from 1963, Alan Sherman, Hello Mudda,

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Hello Fodda, A Letter from Camp. I mean, first

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of all, I love... The use of the tune Dance of

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the Hours. I mean, being the kid in the time

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that I was born, I encountered that song, that

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composition from cleaning products commercials.

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For some reason, cleaning products in the late

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80s, early 90s, loved to use Dance of the Hours

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to advertise their products. It's what they used

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before they used heart songs for cleaning products,

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I guess. I mean, this is such a hilarious song.

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And kind of going back to the Weird Al episode,

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one of the things I really love about Alan Sherman's

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song here from his number one album, My Son the

00:21:07.990 --> 00:21:12.109
Nut, is the way it gets even more outlandish.

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It starts off very believable. They say we'll

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have some fun if it stops raining. Okay, yeah,

00:21:18.430 --> 00:21:22.809
the weather could be bad. You can't always expect

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to have great weather when you're at camp. You

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go hiking with a guy and they get poison ivy.

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OK, that's actually pretty believable. That could

00:21:29.930 --> 00:21:34.029
happen. Someone got food points. I mean, the

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fact they specified its domain necessarily. I

00:21:38.390 --> 00:21:43.089
mean, it leads where you're going, but it's believable

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because, hey, sometimes a step is missed and

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it just keeps getting worse. Like the lake has

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alligators. One of the kids are about to organize

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a searching party. He got lost. And then you

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:58.640
find out I've been here one whole day. And this

00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.980
clearly older sibling is like, well, how's my

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:05.079
precious little brother? Which obviously that

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:08.720
in my family, if my older sibling said, how's

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:10.880
my precious little brother? I'd say, oh, they

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:15.319
are definitely having a bad time. This is just

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such a funny song. I love it. Hello, mother.

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:21.539
Hello, father. I'll tell you right now, if there's

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:24.039
anybody out there listening that doesn't know

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:27.359
Dance of the Hours, it's definitely one of those

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:29.819
classical pieces that as soon as you hear it,

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:35.180
you go, oh, that song. That song. So it's definitely

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:40.319
in everybody's bank of musical memories, but

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it needs to get unlocked every now and then.

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And hello, mudda, hello, fada. Definitely unlocks

00:22:46.170 --> 00:22:48.630
that. It reached number two on the Billboard

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US Hot 100, as high as Dancing in the Street.

00:22:52.170 --> 00:22:54.589
So you kept up there, a little synergy there.

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Hit number four in Canada, number 14 in the UK,

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and number one in both Hong Kong and New Zealand.

00:23:03.309 --> 00:23:06.289
So it was a number one hit, something that Dancing

00:23:06.289 --> 00:23:09.190
in the Street never was. Criminal. Again, I say

00:23:09.190 --> 00:23:11.809
it. But if you like what you're hearing on my

00:23:11.809 --> 00:23:14.759
weekly mixtape, coming up in a few weeks. My

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.059
good friend, Jay suite of tune styles is joining

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:20.200
me and we are putting together the ultimate comedy

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:24.119
and novelty songs episode. And I'd be lying if

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.640
I said that Alan Sherman's hello, mudda. Hello,

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:29.460
father. A letter from camp isn't in my bank of

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:32.039
songs waiting to get pulled, but we'll see where

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:36.119
that episode goes. Well, you went funny out of

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:39.099
my dance and I think I'm going to see your funny

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:42.880
and raise the dance because we had dancing in

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:46.230
the street. But after we had that little break,

00:23:46.470 --> 00:23:49.150
hello, mother, hello, father, maybe have a cool

00:23:49.150 --> 00:23:52.930
glass of lemonade, you know, lemonade, that cool,

00:23:53.029 --> 00:23:56.349
refreshing drink. Anyway, Wilson Pickett, Land

00:23:56.349 --> 00:23:59.390
of a Thousand Dances. Originally recorded by

00:23:59.390 --> 00:24:03.150
Chris Kenner in 1962, it became a bigger hit

00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:05.970
in versions by Cannibal and the Headhunters and

00:24:05.970 --> 00:24:09.009
obviously Wilson Pickett's, whose version hit

00:24:09.009 --> 00:24:12.269
number six on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and

00:24:12.269 --> 00:24:15.009
Canada Top Singles Chart. It also hit number

00:24:15.009 --> 00:24:19.710
22 on the UK Singles Chart. I mean, Wilson Pickett,

00:24:19.869 --> 00:24:24.130
powerhouse vocalist. You take that one -of -a

00:24:24.130 --> 00:24:27.960
-kind delivery and you pair it up. With both

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:31.839
the Muscle Shoals rhythm section and the Memphis

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:37.039
horns, this is a recipe for perfection. This

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:40.759
is one of the most fun songs I've ever heard

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:46.119
in my life. And if we ever do an episode of fun

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:50.220
songs, you can bet your bottom dollar I'm going

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:53.779
to include Land of a Thousand Dances on that

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:56.380
playlist. You know what? I'm going to put a pin

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:58.619
in that like I used to in the TuneStyles days

00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:02.160
and say, note to self, Brian, when you're editing

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:06.400
this episode, start scheduling a fun songs episode

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:09.839
for the fall. So with that, Wilson Pickett, Land

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:12.380
of a Thousand Dances. Yeah, Wilson Pickett is

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.579
another one of those artists like Simon and Garfunkel

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:18.480
where the big hits overshadow a lot of other

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.279
really, really great songs, even if they charted

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:24.759
higher. By the time the 90s and the oldies stations

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:27.819
came about, it was just, well, we can only have

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:31.339
a couple songs from these artists. And unfortunately,

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:33.339
Wilson Pickett, like he's got In the Midnight

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:36.960
Hour and Land of a Thousand Dances and a couple

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.319
other songs that maybe even got played on the

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:41.660
oldies stations. So many other great ones that

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:44.440
didn't. I mean, Funky Broadway, Don't Let the

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:47.259
Greengrass Fool You, Fire and Water. How many

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:50.059
great songs did Wilson Pickett have? It is just...

00:25:51.850 --> 00:25:54.529
Unbelievable. And I think I'm going to follow

00:25:54.529 --> 00:25:57.650
up a cover song with another cover song. Oh,

00:25:57.730 --> 00:26:01.369
you have my attention. Yeah, well, here's another

00:26:01.369 --> 00:26:04.150
thing to have attention. So far, we have yet

00:26:04.150 --> 00:26:07.910
to have any songs that have summer in the title

00:26:07.910 --> 00:26:12.690
for a summer oldies playlist. I mean, you know

00:26:12.690 --> 00:26:15.609
what? So let's hit the bullseye, swear on the

00:26:15.609 --> 00:26:19.400
nose, and match Wilson Pickett's R &B. With some

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:23.599
R &B from Billy Stewart, Summertime. I believe

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:26.559
that's a cover from Porgy and Bess, is it? The

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.480
musical? That sounds about right. That is right.

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:32.960
And it is just such a very different cover. I

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:35.519
mean, you talk about innovative and just completely

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:40.059
reimagining that song. The tongue trills he kicks

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:44.019
it off with and the scatting around. That hot

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:47.890
jazz instead of that cool jazz feeling. you know,

00:26:47.910 --> 00:26:51.069
the original musical version had. Just bringing

00:26:51.069 --> 00:26:54.349
out the lyrics and bringing it to life, like

00:26:54.349 --> 00:26:57.329
bringing summertime to life. The living may be

00:26:57.329 --> 00:27:00.609
easy, and that's why we're so festive about it.

00:27:00.930 --> 00:27:03.269
It was his only top 10 hit. Again, another one

00:27:03.269 --> 00:27:06.130
of those artists who, you know, the one or, you

00:27:06.130 --> 00:27:09.329
know, even if he had another top 10 hit, it might

00:27:09.329 --> 00:27:12.390
get overshadowed because this is just such a

00:27:12.390 --> 00:27:17.059
jam. There are certain labels. for me personally,

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:22.160
that just scream excellence. And they're labels

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:25.700
like Blue Note. We talked about Motown before.

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:31.039
Stax and Chess, just for starters, because you

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:33.339
can go into Metal Blade and so many other iconic

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:36.140
punk and rock labels, but we're talking 50s and

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:40.799
60s here. I'm sure that there may be some albums

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:44.140
from those labels. that I might not resonate

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:48.140
with, but I haven't found them yet. So I have

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:50.900
gone to the Princeton Record Exchange and literally

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:54.839
grabbed CDs that the only thing I know about

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:57.220
the artist is that they're from a Blue Note,

00:27:57.460 --> 00:28:01.000
a Motown, a Stax, a Chess. Because if they were

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:05.259
there, you knew what you were getting. And Chess

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:08.359
is at play for Billy Stewart, and it's a friggin'

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:12.200
checkmate with this song. From that opening,

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:14.519
that's kind of this smooth thing. And then he

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:17.920
hits that vocal rip that leads you into this

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:22.259
kind of soulful christening of side A. I mean,

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:26.099
Jesus, this song is just all the soul you could

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:28.720
use on this side. And it reached number 10, like

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:31.519
you said, on the Billboard Hot 100. Number 13

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:35.079
in Canada, number 39 in the UK. I absolutely

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:38.140
love that you went with this one. Because it's

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:40.259
not one of those songs I think that would easily

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:42.700
roll off the tongue for most people. But when

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:45.579
they hear it, it's like, yeah, this has to be

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:49.440
here. But to follow that up, that's tough. Because

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:52.980
you had the Muscle Shoals sound on Land of a

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:55.740
Thousand Dances. Now you've got this chest soul

00:28:55.740 --> 00:29:00.220
for summertime. So I'm going to keep the soul

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:03.680
of the song. But we're not necessarily going

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.799
to stay with the soul genre. I'm going to remove

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:09.019
the horns. But I'm going to keep that groove

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:12.480
and that vibe going. And instead of going with

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.960
a soul song, it's going to be folk rock meets

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:21.059
psychedelia. And it's that pairing that makes

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:25.900
the Lovin' Spoonfuls Summer in the City so unique.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:30.440
And like you with Summertime, I'm going on the

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.400
nose. We're finally hitting those summer songs

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:36.779
as the title suggests. But to me, Hot Times,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:39.160
Summer in the City, it's got this, it's a little

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:41.720
bit more rocky. It's got a little bit more of

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:44.019
a jam to it. It's a little psychedelic. It's

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:48.640
got the storytelling lyrics, and it's just a

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:52.359
unique song in their catalog. Reached number

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:55.720
one on both the Billboard US Hot 100 and Canada

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:59.000
Top Singles chart. It also hit number six in

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:01.359
the UK, number seven in Australia, and number

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:05.529
two in both Finland and the Netherlands. this

00:30:05.529 --> 00:30:09.609
worldwide smash hit there's something about listening

00:30:09.609 --> 00:30:13.289
to this song at night if you're in a convertible

00:30:13.289 --> 00:30:16.950
with the top down it just ah it just gives you

00:30:16.950 --> 00:30:20.430
that feeling i don't know yeah no i hear exactly

00:30:20.430 --> 00:30:23.410
what you're saying because again this is and

00:30:23.410 --> 00:30:25.369
maybe it's partially because of the songwriting

00:30:25.369 --> 00:30:28.289
but also the sound effects in it like there is

00:30:28.289 --> 00:30:34.109
some haptic poetry in that you can feel the summer

00:30:34.109 --> 00:30:37.359
heat just bouncing off the pavement when you

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:40.339
listen to this song. I can feel my skin turning

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:44.880
to bacon just hearing these lyrics. And then

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.759
when you get to the cooler side by the night,

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:49.099
it's a different world. Go out and find a girl.

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:55.220
It's a very evocative song. You can just immerse

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:59.279
yourself in it. And what I especially like about

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:02.339
that is that gives a different perspective about

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:04.910
summer. Because when you think of summer, you

00:31:04.910 --> 00:31:07.569
think of the beaches or a pool or you think of

00:31:07.569 --> 00:31:10.450
the field where the kids are playing ball or

00:31:10.450 --> 00:31:14.069
whatever. And it's maybe a more mature grown

00:31:14.069 --> 00:31:18.109
up kind of explanation of what summer means in

00:31:18.109 --> 00:31:21.009
a way. When the kids are at camp, the parents

00:31:21.009 --> 00:31:24.609
are hitting the city. There you go. I will also

00:31:24.609 --> 00:31:27.349
say I had rain on the roof in my bank of songs,

00:31:27.390 --> 00:31:29.289
too, because there's the lyric of caught up in

00:31:29.289 --> 00:31:31.849
the summer showers while it soaks the flowers

00:31:31.849 --> 00:31:34.490
kind of thing. But I'm actually going to take

00:31:34.490 --> 00:31:37.630
both those ideas with my next choice because

00:31:37.630 --> 00:31:41.470
you're talking about getting out away from the

00:31:41.470 --> 00:31:43.890
typical understandings of what summer means,

00:31:43.950 --> 00:31:47.089
the typical mental imagery we have of it, to

00:31:47.089 --> 00:31:50.910
the gritty hot city where it's just blistering

00:31:50.910 --> 00:31:53.869
or can be and there's just a glare and there's

00:31:53.869 --> 00:31:56.829
very little escape unless you go inside a building.

00:31:57.630 --> 00:32:00.930
But I'm going to take it to the country because

00:32:00.930 --> 00:32:04.160
I'm a farm boy myself. I'm not a big city guy.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:08.279
I grew up on a small farm. A small farm in a

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.420
small town, if you will, where it's the kind

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:14.140
of small town where all the churches have Sunday

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:16.640
evening services as well as Sunday morning services.

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.559
You know, that kind of small town vibe. And one

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:23.799
distinct memory I have from my summers in this

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:27.059
small town is at the evening church services

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:30.900
where the preacher would take prayer requests.

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:35.099
And at some point during the summer, without

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:38.460
fail, one of the older men who was a farmer or

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:42.519
worked in the agricultural industry would offer

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.980
up a prayer request for rain so that the farmers

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:49.500
didn't have to irrigate so much and use up their

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:52.380
reserves and their energy. So there was always

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:55.359
a prayer for rain at some point during the summer.

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:59.619
So I'm going to bring in that side of summer

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:03.359
in my childhood. with Johnny River's Summer Rain.

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:06.059
Again, right on the nose. I could have gone Blessed

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:09.799
is the Rain by the Brooklyn Bridge, but I think,

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:12.680
well, first of all, Johnny River's song is obviously

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:15.920
much more well -known. But when you think of

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:18.500
the relief that the rain brings, sure, there's

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:21.299
a little bit of melancholy because you don't

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:24.339
have the song to play in, but there's still a

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:27.700
sense of refreshment. to the way Johnny sings

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:29.859
this song, even if they are just listening to

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.960
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band the whole

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:34.640
time. It doesn't matter. There's still a sense

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:38.839
of rejuvenation amidst the gray and gloomy skies

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:42.819
as you see that rain coming down. So you took

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:45.180
us to the city. I'm taking us out to the country

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:50.480
and enjoying some rain. Well, you totally scooped

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:53.480
me on the artist, but I had a song that had absolutely

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:58.000
nothing to do. with summer on my list. I had

00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.099
rock and pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:03.059
It's just one of those songs that makes me feel

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:06.880
good. And I loved listening to it at car shows

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:09.949
in the summertime with my parents. This is my

00:34:09.949 --> 00:34:12.510
second favorite Johnny River song, so I'll certainly

00:34:12.510 --> 00:34:15.250
allow it. It's a great tune. Reached number 14

00:34:15.250 --> 00:34:18.929
on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 10 in Canada

00:34:18.929 --> 00:34:22.090
and New Zealand, and number 13 in Australia off

00:34:22.090 --> 00:34:26.789
of his 1968 album, Realization. And now I've

00:34:26.789 --> 00:34:29.070
come to the realization that I get to close out

00:34:29.070 --> 00:34:34.150
this side of amazing summer songs. And we went

00:34:34.150 --> 00:34:37.900
from the city to the farm. to the dock of the

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:43.539
bay to close outside a Otis Redding 1968 became

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:46.780
the first posthumous song to reach number one

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:50.219
on billboards, us hot 100 chart also hit number

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:53.360
seven on the Canada RPM singles chart. Number

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.500
three on the UK singles chart among many others.

00:34:57.199 --> 00:35:00.360
Obviously the big news about this song was the

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:03.119
fact that it was recorded three days before Otis

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:06.199
Redding passed away in that tragic plane crash.

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:11.480
And that always adds this kind of eerie vibe

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:14.079
over the top of the song because it's such a

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:20.739
beautiful, relaxed, mellow song. And I've been

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:22.360
jamming this song with Colbert and company for

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:25.440
more than a decade. It's an instant way to get

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:27.480
a vibe going no matter what kind of space you're

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:30.440
in. If you're at a town fair, if you're at a

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.710
winery, if you're at a bar, this song just. everybody

00:35:34.710 --> 00:35:37.070
knows what's happening when you start that opening

00:35:37.070 --> 00:35:41.110
riff and it kind of calms the room down. If things

00:35:41.110 --> 00:35:42.829
are getting rowdy and you need to bring things

00:35:42.829 --> 00:35:45.050
down a little bit, but still keep people engaged

00:35:45.050 --> 00:35:47.769
and having fun. This song gets people's arms

00:35:47.769 --> 00:35:51.690
around each other, singing along and his vocal

00:35:51.690 --> 00:35:54.829
performance on it is just an absolute masterpiece.

00:35:54.989 --> 00:35:58.289
And just a constant reminder of what could have

00:35:58.289 --> 00:36:01.440
been had that. Plane crash not happened. So Otis

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:03.599
Redding sitting on a dock of the Bay to close

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:06.260
outside a, you know, one of the things I love

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:09.320
about the lore of this song too, is that when

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:12.800
Otis Redding wrote it, he presented it to his

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:17.599
wife, kind of ran it by her. And when she yielded

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:20.679
the song, if you will, her reaction was, oh my

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:23.679
goodness, you're changing. And he's like, yeah,

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:26.619
baby, I guess I am. I guess it's just that. So.

00:36:27.070 --> 00:36:30.329
I mean, in a way, yeah, it is eerie, but I mean,

00:36:30.349 --> 00:36:33.010
there's also kind of a beauty to it that it was

00:36:33.010 --> 00:36:37.750
his closing statement in a way. So, like, obviously,

00:36:37.909 --> 00:36:42.030
you wouldn't have wanted him to go out in a plane

00:36:42.030 --> 00:36:44.030
crash. Him and four of the six members of the

00:36:44.030 --> 00:36:46.150
bar case were also on that flight. Well, actually,

00:36:46.210 --> 00:36:48.309
five were on that, like one of them survived.

00:36:49.070 --> 00:36:52.280
But, you know, if he had retired. After that

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.380
song hit number one, it would have been just

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.280
been a beautiful closing statement altogether.

00:36:56.639 --> 00:37:00.199
It really is just a marvelous song. And like

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.099
you said, it calms the room, but it still has

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:08.340
that vibe. And just the bass line itself is very,

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:12.679
again, evocative in a concrete poetry kind of

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:15.980
way of waves kind of lapping up on the shore.

00:37:19.510 --> 00:37:22.929
It's kind of the feel of waves hitting the shore

00:37:22.929 --> 00:37:25.949
the way that bass is played. So it's a very beautiful

00:37:25.949 --> 00:37:29.690
song. I will not argue against its inclusion

00:37:29.690 --> 00:37:33.130
here. Love it. Well, there you have it, mixtapers.

00:37:33.210 --> 00:37:36.230
Side A of the ultimate summer oldies and doo

00:37:36.230 --> 00:37:39.110
-wop mixtape, which consists of Gary U .S. Bonds,

00:37:39.309 --> 00:37:42.110
School Is Out, The Drifters, Under the Boardwalk,

00:37:42.349 --> 00:37:45.429
Simon and Garfunkel, At the Zoo, Martha and the

00:37:45.429 --> 00:37:48.119
Vandellas, Dancing in the Street. Alan Sherman,

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:50.800
Hello Mudda, Hello Fada, A Letter from Camp,

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:54.300
Wilson Pickett, Land of a Thousand Dances, Billy

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:57.699
Stewart's Summertime, The Lovin' Spoonfuls, Summer

00:37:57.699 --> 00:38:01.099
in the City, Johnny Rivers, Summer Rain, and

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:03.860
Otis Reddings, Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay.

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:06.900
Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:09.460
the songs we've discussed in this mix through

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:13.659
the playlist embedded on the episode page. And

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:16.159
now to kick things off for Side B, Phillip, I

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:20.860
am going to piss people off. Maybe. I don't know.

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:23.159
It's not going to piss me off because I love

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:26.820
the song and it screams summer to me, but I know

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:28.360
exactly where they're going to go. And we'll

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:31.199
get to that after I talk about the song I chose.

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:35.460
In 1961, this song was originally written by

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:39.800
Phil Medley and Burt Burns, a .k .a. Burt Russell.

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:43.099
and was originally recorded by the Top Notes

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:47.039
and then re -recorded by the Isley Brothers.

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:51.980
However, it's oldies. We got to talk about the

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:54.480
Fab Four. So I'm going with the Beatles and Twist

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.039
and Shout. Now, here's where everybody gets pissed.

00:38:57.179 --> 00:39:00.340
But first, the song did reach number two on the

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:03.440
Billboard US Hot 100, number five in Canada and

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.420
Australia, with New Zealand being the only one

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:08.699
getting it right as it went to number one there.

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:12.619
what does this song have to do with summer? I

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:14.159
mean, it makes you want to get up and dance,

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:18.280
but beyond that, not so much unlike dancing in

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:21.079
the street. However, these feel good moments

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:24.860
are a part of what summer is all about. So I

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:26.760
wanted to include the Beatles with that, but

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:29.840
I know people are out there screaming. You could

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:32.719
have went with here comes the sun. It's like

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:34.880
right there. It's obvious. It's in your face.

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:39.099
It's a summer song. Sure. But as a side starting

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:44.719
track, to me, Here Comes the Sun is more of a

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:49.199
side closer. But I closed side A with Otis Redding.

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:51.780
And I feel like if the side flipped and you kind

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:54.199
of kept that mellowness of Here Comes the Sun,

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:57.079
it might have been too much of a dip. And I wanted

00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.300
to hit the ground running or dancing with side

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:03.719
B. And I am doing that with the Beatles Twist

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:06.570
and Shout Plus. Yes, it happened during the school

00:40:06.570 --> 00:40:09.630
year, but Ferris Bueller's Day Off, great scene,

00:40:09.750 --> 00:40:12.230
iconic movie moment in the 80s that I loved growing

00:40:12.230 --> 00:40:16.750
up. Saw that movie in the summertime, so it kind

00:40:16.750 --> 00:40:19.030
of connects there a little bit. I mean, I'm grasping

00:40:19.030 --> 00:40:22.110
at straws, but still, the Beatles twist and shout

00:40:22.110 --> 00:40:25.449
to kick off Side B. You know, Brian, for a self

00:40:25.449 --> 00:40:27.929
-proclaimed bad dancer, as I've heard you describe

00:40:27.929 --> 00:40:30.190
yourself, you've got a lot of dance songs on

00:40:30.190 --> 00:40:32.369
this mixtape here. Dancing in the Street, Land

00:40:32.369 --> 00:40:36.409
of a Thousand Dancers, Twist and Shout. I like

00:40:36.409 --> 00:40:39.090
the idea of dancing. I just suck at it. That's

00:40:39.090 --> 00:40:41.690
all. Is there an inner Terpsichorean that you're

00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:47.730
hiding from the world there? All right. Well,

00:40:47.909 --> 00:40:50.409
I'm going to keep that vibe of Twist and Shout

00:40:50.409 --> 00:40:55.360
going. The upbeat. I'm going to take it all the

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:59.480
way up to 1974, which in my defense, this song

00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.920
was played on all these stations because most

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.460
all these stations in my youth kind of went from

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:09.099
55 to like 73, 74, a little bit around that area.

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:12.480
So this song was played on all these stations.

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:16.179
And I'm going to hat trick here because I mentioned

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:19.760
comedy from our previous My Weekly Mixtape episode.

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:23.179
I brought up Simon and Garfunkel, which I fielded

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:25.539
as a potential Playlist Wars. I'm going to go

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:29.280
back to TuneStyles now for this one because the

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:35.159
first listener chime in on TuneStyles that I

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:39.940
chimed in on, you and Jay asked, what song is

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:45.260
your summer not complete without? And my answer

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:51.400
to that one was 1974's From First Class Beach

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:55.739
Baby. Yes, it was. That is such a happy, peppy

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:59.199
summer song. I love this. It's kind of tragic

00:41:59.199 --> 00:42:02.460
in the lyrics, kind of, where it's a guy who's

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:05.619
still carrying a torch for a girl who, I don't

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.159
know, is maybe kind of embarrassed to have gone

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.659
out with him at some point, I guess. But she

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:15.340
is apparently a Venus, a purely gorgeous woman

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:18.530
that he still has feelings for. The first class

00:42:18.530 --> 00:42:21.869
were a studio group from England. Tony Burroughs,

00:42:21.869 --> 00:42:23.530
the lead singer. Tony Burroughs, by the way,

00:42:23.550 --> 00:42:26.550
was kind of utilitarian because he was also the

00:42:26.550 --> 00:42:29.949
voice of studio groups Edison Lighthouse, which

00:42:29.949 --> 00:42:32.550
had Love Rose Where My Rosemary Goes. He was

00:42:32.550 --> 00:42:36.070
the voice of White Plains, My Baby Loves Lovin'.

00:42:36.070 --> 00:42:39.610
He was in the Brotherhood of Man. He was also

00:42:39.610 --> 00:42:42.869
on the Pipkins Gimme Dat Ding. And I have to

00:42:42.869 --> 00:42:45.659
admit, I do not know if he was the high... pitched

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:48.199
falsetto singer or if he was the one who sounded

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:51.260
like diggum the honey smacks frog on that record

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:53.559
tell me i'm wrong tell me that does not sound

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:55.920
like diggum i couldn't tell you the answer to

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:58.380
that but now that you pointed that out i'm never

00:42:58.380 --> 00:43:01.280
gonna hear that song the same i can't do that

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:07.519
boogaloo with some cereal in my bowl but it's

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:10.579
not summer without this song for me it's just

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:13.610
so bright and You know, we've gone from the boardwalk.

00:43:13.650 --> 00:43:16.329
Now we're actually getting onto the beach. And

00:43:16.329 --> 00:43:18.849
this is just the perfect fun bathing song. As

00:43:18.849 --> 00:43:21.730
far as I'm concerned, it keeps you happy, keeps

00:43:21.730 --> 00:43:25.670
you enjoying the summer all the time. And as

00:43:25.670 --> 00:43:27.469
I say this, I kind of realize we're kind of playing

00:43:27.469 --> 00:43:31.289
chicken here with an obvious elephant in the

00:43:31.289 --> 00:43:34.389
room here. So I'm kind of swerving a little by

00:43:34.389 --> 00:43:41.400
going with the beach baby. so i don't know do

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.199
it do with that information what you will brian

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:46.199
i i will say one thing or the other i'm not you

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:48.739
know not telling you what to do oh not dropping

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:51.300
hints or anything all right well beach baby reached

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:54.460
number four on the u .s billboard hot 100 number

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:57.579
one in canada number 13 in the uk and number

00:43:57.579 --> 00:44:00.659
11 in australia correct me if i'm wrong here

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:04.869
philip but i think Beach Baby might be our first

00:44:04.869 --> 00:44:07.730
one -hit wonder of the evening because even Alan

00:44:07.730 --> 00:44:10.670
Sherman had the 12 Gifts of Christmas, which

00:44:10.670 --> 00:44:13.590
was a top 10 hit for him as well. So I think

00:44:13.590 --> 00:44:15.530
this might be our first one -hit wonder tonight.

00:44:16.349 --> 00:44:19.949
Possibly. Alan Sherman even had a sequel, Hello

00:44:19.949 --> 00:44:22.329
Mother, Hello Father, that also made the top

00:44:22.329 --> 00:44:24.869
40 the following year. It's just that first one

00:44:24.869 --> 00:44:27.849
is just so well -known that, you know, who cares

00:44:27.849 --> 00:44:32.079
about the sequel, I guess. Was it? I'm getting

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:36.039
the Joel Whitburn pages out right now. They probably

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:40.139
had one other song that was somewhere between

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:44.059
40 and 100. A lot of so -called one -hit wonders

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:48.059
did that. They had a second song that really

00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:50.800
didn't have much action. First Class, yeah, they

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:53.579
had two other hits. One called Dreams Are Ten

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:56.719
a Penny that only went to number 83. And a cover

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:58.980
of Funny How Love Can Be that only went to number

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:02.380
74. So there you go. Only a top 40 hit there.

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:05.079
Yeah, and that's usually when people say to me,

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:06.940
well, how do you define a one hit wonder? Just

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:10.139
for sake of argument, I always go with only one

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:12.760
song cracking the top 40 because that's kind

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:14.599
of like the Billboard top 40. I grew up with

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:18.300
Casey Kasem on the radio and the top 40 countdown.

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:20.679
So to me, that is kind of where it all kind of

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:22.820
aligns with what I consider a one hit wonder.

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:26.530
So to follow it up. You said there's an elephant

00:45:26.530 --> 00:45:29.409
in the room. I'm just going to steer us right

00:45:29.409 --> 00:45:32.130
into that elephant, which that's a graphic image

00:45:32.130 --> 00:45:34.289
there. I don't mean that way, but we're just

00:45:34.289 --> 00:45:36.650
going to invite the elephant in the room because

00:45:36.650 --> 00:45:40.510
when you're a band that has a greatest hits album

00:45:40.510 --> 00:45:43.670
called the sounds of summer, you can kind of

00:45:43.670 --> 00:45:46.090
go with any song from this group. And when the

00:45:46.090 --> 00:45:49.110
band is called the beach boys, you could pretty

00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:51.489
much go with any song you want just by saying

00:45:51.489 --> 00:45:54.090
the beach boys as your reasoning for choosing

00:45:54.090 --> 00:45:56.469
it. But I am going to be a little more obvious

00:45:56.469 --> 00:45:58.949
with my pick because when I think of summer,

00:45:59.090 --> 00:46:02.909
it's the first notes I hear in my head. And this

00:46:02.909 --> 00:46:04.849
song reached number one on the Billboard US Hot

00:46:04.849 --> 00:46:08.170
100, as well as nabbing the top spot in Malaysia,

00:46:08.590 --> 00:46:12.690
New Zealand, Spain, and the UK. It was also a

00:46:12.690 --> 00:46:15.530
top 10 hit in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands,

00:46:15.889 --> 00:46:19.869
Ireland, Finland, Austria, South Africa, Norway,

00:46:20.170 --> 00:46:24.489
and Singapore. I am going to go with... Good

00:46:24.489 --> 00:46:27.929
Vibrations. This is definitely one of those bands

00:46:27.929 --> 00:46:30.090
that had we not included them, there would have

00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:33.809
been a summertime riot. And rightfully so, because

00:46:33.809 --> 00:46:36.690
like I said, the Beach Boys are synonymous with

00:46:36.690 --> 00:46:41.610
summer. And I could say that with pretty much

00:46:41.610 --> 00:46:45.289
the utmost certainty, the Beach Boys are going

00:46:45.289 --> 00:46:48.349
to be the only band we talk about tonight that

00:46:48.349 --> 00:46:52.210
also recorded a song with the Fat Boys. And that

00:46:52.210 --> 00:46:56.250
was their 1980s take on Wipeout, which if we

00:46:56.250 --> 00:47:00.670
were doing an 80s summer playlist, absolute shoo

00:47:00.670 --> 00:47:05.670
-in. But for tonight, good vibrations. Yeah,

00:47:05.730 --> 00:47:09.050
good vibrations. What else can you say? Honestly,

00:47:09.150 --> 00:47:11.329
there are just so many songs from the Beach Boys

00:47:11.329 --> 00:47:14.050
you could have gone with. I had some of the obvious

00:47:14.050 --> 00:47:16.369
ones, you know, Surfing Safari and Surfing USA

00:47:16.369 --> 00:47:20.420
all summer long, right on the nose there. In

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:22.780
fact, I was entertaining that one as a possible

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:25.659
closer because I think going out with the bang

00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:29.980
of we've been having fun all summer long. I mean,

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:32.280
what else can you say? The Beach Boys are as

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:36.639
much a part of the summer soundtrack as, I don't

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:39.519
know, the music coming from an ice cream truck,

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:44.460
right? Yeah. So that's why I am going to follow

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:47.409
that up. With the Beach Boys' good friends, Jan

00:47:47.409 --> 00:47:51.329
and Dean, I'm going to 1966 with Popsicle. Nice!

00:47:51.750 --> 00:47:55.909
So I will admit the lyrics start out with about

00:47:55.909 --> 00:47:57.909
the teacher having them working too hard. So

00:47:57.909 --> 00:48:01.050
I guess in the song, the school year is still

00:48:01.050 --> 00:48:04.829
on. But let's face it, if you live above a certain

00:48:04.829 --> 00:48:08.429
line of latitude, the pop ding -a -ling from

00:48:08.429 --> 00:48:12.690
a Popsicle truck is only happening in the summertime.

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:17.820
I think to engage our taste buds a little bit

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:22.039
and our noses in this full immersion of celebrating

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:25.699
summer with the oldies, I got to go with one

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:28.460
of the, I wouldn't say goofy, but they're definitely

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:31.800
among the more lighthearted rock and roll acts

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:34.019
from that era that still have managed to have

00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:37.420
a ton of hits that still get played a lot. I'm

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:40.260
going with Jan and Dean, Popsicle. Well, you

00:48:40.260 --> 00:48:42.380
scooped me on the group because I had Surf City

00:48:42.380 --> 00:48:45.570
in my mix for tonight. This song was originally

00:48:45.570 --> 00:48:49.409
on 1963's Drag City, but wasn't released as a

00:48:49.409 --> 00:48:52.210
single until three years later, which I thought

00:48:52.210 --> 00:48:55.070
was interesting that they held it so long because

00:48:55.070 --> 00:48:57.909
it did end up reaching number 21 on the Billboard

00:48:57.909 --> 00:49:02.710
US Hot 100. To me, this song for Popsicle, and

00:49:02.710 --> 00:49:05.190
I'm talking about the brand itself, they must

00:49:05.190 --> 00:49:07.369
have thanked their lucky stars for this because

00:49:07.369 --> 00:49:10.110
this was a huge hit. And it was essentially,

00:49:10.369 --> 00:49:14.610
dare I say it, a... Extremely catchy commercial

00:49:14.610 --> 00:49:18.070
at the end of the day. Think about songs like

00:49:18.070 --> 00:49:21.650
Mustang Sally, Mercedes Benz, or if I'm going

00:49:21.650 --> 00:49:24.329
to continue down that hip hop path, like I said

00:49:24.329 --> 00:49:28.070
with the Fat Boys, Run DMC's My Adidas. Every

00:49:28.070 --> 00:49:30.929
now and then you're able to take a song that's

00:49:30.929 --> 00:49:33.429
based on a brand, which could be another episode

00:49:33.429 --> 00:49:35.110
idea down the road. I'm going to have to put

00:49:35.110 --> 00:49:37.789
a pin in that as well. Songs about brands, but

00:49:37.789 --> 00:49:41.289
perfect pick. I love it. Well, it's funny. You

00:49:41.289 --> 00:49:43.559
can even go back to Dan and Dean. For another

00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:46.059
example, the Little Old Lady from Pasadena was

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:49.300
originally a car commercial song. And when they

00:49:49.300 --> 00:49:52.480
wanted to get the rights for that song, the car

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:55.000
company at that time wanted nothing to do with

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:56.539
rock and roll. So they were kind of trying to

00:49:56.539 --> 00:49:58.940
pretend that, oh, that commercial never happened.

00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:02.500
Never happened. No, no, no, no, no, no. But we

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:07.980
know better. Well, coming out of Popsicle. Hmm.

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:12.829
All right. You've got the treat. And yes, you

00:50:12.829 --> 00:50:14.829
have the popsicle trucks that drive around, but

00:50:14.829 --> 00:50:17.949
where else do you get popsicles? You get them

00:50:17.949 --> 00:50:21.730
at the boardwalk or at an amusement park. And

00:50:21.730 --> 00:50:27.309
being from New Jersey, I have to go with an ode

00:50:27.309 --> 00:50:31.150
to one of, at the time, New Jersey's finest,

00:50:31.369 --> 00:50:34.909
Palisades Amusement Park and Freddie Cannon's

00:50:34.909 --> 00:50:40.179
1962 single, Palisades Park, the tribute. to

00:50:40.179 --> 00:50:44.960
a local New Jersey iconic staple. This song was

00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:48.300
actually a B -side to June, July, and August,

00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:51.460
which could be another summer song. And it became

00:50:51.460 --> 00:50:57.380
a hit when a DJ out of Michigan played the song

00:50:57.380 --> 00:51:02.119
accidentally instead of the A -side. Michigan,

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:06.260
not New Jersey. I kind of find the irony in that,

00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:08.969
that New Jersey didn't... hear this song and

00:51:08.969 --> 00:51:11.510
go, hey, this is kind of a local anthem. Let's

00:51:11.510 --> 00:51:14.389
get this going. That said, it ended up reaching

00:51:14.389 --> 00:51:16.590
number three on the U .S. Billboard Hot 100.

00:51:17.030 --> 00:51:19.909
And I can't picture a summer where I don't hear

00:51:19.909 --> 00:51:23.690
that opening organ. It just feels like you're

00:51:23.690 --> 00:51:27.050
walking up to a roller coaster when you listen

00:51:27.050 --> 00:51:29.530
to the opening of this song. And it's kind of

00:51:29.530 --> 00:51:32.289
this, I don't want to say punk energy to it,

00:51:32.349 --> 00:51:37.809
but there's this manic. It's just. Feels almost

00:51:37.809 --> 00:51:40.510
circus like and fun and youthful and energetic.

00:51:41.110 --> 00:51:44.250
And I love it. And being from New Jersey had

00:51:44.250 --> 00:51:47.010
to be included here. Oh, yeah, that's a great

00:51:47.010 --> 00:51:50.449
song. I love Freddie Cannon. And correct me if

00:51:50.449 --> 00:51:52.829
I'm wrong, too. I think that is the first artist

00:51:52.829 --> 00:51:55.590
you brought up who is not a rock and roll Hall

00:51:55.590 --> 00:51:58.710
of Famer, though. I mean, you're the expert on

00:51:58.710 --> 00:52:01.070
the rock hall, not I. So if that is the case,

00:52:01.230 --> 00:52:05.719
go me. And that, of course, was his biggest hit

00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:09.440
as well. I love that song. Another fun fact I

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:11.539
learned about Freddie Cannon, I don't know if

00:52:11.539 --> 00:52:15.559
you're a fan at all of the channel MeTV, but

00:52:15.559 --> 00:52:18.579
on Saturday nights, they've got the Spangoolie

00:52:18.579 --> 00:52:23.380
show that plays the old classic Universal Studios

00:52:23.380 --> 00:52:28.019
monster films. And Freddie Cannon is such a huge

00:52:28.019 --> 00:52:30.860
fan of that show that he actually recorded the

00:52:30.860 --> 00:52:36.170
song for... the Sven Gulli show. Hmm. So it is

00:52:36.170 --> 00:52:38.449
really, really kind of cool. Uh, interesting

00:52:38.449 --> 00:52:41.730
bit of trivia there to, to find out, Hey, we're

00:52:41.730 --> 00:52:43.610
reaching into the inner lives of some of these,

00:52:43.630 --> 00:52:47.130
uh, musicians. So, yeah, I had no idea about

00:52:47.130 --> 00:52:50.630
that one. Awesome. Yep. All right. So where do

00:52:50.630 --> 00:52:55.389
we go from Palisades park? Okay. Now coming out

00:52:55.389 --> 00:53:00.570
of that. Well, as I'm looking at this side too,

00:53:00.769 --> 00:53:03.780
again, we, don't yet have any songs that mention

00:53:03.780 --> 00:53:08.440
summer in the title right on the nose. And looking

00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:11.920
at this mixtape so far, we've gotten into the

00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:15.260
70s for one song so far, and the rest of it has

00:53:15.260 --> 00:53:18.719
been 60s. We don't have any 50s songs yet. I

00:53:18.719 --> 00:53:20.940
think we need to remedy that. So I'm going to

00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:25.159
go back to 1958, although I'm also keeping it

00:53:25.159 --> 00:53:29.059
in 1962 out of Palisades Park, because this song

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:32.900
made the top 40. twice first when it was first

00:53:32.900 --> 00:53:37.800
released in 1958 and then again in 1962 i am

00:53:37.800 --> 00:53:42.539
going with the iconic yet somehow frequently

00:53:42.539 --> 00:53:46.519
forgotten summertime summertime by the genies

00:53:46.519 --> 00:53:49.900
i mean this is a song that everybody knows that

00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:52.199
hook it's summertime summertime some some summer

00:53:52.199 --> 00:53:55.659
how do you not know that and yet even growing

00:53:55.659 --> 00:53:58.469
up Listening to the Oli Stations, this song did

00:53:58.469 --> 00:54:02.429
not get as much airplay as it deserved. The Janies,

00:54:02.489 --> 00:54:05.409
a true one -hit wonder. This was their only Hot

00:54:05.409 --> 00:54:09.670
100 hit. And it charted into the top 40 twice.

00:54:09.789 --> 00:54:12.449
And it is just such an iconic song. I actually

00:54:12.449 --> 00:54:15.690
thought about starting the entire mixtape with

00:54:15.690 --> 00:54:18.190
this track because it's about getting out of

00:54:18.190 --> 00:54:21.150
school for the summer. No more studying history

00:54:21.150 --> 00:54:24.599
and no more dull geography. you know, no more

00:54:24.599 --> 00:54:27.159
geometry and sorry, teacher, but zip your lip.

00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:29.500
You know, it's, this is a song about getting

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:33.460
out of class and going to be a youngster and

00:54:33.460 --> 00:54:36.460
enjoying your summertime. And like I said, that

00:54:36.460 --> 00:54:40.179
hook, that acapella hook of it's summertime,

00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:44.059
summertime, just so iconic. You cannot have an

00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:47.260
oldies summertime mixtape without this song.

00:54:48.190 --> 00:54:51.309
Man, that feeling of that last bell of the school

00:54:51.309 --> 00:54:53.809
year ringing. I mean, we talked about it at the

00:54:53.809 --> 00:54:56.989
top of the show, but oh my God, that's a joy

00:54:56.989 --> 00:55:00.110
that you just don't get as an adult. Like even

00:55:00.110 --> 00:55:03.789
the last day of work before vacation feels good,

00:55:03.869 --> 00:55:07.170
but it doesn't feel like those 12 magical last

00:55:07.170 --> 00:55:09.070
days of school that you get from kindergarten

00:55:09.070 --> 00:55:11.889
through senior year in high school. So, I mean,

00:55:11.889 --> 00:55:14.190
look. Bruce Springsteen, we talked about him

00:55:14.190 --> 00:55:16.570
earlier with Gary U .S. Bonds. He was quoted

00:55:16.570 --> 00:55:18.309
as saying, and I'm going to read this quote from

00:55:18.309 --> 00:55:21.150
him. This song always signaled the beginning

00:55:21.150 --> 00:55:24.409
of summer for me and it's Baroque joy. And I

00:55:24.409 --> 00:55:27.230
always loved hearing it for the first time each

00:55:27.230 --> 00:55:31.030
summer. It meant summer was on. So like, had

00:55:31.030 --> 00:55:33.829
you started the show with that, Bruce would have

00:55:33.829 --> 00:55:35.989
agreed with you. But I also like where you went

00:55:35.989 --> 00:55:39.929
with Bruce's friend, Gary U .S. Bonds. So I love

00:55:39.929 --> 00:55:44.179
it. This song is. I think sweet is the best term

00:55:44.179 --> 00:55:46.639
to use because saccharine almost sounds like

00:55:46.639 --> 00:55:49.460
an insult. So sweet is where I want to go with

00:55:49.460 --> 00:55:53.440
that. There's a, a joy and a youthful innocence

00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:57.280
to it. That just, it's a snapshot into a different

00:55:57.280 --> 00:55:59.460
world, a different time, a different place, a

00:55:59.460 --> 00:56:02.320
different era. And it's captured just so perfectly

00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:05.019
in this track shock. There are a one hit wonder

00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:08.400
second for the night too, but coming out of that.

00:56:08.969 --> 00:56:12.949
I'm going to go back into the 1960s and I'm going

00:56:12.949 --> 00:56:16.170
to go with a song that it's not really about

00:56:16.170 --> 00:56:19.369
summer. Well, it's about summer, but it's about

00:56:19.369 --> 00:56:23.590
yearning for summer when it's not summer because

00:56:23.590 --> 00:56:27.170
we're recording this a couple of weeks prior

00:56:27.170 --> 00:56:30.869
to summer. So we're not in summer yet. And all

00:56:30.869 --> 00:56:34.670
the leaves are brown and the sky is gray. Well,

00:56:34.730 --> 00:56:41.570
they're green now, but whatever. 1965 single

00:56:41.570 --> 00:56:45.469
that was originally recorded in 1962 by Barry

00:56:45.469 --> 00:56:47.329
McGuire. I'm going to go with the Mamas and the

00:56:47.329 --> 00:56:50.710
Papas, California Dream. And now I mentioned

00:56:50.710 --> 00:56:54.170
Barry McGuire. His original version of the song

00:56:54.170 --> 00:56:59.230
is actually the same recording as the Mamas and

00:56:59.230 --> 00:57:02.670
the Papas version, except Barry is on lead vocals

00:57:02.670 --> 00:57:04.989
with the Mamas and the Papas on the background

00:57:04.989 --> 00:57:08.500
vocals. And the original also has a harmonica

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:12.039
solo in it, which I actually dig. However, vocally,

00:57:12.219 --> 00:57:14.840
the Mamas and the Papas kind of take it all day

00:57:14.840 --> 00:57:17.320
long for me. I would have loved to hear the Mamas

00:57:17.320 --> 00:57:19.440
and the Papas version with that harmonica solo,

00:57:19.599 --> 00:57:21.980
though, because I really dig that from Barry's

00:57:21.980 --> 00:57:24.539
version. Mamas and the Papas version reached

00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:27.199
number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, number

00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:31.199
three in Canada, 23 in the UK, 87 in Australia,

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:35.809
and number 14 in New Zealand. Look. I'm not lost

00:57:35.809 --> 00:57:39.230
on the fact that it's 50 degrees right now. And

00:57:39.230 --> 00:57:42.550
I am yearning for warmer weather. But that said,

00:57:42.710 --> 00:57:46.650
when I hear this song in the summertime, it makes

00:57:46.650 --> 00:57:49.869
me more thankful that I'm in the summer that

00:57:49.869 --> 00:57:53.630
the song is yearning about. So in an odd, twisted

00:57:53.630 --> 00:57:56.989
way, this song is always going to be a summer

00:57:56.989 --> 00:57:59.829
anthem for me. Yeah, odd and twisted is a good

00:57:59.829 --> 00:58:02.019
way to put it. I was thinking all the leaves

00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:04.039
are brown. The sky is gray. I've been for a walk

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:07.000
on a winter's day. Brian, are you okay, man?

00:58:07.679 --> 00:58:11.920
But we are living in the summertime. What the

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:15.260
song is dreaming about. So it almost in a weird

00:58:15.260 --> 00:58:18.800
twisted way makes the person listening in the

00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:22.860
summertime, the focal point of the lyrics. Oh

00:58:22.860 --> 00:58:25.019
yeah. That's where I was going for with this

00:58:25.019 --> 00:58:28.750
mindset. It's, it's definitely a reach. But stay

00:58:28.750 --> 00:58:31.710
with me on this one. Stay with me here. Okay.

00:58:31.869 --> 00:58:34.889
You know, I get it. It's that feeling, you know,

00:58:34.889 --> 00:58:37.409
if you can't find it, you got to make it. You

00:58:37.409 --> 00:58:40.369
got to make it in your heart kind of thing. It's

00:58:40.369 --> 00:58:42.869
kind of, in a weird way, it's kind of the opposite

00:58:42.869 --> 00:58:46.690
feeling of, or I wouldn't say opposite, but maybe

00:58:46.690 --> 00:58:49.630
the counterpoint to when people say they want

00:58:49.630 --> 00:58:52.150
to make the Christmas spirit last all year round.

00:58:52.869 --> 00:58:55.989
So, you know, in a weird way, I can respect that.

00:58:56.409 --> 00:58:58.510
It's a, it's a good twist. I mean, I'll allow

00:58:58.510 --> 00:59:00.730
it. Dude. You got to give, you got to give the

00:59:00.730 --> 00:59:03.309
listener something to chew on and something to

00:59:03.309 --> 00:59:05.349
something to marinate on. Like, wait a minute.

00:59:05.570 --> 00:59:07.929
Is this really a summer song? Did Brian make

00:59:07.929 --> 00:59:10.610
a point here or is he, is he full of it? Let

00:59:10.610 --> 00:59:12.929
me know. My weekly mixtape at gmail .com. You

00:59:12.929 --> 00:59:15.690
know, obviously if you agree with me, I'd rather

00:59:15.690 --> 00:59:17.510
hear from you a lot more than if you disagree,

00:59:17.610 --> 00:59:21.949
but I digress back to you, Philip. Yeah. So I

00:59:21.949 --> 00:59:24.349
think to come out of that, I think we're going

00:59:24.349 --> 00:59:27.639
to. keep it mamas and papas related i think this

00:59:27.639 --> 00:59:30.059
artist i'm gonna bring you next was a friend

00:59:30.059 --> 00:59:33.239
of john phillips and let's face it when you're

00:59:33.239 --> 00:59:35.239
talking about the oldies and you're talking about

00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:38.719
the summer you gotta think of the summer of love

00:59:38.719 --> 00:59:43.460
it the summer of 1967 it's yep it's an iconic

00:59:43.460 --> 00:59:48.619
snapshot of an era and i think it maybe even

00:59:48.619 --> 00:59:52.179
plays a little part or maybe not so little of

00:59:52.179 --> 00:59:57.260
shaping What makes a summer oldies? So I think

00:59:57.260 --> 00:59:58.840
we're going to take a little trip out to Haight

00:59:58.840 --> 01:00:01.860
-Ashbury because as the song says, summertime

01:00:01.860 --> 01:00:04.900
will be 11 there. I'm going with Scott McKenzie's

01:00:04.900 --> 01:00:08.260
San Francisco. Be sure to wear flowers in your

01:00:08.260 --> 01:00:12.059
hair. Written by John Phillips of the Mamas and

01:00:12.059 --> 01:00:15.260
the Papas. So we get a double dose of John Phillips

01:00:15.260 --> 01:00:18.639
in this episode. Deservingly so, I think. But,

01:00:18.639 --> 01:00:21.059
you know, this one a little bit more on the summertime

01:00:21.059 --> 01:00:23.539
vibe, like you said, the Summer of Love, 1967,

01:00:24.260 --> 01:00:27.099
reached number four on the U .S. Billboard Hot

01:00:27.099 --> 01:00:29.920
100, which, believe it or not, surprises me.

01:00:30.139 --> 01:00:32.239
To me, that would have been a shoo -in to be

01:00:32.239 --> 01:00:35.320
a number one hit. So reading that, I don't think

01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:38.780
is right. But hit number two in Canada and Australia

01:00:38.780 --> 01:00:43.000
and the U .K., Norway, Austria, Belgium, the

01:00:43.000 --> 01:00:45.519
Netherlands, Finland, Ireland and New Zealand.

01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:48.760
Got it right. Because it was number one there.

01:00:49.059 --> 01:00:52.320
I mean, when you said the word summer of love,

01:00:52.480 --> 01:00:54.340
Philip, I immediately knew the song you were

01:00:54.340 --> 01:00:56.679
going for. To me, it's synonymous with the summer

01:00:56.679 --> 01:00:59.940
of love. It's like if we did a summer of love

01:00:59.940 --> 01:01:03.019
playlist, this has to kick it off. I feel like

01:01:03.019 --> 01:01:06.860
this is the summer of love. At least for me,

01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:09.679
it's the light bulb song. Oh, yeah. It's the

01:01:09.679 --> 01:01:11.300
anthem. It's right up there along with other

01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:14.579
songs like the animal San Franciscan nights.

01:01:14.699 --> 01:01:17.960
And I mean, you can even. but with other kind

01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:21.400
of hippie love ideas that like friend and lovers

01:01:21.400 --> 01:01:24.019
reach out in the darkness kind of thing. It's

01:01:24.019 --> 01:01:28.380
on that level, but it's more focused to the actual

01:01:28.380 --> 01:01:31.900
summertime and in a particular location. Well,

01:01:32.019 --> 01:01:34.400
you've got, it's also a little bit of a mellower

01:01:34.400 --> 01:01:38.480
song. So I'm going to lean into that and I'm

01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:41.159
going to do something that you did earlier and

01:01:41.159 --> 01:01:44.639
dip into the seventies just once because you

01:01:44.639 --> 01:01:47.250
did it. So I'm going to do it too. We're taking

01:01:47.250 --> 01:01:51.070
all sorts of risks on side B here. And to me,

01:01:51.090 --> 01:01:53.590
this is one I've heard many a times, countless

01:01:53.590 --> 01:01:56.929
times on all these stations. So there's no way

01:01:56.929 --> 01:01:58.889
shape or form. Do I even feel like I'm going

01:01:58.889 --> 01:02:02.130
for a reach with this track, but I am going to

01:02:02.130 --> 01:02:05.389
go with Dobie Gray's drift away reach number

01:02:05.389 --> 01:02:08.210
five on the U S billboard, hot 100 number seven

01:02:08.210 --> 01:02:12.530
in Canada, number 44 in the UK. This song is

01:02:12.530 --> 01:02:16.659
something I have played. Every summer since I

01:02:16.659 --> 01:02:20.079
started playing music live. And there's something

01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:24.320
about this song that every time I hear it, it

01:02:24.320 --> 01:02:27.940
brings me to summer. When I was dating my wife

01:02:27.940 --> 01:02:32.760
in 2002, Uncle Cracker had his cover of it that

01:02:32.760 --> 01:02:36.760
was all over the place. And thankfully, I got

01:02:36.760 --> 01:02:40.199
a chance to have Uncle Cracker on the show to

01:02:40.199 --> 01:02:42.909
talk about. this song as well as a lot of his

01:02:42.909 --> 01:02:45.030
other hits. So be sure to check that episode

01:02:45.030 --> 01:02:48.110
out. And the cracker version with Dobie gray

01:02:48.110 --> 01:02:52.590
also charted and was a top 10 hit hitting number

01:02:52.590 --> 01:02:55.809
nine on the U S billboard. Hot 100 came close

01:02:55.809 --> 01:02:58.849
to beating the original. And it also hit number

01:02:58.849 --> 01:03:01.969
25 in New Zealand. There's something about this

01:03:01.969 --> 01:03:06.550
song that just warms my heart. It's one of those

01:03:06.550 --> 01:03:09.780
end of the night songs. Colburn and company usually

01:03:09.780 --> 01:03:12.699
closes with it because it gets everybody singing

01:03:12.699 --> 01:03:17.800
along. It's just a beautiful ode to rock and

01:03:17.800 --> 01:03:20.760
roll music, getting lost in music. And to me,

01:03:20.760 --> 01:03:24.860
summer is just as much about the waves and the

01:03:24.860 --> 01:03:28.420
sun rays and walking on the boardwalk and all

01:03:28.420 --> 01:03:31.679
of that's amazing. But the soundtrack that plays

01:03:31.679 --> 01:03:35.300
behind it is what elevates it to the next level.

01:03:35.340 --> 01:03:38.110
And to me, Drift Away is one of those songs that

01:03:38.110 --> 01:03:41.989
can elevate any wonderful summer's night and

01:03:41.989 --> 01:03:45.309
it just makes it better. So Dobie Gray, Drift

01:03:45.309 --> 01:03:47.949
Away is my last song of the evening. Yeah, that

01:03:47.949 --> 01:03:50.570
is a great song too. And yeah, I also heard it

01:03:50.570 --> 01:03:54.789
on oldies radio growing up. So I would not have

01:03:54.789 --> 01:03:57.469
blinked at that. There was also a really good,

01:03:57.510 --> 01:04:00.030
at least I think it was a good version because

01:04:00.030 --> 01:04:02.289
it's just a wonderful composition as well. I

01:04:02.289 --> 01:04:05.309
mean, the song itself is. If you screw up Drift

01:04:05.309 --> 01:04:07.969
Away, you're really doing something wrong. And

01:04:07.969 --> 01:04:11.269
there was a version that Ringo recorded, Ringo

01:04:11.269 --> 01:04:13.369
Starr. He did a version of it. I think it was

01:04:13.369 --> 01:04:16.989
for his Vertical Man album. And he had two guest

01:04:16.989 --> 01:04:20.230
vocalists on there. And I think you'll appreciate

01:04:20.230 --> 01:04:23.369
this because one of them was Alanis Morissette.

01:04:23.929 --> 01:04:27.590
And the other was Petty. Yes. I don't know if

01:04:27.590 --> 01:04:30.090
you've heard that version or not. Yes. I was

01:04:30.090 --> 01:04:32.769
going to say. Anything Tom Petty, I'm sure you've

01:04:32.769 --> 01:04:34.269
heard it, so I'm surprised you didn't mention

01:04:34.269 --> 01:04:37.769
it. I went to the Cracker one, I guess selfishly,

01:04:37.769 --> 01:04:41.909
because Uncle Cracker came on the podcast and

01:04:41.909 --> 01:04:46.989
Tom Petty didn't. Fair enough. That's a good

01:04:46.989 --> 01:04:51.210
point. Well, sir, we are back to you now for

01:04:51.210 --> 01:04:56.010
the pleasure or pressure of putting the cherry

01:04:56.010 --> 01:05:00.829
on top of this. summer musical sunday that we've

01:05:00.829 --> 01:05:04.329
crafted tonight take us home with the last track

01:05:04.329 --> 01:05:07.469
of the evening all right well it's a little bit

01:05:07.469 --> 01:05:11.750
of pressure i will admit because i do know which

01:05:11.750 --> 01:05:15.030
artist i want to go to and in fact i even know

01:05:15.030 --> 01:05:19.309
which 45 rpm saddle i want to go with it's capital

01:05:19.309 --> 01:05:22.809
records 4023 i'm i'm just not sure if i want

01:05:22.809 --> 01:05:26.369
to go with the a side or the b side because they're

01:05:26.369 --> 01:05:30.090
both about I don't know. How do you feel about

01:05:30.090 --> 01:05:34.510
hitting bonus tracks there, Brian? You know,

01:05:34.510 --> 01:05:37.429
maybe? Are you looking for a one -two punch to

01:05:37.429 --> 01:05:41.530
close out here? I'm not saying I am. I'm not

01:05:41.530 --> 01:05:43.630
saying I'm not. I'm just saying both of these

01:05:43.630 --> 01:05:48.010
songs would really be a good cherry. You know,

01:05:48.050 --> 01:05:50.590
in my heart of hearts, I love the B side more.

01:05:51.269 --> 01:05:54.969
But coming out of Dobie Gray, I think I have

01:05:54.969 --> 01:05:58.400
to go with the A side. It's a... So we're going

01:05:58.400 --> 01:06:03.400
to drift away from 1973 all the way back. I'm

01:06:03.400 --> 01:06:07.960
going back to the 50s to 1958, drifting away

01:06:07.960 --> 01:06:12.139
into a lazy summer night. I'm going with The

01:06:12.139 --> 01:06:16.760
Four Preps. Awesome. So The Four Preps, a lot

01:06:16.760 --> 01:06:19.519
of people don't. Oldies Radio basically forgot

01:06:19.519 --> 01:06:22.619
about this group because even though they sang

01:06:22.619 --> 01:06:26.719
about youthful themes in their lyrics, they...

01:06:27.230 --> 01:06:29.929
Kind of did it in a traditional vocal group style

01:06:29.929 --> 01:06:33.369
reminiscent of the Four Aces, the Four Lads,

01:06:33.369 --> 01:06:36.090
Four Freshmen type of thing. So they don't really

01:06:36.090 --> 01:06:39.530
get considered a rock and roll oldies group.

01:06:39.650 --> 01:06:43.250
But I really love their music, their songs, their

01:06:43.250 --> 01:06:46.469
vocal harmonies. They're just so amazing. The

01:06:46.469 --> 01:06:48.710
B -side, by the way, is a song called Summertime

01:06:48.710 --> 01:06:51.909
Lies. It's a beautiful song about summer romances

01:06:51.909 --> 01:06:56.119
ending in the piano part. is kind of reminiscent

01:06:56.119 --> 01:06:58.920
of teardrops falling as you're crying over this

01:06:58.920 --> 01:07:02.599
lost relationship but the official closing of

01:07:02.599 --> 01:07:04.679
side b i think is going to be lazy summer night

01:07:04.679 --> 01:07:08.980
it's such a beautiful slow song and one of the

01:07:08.980 --> 01:07:12.360
things i really love about it again we're being

01:07:12.360 --> 01:07:16.699
evocative of nature we're being very descriptive

01:07:16.699 --> 01:07:19.480
with the lyrics of things that are going on in

01:07:19.480 --> 01:07:22.679
nature now granted in the lyrics if you listen

01:07:22.679 --> 01:07:26.269
closely there's Kind of an insinuation that something

01:07:26.269 --> 01:07:30.849
rather boisterous occurred prior to the song's

01:07:30.849 --> 01:07:34.070
mood being set. But you also listen to lyrics

01:07:34.070 --> 01:07:37.570
like, Tonight the fireflies will light. Cars

01:07:37.570 --> 01:07:40.710
are parked here to count the stars above. Even

01:07:40.710 --> 01:07:43.630
in the thicket, Mr. Cricket is slowing down.

01:07:43.829 --> 01:07:47.849
There is just such an acknowledgement and appreciation

01:07:47.849 --> 01:07:55.429
of nature joining in this song. of summer this

01:07:55.429 --> 01:08:00.429
musical celebration that the earth itself is

01:08:00.429 --> 01:08:05.250
a part of so as an official closer i think we

01:08:05.250 --> 01:08:07.710
gotta bring it in smooth and harmonious and just

01:08:07.710 --> 01:08:12.690
a feeling of contentment just absolute peaceful

01:08:12.690 --> 01:08:19.250
blissful contentment with this song so lazy summer

01:08:19.250 --> 01:08:22.590
night by the four preps i love it and you also

01:08:23.399 --> 01:08:25.579
Checked off two decades because there was the

01:08:25.579 --> 01:08:28.579
1958 single that reached number 21 on the U .S.

01:08:28.579 --> 01:08:31.819
Billboard Hot 100. But the song was also featured

01:08:31.819 --> 01:08:35.539
later on their album that came out in 1960 down

01:08:35.539 --> 01:08:38.960
by the station. So you do technically check off

01:08:38.960 --> 01:08:42.140
two decades there. But what a nice mellow way

01:08:42.140 --> 01:08:44.859
to wind down the summer playlist. I feel like

01:08:44.859 --> 01:08:47.020
it's the end of the night. Everyone's sitting

01:08:47.020 --> 01:08:50.699
out at a campfire. Either it's on the beach or.

01:08:51.319 --> 01:08:53.800
on a farm or wherever you want it to be. Probably

01:08:53.800 --> 01:08:55.939
not a city street. I think they frown on that,

01:08:56.039 --> 01:08:59.340
but what a nice way to wind down this mellow

01:08:59.340 --> 01:09:03.539
summer playlist that mixtapers concludes side

01:09:03.539 --> 01:09:06.600
B of the ultimate summer oldies and do op mixtape,

01:09:06.680 --> 01:09:09.279
which consists of the Beatles twist and shout

01:09:09.279 --> 01:09:12.960
first class beach, baby, the beach boys, good

01:09:12.960 --> 01:09:16.380
vibrations, Jen and Dean's popsicle, Freddie

01:09:16.380 --> 01:09:19.630
cannons, Palisades park. The Jamies, Summertime

01:09:19.630 --> 01:09:22.510
Summertime, The Mamas and the Papas, California

01:09:22.510 --> 01:09:26.069
Dreamin', Scott McKenzie, San Francisco, Be Sure

01:09:26.069 --> 01:09:29.149
to Wear Flowers in Your Hair, Dobie Gray's Drift

01:09:29.149 --> 01:09:32.449
Away, and The Four Preps, Lazy Summer Night.

01:09:32.890 --> 01:09:35.829
Head over to myweeklymixtape .com to hear all

01:09:35.829 --> 01:09:38.270
the songs we've discussed in this mix through

01:09:38.270 --> 01:09:42.090
the playlist embedded on the episode page. Well,

01:09:42.109 --> 01:09:45.210
Philip, as always, it's a pleasure talking music

01:09:45.210 --> 01:09:47.529
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01:09:48.060 --> 01:09:51.119
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01:09:51.119 --> 01:09:54.119
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01:10:45.970 --> 01:10:48.590
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