MLT Club Member David Herrick
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Man, this is a tough category, Joe!
Is there anything in particular that inspired it?
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Actually, John, a couple of months ago I became obsessed out of nowhere with Love Will Keep Us Together, and listened to it constantly for about two weeks. I originally learned it as the theme song from the Captain and Tennille’s TV variety show in 1976. “Sedaka is back!”
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To be honest, Lynn, despite how generous Mona and Lisa have been in allowing us to go along for the ride with them, I doubt they would want us that close to the steering wheel.
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Ricky Nelson’s “Garden Party” was pretty much autobiographical, including a reference to “Hello Mary Lou”.
At one point in “Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In”, the guy says, “I want you to sing along with the Fifth Dimension.”
There’s also the phenomenon of “sequel songs”, where an artist or group follows up a hit single with a similar-sounding song that continues the story. For example, there’s Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” / “Let’s Twist Again”, Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time” / “Gravy (for My Mashed Potatoes)”, Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” / “Judy’s Turn to Cry”, and the Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk” / “I’ve Got Sand in My Shoes”.
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Thanks to MLT I am now aware of Glass Onion, which contains references to several other Beatles songs.
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Some songs about a desire for freedom in a relationship:
Please Release Me – Elvis Presley
Turn Me Loose – Fabian
Chains – The Cookies
You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore
Think (Freedom) – Aretha Franklin
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I hadn’t heard that Kinks song, Jung. Very nice. I keep being impressed by everything I’m hearing from them. A year ago I only knew three of four of their songs. I need to get a greatest hits CD or something.
Kinda spooky that at the very moment you were loading that video, I was on YouTube watching a Shangri Las TV performance introduced by that same guy.
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Sorry, Jung. I guess I feel like I’m coming out of the closet with regard to the Monkees. Fortunately no one is biting my head off yet. I’m more accustomed to this reception:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l55KNFiZ7Y
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I was just listening to this song earlier today. From the pilot episode of the series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nEOv5VlHPU
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You’re right about that citation, Bill. (And everything else!) Usually I check my sources to make sure I’m crediting the original version. It turns out Please Release Me was written in 1949, and recorded by at least ten different artists before E. H. got to it. So yeah, that song got its wish and was released plenty of times. Oh, and the actual title is just Release Me.
