For years, I thought this was a b-side to something or other, but I was delighted to discover recently that it's actually an album cut from the Bus Stop album. A great fucking song in any case, and what a delight to hear it in stereo.
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!
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I agree with you, Steve. This band put out a lot of very good songs in the mid-60s that did not become famous even though they were nearly as catchy as their genuine chart-toppers. "Baby That's All", which I believe was a B-side, is another example. The whole EVOLUTION album, from 1967, is another example; it sounds like a collection of hits, even though few, if any, of the songs were released as singles.
"King Midas in Reverse" is one of the all-time great singles that never met with much success.
Doctored Captain Al
"Look Through Any Window" by the Hollies rings in my memory over half a century later. Interestingly, the McCartney-penned "From a Window" - Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas - also has the window theme. The titles are in a sense the reverse of the sense of the lyrics - the "look through any window" viewpoint is from the window, to the people outside - whereas "from a window" is the admirer catching a glimpse of the loved one from the street.
Steve, I am going to pull out a
sheet of paper ( a la Sammy Hagar) and ask you a this or that.
Hollies or Byrds ... ;-)
Rob
This is very similar to The Everly Brothers version. Whose song is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYHv80NTCQQ
J. Loslo -
Hollies wrote it and are backing the Everly Brothers.
Ah. That explains the similarity. Thanks.
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