The roots of the song predate recorded music history. Everybody played it but The Animals -- fifty years ago this year -- were the first to switch the lyrics around from a woman's to a man's point of view. I find that astonishing.
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Friday, September 19, 2014
KLEM FM
My favorite version:
The roots of the song predate recorded music history. Everybody played it but The Animals -- fifty years ago this year -- were the first to switch the lyrics around from a woman's to a man's point of view. I find that astonishing.
The roots of the song predate recorded music history. Everybody played it but The Animals -- fifty years ago this year -- were the first to switch the lyrics around from a woman's to a man's point of view. I find that astonishing.
Friday, January 24, 2014
It's Friday!
I love that song and so does my wife. She calls it "the song that just keeps giving" because it's so relentless.
I saw The Nuge not once but twice in the 1970's, before his music went south.
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