Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Noel,

I appreciate reading your lyric analyses...

Especially enjoyed this as it is one of the songs I remember from my first days of listening to AM radio hits in the late 60's... the radio version I remember is by the Happenings (1967):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFPa187EN_Q

(I always think of this opening when I think of the song...)


floyd,

Thanks for the link. I'd completely forgotten about this version of the song. Interestingly, this version also used the concept of a stage-setting introductory 'verse'. It's just that the words were changed to be more appropriate to the 60s.

Regards,
Noel


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