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Monday, Monday - Mamas and Pappas

Creeque Alley- the Mamas and the Papas

OK, I gotta post the lyrics for that because of the name-dropping and the snapshot of the '65 folk-pop scene Phillips was in before the Mamas and Papas existed:

John and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy
Just to leave the folk music behind
Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
Tryin' to get a fish on the line
In a coffee house Sebastian sat
And after every number they'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass

Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south"
Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
I could play guitar like you"
Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (At the Night Owl)
And after every number they'd pass the hat
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
In L.A., you know where that's at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass




When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
"Take me to New York right away"
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
But that's what they were aimin' at
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass

Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess it had to be that way
Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
In L.A., you know where that's at
And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, whoa

Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
And Mitchy wants to go to the sea
Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
We knew she'd come eventually
Greasin' on American Express cards
It's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality


Songwriters: John Edmund Andrew Phillips / Michelle Gilliam

Creeque Alley lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
 

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"Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Three Dog Night

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"Relax (Don't Do It)"-Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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"Rocks on the Road" by Jethro Tull. I think it's safe to say, I've won this game.

"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"-Beatles

The winner is the guy who stumps everybody.
Should we agree on a time limit, like 24 hours?
:tongue-new:

What's next?
How about:
How many steps does it take to get from "Back in the USSR" to "25 or 6 to 4"?
You know, kinda like "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon"
(Shortest number of steps wins)
:emmersed:
 
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