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The Turtles sing "Elenore" (1968, video)
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| 6/7/2016
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Posted on 06/07/2016 8:28:56 AM PDT by simpson96
‘Elenore, gee I think you're swell / And you really do me well / You're my pride and joy, et cetera’
Hope you enjoy. ”Elenore ”
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: turtles
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:28:56 AM PDT
by
simpson96
To: trisham; hoosiermama; Dawgreg; OddLane; Hostage; Fiji Hill; Chgogal; originalbuckeye; ...
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:29:19 AM PDT
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
The only song I know that admits to running out of words:
“You’re my pride, my joy, etc.”
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:34:09 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: freedumb2003
Naw, that’s the only thing that rhymes with gee I think youre swell...aaahhh
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:43:29 AM PDT
by
Gasshog
(Clinton denies... Except to see a lot of this)
To: simpson96
Apparently this song was written as a joke. Record producers had wanted another smash hit like “Happy Together”, a song disliked by several in the band. They wrote deliberately wrote sappy lyrics like “Gee I think you’re swell” thinking it would never sell. Go figure. Not a bad tune though.
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:44:25 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Gasshog
>>Naw, that’s the only thing that rhymes with gee I think youre swell...aaahhh<<
Not quite — they tortured the pronunciation to make “etcetera” rhyme with “better.”
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:48:42 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: Huskrrrr
>>Apparently this song was written as a joke. <<
That explains the “etc.”lyric. And it makes it VERY funny.
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posted on
06/07/2016 8:49:34 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: simpson96
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:05:21 AM PDT
by
day10
(You'll get nothing and like it!)
To: Huskrrrr
I liked this song better once I learned it was written as a joke.
Another fun fact about the Turtles: Three members of the band went on to join the Mothers of Invention.
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:16:11 AM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
To: freedumb2003
Luv u bettah yep that’ll work.
Cool pic sleeve... London records must be UK release
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:18:45 AM PDT
by
Gasshog
(Clinton denies... Except to see a lot of this)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:22:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
The lyrics are hilarious!
Non sequiturs just to make a rhyme (common in Top 40 Pop)
Such as
“Your looks intoxicate me
even though your folks hate me”
and uber shallow lines such as
“I really think you’re groovy
Let’s go out to a movie”
it reminds me of lyrics like Dion’s “My Private Joy”:
“Oh well Susie
is a doozy
with a pony tail
She wears gold polish on her fingernails”
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:25:01 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
To: Gasshog
London records must be UK release
I understand that their U.S. label, White Whale Records, treated them pretty bad.
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:26:54 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
‘Three members of the band went on to join the Mothers of Invention.”
Yes, check out the Frank Zappa movie “200 Motels” if you haven’t already. Flo and Eddy are cast members.
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posted on
06/07/2016 9:38:31 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Huskrrrr
Yeah, I’ve seen it. One of the strangest films I’ve ever watched.
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posted on
06/07/2016 10:08:10 AM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
IIRC, the Mothers performed “Happy Together” on their Live at the Filmore, “mudshark” album.
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posted on
06/07/2016 10:18:10 AM PDT
by
HandyDandy
(Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
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