FULL DISCLOSURE: (For what it’s worth)
In recent years, I got over S&G, finding them after after all this time whiny, kind of New York Jew whiny, like Carole King in her solo career. “You’ve go a friend”, Oy, vey. Jackson Browne (L.A. whine.) Flame me if it’ll make you feel better.
I understand what you mean, our generation did at times have a case of saccharine overload, a whole lotta sugar goin’ on all at once. Don’t forget, we had the Carpenters and the Archies (Sugar, Sugar!) and Bread (the group, not the food). Like I said, I needed to step away from the influence for a good long time (43 years)before I came back to The Sugar Shack.