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Any one remember The Association? I'm curious if the hep kids were laughing their butts off to the older fans liking the tune but not getting the lyrics. I am dying to get the scoop!
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muntrv
(14,505 posts)Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)Never my Love started playing in my head and it is stuck there.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)... and then there was the Moody Blues and Three Dog Night, so .... whatever.
Chipper Chat
(9,687 posts)Parents were alarmed at Woodstock and singers like Janis Joplin. And those clothes and VW busses! And of course ....pot, LSD, and smack. The softer tones of The Association, The Carpenters, and the Up With People movement were welcomed by the 35-65 generation.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)for their HUGE hit, "Cherish." (Which no one even remembers anymore)
I was listening to other music at the time (Dylan, Kinks, The Who, etc.) so I'm not sure how to answer your post.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... as were lots of other kids, I bet.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,356 posts)My sister received a sort of love letter from her boyfriend which contained word-for-word lines from Cherish. She didn't realize it right away, but I kept saying why does this sound so familiar?? I finally figured it out, but by then it was too late to convince her he was a phony and she ended up marrying him. The marriage didn't last too long.
klook
(12,166 posts)by the Beatles, just so there was no question about his intent:
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
Tell me that you love me baby
Let me understand
Tell me that you love me baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
brentspeak
(18,290 posts)And like most of groups within that genre, The Association was comprised of crack musicians, many of them classically trained.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,839 posts)I think I might still have this album somewhere - it came out in about 1967. The song is a lot heavier than their usual stuff - it was a Vietnam protest song. You can also tell these guys had classical training.
LiveNudePolitics
(285 posts)vocals, reminds me of the Gregorian chants.
LiveNudePolitics
(285 posts)got a big kick when she was current with the music when I was a teen, but she was always asking if it was satanic. I was a metalhead....memories!
zeemike
(18,998 posts)But it brings back a lot of good memories.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)top down going through the national park way back when. To be young again and keep what I know now. LOL. They were great days but honestly these day are better.
byronius
(7,401 posts)I don't think it was crafted sunshine pop. I think it was them. What they sounded like. Great songwriting. Incredible vocal arrangements.
Love them. Thanks for this post.
Stargleamer
(1,990 posts)kayakjohnny
(5,235 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)"Cherish" was the theme to my senior prom.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)At least I think I did; sometimes it's hard to remember the 60s clearly. I thought they were insipid.
GP6971
(31,207 posts)On satellite radio. Sirius channel 6 for 60s
On the Road
(20,783 posts)#2 was Windy and #1 was Cherish.
Not a typical list. Maybe some payola was involved -- Who knows? But it's kind of amazing for a group many people today have never heard of.
Personally, I like vocal harmony and The Association was very good at it. One of their more uplifting songs that doesn't receive as much attention is:
1monster
(11,012 posts)The Association were the best harmonizing group in an era of really wonderful groups.
My all time favorite of theres was Everything That Touches You...
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)My mother had NO idea of the meaning of many of their lyrics.
PEACE!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)rdmtimp
(1,592 posts)... check out this live version from the festival.
lib2DaBone
(8,124 posts)I didn't know they were at Monterey?....
FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)others by that great pop group. Their music was so much better than it sounded on the crappy little radios of the time!
Aaaah, love.
Thanks for bringing back some memories!
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)LiveNudePolitics
(285 posts)to jam to Woodstock era music, and we were just floored by how smooth, polished and Professional this band was! I just got to wondering, this sounds like it would appeal to adults of the time, did they get the subversive messages? Really tickled me! Glad so many folks enjoyed the video, and YouTube always leads to more songs that you want to hear....
tclambert
(11,087 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)I would like to direct you to the Statement of purpose of this Forum http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=about&forum=1017 in the future, video's like this could you please post in the DU lounge http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1018
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LiveNudePolitics
(285 posts)Statement of purpose, I think I understand you....fun stuff in the DU Lounge. Check.
William769
(55,147 posts)Welcome to DU!
LiveNudePolitics
(285 posts)For your help, the welcome, and all your hard work!
bayareaboy
(793 posts)They were the lead group to the Mamas and Papas. Both were great, but they weren't the Bo Brumbles or even the Sopwith Camel.
mlevans
(843 posts)And they're still touring, with show dates into next year.
The Association Show Dates
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)I was exposed to very little contemporary music in the 60's. But I remember 'Windy' since we had a family friend named Wendie. I remember thinking about this double meaning.