Apr 02 2013 02:15 PM
Re: I Can't Get This Song Out of My Head
| Frayed Knot wrote: It could be worse, ever since I saw a cable docu-special on the Cowsills about two weeks ago I've had 'The Rain the Park & Other Things' floating through my cranium. The one saving grace is that it's at least the version which closed out the film. The one below isn't that exact version but it's of similar vintage and, stripped of its overly heavy late-'60s production and with the more mature voices of the remaining 'Sills, it's decidedly less 'poppy' than the original. I mean, sure, it'll always remain a rather lightweight pop single but it at least takes on a bit of a 'hear it again for the first time' kind of quality to it. [youtube]5l5ChFFWMTo[/youtube] |
That's not a bad song to be stuck in your head. A fav of mine back in the day, when I'd hear it on the AM radio in my dads car. Don't think I got any Cowsills records then. I was too busy trying to talk the folks into buying me this stupid "Batman" album that I saw in the store. And even though I figured I'd dig the music, I really wanted it because the cover was so kool. May have played it a few times and ran around the house with my bat lunch bag cowl (I cut a hole for my chin and taped on paper bat ears) and my blanket cape. I was disappointed in the album because the theme, although very very close, was not the same exact one used in the show.
Not sure if that's the right album cover but its damn close. I thought it was by Nelson Riddle or Niel Hefti. I know its close cause the main reason I wanted the album was I wanted to draw that picture of them swinging in, which I did many many times.
Anyway, back to topic, that version of the Cowsill song is great and is really a lot like the original. I love that it will probably be stuck in my head all day. These days more than not the music that gets stuck in my head are commercial jingles that usually get on my nerves.