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Man In The Teapot
In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast
English - July 24, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMusic Commentary Music Music History garage garage rock doo wop girl groups oldies 50s 60s music commentary music music analysis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A small but determined pressure group has been ... well ... pressuring us to finally talk about some obscure orchestral pop psychedelia. Worried for our lives, we capitulate and chat about J.A. Freedman's 1969 slice of Piccadilly Sunshine, "Dance with the Man in the Teapot" (2:15). No three-chord garage rocker this! An account of a crazy costume party which throws in everything but the kitchen sink - piano/organ, trombones, oboe, bass, and Beach Boys "ba ba ba"'s! Should we have waited to do this song for our Halloween episode? If Freedman's is too twee for you (it ain't for me!), then you might prefer the version by The Fire (48:06). They heard Freedman's demo and recorded a spiffy, hipper stripped-down version which keeps the whimsy, subtracts the horns and piano, and altogether sounds kinda Move-y. Now everyone shout!!