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  jack

  6 months ago

  This song, along with "My Eyes Adored You (though I never laid a hand on you)" by Frankie Valli and "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett and Union Gap form the Holy Trinity of Douchebag guy tunes. Behold Gary Puckett begging a 'tween not to tempt this manly guy:
  
  With all the charms of a woman
  You've kept the secret of your youth
  You led me to believe
  You're old enough
  To give me love
  And now it hurts to know the truth, Oh.
  
  Beneath your perfume and make-up
  You're just a baby in disguise
  And though you know
  That it is wrong to be
  Alone with me
  That come on look is in your eyes, Oh.
  
  Young girl get outta my mind
  My love for you is way outta line
  better run girl, Your much too young girl.
  
  So hurry home to your mama
  I'm sure she wonders where you are
  Get out of here
  Before I have the time
  To change my mind
  'Cause I'm afraid we'll go too far, Oh.
  
  Because really, dressed like that, who could blame Gary from takin' a lil' taste? The song reached #1 on the UK singles chart, because, you know, the Europeans are more open-minded about that sort of thing.
  
  Oh, and "My Eyes Adored You" (a #1 hit in 1975) is just a wussy song. Ironically, the next song to hit #1 after this one was "Lady marmalade" by LaBelle, with the lyric "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?" Man sings about never touching a woman, while women sing "Hello, Joe. You wanna give it a go?"
  
  The '70s were truly a confusing time.
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  mike

  6 months ago

  I hope we'll get to hear "Unborn Child" next. You've got my interest piqued.
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  Pete

  6 months ago

  The ending of that video is brilliant. When he turned around while singing to face the people behind him, my first thought was, "was this filmed at the Westbury Music Fair on Long Island?" where the stage is in the round and it rotates like a lazy susan. And it was indeed.
  
  I must admit he's aging well...too bad the same can't be said for all of his songs.
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  jasonhare

  6 months ago

  I beg your pardon. That's now the NORTH FORK THEATRE, Pete.
  
  I love the ending too. Which part is your favorite: the way he slams his fists? The last-minute turn? Or the woman that very matter-of-factly yells "yay?"
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  GrayFlannelSuit

  6 months ago

  Apropos of nothing, but due to my love of the Doors, this feature will always be known to me as "Mellow Scenes Inside the Goldmine."
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  Beau

  6 months ago

  Love what's going through yuh? That's most likely kidney stones. Not a good thing, Paul.
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  Chris

  6 months ago

  Yuh've had our baby! Many months ago, when I first fell in love with the Mines of Mellow Gold, I wrote in begging you to do this. All through that time I've nurtured the hope that one day I would see Paul Anka's words taken apart in fine style, and I always believed it would happen. You could have swept it from your life, but I knew you wouldn't do it.
  
  I am the happiest of men. Thank yuh.
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  JonCummings

  6 months ago

  Man, Anka's really getting (and giving!) the shaft this week on Popdose, isn't he? I trashed the beginning of his career on Monday, you trashed the middle years here. What's coming Friday? Maybe we could find some really great videogame creator to conjure a "Give Me a Paul Anka Combover" game! You upload a photo, then see what you'd look like with Anka hair. Combine it with a "Diana/(You're) Having My Baby" karaoke contest--the winner gets a copy of "Rock Swings," second place gets two copies--and the week is complete.
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  Dan

  6 months ago

  Certainly great to see ATTMOMG back and in great form, but what gives? No posting it on your blog?
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  jasonhare

  6 months ago

  Thanks, Dan. All my base are belong to Popdose now.
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  DwDunphy

  6 months ago

  "You’re a woman in love and I love what’s goin’ through yuh..."
  
  Sometimes a swallow is more than a bird. And Paul's a nasty man.
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  EightE1

  6 months ago

  Nice microphone toss-and-catch at the end. Took him years to perfect it, I'm sure.
  
  You know, I defended The Ank earlier in the week against Jon's diss of "Diana," but this one is just undefendable. And to top it off, I keep thinking of George Segal singing it to Kirstie Alley in "Look Who's Talking" and I ... oops ... just threw up in my mouth a little.
  
  Rob
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  MatthewBolin

  6 months ago

  Did they just copy/sample that flute/mellotron part directly from "Daniel", or did someone just rip it off live in the studio. I mean, cripes, that's as bad a rip-off as "Steal Away" borrowing the keyboards almost note for note from "What a Fool Believes".
  
  Also, I have to admit that way back in the day, my band played around with a hard-rock cover of this song, with the lyrics changed to "Having my baby/What a wonderful way to prove that I really did you". Never followed through with it live, though.
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  DwDunphy

  6 months ago

  You were wise not to. Where do you go from "did"? Squid? Bid? Sid's Quid?
  
  All dark alleys...
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  Old_Davy

  6 months ago

  I want to name my rock band "Last Night's Quesadilla".
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  Spence

  6 months ago

  Truly astonishing.
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  MC

  6 months ago

  Awesome. You really knocked this one out of the park.
  
  It would be interesting to have a follow up on what ever happened to the (then) unborn fetus that prompted this classic. Did all this pre-developmental attention have any lasting impact? Is s/he a well-adjusted person or a freak? Did s/he ever hang out with Maya Rudolph? Am I the only one longing to find out?
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  Lyle

  6 months ago

  So, without warning, I hear of perhaps the biggest Mellow Gold news of the year. That's right, Michael McDonald (patron saint and photographic icon of Mellow Gold) has come out with a new album! And it's mellower than before! Check out review at http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ay... . I am expecting a new Adventures in Mellow Gold episode on this latest development any day now!
  Lyle
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