"One Note Man," a song off the Youngbloods' first album (1967). I love this song but can't pick out all the lyrics, and also can't find them
on the net –– so I thought I'd put the question on this blog.
In the course of looking, I found out that perhaps the Youngbloods' best known song, "Get Together," was once placed on a list of "lyrically questionable songs" by the media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications. After 9/11 Clear Channel sent a list of 166 such songs to over 12,000 radio stations. The list includes: "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel, "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.
For more information, as well as a pretty good time, click on “Clear Channel's list of questionable songs.” Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage to see the entire song-list.
Note: "Get Together" was written by Chet Powers. Using the stage name Dino Valenti, Powers was a founding member of Quicksilver Messenger Service in the 60s. "Get Together" was first recorded by The Kingston Trio in 1964 and thereafter by a number of groups, including the Jefferson Airplane and the We Five.
10-31-2012 Addendum: Paul Arnoldi wrote "One Note Man," a
credit-oversight on my part. The song first appeared on Arnoldi's
1966 vinyl album, A One Note Man, and its lyrics are more clearly
articulated than those in the Youngbloods' cover. See Paul Arnoldi's
Comments below for more information, and click on song #2 in the
blue playlist to hear Arnoldi's version.
credit-oversight on my part. The song first appeared on Arnoldi's
1966 vinyl album, A One Note Man, and its lyrics are more clearly
articulated than those in the Youngbloods' cover. See Paul Arnoldi's
Comments below for more information, and click on song #2 in the
blue playlist to hear Arnoldi's version.
