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"Along Comes Mary", by the California pop band The Association, was the first of two hit songs from their first album 'And Then... Along Comes the Association'. The song, reaching the #7 spot on the U.S. Billboard Chart in 1966, was composed by American musician, lyricist, and record producer Tandyn Almer. Although the lyrics contain buzzwords and euphemisms that reflect the 1960's California drug culture, it was a practice to have a harmless sounding title to mask a song's true meaning. Still, the song did bring the band a bit of controversy at first due to "Mary" allegedly being slang for marijuana or drugs in general. Supposedly in an interview, Tandyn Almer stated that he sat on the sidewalk on Sunset Strip in Hollywood, stoned, and wrote 419 verses to this song. He said It had nothing to do with religion but was solely about the perspective that marijuana gave him about the people who passed by, and the events taking place at the time. Others interpret the song otherwise. If proof is needed about the destructive power of drugs, one need look no further than to what happened to this very talented group The Association.
"Along Comes Mary", by the California pop band The Association, was the first of two hit songs from their first album 'And Then... Along Comes the Association'. The song, reaching the #7 spot on the U.S. Billboard Chart in 1966, was composed by American musician, lyricist, and record producer Tandyn Almer. Although the lyrics contain buzzwords and euphemisms that reflect the 1960's California drug culture, it was a practice to have a harmless sounding title to mask a song's true meaning. Still, the song did bring the band a bit of controversy at first due to "Mary" allegedly being slang for marijuana or drugs in general. Supposedly in an interview, Tandyn Almer stated that he sat on the sidewalk on Sunset Strip in Hollywood, stoned, and wrote 419 verses to this song. He said It had nothing to do with religion but was solely about the perspective that marijuana gave him about the people who passed by, and the events taking place at the time. Others interpret the song otherwise. If proof is needed about the destructive power of drugs, one need look no further than to what happened to this very talented group The Association.
