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Today we cover a decade that produced some of the catchiest, most enduring songs ever recorded — tracks so deeply embedded in our psyches that you can hum them just by hearing their song titles… without even trying. We have a brand new show today about the most addictive songs ever. But these are the Songs we love having stuck in our head… and they have some incredible stories, including one legendary athlete who was so furious about being immortalized in Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson, one of the biggest songs of the decade, that he wanted to sue the songwriters for dragging his name through the mud. Then there’s the struggling songwriter who wrote a song in just a few minutes asjoke to himself a chuckle… in fact when he finished recording the demo he felt on the floor laughing because it was so dumb… the song, Wild Thing, was a code word for Sex and he was certain it would never get played... instead it became one of the biggest songs ever and it made him 10 grand a day for years but he blew it all gambling in vegas. Plus, we have the forgotten The Association, a band that 6 hits in 2 years and were competing with the Beatles during this peak, but they vanished forever. Decades later, three of those 6 hits were amongst the most played songs in history and still are, but nobody under 50 really knows this band’s name or knows they sang these massive hits. Let’s do it.
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Executive Producer
Brandon Fugal
Honorary Producers
Kimberley Rumburg, Brent Gephart, Glenn Beardmore, Jennifer Selvidge, Carl Curcuruto, Thomas Williams
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Hey Music Junkies Professor of rock Always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. if you remember requesting a song on the radio and being at the ready to record it on a cassette hoping the DJ didn’t talk over it You’ll dig this channel of deep musical nostalgia Make sure to subscribe and like, share and comment to keep the music alive… SO today we have brand new show where we celebrate the catchiest… most singable classics ever. It’s called EARWORM the songs you are grateful get stuck in your head. and we are starting with the 60s…6 from the 60s.
Coming in at #6 we’ve got the most hummable Do Do song of all. . Mrs Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel. Back in 1967, Simon & Garfunkel received a phone call from movie director Mike Nichols, who wanted the pair to record some songs for his new movie… The Graduate. The film starred Dustin Hoffman as a disillusioned college grad named Benjamin Braddock. When Ben returns home to California, he finds himself drifting until he is seduced by an older family friend, Mrs. Robinson. The complicated affair takes a messy turn when Benjamin falls for Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine. The film captured the anxiety of the 60s youth counter-culture and end with that famous shot of the young couple escaping to face an uncertain future. In 1998 the American Film Institute named it the 7th best film of all time. But when Nichol’s gave Paul Simon a gave copy of the story, the songwriter dismissed it saying, “I didn’t like anything about the film at first. I was only impressed with Mike Nichols who asked us to do it.”
Art Garfunkel mentioned to Nichols that they had been working on a song called “Mrs. Roosevelt.” But the song had nothing to do with the movie’s plot. Simon explained that it was “a song about times past, about Mrs. Roosevelt and Joe DiMaggio and stuff.” It was a tribute to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the passing of a more innocent era. Nichols took issue with the lyric “Mrs. Roosevelt.” And realizing it was the same number of syllables as Mrs. Robinson he said, “Don’t be ridiculous. We’re making a movie here. It’s “Mrs. Robinson.” As you listen to the lyrics you might wonder what Mrs. Robinson has to do with the song at all. Candidate debates? Pantries with cupcakes? Joe DiMaggio? Part of the lyrical incongruence is due to the song’s origins have nothing to do with The Graduate or Mrs. Robinson. They directly point to Mrs. Roosevelt and a bygone era in American history. But when you apply the lyrics meant for Mrs. Roosevelt to Mrs. Robinson it creates a narrative of personal loss. And the bulletproof seductress suddenly becomes vulnerable.
Today we cover a decade that produced some of the catchiest, most enduring songs ever recorded — tracks so deeply embedded in our psyches that you can hum them just by hearing their song titles… without even trying. We have a brand new show today about the most addictive songs ever. But these are the Songs we love having stuck in our head… and they have some incredible stories, including one legendary athlete who was so furious about being immortalized in Simon and Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson, one of the biggest songs of the decade, that he wanted to sue the songwriters for dragging his name through the mud. Then there’s the struggling songwriter who wrote a song in just a few minutes asjoke to himself a chuckle… in fact when he finished recording the demo he felt on the floor laughing because it was so dumb… the song, Wild Thing, was a code word for Sex and he was certain it would never get played... instead it became one of the biggest songs ever and it made him 10 grand a day for years but he blew it all gambling in vegas. Plus, we have the forgotten The Association, a band that 6 hits in 2 years and were competing with the Beatles during this peak, but they vanished forever. Decades later, three of those 6 hits were amongst the most played songs in history and still are, but nobody under 50 really knows this band’s name or knows they sang these massive hits. Let’s do it.
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Executive Producer
Brandon Fugal
Honorary Producers
Kimberley Rumburg, Brent Gephart, Glenn Beardmore, Jennifer Selvidge, Carl Curcuruto, Thomas Williams
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Subscribe to the Professor of Rock Podcast
Apple: apple.co/445fVov
Spotify: spoti.fi/42JpfvU
Amazon: amzn.to/44b5D6m
iHeartRadio: bit.ly/444h8MO
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Patreon: bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan
Merch Store: professor-of-rock-lsn-shop.fourthwall.com
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#classicrock #60smusic #vinylstory #onehitwonder
Hey Music Junkies Professor of rock Always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. if you remember requesting a song on the radio and being at the ready to record it on a cassette hoping the DJ didn’t talk over it You’ll dig this channel of deep musical nostalgia Make sure to subscribe and like, share and comment to keep the music alive… SO today we have brand new show where we celebrate the catchiest… most singable classics ever. It’s called EARWORM the songs you are grateful get stuck in your head. and we are starting with the 60s…6 from the 60s.
Coming in at #6 we’ve got the most hummable Do Do song of all. . Mrs Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel. Back in 1967, Simon & Garfunkel received a phone call from movie director Mike Nichols, who wanted the pair to record some songs for his new movie… The Graduate. The film starred Dustin Hoffman as a disillusioned college grad named Benjamin Braddock. When Ben returns home to California, he finds himself drifting until he is seduced by an older family friend, Mrs. Robinson. The complicated affair takes a messy turn when Benjamin falls for Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine. The film captured the anxiety of the 60s youth counter-culture and end with that famous shot of the young couple escaping to face an uncertain future. In 1998 the American Film Institute named it the 7th best film of all time. But when Nichol’s gave Paul Simon a gave copy of the story, the songwriter dismissed it saying, “I didn’t like anything about the film at first. I was only impressed with Mike Nichols who asked us to do it.”
Art Garfunkel mentioned to Nichols that they had been working on a song called “Mrs. Roosevelt.” But the song had nothing to do with the movie’s plot. Simon explained that it was “a song about times past, about Mrs. Roosevelt and Joe DiMaggio and stuff.” It was a tribute to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the passing of a more innocent era. Nichols took issue with the lyric “Mrs. Roosevelt.” And realizing it was the same number of syllables as Mrs. Robinson he said, “Don’t be ridiculous. We’re making a movie here. It’s “Mrs. Robinson.” As you listen to the lyrics you might wonder what Mrs. Robinson has to do with the song at all. Candidate debates? Pantries with cupcakes? Joe DiMaggio? Part of the lyrical incongruence is due to the song’s origins have nothing to do with The Graduate or Mrs. Robinson. They directly point to Mrs. Roosevelt and a bygone era in American history. But when you apply the lyrics meant for Mrs. Roosevelt to Mrs. Robinson it creates a narrative of personal loss. And the bulletproof seductress suddenly becomes vulnerable.
