Friday, July 25, 2008

This Old Record Is Quite Nice

The Jefferson Handkerchief: I'm Allergic To Flowers (Challenge, 1967)
I'm all for a spot of hippie-baiting exploitation. Written and recorded, apparently, by Challenge Records staffers and "pals", this neatly skewers the newly-grown-hair, candy-stripe trousers wearing, wannabe psychedelic pop groups of the time while managing to be, literally, a great tune with a doctorate in groovy bassline 'n' congaology. "At last my mind is really free," they croon. "Except for my stupid allergy..." (Warning: contains silly chorus). More of this sort of thing here...

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Jefferson Handkerchief!!!

I'm crying over here...

Rob said...

Hey Dan
Glad you like it!

Anonymous said...

Am I really the only person that finds this hysterical??

Rob said...

at the moment, it's only me and you...

Anonymous said...

I had another good chuckle over this during my vacation last week.

Thanks again...

dk