tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3519526311812216998..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Mamas & The PapasAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-3963569799029471072021-03-08T09:28:15.494-05:002021-03-08T09:28:15.494-05:00I had never seen that Sketch Show bit before. A ve...I had never seen that Sketch Show bit before. A very clever adaption of old Vaudeville skits finding humor in misunderstanding. Well done. In an old documentary on the M&Ps John Philips described how he wrote California Dreaming on a dreary day in NYC as a sort of folkie dirge (and he played a few bars of that original for the interviewer). Then they all got out to CA where everything was hippy-dippy Beach Boys fun-fun-fun and the producers got him to turn it into a hit pop song. Philips admitted their motivation was money. Changing styles? No problem. "We want a stream of money flowing from your record studios to our house!" And of course it worked for them and tons of other pop groups of the era.Sponge-headed ScienceManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914014641719908195noreply@blogger.com