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There's a reason some groups are one-hit wonders, Boston edition

By adamg on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 1:06pm

Boston Is A Lovely Town

In 1968, Friend & Lover went up the charts with Reach out of the Darkness. They also did a song about Boston that, well, see how long you can listen to it.

H/t Rick.

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By mg on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 1:16pm.

But I still have nostalgic fondness for "Reach Out in the Darkness".

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By ea on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 2:04pm.

Or me: Boston is a nice place. It puts a smile on your face. Boom.

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By anon on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 2:08pm.

for a slasher movie at the Neponset Drive In. No one would be listening, just cracking the beers, eating popcorn, and yacking until the slayings started.

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By anon on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 2:16pm.

At least nowhere in the song do the Nashville-based Friend & Lover try to claim they are from Boston, as do Los Angeles band The Standells in the tedious "Dirty Water".

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By Hunter on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 2:42pm.

Step aside Road Runner! We have a new official Boston song! This is deliciously awesome and awful at the same time.

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By Gary C on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 3:07pm.

OMG, this is such crap. However, I note, having just listened to Reach Out, that song is also pretty repetitive. Some bands deserve only having their one hit.

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By dan r on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 3:34pm.

I had the exact opposite reaction, I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anything more arhythmic.

It just sounds like they have people playing every note on every instrument with an elf yelling over the whole mess.

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By Saddlebrook7 on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 3:09pm.

Now I've got Reach Out in the Darkness stuck in my head for the next three days.

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By raccoonradio on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 8:04am.

An OK tune..or maybe not..that leads off the duo's album.False ending! Somehow reminds me of the
old WRKO ad on youtube:"you, you and the sunshine, yeah/we do it for you on 68, RKO!"
with images of young people groovin' on the Common.
Jim & Cathy Post..Jim was part of the Chicago
scene that also included Steve Goodman who
wrote City of New Orleans. Jim's album cover
for I Love My Life is frequently included in
"Bad album cover" sites.

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By boo_urns on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 4:25pm.

I'd just like to point out and appreciate the fact that the comments section is turned off on the video on the YouTube page, but not here. You can read into that however you'd like.

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By Friartuck on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 5:16pm.

To reference the Combat Zone.... "Essex Street is a lovely Street, is a lovely street..."

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By Scratchie on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:05pm.

Represent.

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By Ron Newman on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:09pm.

 

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By MrDines on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 6:54pm.

Big on excitement, short on details. Gonna need at least three reasons why it’s lovely before I’m sold on the idea.

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By Don't Panic on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 11:16pm.

I made it to 50 seconds. Boston is a lovely town.

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By anon on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 8:48am.

This is what happens when 3rd graders get a major label record deal and a week in a fancy recording studio.

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By Scratchie on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 9:40am.

TBH, I didn't find this significantly more annoying than "Reach Out of the Darkness" ("Oh, this is *that* song...").

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