Episode 162: “Daydream Believer” by the Monkees
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Cuddly Toy by David Jones
The first track recorded for their next album. They attempted for David Jones to sing. Oddly, given his romantic idol persona, a lot of the songs given to Jones to sing were anti-romantic and often had a misogynistic edge. This had started with the first albums I want to be free, but by Pisces it had gone to ridiculous extremes. But as is so often the way, these rather nasty messages were wrapped up in some incredibly catchy music.
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