Episode 144: “Last Train to Clarksville” by the Monkees
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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I Haven't Got the Hang of How to Use the Bayonet
By the time this was printed, the single had already been released the previous month. And it was not released under the name love and saint davis or under the title the willing conscript. There are precisely two differences between the sum copyrighted as by crasno and ash, and the one copyright of two years earlier, as by paxton. One is that verses three and four are swapped round. The other is that it's now titled the new recruit. Oro blessing's name was actually michael nesmith. His mother, betty nesmith graham, did invent the product that later became marketed in the us.
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