
Episode 161: “Alone Again Or” by Love
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Mistakes of Brian McLean on the Maflekenstein Album
Two songs credit it to Lee and Eccles alone, one to the tour of the Maflekenstein. McLean also got a single solo composition on the album, Softly To Me. That song quite handily shows up exactly why a fault line was already starting to appear in the group. Brian's stuff was a bit too soft, too many chocolate covered rainbows,. he saw everything through rose tinted glasses. There was always conflict about us doing more of his songs. He wrote the his learner and low showtune kind of songs - as part of a whole album they can work but not on their own."
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