Episode 151: “San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Mothers of Invention
The monteve international pop festival seemed almost specifically designed to prove the san francisco musicians right. The beach boys had dropped out and they decided not to invite the monkeys, even though they were the biggest band in the world at that point. David crosbie sat in with them in his place, and while they managed just about to get through the set, they generally considered it an embarrassmenteo and crosbie also dominated the bird set, where they refused to play any of their old hits and instead did a set that sounds almost gabbage punkeven.
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