
Episode 143: “Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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A Song About Sebastian's Relationship With His Wife
The group were starting to resent sebastian for other reasons. They felt that the songs he was writing about their relationship were giving the group a whimpy image, and wanted to make more rockers like summer in the city. Some of them had been receiving homophobic abuse for making such soft sounding music. In a recent contract re negotiation, a keen member clause had been put into the group's record contract,. which stated that sebastia was the only important member of the group. And even that potential affected the way the group thought about each other.
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