
Episode 143: “Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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A Summer in the City
After day dream, an album track from the first album, did you ever have to make up your mind, had been released as a stop gap single. And right before the arrest, the group had been working on what would be an even bigger hit - eo ai teaitte dagane ni tio the sain esi esa. The initial idea if a summer in the city actually came from john sebastian's 14 year old brother mark,. who'd written a bosanova song called it's a different world. But John took that part and added his own verse inspired by a wiff the session player arti schwerk had been playing while the group recorded their
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