
Episode 154: “Happy Together” by the Turtles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Turtles Zero
The Turtles stuck closely to Sill's vision of the song. Despite LADIO being as gorgeous a melody as has ever been produced in the rock world, it sank without trace. A single from the shell shock sessions released under the pseudonym the dedications. Why wail followed that up to the group's disgust, with who would ever think that I would marry Margaret? They then started putting out whatever they had in the vaults, trying to get the last few pennies. Even releasing their 1965 album-crack version of Eve of Destruction, as if it were a new single. The band split up and Kalen and Valman did some session work, including singing on a demo
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