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« on: March 29, 2018, 09:04:54 PM »

Thoughts on this great underrated band?
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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2018, 02:06:35 AM »

Underrated. Very.
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2018, 02:39:22 AM »

I only know a few 45s, my favourites being "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" and the peerless "Along Comes Mary".

I dug up some other, albeit brief, Smiley topics on the subject:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,25558.0.html

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,12219.0.html

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23032.0.html
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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2018, 07:05:05 AM »

Was wondering what "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" sounded like. Just played it - now I remember. Hadn't heard that in 50 years. It is a good song.
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2018, 07:24:53 AM »

This is my contribution to the previous Association thread in 2014:

I was just listening to "Come On In" from Birthday and I don't think I've ever heard anything so joyful and glorious.
I'm only aware of their hits & "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebie", so I went to check "Come On In" based on your description. I don't share your opinion, to me it was a tad monotonous, the main riff isn't joyful, it's groovy rather.
I mentioned "Pandora" since then many times being favorite Association song. It's still the best.
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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2018, 09:30:10 AM »

For the longest time I though that these blokes were Brits! Something about the accents...
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2018, 04:33:17 PM »

I knew they're Americans since 1st time listening to "Cherish".
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2018, 07:09:13 PM »

I think that my first knowledge of the Association was through "Along Comes Mary," which, to , had that Mersey Beat flavor, and "...why should I cehhh...but she's not thehhh."
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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2018, 07:40:42 PM »

That should read "...which seemed to have that Mersey Beat..."
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« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2018, 08:40:52 PM »

Love this group.  "Never My Love"  and "Everything That Touches You" are both great songs.  "Never My Love" has always been a favorite of mine.  They have some nice harmonies. 
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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2018, 04:30:03 PM »

One of my favorite Youtube videos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZsQSFzIsb8
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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2018, 04:40:36 PM »

BTW, I think this is my favorite song of theirs. Great outro!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qKPYEdYB1g
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« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2018, 12:04:26 AM »

My 446-page biography of the band has just been published, and is shipping from the UK if anyone would feel so inclined as to enquire...

www.dojotonepublications.com
www.facebook.com/Association.biography

or just PM me here for details !
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« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2018, 02:07:58 PM »

I'm a longtime fan. When I was a kid we had a copy of The Greatest Hits album in our house thanks to my older sister, so at an early age I became familiar not only with their hits, but gems like 'No Fair At All', 'Time For Livin' and 'Like Always'. I was there the first day when Rhino released that 2 CD anthology. I even got a chance to see them live in 1972 on the Steel Pier singing the old hits and promoting their last LP 'Waterbeds In Trinidad' and the song 'Kicking the Gong Around'. I always really loved the weird audacity of this record 'Happiness Is' from the 1967 'Insight Out' album and have made my own tribute to the band:

The Association- Happiness Is:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCaIxicUqM
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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2019, 02:01:29 AM »

Another old topic definitely worth dredging up. A couple of years back a friend notified me of this cool album, which I'm revisiting now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmUBtRGTEe0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_(The_Association_album)
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« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2019, 04:32:57 AM »

I've always loved the song "Like Always" on that album, particularly the middle section with the incredible vocals.
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« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2019, 06:39:07 PM »

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Yes!!

BTW, I think this is my favorite song of theirs. Great outro!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qKPYEdYB1g
I'm going to bump this thread because I've been listening to their Greatest Hits album a lot the last week. In addition to the song above, a song I didn't pay much attention to the first time I listened through the album is "Like Always." I'm not sure if I'd ever heard the song before I bought this album, but I have no idea why it wasn't a bit hit. It (and Everything That Touches You) are just breathtakingly brilliant. Brian Wilson caliber, I'd say. Maybe even better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI2pDpEZCzQ
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The entire middle part - the section starting with "Girl ..." - is simply brilliant (it's like a chorus, and a double bridge, and the chorus repeated, or something like that).
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