“Memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive are tied up in memory.” Nick Cave
Friday, June 20, 2014
A Week of Gerry Goffin # 1 The Monkees
Gerry Goffin, one of he truly great pop lyricists has just died aged 75. Here are seven of his songs written with various collaborators (most notably of course Carole King). I'll try to choose some more unusual selections although many of the most universally known songs that he co-wrote were just wonderful records. Here's the first:
Very unusual this one. From Bob Rafaelson's 1968 Monkees film Head.
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