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A Ménage à Trois and LSD [I Like Music Of The 1960'S]

On this day in 1967, the Young Rascals' "Groovin'" began a 4-week run at #1 on the US singles chart. It is regarded as one of the American rock band's signature songs.

Felix Cavaliere, Rascals' lead singer and co-writer of "Groovin'", had developed an interest in Afro-Cuban music and this is reflected in the song, with its "slow, relaxed groove" and Latin-influenced instrumentation.

The song was inspired by Cavaliere's then-girlfriend, of whom the singer said, "I believe she was divinely sent for the purpose of inspiring my creativity".

Btw, Cavaliere is the Jesus-looking dude in the video posted below.

The lyric, "life would be ecstasy, you and me endlessly", was often misheard as "life would be ecstasy, you and me [i]and Leslie[/i]", which sounds a bit kinky when you think about it.

But as we're talking about the '60s here, I'm wondering if some drug-addled listeners might have thought the line was "life would be ecstasy, you and me [i]on LSD[/i]".


[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vRkWylzzCE]
[b]"Groovin'" -- The Young Rascals [/b]
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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
I know it's a "classic" but even when it was new I thought the use of "groovin'" was lame, too "groovey", and the song generally bland. At 17, I thought of this as teenybopper music aimed at adolescent girls. Oh well.
Rutterman · 46-50, M
@ChipmunkErnie That's okay. Not every song or every performer is for everyone. There's a well-known and much-admired contemporary singer I think is way overrated. People always give her high praise despite her being very inconsistent in her performances. I don't get it, but to each their own.