[Jenn]

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MiNe 109 wrote:

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ScottW wrote:

Eclipsed by the disgusting $$ rained on no-talent
produucer created pop stars of today. A practice in play
since the Monkees .

While failing to note that the songwriting for The Monkees was
exceptional (Boyce-Hart, Neil Diamond, Carole King),

The songwriters may have been exceptional.
The songwriting was not.

C'mon! Pleasant Valley Sunday, Last Train to Clarksville, Stepping
Stone, excellent songwriting.

Stephen

Shades of Grey, You Just May Be the One, Mr. Webster... all in all an
excellent pop music catalogue, well sung and played.

Excellent pop if you must, but not excellent and quickly lost in the test
of
time
except to the few who idolized them.

ScottW

Well, it ain't Mozart or the Beatles, I agree.

But still very often
played on the radio, and Rhino sold a lot of their stuff.

If I had to pick an American Pop icon of the era it would
probably be Mamas and the Papas.

I might agree. Great, great sound. Only one #1 hit; three remembered
songs. I wrote a little guitar tune the day that Denny died. I might
nominate CSN/CSNY.