I have never heard another song by the fantastically-named Strawberry Alarm Clock – That is, I promise, the name of the band who perform this song – and, to be honest, I am in no rush to do so anytime soon. But nonetheless, I really love this song, in large part because of the movie it comes from, Beyond The Valley of The Dolls. A kitsch classic that’s as much a cheesecake disaster as it is a parody of the ’60s pop- and counter-cultures, BTVOTD is also gifted with some genuinely wonderful music, such as this great mid-tempo song that sounds like the Loving Spoonful trying to rock out an early Beatles number (Listen to that ending, with the bass climbing up). It’s one of those times where someone trying to create an intentional rip-off of a particular thing ends up, accidentally, creating one of the best examples of it. If more 1960s rock sounded like this, I’d like more 1960s rock.
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