Rich here.
As you know, the Sixties Counterculture was filled with bands and albums with long names and titles -- Big Brother & The Holding Company, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, etc. Bob Dylan was arguably the progenitor of the twisted wordiness with songs like "Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat," and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again."
But whoever figured that Jan & Dean -- who were decidedly NOT a counterculture band -- might be among the first to write & record a song with a lengthy title? The duo was in the midst of their fascination with old ladies (as demonstrated by their hit single, "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena") when they put this mind-bogglingly clever and long-titled "Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association" on its B-side. And in this way, Jan & Dean beat out most of the counterculture bands by a year or two, in terms of wordy song titles. Go Granny, Go Granny, Go Granny, Go.
JAN & DEAN - "Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association"
As you know, the Sixties Counterculture was filled with bands and albums with long names and titles -- Big Brother & The Holding Company, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club, etc. Bob Dylan was arguably the progenitor of the twisted wordiness with songs like "Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat," and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again."
But whoever figured that Jan & Dean -- who were decidedly NOT a counterculture band -- might be among the first to write & record a song with a lengthy title? The duo was in the midst of their fascination with old ladies (as demonstrated by their hit single, "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena") when they put this mind-bogglingly clever and long-titled "Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association" on its B-side. And in this way, Jan & Dean beat out most of the counterculture bands by a year or two, in terms of wordy song titles. Go Granny, Go Granny, Go Granny, Go.
JAN & DEAN - "Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association"
That song is Wack! If I was a spy and I wanted to get information out of some suspect, I'd make them wear headphones, and play that song 100 times in a row. I'm sure they would crack, and talk!
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