The Mamas & the Papas
A (somewhat belated) Goodbye to Dennis Doherty
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Album:If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
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California Dreamin' & the California Sound
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All the leaves are brown... and the sky is grey...Those words, written by John Phillips and sung beautifully by Denny Doherty defined for so many people what was good about California... that it was a haven away from the dread of winter (and all that meant - literally and figuratively). "California Dreamin' " catapulted the Mamas and Papas into superstardom as Denny sang that he could be "safe...
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Sharon Tate.
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For the past few years, I cannot live through the month of August without completely immersing myself in Sharon Tate. The timing may be morbid, but I just let it wash over me. I try to think about what she was going through at the time with a child on the way and a philanderous husband filming a movie overseas. I read Joan Didion's "The White Album" once more and imagine what the air felt like ...
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Denny Doherty dies at 66
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Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday," died Friday at 66.His sister Frances Arnold said the singer-songwriter died at his home in Mississauga, a city just west of Toronto, after a short illness.The group burst on the national scene in 1966 with the top 10 smash "Cal...
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Cognitive Associative
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Track:California Dreamin
it's funny how I usually equate a song with a movie. the other day i was going through some of my old foreign dvd's and noticed Wong Kar-wai's "Chungking Express". without giving away the plot: it concerns the stories of two unrelated cops # 223 & 663 and the women they meet.the song that comes to mind since i am partial towards the story of Cop #663 is The Mamas And The Papas "California D...
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NO, IT'S NOT MONDAY
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Album:20th Century Masters: The Best of the Mamas & the Papas
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here's another french & saunders parody worthy of release as a single:youtube user jerseydevs2000 commented:bq. Dawn French makes a perfect Mama Cass but Jennifer Saunders is only an okay Michelle. Whoever's mimicking the late Denny Doherty, however is spot on!i couldn't disagree more. i think jennifer saunders' indifference makes for an effective impression of michelle phillips. not that mic...
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Daughter Claims Papa John Phillips Had Incestuous Relationship
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Mackenzie Phillips, teen star of the 70s TV show One Day at a Time, claims she maintained a long-time, consensual sexual relationship with her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. Phillips, writes in the book High...
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Great song, but.....
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this is NOT the mono single. The additional piano and horns which add so much to this song are all missing from this version.
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