irock
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Post by irock on Feb 17, 2004 2:27:34 GMT -5
This bluesy jug band classic, very much a pop song, from 1970 is one of my all-time favorite one-hit-wonders. I don't know how high it went on the charts but I remember it was huge. Can't help cranking the volume whenever I hear it.
The name Mungo Jerry is taken from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
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mst3k
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Peese shut mouf.
Back from a 12 year hiatus.
Joined: September 2003
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Post by mst3k on Feb 17, 2004 3:12:12 GMT -5
#3 on the Hot 100.
Great song!! Has a neat false-ending with the sound of a car pulling away, before the song resumes.
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Post by reception on Feb 17, 2004 7:01:02 GMT -5
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Post by BFMR on Feb 17, 2004 10:01:11 GMT -5
i actually really really like this one!
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shocker
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Post by shocker on Sept 30, 2007 6:32:56 GMT -5
Before this song came out, many hits about summer were surf-sounding, or Beach-Boyish in nature.
Then Mungo Jerry came out with this skiffle song about summer, proving that summer songs can still be simple, fun, and catchy, but not always about beaches or surfing.
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Chato
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Post by Chato on Sept 30, 2007 7:04:22 GMT -5
i actually really really like this one! |
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WotUNeed
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Deacon Blues
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 30, 2007 13:04:20 GMT -5
Good song but so damn overplayed
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