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The film Bad Times at the El Royale uses this Mamas and Papas song quite well in reference to a Manson-like hippie cult.
The song, like the best of the Mamas and Papas, has a haunting quality that belies the surface optimism. The dark history of the group always seems to be bubbling there beneath the surface.
And Zero Gravity from Lucas Turilli and Fabio Lione. A project under the Rhapsody name they've been using for centuries. Neoclassical opera prog metal. Their earlier work is at beast fucking ridiculous! They even had Christopher Lee narrating on their concept albums. This one is a bit more scientifically minded (when not sung in their native Italian).
This Valli cover of The Walker Brother classic plays over the end credits of the horror film Midsommar.
Frankie Valli recorded the original of this in 1965 and the Walker Bros. covered it in '66...it was tailor-written for him by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, the same guys who wrote a lot of hits for the Four Seasons.
Edit: here ya go: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-walker-brothers/the-sun-aint-gonna-shine-anymore
Bob Gaudio interview: https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/bob-gaudio-of-the-four-seasons
eating barbecued iguana
I'm on a post-Beatles pre-punk early 1970s rock'n'roll kick as a result of reading the Stephen Stills biography. Reassessing Layla and other assorted love songs, which I haven't played in almost a decade. It's really good and raw. Whole thing recorded in 14 days in Miami in the summer of 1970. Production values are exactly my cup of tea. Great band behind Eric Clapton: the unfortunate (check his biography) Jim Gordon on drums (AND MAN WHAT DRUMS!), percussion, and piano; Carl Radle on bass and percussion; Bobby Whitlock on guitar, piano, organ, and singing; and Duane Allman on guitar. Rita Coolidge says she and Jim Gordon came up with what became the piano coda to "Layla" while working on one of her records and I haven't seen anybody deny it, so maybe it's true despite them denying her the credit as a co-composer. Great LP. I don't think Clapton ever topped it.
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I wish I was in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana...
I've never dug into the non-Lennon post-Beatles solo work but I'm enjoying how rough-hewn the self-titled McCartney LP is.