08-12-2016, 01:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2016, 03:27 PM by Eric the Green.)
The New Girl in School is about the hippest, swinginest teeeniebopper song imaginable; the epitome of 60s SoCal cool, which Jan and Dean and even today's young white guys (and maybe Latinos too? Someday? ) embody. Even sexier than Taramarie's or today's teeniebopper songs, even Party in the USA; at least from a guy's point of view. This was only a B-side, but it also made the charts; both sides making it during the saecular "Summer Solstice" that I am traversing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Girl_in_School
Ironic and iconic, however, was the A-side (not a fave of mine), Dead Man's Curve, which told of a sting ray hot-rodder's dare-devil racing accident, perhaps on (I assumed) the famous Mulholland Drive, or probably Whitter at Sunset Blvd.; ironic because Jan Berry himself had an accident a few years later in his own sting ray sports car from which he barely recovered (near the alleged site of the "curve" on Whitter Blvd).
https://youtu.be/ukunx21UHCA
The lyrics (which I don't always pay close attention to) specifically mention Sunset Blvd.
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jan_d...curve.html
Brian Wilson was also involved in writing both songs, as was Roger Christian who co-wrote the Little Old Lady from Pasadena.
Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School was released on the very same day as The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan show!
Think SoCal cool is out of style? Get a load of this guy:
Jackson Guthy
The first 8 songs on this good oldies playlist are car songs, mostly from this era.
https://youtu.be/oc6FmZCT0Zc?list=PLPd2Y...oaCWmEe8jU
Hey Little Cobra was a big hit by The Ripcords in this "Summer Solstice" period, and featured Bruce and Terry ("Summer Means Fun" posted earlier). Terry Melcher was Doris Day's son, and later producer for The Byrds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Girl_in_School
Ironic and iconic, however, was the A-side (not a fave of mine), Dead Man's Curve, which told of a sting ray hot-rodder's dare-devil racing accident, perhaps on (I assumed) the famous Mulholland Drive, or probably Whitter at Sunset Blvd.; ironic because Jan Berry himself had an accident a few years later in his own sting ray sports car from which he barely recovered (near the alleged site of the "curve" on Whitter Blvd).
https://youtu.be/ukunx21UHCA
The lyrics (which I don't always pay close attention to) specifically mention Sunset Blvd.
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jan_d...curve.html
Brian Wilson was also involved in writing both songs, as was Roger Christian who co-wrote the Little Old Lady from Pasadena.
Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School was released on the very same day as The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan show!
Think SoCal cool is out of style? Get a load of this guy:
Jackson Guthy
The first 8 songs on this good oldies playlist are car songs, mostly from this era.
https://youtu.be/oc6FmZCT0Zc?list=PLPd2Y...oaCWmEe8jU
Hey Little Cobra was a big hit by The Ripcords in this "Summer Solstice" period, and featured Bruce and Terry ("Summer Means Fun" posted earlier). Terry Melcher was Doris Day's son, and later producer for The Byrds.