Wednesday, August 17, 2016

"This Door Swings Both Ways" #12 8/13/1966

Our feature today snapped a streak of nine straight Top 10's in America for Herman's Hermits. It came close, though - a pretty good effort from Peter Noone and the blokes. In 1966 nobody thought twice because it didn't mean this at the time, but today the phrase "swings both ways" has quite the different meaning, doesn't it?

Herman's Hermits - This Door Swings Both Ways

2 comments:

Tal Hartsfeld said...

The lyrics to this song are about the "split personality" aspects of life and reality itself.
And that which direction one goes in life is a matter of their own personal free choices. That what you wind up doing at any given point in time is more a matter of whatever you consciously choose to do rather than what kind of character you have.

Tal Hartsfeld said...

Gotta love these "advice songs".
This one I like more than the average "advice song" since it's so philosophical as well as practical-minded.