Sunday, April 1, 2018

“Tapioca Tundra” #34 3/30/1968

The B-side of “Valleri” was another one of those love ‘em or hate ‘em records. But I’m not quite sure what to make of Mike Nesmith’s experimental poetry set to music. In an interview with Goldmine, Nesmith said he realized there was no way he could write pop songs the way Goffin and King, Boyce and Hart or Neil Diamond could. So Mike went a different route. BTW, their TV show was canceled this week in ‘68 after just two seasons. The next single made the Top 20, but their recording career pretty much went off the rails after that.


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