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All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher likes the cold (preacher likes the cold)
He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her)
I could leave today (I could leave today)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 18:53 musickat wrote: I actually have this album.....Got it in a record club that my parents belonged. What a way to discover new music at the time. Connecting a country girl to the world of music. Such variety.....once a month 8-9 new albums just showed up. Loved it. My brother had this a album as well when I was a kid. I used to stare at the cover, and notice that there seemed to be a whole bunch more "wackiness" going on elsewhere in the world vs. our little household in small town USA. Kind of sad that Michelle is the only one left from that fun group... |
| musickat (the Vortex) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 18:43 I actually have this album.....Got it in a record club that my parents belonged. What a way to discover new music at the time. Connecting a country girl to the world of music. Such variety.....once a month 8-9 new albums just showed up. Loved it. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 18:43 ick wrote: Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen If you don't got Mojo Nixon, then your store could use some fixin'! |
| hugogdt | Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 06:46 Takes a smile from me every time I listen to it, positive energy! |
| sherf (OCNY) | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 12:41 This one would be on the charts if released today for the first time |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:19 anotherlistener wrote: This is just classic, and yes, it is soooo good for the ears. 10 Please-please-please - do not call this "A CLASSIC" and, by doing so, use conservative meassures to rate it! What you say feels as if you wanted this "song" to appear on a "Kuschel-Rock" CD, if you know what I mean!
PS |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:17 ziggytrix wrote: And someone played a Beach Boys song On the juke box It it was "California Dreamin" So we started screamin' On such a winter's day Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:16 Stingray wrote: 10 - last word! 2nd that. |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:15 shellbella wrote:  Dislike Smileys - still, your choice is the best one could "say" about song and the times! Smiling at you...! |
| anotherlistener (outside Bawlmer) | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:15 This is just classic, and yes, it is soooo good for the ears. 10 |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:14 10 - last word! |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 11:14 |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 22:02 This song is soooo good for the ears... |
| itaish (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:35 ziggytrix wrote: And someone played a Beach Boys song On the juke box It it was "California Dreamin" So we started screamin' On such a winter's day That's funny, I never even noticed that! I wonder if they did this on purpose (probably yes...) |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:28 somehow this is just better driving down the road not really headed anywhere just drivin |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:27 And someone played a Beach Boys song On the juke box It it was "California Dreamin" So we started screamin' On such a winter's day |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:26 Bumped from an 8 to a 9 just because.....Play the Mama's and Papa's anytime!! zipper wrote:One of those songs that remind you of your happy childhood that wasn't so happy but would've been much more difficult without songs like this. You got that right, cept I remember my California childhood as happy....(selective remembering?) |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Aug 17, 2012 - 10:26 I LOVE this song!!  |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 09:31 zipper wrote: One of those songs that remind you of your happy childhood that wasn't so happy but would've been much more difficult without songs like this.
Glad that you had music to ger you through it, and that you're still here. |
| max_p | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 09:27 not many pop hits with a flute solo |
| n4ku (Lexington) | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 09:26 zipper wrote: One of those songs that remind you of your happy childhood that wasn't so happy but would've been much more difficult without songs like this.  |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 09:25 I. LOVE. THIS. SONG.  |
| SpamNRice (Northern, Italy) | Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 06:16 Beautiful — I'm surprised they could stay away from their various proclivities and indulgences long enough to maintain these gorgeous harmonies. This and the Beach Boys "God Only Knows" still hold up after all this time... kinda nice and kinda sad all rolled into one. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 06:10 zipper wrote: One of those songs that remind you of your happy childhood that wasn't so happy but would've been much more difficult without songs like this. Having grown up there and being there when it came out, it was just a great song. Now it is so much more. |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 12:02 In another dimension, Mama Cass is having a sing-off with Adele.  |
| werner (12,000 years away from home) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 12:00 "If I didn´t tell her, I could leave today". Genius. One of the excuses we always have for not doing something. Like "if it wasn´t for..., If only I...." Absolutly great observation of human behavior. |
| cogbehaviour (Finger Lakes of NYS) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 11:59 What great memories this tune stirs in me. Papa John was a great tune smith and the harmonies are powerful. I recommend Phillip's biography. Shows the creative genius within and demon of substance abuse. |
| zipper | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 11:58 One of those songs that remind you of your happy childhood that wasn't so happy but would've been much more difficult without songs like this. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 11:58 I like this song so much I sing it out loud... That is NOT a good thing..... |
| superfido (Sweden) | Posted: Feb 09, 2012 - 11:56 No comments since 2005????? Well, it's about time for one. Poor mammas and pappas.  |
| Not2OldYet (East Bay, Cal, USA) | Posted: Aug 30, 2005 - 15:06 The first song I can remember hearing on the radio and loving. Never really liked another song by them, but this one is a very happy memory.  |
| 34bogas (México city) | Posted: Aug 30, 2005 - 15:04 ¡Y arriba el flower power! |
| Trustocity (Boston, baby) | Posted: Aug 15, 2005 - 18:45 Angloray wrote: I'm with you on that one. Always makes me happy to be here in LaLa Land.
Funny, it always makes me happy to be in Boston. I love when the sky is gray and the leaves are brown, although it's a very small percentage of leaves in October that turn brown -- mostly it's orange, red, yellow, all the fire colors. I know the cathedral he's singing about, because I pass it every day. The word "California" just sort of fades from my mind when I hear this song. No offense! |
| dwa375 (NYC) | Posted: Jul 02, 2005 - 11:13 Near perfect song from my high school days. You either get it or you don't - but still has a lot of energy.  |
| 33rpm (Austin, Texas...y'all) | Posted: May 19, 2005 - 09:25 Makes me want to rent a convertible, and head for the coast... |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 18:11 How could you not like these songs?  |
| Angloray (cubicle) | Posted: May 04, 2005 - 18:11 stevebeaver wrote: Popular and over-played. Yet still a GREAT song. Cool.
I'm with you on that one. Always makes me happy to be here in LaLa Land. (Although of course there are always deeper M&P cuts to play in addition to this one...) I love how we all have opinions on when RP goes too far into the "Top 40s" world. My low point today was hearing James Brown's "I Feel Good," but it looks like a good many people were very happy to hear that one! |
| Larswede (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 11:33 federico wrote: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
What's next? ABBA? (god forbid) Great tune, don't be such a snob, just let go and love it. And please, yes, some Abba too. Dancing queen would be just fine.... |
| gntlemanartist (Telos) | Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 11:13 Ha! My mother used to sing this while cooking. It cracked us up! Thanks for the nostalgia trip. |
| StevieB | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 17:43 nice segue way, bill! good tune. |
| StevieB | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 17:42 nice segue way, bill! good tune. |
| topcat (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: Feb 05, 2005 - 11:52 The Biography Channel has a good episode on Cass Elliot. She certainly was the creative drive behind the M & P's. I did not really appreciate her incredible talent while she was alive. |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Jan 07, 2005 - 00:36 Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote: A HA!!! you played the mama's and papa's! i figured you rejected "twelve thirty (young girls are coming to the canyon)" because it wasn't fit for the format here. well i think it would fit even better than this one. it's a heck of a lot more unique and never played into the ground. come on bill, give it a spin!
i remember that one vaguely. it WAS cool! more quirky than this...   |
| LLMikeJ (midwest) | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 10:41 Skeletor wrote: We're getting real top 40 here. I guess I could dig up an old Casey Kasem tape and find this one. Vocals are kind of nice, especially when listening in headphones, but really, this is hard-core top 40.
Right. you hear this one next to Xtina, Chingy, & Usher all the time. |
| johnnyBbad | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 10:25 Typesbad wrote: Yes, well the Top 40 isn't always wrong you know. And this song is truely unique. It definatley sets a distinct mood. I can't really think of another pop song with such a structure. And I don't recall any song that used the "lyric echo" so effectively. Not since Row Your Boat, anyway. Wonderful vocal harmonies to boot. |
| B-dub (Durham, NC) | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 10:25 Typesbad wrote: Yes, well the Top 40 isn't always wrong you know. And this song is truely unique. It definatley sets a distinct mood. I can't really think of another pop song with such a structure. And I don't recall any song that used the "lyric echo" so effectively. Not since Row Your Boat, anyway. Word. |
| stevebeaver (Fairfax, VA) | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 10:24 Popular and over-played. Yet still a GREAT song. Cool. |
| Typesbad (Not quite Orange County CA) | Posted: Nov 23, 2004 - 16:04 Skeletor wrote: We're getting real top 40 here. I guess I could dig up an old Casey Kasem tape and find this one. Vocals are kind of nice, especially when listening in headphones, but really, this is hard-core top 40.
Yes, well the Top 40 isn't always wrong you know. And this song is truely unique. It definatley sets a distinct mood. I can't really think of another pop song with such a structure. And I don't recall any song that used the "lyric echo" so effectively. Not since Row Your Boat, anyway. |
| steeler (teetering on the abyss) | Posted: Nov 08, 2004 - 21:18 AC wrote: God, this was a lifetime ago.
Um, er, ah, well, yes! Good to hear it again. |
| Danny_G (Lima) | Posted: Nov 01, 2004 - 22:49  |