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About This Track
“Creeque Alley” is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas in 1967, narrating the story about how the group was formed. The title of the song is derived from the place Creeque Alley, home to a club in the Virgin Islands where the Mamas & the Papas spent time. The lyrics “Duffy’s good vibrations, and our imaginations, can’t go on indefinitely” refer, in part, to Hugh Duffy, the owner of the club on Creeque Alley. Duffy now owns Chez Shack in Vieques, Puerto Rico. The third song on the album The Mamas and the Papas Deliver, the song charted #5 on Billboard Pop Singles.
The lyrics of the song mention, directly or indirectly, many artists and bands who were part of the music scene at the time including the other 2 members of The Mamas & the Papas Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky, John Sebastian, Roger McGuinn, Barry McGuire, The Mugwumps, and The Lovin’ Spoonful. Several locations important to The Mamas and The Papas story are also mentioned e.g. The Night Owl Cafe in Greenwich Village. The lyrics, “Greasin’ on American Express cards” harks back to The Mamas and Papas time in the Virgin Islands when they were living off their American Express cards. The song is notable as a hit single where the title is not in the lyrics.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeque_Alley
Creeque Alley
John and Mitchie were gettin’ kinda itchy just to leave the folk music behind John Phillips had been playing in a folk band known as The Journeymen.
The lyrics of the song mention, directly or indirectly, many artists and bands who were part of the music scene at the time including the other 2 members of The Mamas & the Papas Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky, John Sebastian, Roger McGuinn, Barry McGuire, The Mugwumps, and The Lovin’ Spoonful. Several locations important to The Mamas and The Papas story are also mentioned e.g. The Night Owl Cafe in Greenwich Village. The lyrics, “Greasin’ on American Express cards” harks back to The Mamas and Papas time in the Virgin Islands when they were living off their American Express cards. The song is notable as a hit single where the title is not in the lyrics.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeque_Alley
Creeque AlleyJohn and Mitchie were gettin’ kinda itchy just to leave the folk music behind John Phillips had been playing in a folk band known as The Journeymen.
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zoborey wrote:
harmonica is sooo behind, hard to notice it's there, but it's there!
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kylede2011 wrote:
Makes me laugh every fucking time
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degnoe wrote:
Great song. Great lyrics.
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rickdot wrote:
All gone except Michelle....sad
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B-AIRLINE wrote:
STRANGE VERSION, BUT THIS WAS MY TEENYTIME
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whiteboy32386 wrote:
awesome.
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jetgar wrote:
GREAT TRACK.....THANKS PAUL !!!!
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LondonLouis wrote:
A great mix of superb tune and harmonies, tied in with the group's history. A great, clever track.
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davidgeorgea wrote:
I quite like to do a bit of fishing in me spare time . But I dont have a cat to feed. By the way I like the plinkerty plonk in this track
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davidgeorgea wrote:
I am a great fan of this group i love most of what they produced
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lihei wrote:
Love this so...
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garynewman1 wrote:
love them
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Marjo47 wrote:
Out of my youth....love it
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FemmeFatalee wrote:
and noonesss getting fat except mama cass dun dun dun
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stevej90 wrote:
Love this song!!!!!. Thanks for the great background info Silversurfer250
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silversurfer250 wrote:
This is the story of how the band met and formed. Individual members had sung in other bands before and these show up in the lyrics (Mugwumps etc.). The Mamas & The Papas spent time in the Virgin Islands staying in a club on a road called Creeque Alley, providing the name of this song. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5500
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chbigemi wrote:
In a coffeehouse Sebastian sat, and after every number they passed a hat!
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squiggins wrote:
Damn, I never knew what this song was called.
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Wesbecher wrote:
such great harmonies and awesome story telling...
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Bachscar wrote:
Any Swarthmore grads on last FM?
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