Once a month, Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) enjoys a short-lived revelation that its commitment to daily public was a wee bit ill-considered, and instead distributes a private post only to its cherished paid supporters. This month's private post for patrons is another unpublished chapter from my long-threatened (and possibly stillborn) book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1), this time celebrating a fantastic 1990s track by the Cowsills: "She Said To Me."
I don't normally share any part of the private posts here, but this one paragraph serves as a teaser for the chapter's POV:
"The group's story is filled with highs and lows, triumph and tragedy. Many recall the Cowsills fondly, while many others are too quick to dismiss them outright. Because of their perceived clean image? Because of The Partridge Family? Because the music wasn't sufficiently heavy? Lord, if you can't see past all of that and sense the innate talent in play, I can only implore you to just listen. Beyond the ungodly hoops their taskmaster father Bud forced them to navigate, beyond the dichotomy of milk-drinking photo shoots and the usual vices one would expect a young rock 'n' roll band to encounter--Bud kicked his own son Bill out of the band after discovering the latter enjoying a joint--and beyond any other nonsense, real or imagined, there remain these simple facts: the Cowsills could play, and the Cowsills could sing. Nothing could take that away from them, for as long as they drew breath."
Regular daily public posting will resume tomorrow. You can become a patron of this blog for a mere $2 a month: Fund me, baby!
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| Paul Cowsill, Brenda Nuremberg-Cafarelli, CC, Susan Cowsill, Dana Bonn, Bob Cowsill |
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