Comments on: THE FOUNDATIONS - “Baby Now That I’ve Found You”

By: Lena

Lena — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:27:29 +0000

Some things are great because they are simple, but something tells me this song is more complex (musically) than I can explain.

By: Doctor Mod

Doctor Mod — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:45:24 +0000

“Puppet on a String” is inane but it doesn’t claim to be otherwise. It is inanity for inanity’s sake. Hence it is not pretentious. That bloody San Francisco song strikes a pose of love, truth, and freedom and all that–but it’s just about cashing in on a trend. Now that’s pretentious–and the song is inane to boot.

“Baby Now That I’ve Found You” is a case of what you see (or at least hear) is what you get. No pretence, and if it is inane it is not cloying so.

And, hey, it’s got a great beat and you can dance to it–which is more than can be said for most of the number ones from around this time.

By: rosie

rosie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:36:57 +0000

I just got lost for a while, that’s all. Moving Oop North (back to my roots), upgrading my operation system, bumming around on the beach, that sort of thing.

But I’m back now that I’ve found my way in here. Presumably safe from the spammers, for a while?

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:42:54 +0000

Well, I did say “might be”!

But actually, after a bit of thought, I still sort of think so. I can’t completely explain why, but ‘Puppet On A String” is inane, which isn’t quite the same thing as unpretentious.

By: Alan Trewartha

Alan Trewartha — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:01:53 +0000

less pretentious than “Puppet On A String”? good god man

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:23:39 +0000

This clearly isn’t the best chart-topper of 1967, but I think it might be the least pretentios. And you sort of have to admire that.

By: hipster

hipster — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:14:34 +0000

This song - although I love it - is allllllways overdone at karaoke bars here in the US and yet you don’t hear nearly so much Motown. Kinda sad…

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:52:52 +0000

I don’t think it is - you have to fill in maybe two more fields.

The entries are getting plenty of hits, too. So where is everyone? Maybe it’s just that this is quite a boring run of hits.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:37:05 +0000

I do hope the new format hasn’t turned ppl away :-(

is the commenting process off putting / much different?

By: koganbot

koganbot — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:02:57 +0000

What happened to all the people who used to comment on Popular?