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Just Say Maybe: The Association

'Windy'
--The Association (1967)

The accusation: It's about "windowpane" acid.

The defense: The songwriter claimed it's about her dog, who walked "down the streets of the city, smiling at everybody she sees."

The verdict: Not guilty. Despite a separate claim that the band's 'Along Comes Mary' was about pot, only a squeaky-clean glee club could sing 'Cherish.'

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Uncle Cliffie

If memory serves (and it doesn't always do that), "Windy" predated windowpane by two or three years.

January 14 2011 at 3:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

By the way, that's Brian seated center in the photo with this article.

June 09 2009 at 4:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

I never heard the suggestion that young Ruthann Friedman's lyrics to "Windy" had anything to do with windowpane LSD, but I'm pretty sure Tandyn Almer's "Along Comes Mary" had serious references to marihuana (Mary Jane). Witness the line "... when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed and flaccid kids are flung across the stars..." Brilliant lyrics, really. And keep in mind, The Association weren't choir boys. Sadly, the band's original bassist Brian Cole succumbed to a heroin overdose in '72 while still with the band.

June 09 2009 at 3:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nankerphlg

The above writeup says "only a squeaky-clean glee club could sing 'Cherish.'"

For the writer's information, the bass player of that "squeaky-clean glee club" died of a drug overdose.

November 02 2008 at 7:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Marcus

The writer says who walked down the streets of the city. The lyric is "who's tripping down the streets of the city" a little different attitude.

February 24 2010 at 10:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply