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Screen13 · 05-20-2012, 01:41 PM

Sadly, this could have used a little more punch, but as it is, it's one of their better post-Walk Away Renee songs. It's also one many songs that slid into obscurity shortly after it's release...until the many collections that popped up later on of course.

Despite being a fine song, this certainly did not stop The Left Banke's fall from Top 40 glory which was killed with the very ill-fated "Ivy Ivy," and it stopped dead at #98 on Nov. 4, 1967 in the US, long after it's September release. It's competition in the AM Pop world was the one that really ruled the airwaves at the time, the Monkees' Daydream Believer. Baroque Pop was nothing compared to the Bright Pop onslaught as well as the growing popularity of Soul (it was the time of Sam and Dave's "Soul Man" among other classics), and heavier music (The Who's "I Can See for Miles" was the rage in The States by then), but it did manage to peep on a few surveys, including Orlando's WLOF and NYC's WMCA.

The Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" was only a few weeks away to go #1 as well.

I don't think that there were any discussions of Baroque Pop being dead.

05-20-2012, 01:41 PM	#6132 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Sadly, this could have used a little more punch, but as it is, it's one of their better post-Walk Away Renee songs. It's also one many songs that slid into obscurity shortly after it's release...until the many collections that popped up later on of course. Despite being a fine song, this certainly did not stop The Left Banke's fall from Top 40 glory which was killed with the very ill-fated "Ivy Ivy," and it stopped dead at #98 on Nov. 4, 1967 in the US, long after it's September release. It's competition in the AM Pop world was the one that really ruled the airwaves at the time, the Monkees' Daydream Believer. Baroque Pop was nothing compared to the Bright Pop onslaught as well as the growing popularity of Soul (it was the time of Sam and Dave's "Soul Man" among other classics), and heavier music (The Who's "I Can See for Miles" was the rage in The States by then), but it did manage to peep on a few surveys, including Orlando's WLOF and NYC's WMCA. The Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" was only a few weeks away to go #1 as well. I don't think that there were any discussions of Baroque Pop being dead. Last edited by Screen13; 05-20-2012 at 02:13 PM.