Sunshine Games - The Music Explosion

Gooey, choppy garage pop about getting frisky in the pool performed by the Ohio-based Music Explosion and produced by Kasenetz and Katz for the legendary Super K Productions.

Even in bright sunshine I refuse to wear sunglasses. To me, everyone in sunglasses looks like a post-Tron Disney character:

In the mid-1980's Disney's revamp of their characters for merchandising purposes involved slapping a pair of sunglasses on them. Whenever I see a pair of shades, all I see is a finger-clicking Donald Duck in a demin jacket with the sleeves rolled-up: a veneer of cheesy corporate cool.

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Beach Baby - First Class

Another hit from the voice of Tony Burrows and the the best British appropriation of the West Coast sound this side of Mike Batt's 'Wombling Summer Party'.

In 1970 Tony Burrows once appeared on one edition Top of the Pops three times as the lead singer with three different acts. Unfortunately he never appeared on the Roxy.

...I won't even wear sunglasses on the beach: I see Goofy in a hooded-top and low-slung jeans, Pete's Dragon in high-top sneakers... Copper and Tod from the Fox and the Hound throwing phat hip-hop shapes.

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Manifesto & Book News

If it's ever been on K-Tel or Ronco, it's in. If it features hand claps, cow bells, syrupy orchestration, walls of sound, wrecking crews, sha-la-las, toothy teen idols, candy-based metaphors for carnal acts or lyrics about hugging, squeezing and rocking all night long, it's in.

Bain de Soleil for that Saint-Tropez tan.



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