{"id":23386,"date":"2020-04-06T12:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=23386"},"modified":"2020-04-06T12:08:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:08:18","slug":"rock-n-roll-cabbage-patch-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-n-roll-cabbage-patch-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock ‘n Roll Cabbage Patch Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remember Cabbage Patch Kids<\/strong>, those creepy (or so I thought, in my early 30s, or whenever those things were popular) stuffed dolls that were all the rage for a couple of years? I thought about them this weekend, while listening to The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn<\/em>, a favorite syndicated radio show hosted by the longtime music-scene friend and all-around great guy whose moods make up the flow of each episode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Ben did a second edition of his highly appreciated “Comfort Zone” theme from a few weeks back. It was as enjoyable and comfortable an episode as Ben is known to deliver regularly, pushed along gently by his dry wit. The appearance of the Beach Boys<\/strong>‘ “Sail on Sailor” was no surprise. His love for later period Beach Boys far exceeds my own. I won’t get into a whole Please Explain<\/em> discuss on that song right now, but feel free to explain, as a side topic, why that song is any more loved by hipsters than Pablo Cruise<\/strong>‘s “Love Will Find a Way.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

No, this post isn’t about the mysterious merits of “Sail on Sailor,” but rather Delaney & Bonnie’s “A Never Ending Song of Love,” which represents a soft spot I know Ben and other music friends a generation older than me has for a certain kind of hippie-folk music. If you know anything about me, I have a great affinity for hippie music and ideology. As a 6-year-old boy, after having seen Easy Rider<\/em> at a drive-in double feature of biker movies my parents uncharacteristically took me to see, I wanted to grow up to be a hippie. I get it, trust me, but here’s where the Cabbage Patch Kids come into this discussion: There’s a certain kind of nearly forgotten hippie song – Melanie<\/strong>‘s “Brand New Key” or The Youngbloods<\/strong>‘ “Get Together” are possibly two of the best-known examples – that seem to be highly specific to a certain generation. Again, I’ve got no beef with Delaney & Bonnie, Melanie, or The Youngbloods, but I’m amazed by the less-known examples of that period of music that have made it through the ages, that probably help inform a totally cool music fan’s appreciation of “Sail on Sailor” and even Little Feat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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