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Elenore by The Turtles
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The Turtles Were An American Pop/rock Band Led By Vocalists Howard Kaylan And Mark Volman A Duo Later Known As Flo & Eddie. The Band Became Notable For Several Top 40 Hits In The 60s Beginning With Their Version Of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" In 1965. The Band Scored Their Biggest And Best-Known Hit In 1967 With The Song "Happy Together". Formed In Los Angeles California In 1965 The Band Was Renowned For Their Both Joyously Melancholic And Occasionally Cheeky Sound Always Being Good-Natured. Originated From A Surf Rock Group Called The Crossfires The Turtles Delved Into Many Genres Such As Breezy Pop Psychedelic Music And Folk Rock. A Precursor To The Bubblegum Pop Of The Late 60s And Early 70s As Well As A Foil To The More Self-Consciously Hip And "serious" Acts Of The Era The Turtles Produced At Least A Dozen Memorable Radio-Friendly Chart Singles. Yet They Remain Best Known For 1967's "Happy Together" Which Was Their Only Chart-Topping Single. The Turtles Wound Down Their Career In 1970. The Two Prominent Singers - Howard Kaylan "Eddie" And Mark Volman "Flo" A.K.A. "Phlorescent Leech" - Collaborated With Frank Zappa For A Short But Very Intensive Period Of One And A Half Years Between 1970-72 And Were The Cornerstone Of What Was Known To Be The Zappa "Vaudeville" Band Two Of The Most Famous Achievements Of That Period Being The Albums Fillmore East – June 1971 And 200 Motels The Soundtrack Of The Film By The Same Name.
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One Of The Biggest The Turtles' Hits Elenore Was Written For The Band's Second Album The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands. Consequently The Song Became On Of The Biggest Hits Of The Band Together With It's First Hit Single - Happy Together. However Originally Elenore Was Intended To Be Just A Prank Song.
Leaders Of The Band Howard Kaylan And Mark Volman Were In A Creative Argument With The Band's Label - White Whale Records Which Wanted Artists To Become More Conventional Stop Experimenting With A Style And Just Release Songs Similar To The First Hit - Happy Together. To Do So Howard Wrote Elenore Which On The Surface Resembles Happy Together Lyrics About Teen Love But In Fact Makes A Joke On White Whale Policy. In Fact The Verse Elenore Gee I Think You're Swell
And You Really Do Me Well
You're My Pride And Joy Et Cetera Is Addressed Directly To The Label. However General Public Referred To It As A Humorous Perception Of A Love Story Making It Into Another Big Hit Topping At #6 Position In British Charts.
Through That Elenore Became The Only Song With Word "et Cetera" In Lyrics To Ever Reach Britain's Top-10.
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The Turtles Were An American Pop/rock Band Led By Vocalists Howard Kaylan And Mark Volman A Duo Later Known As Flo & Eddie. The Band Became Notable For Several Top 40 Hits In The 60s Beginning With Their Version Of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" In 1965. The Band Scored Their Biggest And Best-Known Hit In 1967 With The Song "Happy Together". Formed In Los Angeles California In 1965 The Band Was Renowned For Their Both Joyously Melancholic And Occasionally Cheeky Sound Always Being Good-Natured. Originated From A Surf Rock Group Called The Crossfires The Turtles Delved Into Many Genres Such As Breezy Pop Psychedelic Music And Folk Rock. A Precursor To The Bubblegum Pop Of The Late 60s And Early 70s As Well As A Foil To The More Self-Consciously Hip And "serious" Acts Of The Era The Turtles Produced At Least A Dozen Memorable Radio-Friendly Chart Singles. Yet They Remain Best Known For 1967's "Happy Together" Which Was Their Only Chart-Topping Single. The Turtles Wound Down Their Career In 1970. The Two Prominent Singers - Howard Kaylan "Eddie" And Mark Volman "Flo" A.K.A. "Phlorescent Leech" - Collaborated With Frank Zappa For A Short But Very Intensive Period Of One And A Half Years Between 1970-72 And Were The Cornerstone Of What Was Known To Be The Zappa "Vaudeville" Band Two Of The Most Famous Achievements Of That Period Being The Albums Fillmore East – June 1971 And 200 Motels The Soundtrack Of The Film By The Same Name.
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One of the biggest The Turtles' hits, Elenore was written for the band's second album The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands. Consequently the song became on of the biggest hits of the band, together with it's first hit single - Happy Together. However, originally Elenore was intended to be just a prank song.
Leaders of the band, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, were in a creative argument with the band's label - White Whale Records, which wanted artists to become more conventional, stop experimenting with a style and just release songs similar to the first hit - Happy Together. To do so, Howard wrote Elenore, which on the surface resembles Happy Together lyrics about teen love, but in fact makes a joke on White Whale policy. In fact the verse
Elenore, gee I think you're swell
And you really do me well
You're my pride and joy, et cetera
is addressed directly to the label.
However, general public referred to it as a humorous perception of a love story, making it into another big hit, topping at #6 position in British charts.
Through that Elenore became the only song with word "et cetera" in lyrics to ever reach Britain's Top-10. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.