One of the things that causes problems with rock history is the tendency of people to have selective memories, and that's never more true than when it comes to the Summer of Love, summer of 1967. There are also some mentions of drug addiction and alcoholism. Those of you affected by that may want to skip this one or read the transcript. Separately, this episode will have some discussion of fatphobia and diet culture, and of a death that is at least in part attributable to those things. I thought it best to get that out of the way at the start, so no-one's either anxiously waiting for the penny to drop or upset that I didn't acknowledge the elephant in the room. But those acts didn't take place during the time period covered by most of this episode, so I won't be covering them here - but they're easily googlable if you want to know. Now, Phillips has posthumously been accused of some truly monstrous acts, the kind of thing that is truly unforgivable, and I believe those accusations. In the case of this episode, one of the central figures is John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. But also I worry that in some cases this might mean I'm giving a false impression of some people. But as I said very early on, I only cover those aspects of their life when they're relevant to the music, because this is a music podcast and not a true crime podcast. I get a lot of credit at times for the way I don't shy away from dealing with the more unsavoury elements of the people being covered in my podcast - particularly the more awful men. Before we start this episode, I just want to say one thing. Why not join them? Transcript Welcome to season four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Sadly the CD of the performances seems to be deleted. The film of the Monterey Pop Festival is available on this Criterion Blu-Ray set. Sloan came from PF - TRAVELLING BAREFOOT ON A ROCKY ROAD by Stephen McParland and What's Exactly the Matter With Me? by P.F. Information on the Mamas and the Papas came from Go Where You Wanna Go: The Oral History of The Mamas and the Papas by Matthew Greenwald, California Dreamin': The True Story Of The Mamas and Papas by Michelle Phillips, and Papa John by John Phillips and Jim Jerome. This set is about as good as you're going to find, though, for the stereo versions. There are many compilations of the Mamas and the Papas' music, but sadly none that are in print in the UK have the original mono mixes. Scott McKenzie's first album is available here.
JAMES GANG RIDE THE WIND FULL
I got this from an interview with McKenzie, but he must have been misremembering - the song is a cover version of "La Poupee Qui Fait Non" by Michel Polnareff, with English-language lyrics by Geoff Stephens Resources As usual, all the songs excerpted in the podcast can be heard in full at Mixcloud. Also I say that John Phillips wrote "No, No, No, No". This was fixed about three hours after uploading, but some streaming services may have cached the wrong file. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and Errata: An incorrect version of the file was previously uploaded, with the wrong section edited in at approximately 57 minutes. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on "Up, Up, and Away" by the 5th Dimension. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. We start season four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs with an extra-long look at "San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie, and at the Monterey Pop Festival, and the careers of the Mamas and the Papas and P.F.
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