She Is Still a Mystery - Lovin' Spoonful

[wfarrar69]

why that 1 dislike is on here is a mystery.love this lovin' spoonful tune :)

[Stoclet]

Good gracious !!!!! I had completely forgotten about this dear song !!!!

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing it. This song has been a part of my life and its lyrics have helped me to become what I am.

Great Lovin' Spoonful !!! THANKS !!!

[09bnunez]

good band, some hits, too much grass [smoke] got involved with f.b.i. sting ...broke up after that mess!!!!!

[SEVFEST]

this is a great song I always thought it was the Turtles Thumbs Up The Spoonful was a fantastic band.....

[SuperScuddy]

Who produced and arranged this gem? 

[RPNdelovely]

Sorry, I meant ". . . while not perhaps underappreciated . . ."

[RPNdelovely]

The Spoonful played freshman orientation (of all things) at the college I attended (Washington University in St. Louis) in 1967 and their live version there was even better than the recorded version. A band that, while not perhaps appreciated--since they're in the Rock and Roll Hallof Fame--is not sufficiently appreciated. Sebastian is definitely underappreciated as a songwriter.

[proudbillsfan]

@RPNdelovely yes he is

[palexandersquires]

I have got this song and it is very clearly sung.

[rootedsorrow]

Thank you for posting this !! I had a crush on all of the Spoonful in the 60s. Good looking guys.

[PattyFan01]

The Spoonful at full maturity. "Still a Mystery" ---still my favorite.

[WorldChallenge]

Their last big hit before the breakup.

[Ann1stoftwo]

Great music and even greater memories from my time...

[uzi4u182]

For the past 3 hours, I've had this song on repeat. I may be only 22, but I miss the 60's, how divine it must have been to be a part of such a great time of peace and happiness.

[2beekate]

@uzi4u182 Funny how I was 13 in 1967 and it was anything but a time of peace and happiness. My memories of the 60s, from hearing the mandated news interrupting the rock n roll music every hour, was about the Bay of Pigs Invasion, civil war in Laos, Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK's assassination, Viet Nam, Watts riots, MLK's assassination, the Tet Offensive,Chicago Democratic Convention, Mi Lai Massacre, the Pueblo Incident, civil war & starving in Biafra, Manson murders. Not much peace or happiness

[uzi4u182]

@2beekate How very true. But it seems as though the hope of peace, love and happiness was very much alive in the people, despite the media and everything else going on. Would you rather have today's situation or the 60's all over?

[mwhalen54]

Great song & memories for me from autumn of 1967! Agree, one of the most under rated pop music recordings ever. Should have stayed on the charts well into '68 & hit the Top 10. Heard them do it live back in the late 90's. BTW, I still have my copy of that album, "Everything Playing" & its still in good condition after 43 years!

[tulsarockfan69]

Bought this cd on a whim, and was immediately transported back to a great time via this song! Truly a forgotten gem and thanks for the post!

[alive1945]

John's tribute to Brian Wilson

[spacepatrolman]

@alive1945 They both used odd instruments this has a mystery instrument can you guess ? give up?its called a marksaphone an autoharp with a little keyboard and hammers on it .

[ModGirl1967]

@alive1945 My sentiments exactly. ♥

[javernot]

The present always pales when compared to the past. Nostalgia filters out the ordinary in life, and allows  wonderful memories to shine.

[ModGirl1967]

@javernot Do you mind if I cop this? ♥

[slightofffist]

@javernot allows. too passive? maybe,,,,'enables' .

[mrclean73]

I love this one Great song!

[bluejayday2009]

what ever happened to these guys ? WPGC in wash dc made every one of

their songs #1...i bought em all too. great music and much talent !!

John Sebastian where have you gone ....?

[gdosic]

Song and vid is truly nice !!!

[werbeone]

@newhotman1001 and @dipsey7773333 we did take the great music of the 50s and 60s for granted THEN, but we were busy trying to figure out things like who we were and what life was all about and all of that while being in our teens. That was pretty tough. There's a saying something like "Life is what you live while making other plans". That's very true. I think that you only really remember the great times after they have passed.

[drachir6]

@werbeone Too true, I still don,t have a clue,But Maybe one day!

[newhotman1001]

@dipsey7773333 I just wanted to hear this today and saw your comment. How true that we took it for granted then. I would like to think that I knew then I was so lucky to grow up in the 60's but you are right, I took it for granted. Still what a great time!

[MADDOG6400]

I was listening to this on SIRIUS/XM a while ago. I love this song!!

[NickA18015]

Have you guys ever heard "Only Pretty, What A Pity", The flip side to "She Is Still A Mystery"?

[mbgoode1]

@NickA18015 yep yep great one that it is. the middle bit is a trip! and class lyrics too

[joelperronful]

thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Hbon56]

met my wife in high school when i was 15 these lyrics hit it on the head

[BrokenneckYgor]

I no undetrstand words: Remember hallways, she wait there always...what that mean? It mystrey to me!

[BrokenneckYgor]

john sebastians reel name is Nemo Wyszoosky. he born in Polen in 1946 when hes parents flee to england. later they go to US, where they live in Chicago making cars. in these days Chicago was called the motor city because they make so many motors there. little john was already fameous for singing sexy songs when he get thbroat sickness. his mother give him sweet sugar nd meds so it inspirers him to sat lovin sopoonfull,

[newhotman1001]

I love this song. Next to "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" this is my favorite Spoonful song. Remember in 1966 everybody wore the candy striped t-shirts? I had several in different stripes. What a great time to grow up as a teenager. It will never be like that again.

[dipsey7773333]

@newhotman1001 we all took it for granted at the time just great memories nowl

[SellawEvets]

My top favorite Lovin' Spoonful song, followed by Darlin' Be Home Soon. Two songs that do not get enough radio airplay. Thank you for posting!

[hwood7007]

Forgot about this one. One of their best songs.

[lrd9999]

One of the best arranged records I've ever heard. Thanks!

[pilesovinyl]

@lrd9999 I agree, what a beautiful pop song. It seemed to me that when this came out Sebastian was at the peak of his creativity and it all seemed to go in another direction for him after that. He went solo, did a lot of really basic folk stuff and pretty much dropped off the radar until his Welcome Back Kotter song brought him back into the spotlight. He owned 1966-67 on the charts.

[lakewalker11]

Great song, haven't heard it in a long while. Thanks for posting!

[ras977]

Des, another superlative job! Thanks.

[moondogs61]

good song

[hankyhoyo]

I have just about all of the 45,s these guys made and I remember how this was the last big hit for them. Great song and real neat video!!

[songster54]

This is my second favorite Spoonful song after Darlin' Be Home Soon. I think their later songs were much more musically interesting than their earlier songs. Bravo 1967!!!!

[carbarundum]

Great song from the Lovin' Spoonful toward the end of their career. Interesting video, thanks!

[davesharon5747]

this song is a mystery to me.

[Little8406]

This is so cool~

By the way...

I like the song~