The Mojo Men - Sit Down, I Think I Love You

[mickeymousebiker1]

I remember the warm and sunny days walking hand-in-hand viewing the roses of Santa Rosa, CA, with you, My Darling of Darlings -- My Barbra Rose. To My Eternal Valentine, My Barbra Rose -- this is the first song I played for you (back in Nov. 2008)! I hope you can hear this from your rose garden in Heaven (your home since Nov. 2010). I LOVE YOU FOREVER, BARBRA!

[mickeymousebiker1]

To My Eternal Valentine on Valentine's Day 2012 -- To My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife -- To My Barbra Rose. You are STILL My Pretty and Sweet Norcal Baby! I pray and hope you can hear this from Heaven. This was the very first song I played for us (back in early Jan. 2009). Barbra, I miss you, My Darling of Darlings! Barbra, I love you beyond Space/Time!

[mickeymousebiker1]

To My Eternal Valentine -- My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife (in Heaven since Nov. 2010). This was the very first song I played for you (and us) in early January 2009. This song is for us -- My Barbra Rose -- My Pretty Baby! I love you beyond Space/Time!

[yuvegotmale]

a real memory maker from my youth.........miss those days

[mickeymousebiker1]

The very first song I played for the Darling of My Life (and Afterlife) -- My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife, Barbra Rose. Our sunny warm days spent among the roses in Santa Rosa, CA. I pray and hope you can hear this sweet tune from your rose garden and palace in Heaven, My Eternal True Love (Barbra).

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NUGGETS .

[beclairful]

LOVE this song!!!!!! !memories....yep yep

[pranaydharmale]

I like the Buffalo Springfield cover more !

[snufpark]

@pranaydharmale Actually, the BufSpring version is the original--written by Stephen Stills. The Mojo Men recording is the cover. Drummer Jan Ashton changed the sound of the Mojos when she joined the group. The sweetness of the harmony was probably because of her influence. Whether you like this kind of music or not, it was reflective of a distinct subgenre, best typified by the Mamas and Papas.

[pranaydharmale]

@snufpark hey, thanks for the background!

[Anolesoul]

GOD----I LOVE...This Song...Brings so many good memoirs and SUCH GOOD "Vibes",from back "then"...So glad I came across it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pppicker]

We had a band back in high school and did this song...it was always a hit sorry to hear about your dad..he was great

[lmickys]

When I was a child, I remember being embarrassed by him being a singer.  But as an adult I love it! He died at 53. I miss him terribly. That was in 1992

[lmickys]

This is my Dad, it's so awesome to see people enjoy the video, my Dad is in the striped shirt and singing lead.

[68enxy]

@lmickys This has always been a favorite song of mine, so I guess your dad was also a favorite singer of mine. Sorry to hear he died, and so young. Andy

[5809AUJG]

How wonderful to find this marvelous song again, after over 40 years! Many, many thanks!!!

[dainin123]

Lenny Waronker of Warner Brothers Records produced some amazing stuff around this time: Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, Tom Northcott ("Sunny Goodge Street"), Everly Bros, Beau Brummels...really a genius at creative arrangements and instrumentation.

[mickeymousebiker1]

A sublime love song if there ever was one. Warm days in the California sun and roses all around us. Barbra, this one's for us!

[mickeymousebiker1]

To My Darling of Darlings, Barbra -- this tune is one of the very first songs I played for us when we first met on November 15, 2008. The other song I played for us back then was, It Won't Be Wrong by The Byrds. I'm hoping and praying that you can hear this music from where you are in Heaven. You left this world on Nov. 21/22, 2010, and I still miss you beyond measure -- beyond words -- My Darling, True, Eternal Love, and My Heavenly-Resplendent Wife, Barbra.

[Trying00]

I have always liked this from the moment I played it as a teen DJ. This is life at its purest. Music was sooooo cool growing up!!!!!

[ManilaSyndicate]

An instant favorite when I first heard it in the "Nuggets" box set. Just lovely.

[steve7138]

Looked for this song for over 30 years--didnt know title.

Just heard it played at a bookstore and asked the name of song.

Thanks for posting this!

[spamloather]

Not only did Buffalo Springfield do a version of this song, they did the first version. The song was written by Stephen Stills for their first album.

[yuvegotmale]

good memories .........from 66 I think

[toddwindyhill]

@yuvegotmale : early Winter, 1966.......fast cars, ladies, the ships, the Red Sox, AND, BC.

[Mynamesalexa]

All These Years I though this was covered by The Mammas & The Papas

[steve7138]

@Mynamesalexa

They DO sound like the Mamas/Papas!

[olhobbler]

@steve7138 great observation...heard it a thousand times and never recognized that...

[dmorri1982]

@Mynamesalexa

Mee too,I've always thought it was them too

[switcherxx]

Buffalo Springfield also did a version that got airplay

[steveinbelgium]

Jan needs to be in the picture of the MojoMen above. Great song!

[toddwindyhill]

1966-1967.......magic time....Sr. Year, the ships, BC, Red Sox/Fenway, Boston, and the ladies!!

[newage4energy]

I used to momentarily get Jans attention with shades and tell her I was Dave Clark. (Drummer DC5) I remember the sticker pin, "Lie down I think I love ya", but funnier when everyone was saying" far out" The bumper sticker read "far in", that I understand. One other, " If you dont like cops, the next time you need help, "call a hippy"! Just cuz you remember the 60s in SF doesnt mean you werent there. Peace brother!

[FredFrick16]

How could anyone rate this song as Bad ??

[gemini232003]

I never heard this song until, I bought Rhino's 4 Cd box set Nuggets, Great song, I'm glad to have it.

[TheJavierm7]

Un poquitin de rock garage

[BikiniGord1]

Brings back memories from the 1960's. Definitely a toe tapper. :)

[LippytheDuck]

Now you know where Whitesnake got the idea for "Lie down, I think I love you".

[speedy45rpm]

Wonderful song. Quintessentially what the spring of 67 sounded like -- exuberant harmonies and a sense of fun that was shortly about to disappear when music became an instrument of politics.

[vwmodrock]

Where is Jan ?

[donnasueinnewhope]

1967. If I only knew then what I know now,,,one of my all time favorite songs.

[eclecticear]

Best version by far, even for Mojo Men. How come I can't get this exact recording on ITunes? There are dozens of the same, tinny, less melodic version by Mojo Men on ITunes, yet this great version is nowhere to be found. Oh well, at least this got posted on YouTube for us. Thanks to themusicwecrave!

[joraider08]

@eclecticear Go to amazon.com they have the this exact mp3 download there for .99.

[kcbill54]

Rare, great 60's tune.

[renecrod3]

I love this song.

[cshargeit]

it shows the purity of the musical rennassaince that was the sixties. it had a mama papa influence- but highest quality. these days the lyric would be, " bend over"

[lllamamama]

I’d totally forgotten this song until hearing it last night on a local station that surprisingly digs up many ancient "lost" gems.  In ’67 I’d liked it but felt it was bubble gum.

However, last night I really enjoyed it, noticing aspects I hadn't recalled - great instrumentation, vocal harmonies, syncopation, so I came here. Also checked out other versions at YT and this one has them beat by a mile.

Thanks for a fun post that brought back loads of memories. This one is worth many revisits.

[DinoTuned1]

Nice job Mojo Men.

[lutherheggs]

polka dot shirts, tinted penny loafers, and burlap jeans

[aussiegaigin]

Listen to the version by Aussie band "the Executives"

[bed928]

WOOOOOW. A severe blast from the past. Excellent post !!!!!!!!!

[wwrigh]

rainstormz28...she must have been very beautiful, if she indeed was like Anne and Tuesday..wow! I don't remember hearing these guys, never lived on the west coast. I suppose these were mostly a regional sound?

[bed928]

@wwrigh This song aired on the east coast. Troy, NY to be exact, 1967 ish WTRY Great 98

[gattosub]

Those who were there inthe 60's can be happy that we can still visit this magic.

[rainstormz28]

What a blast from the past!...I haven't heard this in I don't know how many years...reminds me of my first love in '67, I believe...a cross between Ann-Margaret and Tuesday Weld...I never mustered the courage to ask her out and never got over her...heard she died six years ago on December 15th..my birthday.

[marksmail2]

Finally, the Mojo Men's version. Thanks for posting!

[sikorskiS55]

Wow! Does this song ever bring back memories, and all good ones. So glad I found your post. Thanks so much. I got a lot of use from this song on the 80's... Baby can't you see that I'm a desperate man?

[IDLERACER]

When it came out, this single got lots of airplay here in Los Angeles, as did the Buffalo Springfield's album cut. The chordal structure of the two versions are so different from each other (until you get to the bridge), that if you were to play only the instrumental backing tracks of each rendition one after the other, anyone hearing them for the first time would never guess that they were two different versions of the same song.

[dmdsmc73]

I do believe that's Van Dyke Parks on harpsichord

[BetsyBrowning]

Mojo Men, I was 9, loved Buffalo Springfield but the Executive's and these guys did so well, what a fricken great song!

[YOU2UUB]

Music arrangement has everything to do on how a song is successful. This is mojo men song and only version that i truly like. I had listen to the other version, not good.

[adamkincaid1234]

By far the best version of this song IMHO.

[spacepatrolman]

@adamkincaid1234 how can you say that this vocal is too bubblegummy the buffalo springfield harmonise better

[adamkincaid1234]

@spacepatrolman this makes me think of the 1960's I knew as a little boy in London. The phrase IMHO means only that, a humble opinion. A lot of people prefer the Spingfield and long may their sun shine x

[BikiniGord1]

Aw, the memories from the past (Blast form the past).

[stp88661]

This is the best version of "Sit Down I Think I Love You," by The MojoMen. The harmonies & special instrumental accompaniment give it a unique folk-rock sound that you just don't hear anymore.

[maynardgkrebsiii]

@stp88661 Amen!

[dyskover]

I hear the mamas and papas in the vocal mix...

[Nighthawk5210]

I had only heard Buffalo Springfield's version of this song which I love, but the original has a cool uniqueness about it that can't be matched.

[dlondty]

Good work - You Tube. This is the original radio version we listened to in 67. Jan Errico was in this band according to their bio and played drums. She adds so much the vocals of this song. When I heard this song on Sirius Radio several weeks ago, it was her voice I was chasing when I was looking for the original. Brings back fond memories.... DL

[denmanfit]

Yeah, in Vancouver, Canada, there were a lot of songs from England that rose higher in the top 30 than in the USA. The Who comes to mind. And in some cases, as with From Me To You, by the Beatles, that song debuted in Vancouver in June 1963 and entered US charts the following spring of 1964. But we were slower to chart R&B artists, usually a month or more later in our playlists with James Brown and others. I guess every record market has it's distincitveness.

[toddwindyhill]

Was actually on the US playlists in late '66.......recall listening to it on the day I received my college acceptance.......to BC........pre-Xmas '66......exciting days before the ships and other realities that were oh so mysterious, scary, and heady at the same time.... back then.

[denmanfit]

Huge hit in Vancouver, Canada, spending one week at #2 and three weeks at #3 in the top 40, during February 1967.

[shmuli9]

@denmanfit It didn't quite get that high in the US, but it was a pretty big hit, in any case...

[soldmeout]

You can't hel[ but smile when you head this song. I think it's the combination of harpsichord, accordion, and mandolin that gives it such a happy sound.

[YOU2UUB]

this by far is the best version of the song. music arrangement can make change the direction of songs in many ways.

[MacGrurry]

written by Steven Stills. it's said he got $100

[mysticmrsam]

#36 on the pop charts...from March 1967