Six O' Clock - Lovin' Spoonful

[steve7138]

1967 was wunderful year!!!!

[TheLadandLass]

this is a real nugget from the Spoonful

one of my favs

[radicright]

This takes me way back. 1967. so obscure, yet my favorite spoonful tune. The trials and tribulations of a man in love. Could I ever identify with that!

[theonlyantony]

My favourite.

[javernot]

Now I'm back at home, now I'm back alone.

[ratmotor396]

Zal, as I recall, choose to never wear his scarf, but then, Zal was constantly trying to upstage the others whenever a camera lens was around. He was the "Circus Boy" Monkee of the group. He was also very, very talanted. Sometimes, I wonder where my scarves ended up...

[yoursaxman]

@ratmotor396 right about Zal- witness the appearance of LS doing "Darling Be Home Soon" on Smothers Brothers(?) with full orchestrations and everything- full production value- would have been as EPIC as Hey Jude" if not for Zal's stupid girlfriend calling his name countless times throughout sounding like a bleating sheep. it RUINED it.

[ratmotor396]

I am reminded this NYC group wore, at different shoots, 8 foot scarves that were made in a color that represented each member. John's colors were brown and black. I was gifted with two hand knit reps by fellow high school fans of this unique group.

[ihkumolo]

"mother.. your alive!"

"too bad you... look like your father!"

[FanOfPopCulture]

I cant believe this doesnt have 1 million views. Such a great song

[NickA18015]

This is a great song, my fave by The Spoonful. Is he saying "Now I'm back alone" in the lyrics as the song fades? The song is a flashback, but it comes full circle at the end. It lets the listener decide if she'll come back to him or not. Way ahead of its time.

[gdholmfirth]

Talk about a song that paints a vivid picture! Wow. Great lyrics.

[BB45s]

Great tune. Great photos!

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[Rabidburt]

Great band. . .RIP, Zally. . .

[owensclock]

I've interviewed a fairly long list of celebs.

Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary) Jay Siegel (Tokens) Roger McGuinn (Byrds)

just to name a few. The hour I spent speaking with Pete Seeger has to be the highlight though.

[furakkueroru]

Why do I headbang to this? This is not metal!

[owensclock]

I host a radio show in New York State (USA) and John Sebastian and Richie Havens were on hand for Media Day at

the opening of a museum at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. This was in 2008. Members of the media were invited to do brief one on one interviews with John & Richie. I had a chance to chat with both of them. By the way I believe Six O'clock was the last Spoonful single before Zal left the group.

[DesmonJones]

Wow, nice. Anyone else you interviewed that I might know?

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

A minor hit here in Vancouver Canada, I dig it. It sounds so much better in stereo since i got my headphones on. Yes the loving spoonful had a few hits that went top 10, like "summer in the city" & "daydream" which topped the charts in 1966. I've got their greatest hits lp tucked away in the basement where i would have my difficulties getting to it, anyway thanks for posting!

[owensclock]

I wanted the band I was in in 1967 to do this song, but we broke up before we could get to work on it. I interviewed John Sebastiian at the Bethel Woods Museum(Woodstock) opening last year. Nice guy. Thanks for posting this song.

[DesmonJones]

Oh, wow! What was your interview for? Do tell...

[BustardBuzzard]

Rock On!

[Theearthtraveler]

Great song and one of my favorites by this talented band, I wish they still had John Sebastian.  Thanks for sharing.

[BrokenneckYgor]

Malcolm X once said: "If you want to be entertained by some dumb Whiteys, listen to the Four Seasons. If you like to hear smart Whiteys sing, listen to the Lovin' Spoonful."---Zagreb Dalski Trybuna, 1963

[BB45s]

@BrokenneckYgor why would he need to label the Four Seasons "dumb Whiteys"?

[spacepatrolman]

@BB45s bob gaudio is in the songwriters hall of fame with john sebastian brian wilson burt bacharach back around 1974 they were just getting around to putting hoegy carmichal in [ a nice tourist attraction in new york ]

[BrokenneckYgor]

Alternate lyrics:

Woke up this mornin', I wuz feelin mean

so I grabbed my ol' lady and

shoved her in the wAshin' MACHINE,

as I watched her go round and round

the cops came and took me downtown

now i'm in a jail cell wearin a frown

at six o clock

[DesmonJones]

uh?

[mtrhd1215]

that's great!! can i borrow that for my version?

[BrokenneckYgor]

ya!

[PixieDust19962]

@BrokenneckYgor I feel kinda bad, I laughed at ur comment xD

[surfside48]

Hey DesmonJones. Thanks for posting. I haven't heard Six O'clock since my 45rpm record player broke 35 years ago. Still have the record though. Six O'Clock was A #18 hit on Billboards Top 100 Charts in May of 1967. The same month I went in the NAVY.

[BrokenneckYgor]

back in Nam, we'd hit the slopes real hard at 0600 hrs

[icnclt]

its the best plagio of the beatles...

[CTMarineMom]

great friggin tune......

[rnr5682]

fantastic song--i, too,lost this record but i still sing it 42 years later----great lyric100 years from now people will still appreciate -

[Rightsideup]

great fuckin tune

[pborrellij]

A Spoonful tune that you don't hear nearly enough

[pilesovinyl]

AMEN, I loved this song and as the follow up to Summer In The City it was an attempt to keep the rockin` thing going and for some reason it didn`t quite become the hit that "Summer" did, but it was great anyway. Then John went into softer more acoustic things, Zally left and the rest is rock and roll history. I`m glad there are others who dug Six O Clock.

[MattHatter]

Boy is THAT ever the truth! This was one of my first favorite Spoonful tunes and you NEVER hear this one on "oldies" radio. And I'm only 32.

[philcurt52]

one powerfull sound