Full Measure - The Lovin' Spoonful

Seldom heard tune from the Spoonful.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• John
• Sebastian
• Lovin'
• Spoonful

[tleparskas]

Great song that my buddy would always play on the jukebox after school. Many years later as an oldies radio DJ, I met the band before a summer show and asked if they did the song live. Joe Butler said sure. In the show they did a dedication to me when they played it. Full Measure - full circle!

[dunbunter]

Getting something for nothing is wrong. Worth thinking of.

[zkxb]

Thanks for posting this great song. The keyboard in the intro (other than the obvious piano) is called a harmonium. Did anyone catch the xylophone at the end of the song? Good job. You get a cookie.

[wfarrar69]

#87pop,1967.a great forgotten charted b-side

[tfallgren]

This song was very interesting and melodic when released in San Diego. I loved it but it would not jump the charts. Why I don't know. "Nashville Cats" suddenly was playing all over the airwaves and "Full Measure" was grounded. Joe Butler's voice was so melodic I didn't even recognize the Spoonful but the song was way beyond the group. The chorus in this song is a lttle bit shakey but if this song was recorded again by me or Bowie, this song would be a masterpiece!

[bellbonne]

Reminds me ofmy first love--makes me cry--but in a good way!

[wildhokum]

fantastic song!

[Jomama1915]

This is one of the most underrated songs of the 1960's. The clarity of the melody and Joe Butler's voice. I still always listen to this song. They can't take away all of these great songs!

[YaIThink]

This song has a haunting and very harmonic melody. Great song when I first heard it back in 1972 and it still resonates now.  I can listen to it always. Always!

[palexandersquires]

The stereo seperation on this track is very good

[harvey1954]

I once tried to make a CDR of all the songs Joe Butler sang lead on. It didn't even come to half an hour (not counting the Joe extravaganza that was passed off the last Spoonful album). Great voice. Who is that screaming at the end, Zally or John?

[CinemaCinder]

I had this 45 when I was little--it originally belonged to one of my brothers. I was drawn more to this song more than its flip "Nashville Cats" (though I love both).It had a magical quality--positive vibrations?--and a message I only understood when I matured.Joe Butler's voice had a soothing warmth that fit the song whereas (as it was once said) Sebastian's voice would've been too good-timey,Zal's would've been too Zal,and Boone's,as Boone once said "I only sang lead once,for obvious reasons."