Girl, Beautiful Girl -- The Lovin' Spoonful

I used two of my favorite things --- The Lovin' Spoonful and pictures of Mod girls --- to teach myself iMovie. Enjoy the slideshow, but get up and go go dance if you need!

The Lovin' Spoonful had hits in the 1960s with songs "Do You Believe in Magic?" and "Summer in the City." Lead singer and autoharp player John Sebastian composed, and the Spoonful performed, the soundtracks to Woody Allen's "What's Up Tiger Lily?" and Francis Ford Coppola's senior thesis "You're a Big Boy Now." This song is from Coppola's movie. The movie also had the song "Darling Be Home Soon."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1960s
• Mod
• soundtrack
• john
• sebastian
• lovin
• spoonful

[themindbender]

Great video! Is that Jean Shrimpton in the fur coat at 1:20? How gorgeous is Francoise Hardy on that magazine cover? Hubba Hubba!

The Spoonful are one of the great American bands. Love 'em.

[bitterspice]

1) thanks! 2) yes, that is jean shrimpton. 3) i don't know if it's possible to have a bad picture of francoise hardy. 4) i love the spoonful, too!

[felliniesque2000]

Elisabeth Hartman, who starred in YOU'RE A BIG BOY NOW was an absolute beauty. She was also in a Clint Eastwood film of that era. She had a troubled life and committed suicide, but check out the film this song is from. She's totally radiant in it.

[bitterspice]

Thank you for this information! I wish the movie were readily available. I've never seen it available anywhere.

[JayFilippone]

I remember hearing this song in the movie, You're A Big Boy Now. I believe that the Lovin Spoonful provided most of the soundtrack.

Thanks for posting this! What a great song---and in stereo!! Nice work on the video portion.

[felix49qwe4rty]

IMO  girl on video, at .15, looks like Casey Anthony

[thegame3623]

IF U ABSOLUTLY LUV THIS SONG THUMBS ME UP (or u dont luv this song and ur not cool)

[11xzxzxz]

Yeah that's Jean Shrimpton in fur at 1:20. Or at least she has hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965 / She had legs that never ended I was halfway paralyzed / She was tall and cool and pretty And she dressed as black as coal / If she asked me to I'd murder I would gladly lose my soul / Now I lie in bed and dream of her .. sometimes I even weep than I dream of her behind a wall of sleep.

[quinnolivia]

In the pictures of all four they really remind me of the Beatles

[PixieDust19962]

Twiggy's awesome. She's my idol. She's ultra-thin and speaks out against ultra-thin girls. The Spoonful is my second fav band :)

[666bruxinha]

xDD

nice song

[JerseySurvivor]

Film was Francis Ford Coppola's Master's Thesis at UCLA. Sebastian's score is EXCELLENT & deserved the Oscar (Listen to Kite Chase on the OST).

Hartman was a sweet delicate girl. FFC wanted her for Kay but she committed to Clint for The Beguiled. The latter reunited her with Gerry Page. Coincidentally they died within days of each other. Gerry was very distraught over Elizabeth's passing. It broke her heart.

[felliniesque2000]

You mean Zal Yanofsky. Actually, what he said is that they took the musical figure for both "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" and "White Room" from "Summer In The City" written by John's little brother, Mark, John and Steve Boone.

[mychaloh]

Yeah!! Elizabeth Hartman was smoking hot in the movie!!! She was my only reason for buying it!!! I'm A really big fan of hers!!! The role she played as Barbara is a complete 360 from her role as Selina in "A Patch OF Blue".When I hear "Darling Be Home Soon'',and "Girl,Beautiful Girl", they make me think of her!! Boy,what an actress she was!!!