The Turtles : Rolling Stone

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Battle of the Bands: The Turtles Golden Hits/The Lovin' Spoonful Greatest Hits

The Turtles' last single, "Elenore," is one of these tight, really together songs that from time to time drifts across the AM airwaves. The arrangement is perfect, from the piano playing and bongos to the vocal; even the lyrics are unassuming: "you're my pride and joy etcetera...." It's the kind of...

2000 RS: Not Rated

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While hitting the Top 10 in 1965 with Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" and releasing a number of P.F. "Eve of Destruction" Sloan songs, this L.A. band proved too gigglesome an outfit for the philosophical strainings of folk rock; they moved on to infectious, and exuberantly slight, radio fluff. With Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, the Turtles possessed two strong lead singers -- of a visual mold riot...

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