That's what the urban legend was, but everyone in the band said it was about a girl named Mary. The writer, the undercover mysterious 60s songwriter, also said it was about a girl, one who had dumped him hard in high school.
Can’t count how many times I have watched this. I’m hooked on the time frame,the lyrics,reminiscing about my youth and wondering where these people are today. What was then the 60-70s finds me in my 70s. Groovy eh?
Great observation - even when you know the words, it’s hard to speak or sing them that fast. I only knew the words because they were once printed - I believe it was in the Sunday newspaper magazine.
Yeah. You get strep throat, and suddenly that lovely falsetto that carried you through these songs is gone forever. I miss that octave and a half like nobody's business.
THE ASSOCIATION's "Along Comes Mary" Hits THE HOT 40 Billboard Chart for the 1st Time on 6/25/1966 for 8 Weeks at No. 7 on Valiant Records (WARNER BROS.-WB.)
The Association were signed up to Valiant Records for their first two albums (Along Comes Mary is from their first album). They were signed up to Warner Bros. Records beginning with their third album (Insight Out, which includes the hit song 🎵 Windy).
An amazing song from an amazing band from my amazing childhood. I wonder if the guy dancing on the platform can be identified and found. He is the King of this event. I have that American thing of thinking that one only goes from strength to strength until you have a coronary in the bathroom at your grand-daughter's wedding reception. Or maybe it's better just to let the past be the past....
I attended Your Live 'Colina del Sol' San Diego Concert on Halloween. It is a wonder we are all still alive. I remember 'Cherish' and 'Never My Love' & 'Windy'.
Everybody, sing along! if you dare... Every time I think that I'm the only one who's lonely Someone calls on me And every now and then I spend my time in rhyme and verse And curse those faults in me And then along comes Mary And does she want to give me kicks , and be my steady chick And give me pick of memories Or maybe rather gather tales of all the fails and tribulations No one ever sees When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks Whose sickness is the games they play And when the masquerade is played and neighbor folks make jokes As who is most to blame today And then along comes Mary And does she want to set them free, and let them see reality From where she got her name And will they struggle much when told that such a tender touch as hers Will make them not the same When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch And when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed And flaccid kids are flung across the stars The psychodramas and the traumas gone The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars And then along comes Mary And does she want to see the stains, the dead remains of all the pains She left the night before Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies, and make them Realize their urgent cry for sight no more When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Yep, those were the lyrics all right. They were pretty cryptic and spinning by too fast to be understood, which was a good way to sneak the single past the station censors to get radio play. But, hey, the song had a good beat, and you could dance to it.
Taught morals, ethics, pride in self, hard work, self respect and for others and that there are NO free lunches. Now Karl Marx and crew reversed it all but few see it but they will soon.
I was watching them dance with the sound turned completely down, without the music they look so funny the way the are dancing, moving, when I turned the volume up then the way they were dancing to the music looked like it made sense.
Seems like the guys were into dancing and the chicks weren't quite sure what to do. That's odd, this is a great song for dance. It's a great song in every way.
Perhaps it was a bit new style and they were getting familiar with it. The guy on the pedestal was really good, which kinda lead our eyes to your view that the guy(s) were getting it better. And to think some in that crowd may have died months / years later in a distant swamp because LBJ didn't have the wisdom to get outtta 'Nam and Nixon couldn't get real either.
So the take away here is ample head bobbing and lateral head movement combined with serpentine like body gyrating. I will be deploying these moves during my next mosh-pit experience.
Many people interpreted this as a paean to marijuana, which is also known as "Mary Jane." They were probably right. Singing about drugs was a good way to get banned on the radio back in the 60s. The song was obviously about marijuana. But there are also interpretations that make a reference to Mother Mary and mention a Christian background. But that is probably rather unlikely.
Every time I think that I'm The only one who's lonely someone Calls on me And every now and then I spend My time at rhyme and verse and curse those Faults in me And then along comes Mary Mary, Mary Then along comes Mary Mary, Mary And does she want to give me kicks And be my steady chick and give me pick Of memories? Or maybe rather gather tales from all the Fails and tribulations no one Ever sees? When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch Sweet as the punch When vague desire is the fire in The eyes of chicks whose sickness is the Games they play And when the masquerade is played and neighbor Folks make jokes as who is most to Blame today And then along comes Mary Mary, Mary Then along comes Mary Mary, Mary And does she want to…
Most of these young people can't dance worth a crap. I keep thinking of the Peanuts character, Pig Pen, dancing in the Charlie Brown Christmas special.
