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Friday, February 18, 2011

Friends of Mine - The Zombies


Next to "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks, "Friends of Mine" by The Zombies is a prime example of how the British use pop to convey pathos like no other race can. The sweetness of sadness, desperation and despair - sexed up by wit, satire and major seventh chords.

Check out these lyrics, and tell me if you don't see what I see. I see the single guy among lots and lots of coupled-up friends.

"It feels so good to know two people so in love, so in love." There's no way this statement can mean just one thing.

The Zombies, "Friends of Mine" - from album Odessey and Oracle (1968)

When we're all in a crowd
And you catch her eye
And then you both smile
I feel so good inside
And when I'm with her
She talks about you
The things that you say
The things that you do
It feels so good to know two people
So in love...
So in love...

They are friends of mine
(Joyce and Terry)
They are friends of mine
(Paul and Molly)
And they've got something
(Liz and Brian)
It's so hard to find
(Joy and David)
They are friends of mine
(Kim and Maggie)
They are friends of mine
(June and Daffy)
And they've got something
(Jean and Jim)
You don't often find
(And Jim and Christine)

She takes your hand
When the world stays outside
That's something to see
That's nothing to hide

And when I feel bad
When people disappoint me
That's when I need you two
To help me believe

It feels so good to know two people
So in love...
So in love...


They are friends of mine
(Joyce and Terry
They are friends of mine
(Paul and Molly)
And they've got something
(Liz and Brian)
It's so hard to find
(Joy and David)
They are friends of mine
(Kim and Maggie)
They are friends of mine
(June and Daffy)
And they've got something
(Jean and Jim)
You don't often find
(And Jim and Christine)


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