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HAPPY TOGETHER (White Whale). It's spring, and the voice of the Turtles is heard in our land. Their refrain: "I can't see me lovin' nobody but you for all my life." The chart-climbing group runs to ABC melodies, soft harmonies and unabashed sentiments. "It may be corny, but I hear wedding bells," admits the head Turtle...
...invasion came the nattily dressed Dave Clark Five, now elder statesmen of rock 'n' roll. They seem to have a steady following for their hoarsely shouted banal laments-but then they deal with eternal problems, e.g., I been away too long; you don't want my lovin'; how can I tell you it's over...
...Cool Ones are fun-lovin' American kids who want nothing less than to make a billion dollars as rock-'n'-roll singers and become instant celebrities. Among them is Debbie Watson (TV's Tammy), a Go-Go bird in a gilded cage who busts loose and tries to make her way to the top of the charts. Should she decide that happiness is just a thing called dough? Or should she step down into the role of mousewife to her baritone boy friend (Gil Peterson)? Eventually, as is proper in this kind of Hollywood hokum...
...Cassady, and Jorma Ludwing Kaukonen. Once they played for nothing in the pure air of Haight-Ashbury, a hilly San Francisco neighborhood. Lately they have straightened up a bit, just enough to become the first super-star hippy musicians in America's history. Their rock is harder than the Lovin Spoonful's, their lyrics are heavier than the Rolling Stones', their message is sweeter than the Beatles'--the Jefferson Airplane is closer to where it's at than anyone else...
Believe it or not, You're a Big Boy Now has some faults. It was written and directed by a 27-year-old new-comer with complete control of his film, it has a uniformly fine cast, and the Lovin' Spoonful sing the background music, but the movie is not a stunning click-your-heels-in-the-air success. It's just a fresh, fast, clever movie...