Word: searchin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kansas City (They got a crazy way of lovin' there and I'm gonna get me some). They wrote it. And Charlie Brown (Who walks in the classroom cool and slow?/ Who calls the English teacher "Daddy-O"?). They wrote that too. As well as Searchin'. And Poison Ivy (You 're gonna need an ocean/ Of Calamine lotion ...). And Smokey Joe's Cafe. And Yakety Yak. And Saved...
...Searchin'" is musically very strong, and the admirable personal philosophy it expresses comes out in good, unusual lyrics. In an album full of good arrangements, this one stands out: the brilliant highlight is an electric guitar that takes over very smoothly from an excellent acoustic guitar solo to play its own break, then recedes into the background and finishes the song like an incendiary string section. Ordeals of a struggling musical are clicheed by now, but "Future's Folly" finds an effective way to present them...