ROCK Sex: "The Only One I Know" - The Byrds > The Charlatans UK

ROCK Sex says, "The only one I see has carved her way into me.

Today, the cultural relay ricochet that led to "The Only One I Know".

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"Everyone has been burned before,
everybody knows the pain."

One great song...

THE BYRDS -"Everybody's Been Burned" (1967)



...leads to another.

THE CHARLATANS (uk) -"The Only One I Know" (1990)



And other great songs had lead to them.:

• The Byrds song borrows the James Bond theme for its intro.

• The Charlatans song vibes its groove off of Deep Purple's version of "Hush", (which is a descendant of The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love").



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• "You Showed Me" - The Byrds > The Turtles > De La Soul > Salt-n-Pepa > U2

• "You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes > Iggy Pop > The Jam > David Bowie


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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SAY WHAT?!: "Touch Me", The Doors

SAY WHAT answers the lyrical question, 'what did they just say?'

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In this occasional feature we'll look at playful asides that got slipped into songs. Sometimes it'll be entendres, backwards messages, or cheeky comments. Today it's "Touch Me" by The Doors.


If you listen to the end of the song, the triumphant coda has the chant, "Stronger than dirt!"

THE DOORS -"Touch Me" (1969)



This was an in-joke about the melodic resemblance to the popular Ajax detergent TV ad of the time, with its slogan, "Stronger Than Dirt!"

"Ajax: Stronger Than Dirt" #1




The Doors' song also bears a striking rhythmic resemblence to The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love".



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• Say What?!: "Funky Stuff", Kool & The Gang

• SAY WHAT?!: "The Cisco Kid", WAR

• SAY WHAT?!: "Good Girls Don't", THE KNACK


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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