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The Mamas & the Papas — Twelve Thirty
Album: Papas & Mamas
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Released: 1968
Length: 3:20
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I used to live in new york city
Every thing there was dark and dirty
Outside my window was a steeple
With a clock that always said 12:30

Young girls are coming to the canyon
And in the morning I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
And I can't keep myself from talking.

At first so strange to feel so friendly
To say good morning and really mean it
To feel these changes happening in me
But not to notice till I feel it.

Young girls are coming to the canyon
And in the morning I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
And I can't keep myself from talking.

Cloudy waters cast no reflection
Images of beauty lie there stagnant
Vibrations bounce in no direction
And lie there shattered into fragments.

Young girls are coming to the canyon
And in the morning I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
And I can't keep myself from talking.
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GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!!  Thanx RP!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
More Mamas & Papas, please!! 
Posted 3 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
This tune was so of its time. The next year things started getting ugly in the Canyon too.
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 kenhull wrote:
Wow, this song is awful. Please remove from playlist. Also, would you please play more current stuff? These oldies are getting old. :)
 

LOL
Posted 4 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
hippies, hippies everywhere..
Posted 4 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Way to go, Bill! Stick this piece of awesomeness right in my ear to wake the brain and remember a time when simple harmonies ruled the airwaves and we actually liked it. Mama C was a gift. Thank you.
Posted 4 years ago by StfuDonny    [ Reply ]
So much great music created back in their time. Thank you RP for resurrecting it from time to time.
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Just watched Jakob Dylan’s excellent documentary “echo in the canyon“ about the Laurel Canyon scene.
Posted 4 years ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
 mhymowitz wrote:
How can you not smile while listening to this song?
 
Because it is utter rubbish? Sorry. . . but it has to be said. 
Posted 5 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
Was this song in Bad Times at the El Royale, seems like I've heard it recently, and that's all I can think of
 
Maybe but certainly fit well in the new Tarentino Hollywood movie when depicting the Manson Family girls strutting around LA.
Posted 5 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
Was this song in Bad Times at the El Royale, seems like I've heard it recently, and that's all I can think of
Posted 5 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Ahhhh. the lost art of choral harmonies. 
 
I'd be inclined to agree with you, as a chorister myself, however the tuning is just awful...
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Love this so much. Does however bring Linda, Leslie, Susan and Patricia to mind...
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Anyone notice that ALL radio gets better after midnight ? Management goes. home? 1230 has always been my favorite M&P song.
Posted 5 years ago by TRC    [ Reply ]
Ready for flaming!  I can't stand this group.  I liked flower children to a point but this full blown hippiness is so grating.  My joy is elsewhere.
Posted 5 years ago by naomin    [ Reply ]
dark, dirty and now fully gentrified. can I join the young girls and get the hell out?
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Yeah, who doesn't want to give into the West Coast hippy-dippy cool sweet 'n breezy vibe of a The Mamas & The Papas song? "Young girls are coming to the canyon." But you know, Charles Manson kinda ruined it for everyone. Could only muster a 2. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh. the lost art of choral harmonies. 
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 GTT wrote:
"I used to live in new york city Every thing there was dark and dirty."  Ditto.
 

John Phillips was always such a crybaby about living in NYC; why did he move there if he couldn't handle it - to get his label deal?
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 GTT wrote:
"I used to live in new york city Every thing there was dark and dirty."  Ditto.

 
The city has changed a lot since 1968 furshur. This tune is a nice piece of history, however.
Posted 6 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
RP has a time machine. To take a ride, simply insert 50 years of ears and brain nostalgia here.  {#Good-vibes}
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Just nice sometimes to hear male-female harmonies, crafted into pop rock songs.  If you ever sang in a chorus, you know what I mean!
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Oh my, what a pleasant surprise! Volume up! Singing along in harmony! {#Daisy}
Posted 7 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
Hmmmm...
The album is called "The Papas and The Mamas"? 
Posted 7 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
It's still dark and dirty and ..............................very, very expensive
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
"I used to live in new york city Every thing there was dark and dirty."  Ditto.
Posted 8 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy} Oh, now we're doing some serious twirlin in the kitchen.  {#Dancingbanana}


Posted 8 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
  Long live The Mamas & The Papas please return it to sender.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Ear candy.
Posted 8 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
"If only Cass Elliott and Karen Carpenter had shared that sandwich..." (Robin Williams in a movie; not the exact quote)
Posted 9 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
How can you not smile while listening to this song?
Posted 9 years ago by mhymowitz    [ Reply ]
 kenhull wrote:
Wow, this song is awful. Please remove from playlist. Also, would you please play more current stuff? These oldies are getting old. :)

 
You clearly took a wrong turn on the net if you think this song is "awful."

Most of the junk we hear today will not be fondly remembered as this song is 48 years later.
Posted 9 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
Sometimes we forget how good the Mamas & The Papas really were and then you hear this.
Posted 9 years ago by medoras    [ Reply ]
Inspiration and hope.  Who needs it, we have social media!
Posted 9 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Geez, I am in my mid 60's.  I had not heard it in many years.  Who says that hemp destroys brain cells?  I remember it.
Posted 9 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
B side to Monday Monday.   Played it much more!  Favorite M & P song!
 
Posted 9 years ago by Patti    [ Reply ]
Wow. I don't think I ever would've remembered this song unless I heard it here (I was probably about 4 when siblings used to play/sing it).
 
 
Takes me way, way back.  
Posted 9 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 dsd wrote:

Excellent choice, in my opinion.  I remember this one well.  

 
Thanks dsd!

One reason I like this, and many other songs, it isn't overplayed like their other songs.
Posted 10 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 kenhull wrote:
Wow, this song is awful. Please remove from playlist. Also, would you please play more current stuff? These oldies are getting old. :)

 
Yeah, get rid of that old wine.  Who wants '61 Margaux? Get us some new stuff.
Wonderful song.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 kenhull wrote:
Wow, this song is awful. Please remove from playlist. Also, would you please play more current stuff? These oldies are getting old. :)

 
Bump 9 > 10. {#Nyah}
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Wow, this song is awful. Please remove from playlist. Also, would you please play more current stuff? These oldies are getting old. :)
Posted 10 years ago by kenhull    [ Reply ]
John Phillips's exacting vocal arrangements in full flower.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Trippy glimpse into an age one can scarcely imagine nowadays; an earnest celebration of music as vibration suited to soothe & excite.
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
one of my favorites by them.
Posted 10 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
This group was a working definition of the term vocal harmony.
Posted 10 years ago by bh1    [ Reply ]
 Bozo wrote:
This is the BEST Mamas and Papas song:  what a groundbreaking band!! Victims of 60's madness!!!

 
ok, well, first listen did not go over well for me
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
This is the BEST Mamas and Papas song:  what a groundbreaking band!! Victims of 60's madness!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Bozo    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Well.
My upload finally got played.

Thank you Bill.

My favorite Mamas and Papas song!

 
Excellent choice, in my opinion.  I remember this one well.  
Posted 10 years ago by dsd    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Well.
My upload finally got played.

Thank you Bill.

My favorite Mamas and Papas song!

 
Must have played in August! 44 votes.
Posted 11 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
Well.
My upload finally got played.

Thank you Bill.

My favorite Mamas and Papas song!
Posted 11 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
They had such great harmonies. Timeless! {#Kiss}{#Guitarist}
Posted 11 years ago by eyriedancing    [ Reply ]
Such a great band, rivaling Fleetwood Mac for internal dysfunction and shenanigans. This song's a bit dated but the harmonies are wonderful. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]