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Two For the Price Of One, 1967
Written by Dick Cooper and Ernie Shelby
It's Larry Williams week!
Quite a departure from his early R&B work, this is a sort of country-funk song with psychedelic Middle Eastern instrument backing. In between the crooning chorus ("They don't know that you're an angel") are ferocious, almost rapped verses that wield the hep slang of their era like a weapon: "They just don't understand our bag," "All the squares keep talkin' 'bout you, baby." It's a terrific, unique song, criminally overlooked as ahead of its time in its blending of genres.
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