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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "She's My Girl" was musically very psychedelic and seemed at the time like it was written in a drug haze, although it was not. Lyrics such as "getting so high" and "up in the sky, that's where I was last night" didn't help.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "The Story of Rock & Roll" sounds a lot like Music/{{Queen}}'s "You're My Best Friend", especially the opening.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "The Story of Rock & Roll" sounds a lot like Music/{{Queen}}'s "You're My Best Friend", especially the opening.Friend" sounds quite a bit like "The Story of Rock & Roll". The two songs' openings are almost identical.

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* HilariousInHindsight: "The Story of Rock & Roll" sounds a lot like Music/{{Queen}}'s "You're My Best Friend", especially the opening.

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* HilariousInHindsight: "The Story CoveredUp:
** They recorded and released "Eve
of Rock & Roll" sounds a lot like Music/{{Queen}}'s "You're My Best Friend", especially the opening.Destruction" first, but Barry [=McGuire=]'s cover became much better known.
** Inverted with "It Ain't Me Babe", which was originally recorded by Music/BobDylan.



* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "She's My Girl" was musically very psychedelic and seemed at the time like it was written in a drug haze, although it was not. Lyrics such as "getting so high" and "up in the sky, that's where I was last night" didn't help.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "The Story of Rock & Roll" sounds a lot like Music/{{Queen}}'s "You're My Best Friend", especially the opening.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "She's My Girl" was musically very psychedelic and seemed at the time like it was written in a drug haze, although it was not. Lyrics such as "getting so high" and "up in the sky, that's where I was last night" didn't help.help.
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* HilariousInHindsight: "The Story of Rock & Roll" sounds a lot like Music/{{Queen}}'s "You're My Best Friend", especially the opening.
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* CoveredUp: They recorded and released "Eve of Destruction" first, but Barry [=McGuire=]'s cover became much better known.

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* CoveredUp: They recorded and released "Eve of Destruction" first, but Barry [=McGuire=]'s cover became much better known.
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* SampledUp: The drum breakdowns on "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" from ''Battle of the Bands'' are a [[https://www.whosampled.com/The-Turtles/I%27m-Chief-Kamanawanalea-(We%27re-the-Royal-Macadamia-Nuts)/sampled/?cp=2 stock hip-hop sample]].
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* SignatureSong: "Happy Together," of course.

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* SignatureSong: "Happy Together," of course.course.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "She's My Girl" was musically very psychedelic and seemed at the time like it was written in a drug haze, although it was not. Lyrics such as "getting so high" and "up in the sky, that's where I was last night" didn't help.
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* SignatureSong: "Happy Together," of course.

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