This song has been stuck in my head for a while!
Acoustic guitar, pop organ setting on keyboard, shaker.
Photo is my wife and me after we did Thanksgiving yoga a few years ago - she led the group and I provided music.
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One of my favorite songs from its era! I love your cover — guitar is perfect, and the organ solo and percussive elements are fun.
this song made the rounds and was rejected by several bands, probably because the guys who wrote it could not sing. but when mark and howie got hol of it, they saw the vocal possibilities in it…it was such a hit that their indy lable demanded a follow up. since mark and howie did not care to continue in this direrection, they purposely wrote the worst song they could, with every possible cliche. to their dismay, eleanor was also a big hit and their displeasure finally caused the label to fire them and sue them so they not only could not use the turtles name in future work, but were also forbidden the use of their own names, that could have been the end of them, but frank zappa renamed them as flo and eddie andhired them as his lead singers, after their stint with zapa, they continued performing as flo and eddie until recently, when they regained not only their own names, but also won back the band name, the turtles. mark is now suffering from a rare disease that locks him into a world of total hallucination, but mark accepts it as the stae of life he will be in for this final stage of his life, and continues to perform, by the way, i loved your rendition of happy together, one of my all time favorites, which i sang at my 50th high school reunion, with the whole class of 69 joining in on the chorus, just like a big rock and roll concert.
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A favourite song for me. This version is so nice. The guitar and then the organ are really good together. A great cover.
The Turtles are one of the big 3 60s bands in this house (The Beatles, Monkees, and Turtles in that order) and this is a fun cover!
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That organ is really the icing here.
Heard any Flo & Eddie solo albums?
Lots of laughs.
Yeah, great solo there.
I continue to love your percussive guitar work.
Gosh, such a sappy and yet totally appealing tune, right?
Great picture, too!
I like the swing in this version, and the organ is a cool touch.
A toe tapper for sure! Your performance is so good!! Especially guitar. I too love the photo.
This has put a smile on my face this morning, really enjoyed the percussive guitar and the pop organ tone is perfect.
Lovely pic of you and your wife.
Think I’ll be singing this all day 
Great orchestration - the organ is perfect, all very well done.