Friday, June 3, 2016
Weekend California Dreaming Song
We're (ahem) dreaming of next Tuesday's Democratic primaries, especially New Jersey's and California's, hoping that the process of unifying the Democratic Party can begin in earnest thereafter. Also, tomorrow happens to be the 72nd (!) birthday of the sole surviving member of The Mamas and the Papas, Michelle Phillips. So what better song to lead into the weekend than their break-though 1965 hit, "California Dreaming," co- written by Michelle and her then- husband John Phillips. (It's also the #89 song in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.)