Parting Shots!

On this theme episode, we feature 4 moody organ-driven slow-burn songs from the 1960s centered on the eternal rock'n'roll question: should I stay or should I go? We begin this quartet of quandary with Phil and the Frantics and their haunting ballad "I Must Run" (2:32). Sure, it rips off the Zombies, but those guys don't move fast, so Phil and the boys are ahead of the pack in more ways than one. Second thoughts arise with The Cryin' Shames and their weeper "Please Stay" (43:26). Joe Meek's final hit job (well, before he murdered his landlady)! The boil keeps rolling with the third song of the show - "Baby Let's Wait" by The Royal Guardsmen (1:23:43). These guys shoot Snoopy down and tackle a slice-of-life narrative tune of young love written by the estimable songwriting partnership of Lori Burton & Pam Sawyer. It's great, but we gotta move on- so we say our sayonaras with "Bye Bye" by The Ban (1:50:45). The organ rolls and the band rocks - totally snotty garage attitude to mask the teardrops caused by all these sad songs!