The idea was simple. We were thinking about Abba’s “Fernando” and how odd it was that those Swedes would write a song about a Mexican revolutionary in love with a United States citizen who, er, hears drums and crosses the Rio Grande.
This made us think of “Brandy” by Looking Glass and similar songs about men whose true love is anything other than the chick who’s serving them whiskey and wine.
Then there was the propensity of the 70’s cokespoon class to call women “Lady,” as distinct from how Jerry Lewis might do it.
We then wrapped these complex feelings into Jose Feliciano’s “Chico And the Man” and – there you have it – The Greatest Song of All TimeTM.
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