Sins of the family

Subject: Sins of the family
From: GUEST,Navillus
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 04:17 AM

Can anybody help me with a song from the sixties called "The sins of the family" I can only remember some of the words, and have completely forgotten who sang it. Most grateful for any help.

Subject: RE: Sins of the family
From: Roo
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 05:36 AM

I don't know the song personally, but there was a song c. 1965 by Ivan´s Meads (apparently an obscure group from Manchester in the UK) called Sins Of A Family (Fall On The Daugher) . It can be heard on this site if you want to check it out to see if it is the same song you are looking for. The sound is from the old Radio Caroline which in itself is interesting.

cheers,
Valda

Subject: RE: Sins of the family
From: Wolfgang
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 06:04 AM

The emergence of folk rock had a profound influence on Sloan. By 1965 he was writing increasingly introspective material. The Turtles (The) recorded three of his songs, "You Baby", "Let Me Be" and "Can I Get To Know You Better", but passed on "Eve Of Destruction", which became a US number 1 for the gruff-voiced McGuire, Barry, despite an extensive radio ban. Folk purists balked at Sloan's perceived opportunism, but he was embraced by many as the voice of youth and a spokesman for a generation. The singer rekindled his own recording career with "The Sins Of A Family" and the brilliant Songs Of Our Times. His poetic lyrics and love of simile provoked comparisons with Dylan, Bob, but Sloan's gift for pop melody was equally apparent.

copied and pasted from a webpage on P.F.Sloan (http://music.excite.com/artist/biography/425766)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Sins of the family
From: Wolfgang
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 06:08 AM

as an aside: I always thought B. McGuire was the writer of Eve of destruction but he only seems to be the 'copyrighter'.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Sins of the family
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 01:50 PM

oh, i thought maybe you were seeking Shame and Scandal (see the Digitrad database)