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TIGHTEN UP
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On the Road With the Beetles in Germany
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LOONEY TOONS
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THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON
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ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
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Mann doesn’t particularly mesmerize me with this; he’s not better than Newman’s version, but the attempt is at least curious. It seems to me that what is needed is more interpretation of the fine songs that are being written, rather than writing one’s own mediocre songs.