Different Drum

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This article is about the song written by Michael Nesmith. For the album by The Shamen, see Boss Drum. For the record label, see A Different Drum.
“Different Drum”
Single by Linda Ronstadt
Released 1967
Genre folk rock/country rock

"Different Drum" is a 1967 song performed by Linda Ronstadt (from her days with the Stone Poneys), as well as the name of her 1974 hits album. The song was her first hit single, and was written by Monkees member Michael Nesmith.[1]

The original version of this song was recorded by the Greenbriar Boys and was included on their 1966 album, Better Late than Never!.

Nesmith himself rushes through a version of it in a quick comedy bit while pretending to be Billy Roy Hodstetter, in the Monkees television show episode "Too Many Girls," Davy Jones mentions this during the commentary track on some DVDs of this episode.[2].

Mike himself recorded the song for his 1972 LP And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'. His own version contains four verses as opposed to the three in Ronstadt's version.

The song tells the story of a pair of lovers, one of whom wants to settle down and the other of whom still wants to hold on to a sense of freedom and independence. The song's narrator is the lover who wants to remain free, telling the devoted suitor that they will "both live a lot longer" if they part ways now.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ CMT.com : Linda Ronstadt : Biography
  2. ^ "Too Many Girls". The Monkees. NBC. 1966-12-19. No. 15, season 1.

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