Doing the Dark Shadows podcast really gives me the opportunity to re-connect with my past, and one of the 60’s phenomenon we keep running into is the Cowsills. When I was a pre-teen, I was nuts about the Cowsills. Well, you can see why—there’s lots of cute boys in the band! I don’t know who I was crazier about—the Cowsills, the Monkees, or Bobby Sherman! Actually, there was room in my heart for all of them. And I think I did my fair share towards keeping Tiger Beat magazine in circulation.
As for the Cowsills, I recently had the opportunity to watch a documentary about them on Showtime, and it was a real eye-opener. As a kid, of course I thought they were the perfect family and I would have loved nothing more than to be a part of that family, or to at least be BFF with Susie Cowsill. Watching the documentary I discovered that it was not all rosy for these kids growing up. They’ve had their fair share of heartache and difficulties. But many members of the family are still going strong, still making music.
I’ve been listening to some of their music these last few weeks, and some of it is quite good! Just for the record, I believe that this song, We Can Fly, is absolutely the HAPPIEST song every recorded. Take a listen. If this doesn’t have you smiling, nothing will.
