the third mind, “groovin is easy”
from: the third mind 2, 2023
“Groovin’ is easy, baby, if you know how.
Groovin’s so easy, baby, if you know how.
You don’t have to keep yourself forever savin’,
Go out and chase whatever you’re cravin’,
It doesn’t have to be,
No, it doesn’t have to be,
So hard on you.
There’s nobody stopping you, baby, there’s just yourself,
And if you can’t see that, baby, boy I can help.
I could teach you things, you never could learn,
Show you just exactly how you got burned.
You know it doesn’t have to be,
No, no, it doesn’t have to be,
So hard on you.
It’s easy to see now, baby, you’re nobody’s fool,
But you won’t gain nothing, baby, by playing it cool.
Better leave all your troubles and worries behind,
Get in to something that excites your mind.
It doesn’t have to be,
No, no, it doesn’t have to be,
So hard on you.
”
The Third Mind continue to dig into 1960s classics with their slow-burn take on The Electric Flag’s “Groovin’ Is Easy”. I fell in love with Jessie Sykes’ voice on “Morning Dew” from the Mind’s first album, and here she turns what almost felt like mansplaining in the Flag’s version to something more… tender…
Guitar note: on all Third Mind songs, Dave Alvin is in the left channel, Victor Krummenacher in the right. And the video, which conjures up what we used to see on the walls of the Boston Tea Party, was created by Victor.
-Charlie Blaum-
