moby Grape, “8:05”
from: moby Grape, 1967
Peter Lewis – rhythm guitar, vocals
Jerry Miller – lead guitar, vocal
Bob Mosley – bass, vocals
Skip Spence – rhythm guitar, vocal
Don Stevenson – drums, vocals
Harmony was big in the late 60’s. The list is endless, but to name a few: The Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, the Fifth Dimension, the Impressions, the Association, the Hollies, the Beatles, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Zombies, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, the Turtles, the Temptations, etc. etc. 8:05 presented the softer side of one of San Francisco’s great sixties groups, Moby Grape in just a little over 2 minutes of tender pleading.
-Alan West-
“Eight-oh-five
I guess you’re leaving soon
I can’t go on without you
It’s useless to try
To love you would be so good
To keep you would be so wonderful
Here is my heart that I give
It’s all that I have
Please change your mind
Before my sunshine is gone
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?
[Guitar Solo]
Please change your mind
Before my sunshine is gone
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?
Please understand how I feel (See it through)
Until I can prove it to you
Don’t fill my world with rain
You know your tears
Will only bring pain in my heart
Eight-oh-five
I guess you’re leaving, goodbye
”
