LadyRattus (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

yeah where'd the john come from?

CJurasin (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

What a great song and a great band that never got it's due!!

tandolin2 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

And mine as well...

KelseyMackid (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

She wrote it about her dog. I remember reading that whoever wrote this song wrote it about their dog. I'm sticking to the dog story.

tandolin2 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Interesting story but it's not true. The lead singers had nothing to due with the writing of this. Ruthann Friedman wrote this, The Association drove it to number 1 for 4 weeks, in the summer of 1967.

KelseyMackid (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Noooo the song was actually about the lead singer's dog, Windy.The manager made them say it was about a woman named Windy, but it was the dog all along! The lyrics are funny to imagine a dog living it's day with this as it's theme song haha

Gyphia (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

The sex pistols favourite song ;)

xSerenitii (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Sorry - who's John?

tandolin2 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Very interesting info! Many thanks, John.

xSerenitii (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Wikipedia says:According to rumor, the original lyrics by Ruthann Friedman were about a man, and The Association changed them to be about a woman. However, Friedman eventually admitted that it had in fact been written about her dog, who had "stormy eyes" and walked "down the streets of the city, smiling at everybody she sees..."Take from that whatever you will.