It’s a movie, it’s a playlist. Just watched “Jersey Boys” in pieces on cable. Once you settle in to not expecting the Scorcese movie it could’ve been, there’s amusement to be had there. The moment the band comes up with its name (via a bowling alley sign)…or with the title “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (watching TV)…that kind of stuff. As with just about any music bio, there’s more bio than music in this one, but so it goes. Ears-up folks may be irked by the Broadway-orchestra-pit backing tracks throughout and find themselves headed to the net for real versions (playlisted a few ways below). To save you some surfing, among the many Four Seasons YouTube offerings, there’s this–a song missing from the movie, but not from the memories of those with radios on in 1975. Salute.
Here’s everything from the early days–the “classic album” box:
Or skip to the band’s effort at a Sgt. Pepper/Pet Sounds-ish with-it late-60s theme album, “The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette.” We especially heart-emoji “Idaho”:
And here’s a best-of covering everything in the movie/show:
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