If it didn't, goodbye. It made it so big that 380,000 copies vanished in three weeks. Among teenagers, owning the esoteric record was like having a TV set in 1949. Glassy-eyed over their success, the group still manages to notice significant changes in their lives. It's not a screaming scene.
Pop is accepted as an art form.
For these former Paramounts, Jams and Bean Bags, the rhythmic, ritualized melancholy of their hit record is a personal anthem of struggle and luck. It was cold then. Now it's warm.