# 70's Rock Song : "Itchigoo Park"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776 "2010-02-12T20:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/1 "2010-02-12T20:50:44Z")
Anybody remember this one? It was playing constantly-I don’t know the group name. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/2 "2010-02-12T20:51:51Z")
Small Faces, right? “Itchycoo Park”. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/3 "2010-02-12T20:52:31Z")
Spelled wrong. [Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJzcF0v1eOE). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/4 "2010-02-12T20:54:19Z")
And it was the 60s…1966, 1967 IIRC. Maybe 1968. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/5 "2010-02-12T21:03:29Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Anybody remember this one? It was playing constantly-I don’t know the group name. If only there was some kind of search … thingy, that you could type “Itchigoo Park” into and have it suggest options. That would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/6 "2010-02-12T21:09:35Z")
I vaguely remember reading an interview with Steve Marriot (I think), who said that the song was intended pretty much as a joke, that it was meant to be a pastiche of the kind of thing that was popular at the time. It turned out to be a big hit. I think it’s a pretty good little rocker myself. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/7 "2010-02-12T21:12:51Z")
I LOVED that song in the 60’s! It personifies the happy, upbeat, fashiony part of the 60’s, when we mini-skirted and longhaired kids were young, and the future was bright, in our naive minds. That would make an interesting thread. “What song of your youth filled you with joy and optimism before life ground you down?” ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/8 "2010-02-12T21:14:31Z")
Here it is: [http://www.mixx.com/videos/8534712/youtube\_small\_faces\_itchycoo\_park](http://www.mixx.com/videos/8534712/youtube_small_faces_itchycoo_park) ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/9 "2010-02-12T21:18:12Z")
I heard that song on the radio about a month ago (WDVE Pittsburgh) for one of their afternoon Deep cuts. “What did we do there?” ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/10 "2010-02-13T03:53:05Z")
“It’s all too beautiful…” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/11 "2010-02-13T04:05:58Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > If only there was some kind of search … thingy, that you could type “Itchigoo Park” into and have it suggest options. That would be awesome. There is such a thing. [Here is an example of how it works.](http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22lame+post%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=%22lame+post%22&fp=1860df8cf2ec5be1) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/12 "2010-02-13T04:34:53Z")
We got high. And grooved about. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/13 "2010-02-13T05:04:42Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > There is such a thing. [Here is an example of how it works.](http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22lame+post%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=%22lame+post%22&fp=1860df8cf2ec5be1) Now if there were only a device that would tell people that a link to the very same video was posted just five posts above theirs, what a wonderful world that would be. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/14 "2010-02-13T05:43:35Z")
Hee hee hee **don’t ask** is taking my heat, and I get off scott free! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/15 "2010-02-13T06:31:24Z")
M People had a big hit with it in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/16 "2010-02-13T06:55:44Z")
Fresh Air ( but not Terry Gross ) was interviewing former Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan a few years back and the first song NPR had lined up was of course “Itchycoo Park”, probably their most recognizable song. So he asks Ian McLagan about it and the down to earth and very direct McLagan says he actually hates the song and utterly refused to play it as a condition of doing one of the reunion tours. The interviewer ( probably Dave Davies ) seemed flustered, embarrassed and completely caught off guard. A great interview moment :D. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/17 "2010-02-14T22:00:11Z")
My question is: “Did they really say 'feed the ducks with a bun?” hh ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/18 "2010-02-15T01:02:08Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > My question is: “Did they really say 'feed the ducks with a bun?” > > hh Why not? Americans feed bread to ducks that are in ponds in parks. Bun is a better word. It rhymes with sun. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/19 "2010-02-15T02:16:10Z")
I just heard it on the radio this morning! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776/20 "2010-02-15T02:23:20Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Fresh Air ( but not Terry Gross ) was interviewing former Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan a few years back… Ian wrote a great book about his life and times with The Faces: [All the Rage: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History](http://www.amazon.com/All-Rage-Riotous-Through-History/dp/0823078426/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266200342&sr=8-8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-rock-song-itchigoo-park/528776.md?page=2)