I've got a bone to pick with the narrative surrounding the Coasters and their recorded catalog.

I swear to god, it seems like every contextualization I read about the group summarily writes them off as a "novelty" or funny/comedy group.

I mean...really? Granted, I wasn't around in the 1950's, but I've listened to pretty much all of their music and I've never really laughed. Maybe that's just me though.

Anyway, I absolutely adore just about everything the Coasters ever did and the Leiber/Stoller team is arguably the best songwriting duo ever not named Lennon/McCartney.

Since picking this up in Detroit last week I've been singing the song to myself every day. Kinda all I need to know in regards to the staying power of this jam. Makes me wanna go to Mexico.

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