Perry Como gets down with the groovy new beat of the '60s on "Happiness Comes, Happiness Goes," the first song on his 1969 album
Seattle. Despite the distorted guitars and swirling organ, the chances of
Como getting invited to Woodstock were non-existent, so the producers wisely followed that brief experiment with more predictable fare like "Nobody But You" and "Turnaround." "Seattle," the album's minor hit single, is a musical travelogue that could have been commissioned by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Other peculiar songs like "Beady Eyed Buzzard" mix with drowsy pop ballads and ersatz country to create a very unusual
Perry Como album. Try
Seattle if your interest in
Como is more smirking than sincere.