Talk:Picture Book (song)

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The guitar riff does not only bear resemblance to songs recorded after it. Galt MacDermots Composition "Hare Krishna / Be-In" for the Musical "Hair" contains a very similar vocal pattern. In the 1967 Off-Broadway recording of that song, one year prior to The Kinks Song, at approx. 1:21 min. the cast sings "take trips, get high..." in that melody. The often mentioned likeness of Green Day's "Warning" is actually closer to MacDermots piece, since the melody walks up and down the scale using the same progression: MacDermot - D, E, F#, G, A, H, C and down again. Green Day A, H, C#, D, E, F#, G and down again. Whereas the Kinks continue the progression upwards: E, F#, G#, A, H, C#, D, E, F#, G, F#.