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The Ugly Ducklings
Postman's Fancy / Not for Long - 7"
Yorktown - 1967
Michael Panontin
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The Ugly Ducklings' fourth single saw them dabbling in psychedelia to limited success. The b-side, 'Not for Long', is the better of the two tracks here, a summery slice of pop existentialism, languorous and carefree with some lovely lazy harmonica. "Roger [Mayne] was tuning up one day when we wrote this chord progression that had a sort of campfire feel to it," the Ducks' singer Dave Bingham explained on his YouTube page. "I went home after writing the chorus at rehearsal and wrote lyrics that were a bit dark and introspective. It worked well....."
'Postman's Fancy', on the other hand, is a rather lame stab at flower-power chic - remember this was early 1967 when hordes of angry garage rockers would be introduced to that magic little sugar cube, to vastly different results. The Ducks fried somewhat on this one. No need to assemble - comes complete with whirling sitar, contrived references to flowers and embarrassing lines like, "People, time is running out / 'cause flowers wilt away". Brains, too, it would seem.
(Both songs can be heard on the LP Somewhere Outside.)
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