What's It Called?
Focus - Hocus Pocus
What's The Story?
Focus is one of those too-bizarre 70s prog rock bands, founded by a flautist in Holland in the late 60s. Sampled and bemused by many, Hocus Pocus is the most recognizable of their tunes; an instrumental from their first album Focus Plays Focus.
Who's To Blame?
Once upon a time, someone told me to explain what I meant when calling a person "a character", and I pointed to the guy and said "him over there!"
Why ♥ It?
There are no less than two flute solos, several yodeling bursts, a classic rock guitar riff that your old man would dig, a goddamn whistling solo, and a more-than-catchy main refrain. Name me three other songs you know with those exact traits.
Seriously though; if you find yourself listening to Boston and wish that they replaced blazing vocal/guitar harmonies with outright weirdness, then this song is for you.
...& If not, listen to it anyway. I promise you'll heartily laugh once or twice.
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