LoVE: And More

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"And More"
From: LoVE, side two, song seven
-Running time: 2:56
-Recorded: January 24, 1966 Sunset Sound
-Written by: Lee/MacLean
-Lead vocal, drums: Arthur Lee
-Lead guitar: Johnny Echols
-Rhythm guitar: Bryan MacLean
-Bass: Kenny Forssi
-This was the first song ever "officially" recorded by the group, for their Elektra output.
-This is the only actual song co-credited to just Arthur and Bryan, who were the groups main songwriters.
-The song "Andmoreagain" from Forever Changes is somehow related to this song. I'm not sure what the relation is other than a similar title as lyrically they are dissimilar.
-Quotable: Johnny gives his take on the reception the band got being on the vanguard of racial relations:

"As a racially mixed group in the sixties, we faced a double whammy. There were many places in this Country we just couldn't play, by their choice, or ours. All of the south, and most of the mid-west, was off limits. Much of the country between the east and west coasts, expressed the attitude "you folks need not apply." Our agents would secure bookings, only to have them canceled, after the venue realized the groups racial make-up. Others insisted we play to a segregated audience, (we absolutely refused to be a part of that insanity). When the group did manage to play a gig outside California, the police would often monitor our Hotel, to find out who was visiting our rooms. The whole scene seems so bizarre now! Arthur and I, were so embarrassed, and put-off, to be caught up in something so out dated, and un-cool. We began to claim that we didn't tour that often, by choice."

-IMHO: This song seems to be a bit of a filler song, one that met the need to have a certain quantity on the first album. Lyrically it is the most simple of the debut album.
-Fun fact: This is a total guess on my part and if I'm wrong then someone please advise me of this, but since this was a combination writing effort by Arthur and Bryan I would think that the lines "If you try to follow, girl/Please stay close behind" and "I don't want to waste your time/I just want to make you mine" are pure Arthur and the lines "One, two, three, four I love you/And I always will/'Til the sun falls off the sky/Gonna love you till I die/And More" are pure Bryan.

Lyrics:

Love me for a little while
Love me if you can
'Cause I want to be your man
And I want to understand
You

If you try to follow, girl
Please stay close behind
'Cause I wanna be with you
And I wanna love you too
Or three

I don't want to waste your time
I just want to make you mine

One, two, three, four, I love you
And I always will
'Til the sun falls off the sky
Gonna love you 'til I die
And more