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I watched another episode of "For All Mankind" tonight. It's set in the late 60s-early 70s and some of those songs are just so good. I wanted to trip the light fantastic on this series of blogs from the songs of those years.
In some ways those songs seem so innocent, but hiding a darker truth underneath. It feels like there's a big societal change coming. That darker undercurrent was seen with the student protests of Vietnam, the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots and the chaos at the Altamont Rolling Stones concert. But also we had the mostly peaceful Woodstock concert and of course the moon landings, which seemed to bring Americans together. It certainly was an interesting time.
18) Manfred Mann "The Mighty Quinn":
19) Frank Sinatra "My Way":
20) Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline":
21) Steppenwolf "Born To Be Wild":
What a pretty song. 22) Henry Mancini "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet":
23) Gary Puckett and Union Gap "Young Girl":
24) Zager and Evans "In The Year 2525":
25) Neil Young "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere":
26) B.B. King "The Thrill Is Gone":
Bonus video: B.B. King featuring Tracy Chapman "The Thrill Is Gone":
27) Ventures "Hawaii Five-O Theme":
28) Simon and Garfunkel "Mrs. Robinson":
29) The Beatles "Revolution":
30) Simon and Garfunkel "The Boxer":
31) Dionne Warwick "Do You Know The Way To San Jose":
32) Stevie Wonder "For Once In My Life":
33) The Rolling Stones "Street Fighting Man":
34) B.J. Thomas "Raindrops Falling On My Head":
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