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1969

Mand'alor Dash

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As the big band era draws to a close, as Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, as Nixon begins his game-changing term in office, we sing out the end of the decade that changed everything. The 1960s were the end of the American golden age, and the start of the years we called home up through the end of the cold war. Welcome to our silver years.

 

There were alot of songs I thought about using for this year. I wanted to play Fortunate Son by CCR, because it was such an important song for the latter part of the Cold War. I thought about playing Get Back, by The Beatles, but decided against it and put the Beatles earlier in the timeline. I even thought about posting Sugar Sugar by The Archies, and devoting the entire post to ranting about how awful it is, but I decided against that too.

 

In the end, I wanted to give the jazz age the send-off it deserves. I have passed up on far too many fantastic Frank Sinatra songs over these years, and now finally have a chance to post the pinnacle of the man's long and prolific career. The fitting eulogy to years gone by and an era lost.

 

Sing us out, Frankie. This is My Way.

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You were honestly going to skip Sinatra for the Archies? Glad you decided against it o.o

 

 

Fortunate Son is good. Get Back is...alright, but All You Need Is Love is better, and if you were going to pick a Beatles song from 1969 Something would be a better pick anyway.

 

 

As for the Seventies, I was having a party the other day when somebody suggested that this decade is actually going to encourage people to be themselves. Another suggested that we're going to get music styles even heavier than that Helter Skelter song McCartney did last year, and another said that religious fundamentalists were going to go wacko. With people like that, I'm not even sure if we'll have enough time to colonize Mars. Well, I'm sure Nixon will help us all. Seems like a fine guy.

 

 

(I'm not familiar with the Seventies music, much-Pink Floyd and the Beatle's solo careers are the only things I listen to. Hopefully the next few blogs could educate me more! (: )

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You were honestly going to skip Sinatra for the Archies? Glad you decided against it o.o

 

 

Fortunate Son is good. Get Back is...alright, but All You Need Is Love is better, and if you were going to pick a Beatles song from 1969 Something would be a better pick anyway.

 

 

As for the Seventies, I was having a party the other day when somebody suggested that this decade is actually going to encourage people to be themselves. Another suggested that we're going to get music styles even heavier than that Helter Skelter song McCartney did last year, and another said that religious fundamentalists were going to go wacko. With people like that, I'm not even sure if we'll have enough time to colonize Mars. Well, I'm sure Nixon will help us all. Seems like a fine guy.

 

 

(I'm not familiar with the Seventies music, much-Pink Floyd and the Beatle's solo careers are the only things I listen to. Hopefully the next few blogs could educate me more! (: )

Ain't nothin' gonna beat the 50s, but the 70s should have some great rock and roll in them. And soul, god damn, soul is good music.

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