Subject: Old songs you keep coming back to

Date: Thu May 2 00:56:01 2024
User: Kaos
Message:

I’m a big fan of the music from the 1960’s.  There’s lots of drivel but then there’s a huge set of songs that seem to be timeless.  One song that I keep coming back to is “Eve of Destruction”.  Doesn’t it apply as much today as it did 50+ years ago.  I’m not sure why it isn’t more highly regarded.

(On a separate front, it seems like a rap.  Am I missing something here?)

Date: Thu May 2 03:14:26 2024
User: TNmountainman
Message:

Seems to me that that one's pretty highly-regarded - at least among those who knew it originally.  I hear it from time to time.  And certainly a classic. 

Date: Thu May 2 09:43:29 2024
User: outskirts
Message:
Temptations Ball of Confusion. If that ain't rap I dunno what is. I even called it that when posting it yesterday on FB after happening across it here in an old thread yesterday. It's from 1970 when rap had melody, and rapping meant talking. And it's still relevant in this fd up world, as are many songs of the era. 

Date: Thu May 2 13:57:42 2024
User: spugeddy2
Message:

Wow..."Ball of Confusion".  What a great song.  I remember being so proud of myself when I could actually keep up with the words as I sang with it.  I never thought about the 'rap' connection, but in a way it can kind of fall into that category.

And yes, "Eve of Destruction" is timeless.

Date: Fri May 3 09:00:26 2024
User: outskirts
Message:

Here's 9 1/2 minutes of a live 1970 performance of a 1969 release. Trippy dippy hippie music and what a timeless classic! Whatever happened to It's A Beautiful Day? It's a beautiful song - White Bird

https://youtu.be/q918fs4RAto?si=448c_m0ySrqnkX-h

Date: Fri May 3 19:40:01 2024
User: BuzzClik
Message:

Here is one of roughly the same vintage: Yoohoo Song