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Music of 1971: I post ten, you post the rest, okay? [1]

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Date: 2023-01-22

Vietnam

Okay, let’s get started.

Here is the link to the top 100 songs of 1971:

en.wikipedia.org/…

I will now choose just ten of them, to post in this diary.

You, my commentators, are invited to post more songs, in the comments.

Here we go:

Number 99:

Wow, I found lots of great songs, from numbers 91 through 100. But, this one is so moody, with such a great bass track. And, Jim Morrison died, not long after recording this. But, feel free, to look at the others, and post one, or two, in your comment.

Number 89:

Such nice mood music. Even if the mood, is the mood of an action movie!

Number 79:

I do not recall ever hearing this version before. I must have always just heard the Crosby Stills Nash and Young version, I suppose.

Number 69:

Okay, turn the volume up, all the way, for this one.

Okay, it may look like I am just picking all the nines, 99, 89, 79, 69.

I thought about doing that, but, for each group of ten songs, the nines have actually been great. If you see any others you feel we all need to hear, feel free to post it, in your comment.

Number 58:

Nice, happy love song.

Number 47:

Okay, that one made me cry. I mean, I was shouting, and crying, loud and hard, all through that song. I think I reacted that way because it seems to me that this song gives us the most honest assessment, the most likely prediction, when it comes to marriage. Both my marriages ended with each wife getting sick and dying, so I did not have so much of the deep seated relationship troubles that this song is about. But, if you think about how half of all marriages end in divorce, and many others, as this song is about, are way less than happy, you can see the brutal honesty of this song. Please, do not think that I am telling you it’s not possible to have a truly great marriage. I am just trying to express, why I was crying, so hard. Feels like brutal honesty. I like honesty, better than ignoring reality. So, I was feeling joy, as I was crying.

Number 35:

If you listen closely to the lyrics, you will see that this song is not saying, “We are the ideal couple, so totally in love!” This song is not saying that. It is saying, let’s give it a chance, and see, if our love grows. Let’s give it a chance, and see. I like that.

Number 21:

This seems to be, mainly, a song protesting the war in Vietnam. But, I like the title, which is also the hook: “What’s Going On” This seems to suggest, we all need to pay attention, to what is going on, in the world around us. I know, you can’t fix it, so you can take a break, from all the alarming news, such as, the war in Ukraine. But, we all need to stay awake, especially about matters closer to home, like troubles in your home town, and in your family.

Number 15:

Treat her with respect.

Number 8:

My parents were both born in 1924, on farms in central Missouri. The farm where my mother grew up, was the place our family always visited, every summer, and every Christmas, from at least 1960, when I was 5 years old, to about 1972, when I was 17. So, this song makes me think of that farm, and my roots, as they say, in Hickory County, Missouri.

Okay, your turn.

Here is the link, again:

en.wikipedia.org/…

Hugs!

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