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Posts Tagged ‘1968’
James Taylor: Carolina in My Mind
Sometimes, you come across a song that has special meaning to you. This is one of those. In 1968, James Taylor recorded this song whilst working in England, for Apple Music, the record label owned by The Beatles. Taylor, born in Boston but and raised in North Carolina was writing about [...]
The Kinks: Last of the Steam-powered Trains
I couldn’t resist a second shout out for The Kinks “Village Green Preservation Society” album. Honestly, I could properly full a complete week of posts with tracks off of this album – it’s greatness is that good. Last of the Steam Powered Trains is, like yesterday’s track, a song full of nostalgia. [...]
The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society
My brother and sister are soon to visit me from England. They want to know if I need anything “English” – which leads into today’s nostalgic song. “The Kinks Are Village Green Preservation Society” is one of my all time favorite albums, the main reason being this track, a cry out for [...]
Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Fasten your seatbelts, this one could take a while. At over seventeen minutes in length, you may want to put the kettle on or take a lunch break before you listen to this track in it’s entirety. (As I know you all will!) I decided it’s about time for another creepy Halloween tune, and I [...]
The Beatles: Dear Prudence
The sun is up
The sky is blue
It’s beautiful
And so are you
Gentlemen, take note of those lyrics – you may want to use them when you write your next letter or sign your next greetings card to your sweetheart. There is a good chance that they will not connect the words to this underrated song [...]
The Beatles: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
This is the longest track name that the Beatles ever wrote, and is a song of few lyrics. Written by John Lennon in 1968 and released on the Beatles “White Album”, this song was about Lennon and Yoko Ono. Lennon uses a lot of opposites in the lyrics – this seems to be [...]
