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The Time Was 1968: The Wonder of Late Summer

episode date - September 17, 2008

Just this morning, I listened to the radio on the way to work. Rather than tune in the news, I played a music station that happened to play a few new releases. I’m always interested in hearing what’s new, but a certain indifference has begun to overcome my curiosity. With the first track (by Paul Weller, ex of the Jam), I found myself thinking “This sounds like about three thousand other songs I’ve already heard”.

The next track (by Counting Crows) inspired me to complain that it was only half a song, with no unique characteristic whatsoever, and the third song (by Broken Social Scene) sounded like it took 30 minutes to write, a thought that was confounded when the disc jockey mentioned that the album took the band sixteen months to record.

Sigh. Is anything interesting happening anymore? So much of the new material I’m hearing is lacking, sounding derivative, dull, or uninspired. What ever happened to new music that excited listeners?

After my morning drive non-experience, I began to compile music for today’s show. I decided to cover the pop charts from 40 years ago, figuring I’d dig up a show’s worth of really good music. Instead, I found that I need AT LEAST two shows, and that is JUST TO COVER THE TOP 40 POP CHARTS FROM SEPTEMBER 1968! These days, it’s hard to imagine a time when pop music was endlessly inspirational, but here’s our proof – part one of a two-part series on pop music from 1968;

1) Hush – Deep Purple

2) Slip Away – Clarence Carter

3) You’re All I Need to Get By – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

4) I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

5) Tuesday Afternoon – The Moody Blues

6) Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith

7) Revolution – The Beatles

8) Hey Jude – The Beatles

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