The Drive, 6/9/09: 1970

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BOS PG&E, "Are You Ready?"  Alas, the version I have is truncated, missing an entire verse.

ETA: I used to want to write an essay on 1970-72 R&B music fixated on apocalyptic takes on religion, but I never got further than this and Curtis Mayfield's "If There's a Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go."

interesting idea.  Jesus (at least as philosopher, if not messiah) was pretty popular "back then," yeah?   Andrew Lloyd Webber "Jesus Chris Superstar" comes to mind, of course.  all the "god rock," the Geo Harrison spirituality... My oldest brother was (and still is) a real hippie, and back in the early 70s he worked Jesus into his world outlook (of course, he *did* grew up pretty Catholic).   I remember thinking that "for a hippie, he sure sounded like a religious freak." 

"Oh Happy Day" was controversial in its day, because some found the lyric ("he taught me to watch, fight and pray") not exactly true to what the New Testament was about (Jesus didn't teach anyone to "fight", he said "turn the other cheek").

BOS3 the mighty Badberries, er, Razfinger, er, "No Matter What".

Oh what a beautiful Bobby Bloom (will we get the loooong version?)

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Oh what a beautiful Bobby Bloom (will we get the loooong version?)

YESSSS! (Guess the edit is hard to find these days)

Beatles - I've Got a Feeling 
Alive & Kicking - Tighter, Tighter 
Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With 
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky 
Allman Brothers - In Memory of Elizabeth Reed 
Joe Cocker - The Letter 
Pacific Gas and Electric - Are You Ready 
Santana - Oye Como Va 
Badfinger - No Matter What 
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay

Glenn Schwartz? No, really?