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I Can't Get Next To You
1 posted on 10/18/2024 5:09:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 10/18/2024 5:26:36 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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It’s October 18, 1969. The Russian Soyuz 8 spacecraft returns to Earth with cosmonauts Shatalov and Yeliseyev. Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner is arrested for marijuana possession. Wyclef Jean and golfer Ernie Els are each one day old; Led Zeppelin are preparing to release their second album. Gas costs 35c a gallon in America and 6s 2d (31p) in Britain. And America’s new favorite pop single is “I Can’t Get Next To You” by the Temptations.

And on that day, future FR poster Fiji Hill is sitting in his dorm room at Occidental College, on the western slope of Fiji Hill, listening to the radio and feeling frustrated as the USC Trojans move the ball up and down the field against Notre Dame, but can't score. The game ended in a 14-14 tie.

3 posted on 10/18/2024 5:29:13 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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My favorite tune by that group:

Barbara--The Temptations (1960)

4 posted on 10/18/2024 5:31:52 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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