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1 posted on 03/12/2025 2:54:48 PM PDT by simpson96
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I have loved this song since ‘68!
Thanks


2 posted on 03/12/2025 2:58:15 PM PDT by Ken Regis (I concur )
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Great song. Thanks for posting. IIRC it was our HS class song or prom theme in 1968


3 posted on 03/12/2025 3:05:40 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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One of my favorite songs ever! Ranks up there with the good the bad and the ugly


4 posted on 03/12/2025 3:07:21 PM PDT by WhattheDickens? (Funny, I didn’t think this was 1984…)
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I remember that song, and I liked it as a child. I didn't know that it was "Eurovision," and therefore I was supposed to not like it.

1968 was also the year Classical Gas went to #1 in the United States. It was written by Mason Williams, who was (at that time) head writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Very talented guy.

Also that year, 1968, MacArthur Park went to #1. Perhaps Jimmy Webb's magnum opus.

A remarkable year for music, and to be young. That year would end with the Book of Genesis coming to us from lunar orbit.

5 posted on 03/12/2025 3:08:29 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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A lot of males bought the album in 1968 because of the album cover.


6 posted on 03/12/2025 3:12:12 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: simpson96
I Love The One With Vocals Also"

Paul Mauriat -Love Is Blue

8 posted on 03/12/2025 3:23:54 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Several covers were recorded of this song.
At least one of them sounds like they used a Harpsichord for the main melody. Very nice. Genteel, even.


10 posted on 03/12/2025 3:34:30 PM PDT by lee martell
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Even a hardcore teen rocker like me loved this song.


11 posted on 03/12/2025 3:48:25 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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I get misty eyed every time I hear that tune. Reminds when my first ever dog died.


12 posted on 03/12/2025 3:48:46 PM PDT by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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Wore out the 45 (not caliber).


13 posted on 03/12/2025 3:59:04 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Are you, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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Sweet, brings back memories (good ones).

Never seen how it was put together, though - thanks for that!

15 posted on 03/12/2025 4:10:14 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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I remember that song from Jr. High.


18 posted on 03/12/2025 4:21:42 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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Beautiful song, I have loved it thru the years. It’s timeless…


21 posted on 03/12/2025 4:29:09 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: simpson96
I listen to this song several times a year, for the last decade or so.

My sister used to have this on a 45, and I used to play her records when I was a child. It reminds me of a bygone era.

27 posted on 03/12/2025 6:05:18 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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An oldie but very, very goodie. Memories!


30 posted on 03/12/2025 6:56:37 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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