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I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally gettin' together
Yeah it's wonderful now
That people are finally gettin' together
....reach out in the darkness....

#FriendAndLover

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Back when Pop was worth listening-to. It's a happy, bouncy, slightly trippy song with time-signature changes and everything.
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@Tom Grzybow
Well, that was when the Hippies ruled by putting daisies down the barrels of rifles and preached peace and love and understanding like it was the Age of Aquarius. People remember all the rock giants of that era, but rarely Friend & Lover.
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@Tom Grzybow
Actually I think it's in times like these that we could use lyrics like those to rise again:
"""""""""""""
I knew a man that I did not care for
And then one day, this man gave me a call
We sat and talked about things on our mind
And now this man, he is a friend of mine

Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
And you may find a friend

I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together
I think it's so groovy now
That people are finally getting together
I thinks it's wonderful and how
That people are finally getting together

Don't be afraid of love
Don't be afraid, don't be afraid to love
Listen to me...
Everybody needs a little love
Everybody needs somebody
That they can be thinking of

Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
Reach out in the darkness
And you may find a friend
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I love their use of minor 7ths. (I think that's what they are using - on "think" and "so" and "to" in together.)
in reply to Tom Grzybow

@Tom Grzybow
They certainly deserve more recognition than they've been getting.
Lifting up Friend & Lover.
in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan

The ethos of the time was wonderful, but had little to sustain it. In fact it was commercialized and undermined even as it unfolded.
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@Tom Grzybow
That, and Merle Haggard didn't help with being proud to be an Okie from Muscogee.
That's where even squares can have a ball

""""""""""""""""""""""
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
'Cause we like living right and being free

We don't make a party out of loving
'Cause we like holding hands and pitching woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do...

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
The kids here still respect the college dean

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Ol' Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all

in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan

Another really wonderful band, which came a little later but has been similarly overlooked is Renaissance. I had two of their albums, back in the day...
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We don’t make a party out of loving
'Cause we like holding hands and pitching woo

Oh really?

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@Tom Grzybow
That's what he said, but Merle Haggard had long shaggy hair, yet says they don't wear that in Muscogee. Go figure.
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We don’t smoke marijuana in Muskogee, we get stumblin' drunk on Whiskey.