Seventies Hits – Imagine by John Lennon
One of my favorites hits in the Seventies was the song Imagine by John Lennon. The song sung with so much passion speaks of the feelings of the young generation of that era. It was tumultuous times with the Vietnam war that the United States was on the verge of losing.
The whole world was watching in awe, witnessing how a super power with all it superior war arsenal can actually be losing to some third world guerrillas that depended on nothing but battle worn rifles sheer ingenuity. The US could find no answer to their hit and run tactics of the Vietcong and till today, many a horror stories of the war is being told and re-told.
It was also a time when flower power was at it’s peak. Peace, Not War was the slogan and there was frequent protest in the US to bring their armies home. Hippy singers of that time who worships peace more than anyone else sung and prayed for world peace.
“Imagine” written and sung by John Lennon was one of those. It remained a popular tune, even till today and whatever was expressed in the song still apyly applies to the world we live in today.
Seventies Celebrities – An Interview With John Lenon
Found this video in YouTube. An interview with John Lennon done nearly 40 years ago by a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan who snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview.
It has been made into animated clip with the soundtrack from the original interview. Jerry Levitan, now all grown up produced this animated clip with a few others. Watch and get an insight into what John lennon thought of the world in the early Seventies.
The Seventies – Play The Funky Music
Play The Funky Music is probably one of the biggest hits of the Seventies. Naturally, it also became one of my favorite party songs. During that period, there was no such thing called a disco yet along my shores though the phenomena was already catching on like wild fire in more advanced countries. So it was weekly “parties” for us.
In reality, it wasn’t much of a party. Just the usual gang sitting jamming together with the cassette recorder blasting away. Yes it was cassette recorders. Do not know what was a CD back then. Never heard of one even. The most modern and advanced musical gadget was the cassette recorder.
The opening strum of the bass guitar from “Play the funky music” became like sort of an anthem to us then. It was hot and it was funky and every one went a little crazy when the funky music starts.
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