Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
Because we need some baroque pop for our morning ...
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Bob Dylan – Talkin’ John Birch Society Blues
The Notorious Byrd Brothers – Going Back.
Because the world needs more psychedelic country rock music on a Friday morning. More about the history of this interesting album: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Notorious_Byrd_Brothers
Peter, Paul and Mary – Old Coat
"Silver spoons to some mouths, golden spoons to others,
Dare a man to change the given order.
Though they smile and tell us all of us are brothers,
never was it true this side of Jordan."
Margie Singleton – Ode to Billie Joe
Margie Singleton's version of Bobbie Gentrie's Ode to Billie Joe. This song got a lot of play on country music stations in the late 1960s but has all been forgotten in the past 50 years. The oldies stations still play Bobbie Gentry's version but I doubt many country stations still play Margie Singleton.
The irony of the song is that the Tallahatchie Bridge is not a good one to commit suicide on. It's only about 20 feet above the river that is fairly deep and muddy, and plenty of people have jumped off it and walked away without a scratch. https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2705/4539269463_edfbbb8d6c_b.jpg
Bobbie Gentry intended for the song to be more ironic then about suicide. Bobbie Gentry's goal with the song called out the callousness of society as the Vietnam War was escalating, with the family noting the suicide in with more mundane business of life.