"I Am The Walrus," the song with no rhyme or reason, was written in three parts: part one was written by John during an acid trip, part two was written during another acid trip the next week, and part three was "filled in after [he] met Yoko."
Honestly, Pete Seeger didn't sound or look much different some sixty years after he recorded this song in 1951.
"Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on rock and roll and pop music from the latter half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1970s or 1980s."
"Others find pleasure in things I despise." ~ Gram Parsons, 1968.
"Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news. But behind that hid a lively sense of humor, revealed to listeners late in his career, when he became the beloved judge and official scorekeeper for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NPR's news quiz show. Kasell died Tuesday from complications from Alzheimer's disease in Potomac, Md. He was 84."
Observation: You might be running a bit rich if you have flames coming out of your stack.
This is kind of music I expect would have at one time been standard fare on the radio for a round trip across the country, something you could easily have heard once an hour by flipping through radio station.