Most of these are not just songs that I like but songs that have personal meaning and connection to my life. This post is perhaps the most honest I have been about myself on this Blog. I am a very Private person but sometimes I need to share.
A Horse with No Name - America
A World without Love - Peter and Gordon
California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas
Don't Let the Sun Catch you Crying - Gerry and the Pacemakers
Do you Believe in Magic? - The Lovin' Spoonful
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Hand me Down World - the Guess Who
Heart Full of Soul - Yardbirds
I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After
I'm into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
I've seen All Good People - Yes
Jackie Blue - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Long Time Gone - Crosby Stills and Nash
Love is All Around - The Troggs
Message in a Bottle - The Police
Never My Love - The Association
Next Plane to London - Rose Garden
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
San Francisco - Scott McKenzie
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills
This is a great list. I could write articles about a lot of these songs. Some are gems, some I could care less about. One interesting song that led to my personal conversion was "Let It Be" by the Beatles. I was having a hard time in my life, and I heard that song: "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, Let it be." I decided that the next time I had a panic attack, I would surrender my pride and pray. Cut to next panic attack. I prayed the "Hail Mary". (I was raised Catholic, but I had become an atheist/agnostic.) I heard a brief message and that was it. The next day, I woke up, and I saw God everywhere. I was given the gift of Faith, (which I did not deserve.) Later, I read in the Bible that when the angel appeared to Mary and told her that she would be the Mother of God, her response was "Let it be done unto me according to thy word." So this song is actually quoting scripture. Anyway, 30 years later, I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ. I was given a great gift.
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