The Late Great 1968

[Racerbvd]

Sonny's BBQ, since 1968
https://www.sonnysbbq.com/

[CurtEgerer]

I tried Sonny's for 1st time a few months back - fast, reasonable $$, and great BBQ.

So out of all the crazy things that happened in 68, this is what made the year-end cover of Life mag. Probably about right in most people's mind. Flying to the moon overshadowed all else. War, riots, and political assassinations were certainly nothing new in world history.

[URY914]

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1968.[1]

№ Title Artist(s)
1 "Hey Jude" The Beatles
2 "Love is Blue" Paul Mauriat
3 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro
4 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
5 "People Got to Be Free" The Rascals
6 "Sunshine of Your Love" Cream
7 "This Guy's in Love With You" Herb Alpert
8 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Hugo Montenegro
9 "Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel
10 "Tighten Up" Archie Bell & the Drells

[sammyg2]

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by URY914

1 "Hey Jude" The Beatles

A good slow beat. A little melancholy. I'll give it an 85.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

A good slow beat. A little melancholy. I'll give it an 85.

Everybody is a critic. Being a "little melancholy" is a reason to knock a song? Does being a good song count for anything? How bout poignancy?

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by tabs

Everybody is a critic. Being a "little melancholy" is a reason to knock a song? Does being a good song count for anything? How bout poignancy?

Are you farking shieting me?

You condescending POS.

Go eff yourself. You suck major choader. FOAD. You are a cancer.

One of the best songs ever and you have to be a C word.

You are dead in my mind, MF. Get it?

Kiss my BFA, you idiot. Nice touch, you ugly to the core, hateful, SOB.

Picking up my drift? Go get some money from your Mommy.

I'll take a nice vacation to tell you you suck it.

Eff you tabs.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by URY914

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1968.[1]

№ Title Artist(s)
1 "Hey Jude" The Beatles
2 "Love is Blue" Paul Mauriat
3 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro
4 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
5 "People Got to Be Free" The Rascals
6 "Sunshine of Your Love" Cream
7 "This Guy's in Love With You" Herb Alpert
8 "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Hugo Montenegro
9 "Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel
10 "Tighten Up" Archie Bell & the Drells

I guess I only recall the good music. I do not remember so much elevator music in the top 10. “Love is Blue?” You gotta be kidding.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I guess I only recall the good music. I do not remember so much elevator music in the top 10. “Love is Blue?” You gotta be kidding.

Freshman year in HS in 68....'Love is Blue' was a big song. The girls loved it!

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I guess I only recall the good music. I do not remember so much elevator music in the top 10. “Love is Blue?” You gotta be kidding.

The fact that there are 6 or 7 GREAT songs in that list though, that I still have in rotation on the ipod, now, that's something.

I mean, it's Archie Bell & the Drells, not The Archies! I really love listening to Tighten Up! It's funk-a-licious!

[herr_oberst]

I have no idea why this thread has me so captivated. I was only a sprout, but I knew all around me stuff was happening!!

Here's some more 1968 trivia:

Syd Barret left Pink Floyd in '68 due to his deteriorating mental health.

[p911dad]

I read today that 3 of the last 4 presidents graduated in 1968, Bush (Yale), Clinton (Georgetown) and Trump (Penn). Quite a year.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Are you farking shieting me?

You condescending POS.

Go eff yourself. You suck major choader. FOAD. You are a cancer.

One of the best songs ever and you have to be a C word.

You are dead in my mind, MF. Get it?

Kiss my BFA, you idiot. Nice touch, you ugly to the core, hateful, SOB.

Picking up my drift? Go get some money from your Mommy.

I'll take a nice vacation to tell you you suck it.

Eff you tabs.

Stop beating around the bush, what are you trying to say?

[oldE]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Stop beating around the bush, what are you trying to say?

I hope he's trying to find his center and realizehis post on Hey Jude was not taken as he meant it.
I didn't get the meloncholy remark either.

Best
Les

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

Are you farking shieting me?

You condescending POS.

Go eff yourself. You suck major choader. FOAD. You are a cancer.

One of the best songs ever and you have to be a C word.

You are dead in my mind, MF. Get it?

Kiss my BFA, you idiot. Nice touch, you ugly to the core, hateful, SOB.

Picking up my drift? Go get some money from your Mommy.

I'll take a nice vacation to tell you you suck it.

Eff you tabs.

Don't forget to tell him he couldn't carry your jock strap, Bob! That's always a good one...

[Baz]

I lost my father to a brain tumor in 1968. He was only 48. I was 14. So grateful for the years I did have with him. Miss you Dad!

[oldE]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Stop beating around the bush, what are you trying to say?

I hope he's trying to find his center and realize his post on Hey Jude was not taken as he meant it.
I didn't get the meloncholy remark either.

Best
Les

That was weird. I edited to add a space and it double posted.
Sorry all.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Baz

. I was 14........

Geez, I'm an old fart and you were twice as old as I was!!!!!!!!

[Rapewta]

1968. Oh man... what a transition I made. Graduated from HS as a solid "C" student. No future ahead.
Back then when a young man finished HS, He left home. True story. I did. It was normal growing pains.
I didn't want to sleep on top of hay bails in a commune, teaching goats how to whistle, so I joined the service for four years.

That year was the most important period of time for young adults.

I could talk for hours on 1968's impact for all of us that remember.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Geez, I'm an old fart and you were twice as old as I was!!!!!!!!

Yeah but I'm not twice as old as you now...and that's what counts!