Another year has blown by and suddenly it’s Nov 3 again. Over the last 3 years I’ve had to fight off the attempts of Congressman Fred “just call me Fred” Upton and others to keep me from achieving senior status. I’ve used the term Junior Citizen officially. I’ve signed up for the old folks programs and got my hair cut every day for huge savings. Just look at the last 3 years of Nov 3 posts to see all that activity. But now I find that turning 68 doesn’t mean anything as far as milestones go. Even my current congressman, Congressman Scott “just call me the biggest hypocrite in Congress” Desjarlais couldn’t get enthused enough to propose some GOP based law to prevent me from proceeding onward in seniorism this year.
The 50 year look back for this year doesn’t hold much excitement either. 50 years ago I was a freshman at Purdue and just about 50 years ago Mackey Arena was opened with a game between the Rick Mount led Boilermakers and the Lou Alcinder, John Wooden coached UCLA Bruins. 50 years ago in Nov. 1967 The Moody Blues release “Days of Future Past”.
The Chambers Brothers album with “Time has come today” was released.
And one of the albums that I think makes many greatest list Creams “Disraeli Gears” was released. Yes I do own these although I can’t find the Chambers Brothers. For those that don’t remember or don’t know here it the full album so listen to it Junior Citizen. You don’t get music like this anymore. (yes, it’s a play list)
For some reason I always liked this one.
Of course it was the last half of the 60’s so the Beatles had to release something, which they did, “Magical Mystery Tour” . Although Not much stands out on this album as classic Beatles there is “Strawberry Fields Forever”
And finally Country Joe and the Fish released the album that provided this Woodstock moment.
So other than the music of the period represented by those from Nov 1967 there was a lot going on but man just wait for next November. 1968 was a major fricking year in the course of human history.
