I’m Crying Because They Knew What Was Coming 50 Years Ago and Couldn’t, Or Didn’t, Stop It Then

This song came up this morning. My partner and I were talking about oldies upon waking up, as normal millennials do, and this song came up.

She thought it was by the David Matthews Band. I’m sure they did a cover, but the meaning is more powerful from the writer, Stephen Stills. Stills, like Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, were less of a jam band than they were anti-war activists with talent.

”It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound /
Everybody look what’s going down / Paranoia strikes deep /
Into your life it will creep /
It starts when you’re always afraid /
You step out of line, the man come and take you away /”

For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield (1967 [52 years ago])

Next up: Neil Young – (Four Dead In) Ohio (1970 [49])

Lovers Over the Telephone: “Baby It’s Cold Outside”

If you live in the Northeast United States, this is a great time to stay inside by the fire and call your sweetie. Or your grandmother. Call anyone!

On this day in history in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.

I’m going to call one of my friends in the tropics and ask them to leave their phone on speaker in the sand on the beach so I can hear the sunshine and ocean waves.