Billboard Notes: 1967-11-25
Mar. 20th, 2025 01:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dwvanstoneMy musical journey back in time is to the Billboard charts of Nov 25, 1967 when I was just under one year old.
I like the #1 song that week ("Incense and Peppermints") - it's playful and knowingly nonsensical in its lyrics.
Two songs stuck out as different this week. Well, they aren't songs, they are spoken text with patriotic schmaltz in the background. The first is the conservative "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son" (eventually reaching #10) by Victor Lundberg about a father who is trying to explain himself to (and threaten with disownment) his draft-card-burning, hippie son. The response track "A Letter To Dad" was released by Every Father's Teenage Son and entered the charts this week. These two pieces are very political and direct.
Also entering this week is the weird response to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" called "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)". It's....bizarre.
It's still a fun journey to hear another era of music.
I like the #1 song that week ("Incense and Peppermints") - it's playful and knowingly nonsensical in its lyrics.
Two songs stuck out as different this week. Well, they aren't songs, they are spoken text with patriotic schmaltz in the background. The first is the conservative "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son" (eventually reaching #10) by Victor Lundberg about a father who is trying to explain himself to (and threaten with disownment) his draft-card-burning, hippie son. The response track "A Letter To Dad" was released by Every Father's Teenage Son and entered the charts this week. These two pieces are very political and direct.
Also entering this week is the weird response to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" called "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)". It's....bizarre.
It's still a fun journey to hear another era of music.
