What's your favorite song from 1969?

[Coventina]

Wow! I never anticipated the previous thread to take off like it did!
So, I thought I'd give the next year a try!!

Here's my pick from 1969. I love the musical "Hair" to pieces, so this was a no-brainer for me:

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Yep! I saw them perform at 'Jubilee' at UNC-CH!!

[unc70]

5. Saw them, Joe Cocker, & many others there

Jubilee was a series of extraordinary events. Was there for 67 through 71.

Go Heels!

[CurtEastPoint]

6. 68 - 72!

[Chasstev365]

2. Fortunate Song CCR

[red dog 1]

9. Fortunate Son

Off CCR's "Willy & the Poor Boys" album

Great song!

[Ken Burch]

15. John Fogerty recently stated that the song was partially inspired by...David Eisenhower

'Fortunate Son' wasn't really inspired by any one event. Julie Nixon was dating David Eisenhower. You'd hear about the son of this senator or that congressman who was given a deferment from the military or a choice position in the military. They seemed priviledged and whether they liked it or not, these people were symbolic in the sense that they weren't being touched by what their parents were doing. They weren't being affected like the rest of us.[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eisenhower

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. In memory of Joe Cocker- With A little help from my friends

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=joe+cocker+at+woodstock&view=detail&mid=8EB9751D2D47762061508EB9751D2D4776206150&FORM=VIRE

As practically all of New England traveled to New York, I couldn't go, my daughter born, August 14,1969 - the best of times....

I also remember from Woodstock.."No War" chant....the worst of times..

[Kahuna7]

8. That was a good one!

[red dog 1]

17. Great song!

Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney for the Sgt. Pepper album.

The Beatles version is very good; but Joe Cocker's version is outstanding!
(He was great at Woodstock)

Joe Cocker died in 2014...He was 70.

[Mike Nelson]

4. A Song for DU...

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[Kahuna7]

7. J5, I Want You Back, and anything by Sly and the Family Stone.. Also

loved Chicago and Three Dog Night.

[red dog 1]

10. Bad Moon Rising - CCR

[Ron Obvious]

11. Get Back - Beatles

With Don't let me down on the flip side of the '45, which I actually liked even better.

Sorry, tried to find a youtube for this song but found nothing but rubbishy cover versions.

[CanSocDem]

12. This:

[gratuitous]

18. A terrific song

But it shouldn't be listened to more than once a year.

[Tikki]

13. "Taurus"...The Shadows of Knight

Tikki

[ballardgirl]

14. Joni Mitchell

Both Sides Now

[LNM]

16. In the Ghetto by Elvis

[onethatcares]

19. Volunteers of America,by Jefferson Airplane

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might not be the right year but it was the right time.

[kwassa]

20. Peaches En Regalia. Frank Zappa.

and a million other songs. Great year.

[Brother Buzz]

21. Sons of Champlin - Don't Fight It Do It

[area51]

22. Hooray for Dark Shadows:

[Rhiannon12866]

23. B.J. Thomas - Hooked on a Feeling (1969)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. I saw "Hair" on Broadway in 1969.

Loved it, still love the music.

[DFW]

25. Something

By the Beatles (George Harrison's song)

[mr_lebowski]

27. I sang that at my Wedding Reception ... my Cousin on the Guitar

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Also ... "I'm In Love With A Girl" by Big Star ...

Come 2 think of it ... inclined to cheat and pick 'Abbey Road' as the answer to this question. Just ... Abbey Road. Any of them.

But here's a few other candidates (the first one in particular is highly rec'd viewing ... Stills ... KILLS ... and Nash is a gas)

[DFW]

34. I played once and once only with both my siblings at my nephew's wedding

It was the only time the three of us have performed as a trio. The song he requested was "Wild Mountain Thyme"

The three of us rarely get together at all these days, due to geography (New Jersey/Northern Virginia/German Rheinland) and day jobs.

But for this, we all traveled to Palo Alto and put together this one family gig:
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[strongermessage]

26. Suite Judy Blue Eyes, CSN

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[Eugene]

28. One (is the Loneliest Number) - Three Dog Night

[lastlib]

30. Eli's Comin' !

[Miles Archer]

29. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, "Down By The River"

[LakeArenal]

31. Too Hard... Maybe best album would be easier

Anything from: Woodstock, Cream Goodbye Album.. Allman Bros.. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Doobies...
But in the end...Abbey Road... sigh

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=listen+to+old+music+from+1969&qpvt=listen+to+old+music+from+1969&view=detail&mid=7E8E623C730D185D16717E8E623C730D185D1671&FORM=VRDGAR

[Hoyt]

32. Ballad of Easy Rider, Baby It's You,

Christine's Tune
Sin City
Born on the Bayou
Every Day People
Get Together
The Loner
My Uncle
Fortunate Sun
Wooden Ships
Cowgirl In The Sand
Honky Tonk Women

[Skittles]

33. Somthing in the Air