Song 805: This week the playlist recognizes Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells, written by Eddie Gray, Tommy James and Mike Vale, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. About a month after my senior classmates and I celebrated our graduation in June of 1969, Mr. TJ and his Ss started capturing our ears with their colorful method of convincing listeners. It didn't take long to sing along with a tune that told us a new day was comin' and people were changin', and I think we graduates agreed with those lines. As this classic rode the charts, near the final week of July, I got on a plane with a group of high school choir mates for a ride to Switzerland, and we felt sure that when the plane landed, we were gonna see the light. After that new vibration, we had an enjoyable performance tour, heading back home around the third week of August. On the bus ride up to our hometown from NYC, in the Bethel area we saw a lot of hitchhikers and the bus driver told us that a major music festival had just happened in that area. Later I would learn that the Woodstock Festival had focused on peace and good brotherhood.
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