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"It's Too Bad" is a jazz-blues-influenced song written by Jimi Hendrix in 1969. Recorded by Hendrix that same year with American rock and funk musician Buddy Miles on drums and Grammy Award-winner Duane Hitchings on organ, the song was released a little more than thirty years later on the box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The song was number 245 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. [5] Pitchfork Media named it the forty-second best song of the 1960s. [10] The song is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" [11] and Time magazine's All-Time 100. [12]
Adams said the song was not about the summer of 1969 but about having sex in the summertime; "69" being a reference to the sexual position 69. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Vallance, however, has gone for the more conventional interpretation of the title being a reference to a year.
Elton John was paid £12 for his work on the song. [8] The song was released on 26 September 1969 and reached No. 3 in the UK, [11] and No. 7 in the US. [5] The song was re-released in August 1988 in the UK following its use in a television advertisement for Miller Lite beer. It reached the No. 1 spot in the UK chart for two weeks in September ...
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. [4] The song is about a student named Maxwell Edison who commits murders with a hammer, with the dark lyrics disguised by an upbeat sound. [1]
In the years since the song came out, fans have speculated about the meaning of its lyrics, seemingly trying to connect them to present-day world events. ... Sloan said, naming the 1969 song “In ...
"Worst That Could Happen" is a song with lyrics and music written by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by the 5th Dimension on their 1967 album of nearly all-Jimmy Webb songs, The Magic Garden, "Worst That Could Happen" was later recorded by the Brooklyn Bridge and reached the Billboard Hot 100's top 40, at #38 on January 4, 1969, peaking at #3 on February 1-8, 1969.
The song is a folk rock ballad that variously takes the form of a first-person lament as well as a third-person sketch of a boxer. The lyrics are largely autobiographical and partially inspired by the Bible and were written during a time when Simon felt he was being unfairly criticized. The song's lyrics discuss poverty and loneliness.