HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 447 torrent

PART 447



THE ROLLING STONES - 2000 Light Years From Home (1967) (+)
THE ROLLING STONES - We love you (1967) (+)
THE CREAM - Sitting On Top Of The World (1969)
THE DOORS - Five To One (1969)




"Sitting on Top of the World" is a folk-blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular country blues band of the 1930s. Walter Vinson claimed to have composed “Sitting on Top of the World” one morning after playing a white dance in Greenwood, Mississippi. The song was first recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks in 1930, became a popular crossover hit for the band, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.The numerous versions of “Sitting Top of the World” recorded since 1930 have been characterized by variations to the original lyrics, as recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks in 1930. “Sittin’ on Top of the World”, recorded by Howlin’ Wolf in 1957 is a well-known and widely-used version of this song. This was the version recorded by Cream in 1968.
"Five to One" is a song by The Doors, from their 1968 album "Waiting for the Sun"."Five to one" is rumored to be the approximate ratio of whites to blacks, young to old, or pot smokers to non-pot smokers in the US in 1967, depending on whom you ask. A further urban legend has it as the ratio of Viet Cong to American troops in Vietnam. However, when asked, Jim Morrison said the lyrics were not political.The song's most famous performance was at the 1969 Miami concert at the Dinner Key Auditorium. Towards the end of the performance, a drunken Morrison declared the audience "idiots" and "slaves". The concert would end with Morrison being accused of "attempting to incite a riot" among the concert goers, resulting in his arrest, and later conviction, for indecent exposure.