the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

Back into the underground; underwater, pre-natal we go. Lots of you younger guys are already down there. But from the roots, come the flowers.

Like this monster folk-pop hit from late Spring early Summer 1964, We'll Sing in the Sunshine by Gale Garnett; at least it was already gone here by July in the SF area, and was listed as a national top song of the year back then. It's not on my list (at least not yet), but sometimes later favorites remind me of this song. Not necessarily the words, which many Gen Xers or conservative Christians might hate, but the tone of voice, evoking what's natural, flowing, and not clinging.





I think she directly influenced Sonny & Cher, who made two songs soon afterward that might be considered answer songs to Gale's, with the words and voice tone similar, but saying the opposite.

Baby Don't Go
Just You (a 1965 best songs pick of mine from a few pages back)

and these, for example:

Come Share the Good Times with Me Julie Monday, 1966 (a best songs ever pick of mine)
Someday Soon Judy Collins, 1969
Linda Ronstadt can be mentioned too.