the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

I probably under-rate this one considering its iconic status in my own life. Powerful vocal by Petula Clark, great orchestral arrangement, and a melody of the purest beauty, make "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" a true classic landmark in music. Building to a great climax, I was so happy when it came out in late June 1966, and how it helped reveal love to me, at the very moment of a cultural shift I could feel happening, that I went into a mystical bliss that is still a part of me. A catalyst for my awakening at Summer Solstice 1966. Petula considers it one of her two best songs; greater than her huge hit "Downtown" that launched her career in early 1965. Like the title of her immediately-previous hit to this one in Summer 1966, this song was "a sign of the times" indeed!





While this song can represent the process of discovery of mystical love, the amazing and wonderful follow-up "Who Am I" was more specifically counter-cultural in its lyrics. "All the dreams that I believe in." Unforgettable too!