The Power of Music

I just happened upon this Youtube video that made my day.  These songs brought me back to my teenage years, and I'm sure my friends that I grew up with will enjoy listening to these songs too. 

This is what the Youtube channel says about this video:

Take a joyful trip back to the 1960s, when pop songs were bright, catchy, and impossible not to smile at. This countdown revisits fifteen feel-good classics that still light up the room within seconds and bring pure nostalgia with every note.

🎵 Songs Featured:

You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes

It’s My Party – Leslie Gore

Knock Three Times – Tony Orlando and Dawn

I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles

Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys

Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel

California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & the Papas

The Loco-Motion – Little Eva

Happy Together – The Turtles

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse

Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann

Dizzy – Tommy Roe

I’m a Believer – The Monkees

Sugar, Sugar – The Archies

Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations

AI says about the 60’s:

The 1960s was an iconic decade of massive cultural, social, and political transformation. Spanning from January 1, 1960, to December 31, 1969, the era fundamentally reshaped fashion, civil rights, music, and space exploration.

Add to that:  I grew up  in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Hippie movement evolved.  It made for an interesting time and place to grow up.  I was blessed to grow up in a home that kept me grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.    

Enjoy.  

June 19, 2026

Here I am 13 days later after posting this blogpost the first time.  Today, I ran into this video talking about the songs from the 70's.  Well, guess what!  I'm also a child of the 70's.  Make that a teenage child of the 70's.  I started high school in 1970 and graduated in 1974.  Enjoy going back to the song of the 70's.

This is what the Youtube channel says about this video:  

These 15 songs from the 1970s feel like pure golden hour sunshine. No heartbreak. No heaviness. Just warm, uplifting nostalgia that still glows decades later. From soft rock classics to joyful pop anthems, this countdown celebrates the happiest side of seventies music.

🎵 Songs Featured:

Let Your Love Flow – The Bellamy Brothers

Make It With You – Bread

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) – James Taylor

Take It Easy – Eagles

Sister Golden Hair – America

Our House – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra

Dreams – Fleetwood Mac

Summer Breeze – Seals and Crofts

You're So Vain – Carly Simon

Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain and Tennille

My Sweet Lord – George Harrison

Danny's Song – Loggins and Messina

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens