Editor's Note: This week we're looking at the some of the best songs from 1968. Why? Because everyone and their mother is talking about 1968 this year. Sure it's the 40th anniversary of the most important year since 1945, but it seems like the media and old Baby Boomers want some sort of revolution this year. So to please them, we'll look at some of the better songs from 1968 and see what sort of impact they have on some Gen-Yer who was apparently named after Bobby Kennedy (even though both his grandfather and father went by Robert before RFK became a house hold name...)
Otis Redding never planed for this to be his swan song, but it's a hell of a good-bye. On December 8th, Mr. Redding finished recording the song. Two days later Redding died in a plane crash outside Madison, Wisconsin.
The song would be released a month later at the onset of the 1968, though in many ways it feels like a song that should have been released at the end of the year. It's a tired song, with waves softly in the background, a relaxing bass line, and then Redding's tired voice.
It's a beautiful song. And I think it sums up how most people probably felt by the end of 1968.
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