Today's offering from the music chronicles of Russel Ray for Music on Mondays is one of my favorite songs from 1971: "Signs" by the Five Man Electrical Band. Oh how my wise old grandmother hated this head-banging music (which seems so tame by today's standards). At the time I was desperately trying everything I could get away with to be a "long-haired freaky" person.
Signs by Five Man Electrical Band is a song from my era and it was one that has always stuck with me. The message is one about rhetoric of the message as opposed to living the message. The song might be more appropriate today than ever in the material and superficial world we are surrounded by. Another reason I like the song is this was a Canadian band.
haha, brilliant song! I’ve never heard this before.
It was released in 1971 and did quite well in Canada. It has lived on because of the message. I enjoy listening to it whenever it comes up on my play list or on the radio.
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This is a good song, Ivon! I’ve never heard it before, strangely enough, and I liked seeing those old 45′s again!
I still own some old 45′s. I think I had this song on a 45. I always enjoyed the song. It spoke to me right from the time I first heard it.