The first baby boomers turned 14 in 1960 and were getting their groove on to songs from the Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Chubby Check, Roy Orbison and Connie Francis. In 1960, the use of birth control pills and Hugh Hefner opening the first of his Playboy Clubs in Chicago were at the fore front of the sexual revolution. The US sent the first troops to Vietnam. John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson were elected President and Vice-President respectively, and Bedrock’s first family, The "Flintstones", made their television debut. Cathy’s Clown by the Everly Brothers finished in the no.1 spot on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart. Here is the link to my music source: http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1960.htm
The song from 1960 that I selected for our Boomer Manifesto – the Musical is:
Let's Think About Livin' by Bob Luman
Let's think about living
Let's think about loving
Let's think about the whoopin'
and hoppin' and boppin'
and the lovie, lovie dovin'
Let's forget about the whinin' and the cryin'
And the shooting and the dying
And the fellow with a switchblade knife
Let's think about living
Let's think about life
Corny lyrics? Yeah they are corny, that’s for sure. But the title of the song is appropriate as the first entry of our manifesto, our “declaration of principles and intentions as we go forward.” Let’s think about livin’! We sleep walk through most of our day. We don’t appreciate the little things in life. Stop and smell the roses? Who has time! Do you focus too much on the future and not enough on the now? Do you find yourself wishing your life away planning how you are really going to enjoy life on your next vacation, the following weekend or when you retire? That isn’t living. That’s planning. Remember: Learn from the past; Live for today; Plan for tomorrow. Now get out there and work in some more daily lovie, lovie dovin and less whinin’ and cryin’.
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. William Wallace
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