Friday On My Mind 92: and Reelin’ in the Years 75: Abraham, Martin and John
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, Friday On My Mind, Lyrics, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 22 November 2013
It’s an anniversary today. You might have heard some mention of it.
This song was written as a response to that and later similar events of a turbulent decade.
From a fifty year perspective the lyric now seems overly sentimentalised.
The first version of this was by Dion but the UK hit came in 1970 from Marvin Gaye.
Dion: Abraham, Martin and John
Marvin Gaye: Abraham, Martin and John
Tags: Dion, Marvin Gaye
