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(Originally finalized on September 1, 2025)
Preface: Now that this music log is finally beginning to wind down (or so it appears, at least), the time has come... for a lot of themes I've been sitting on and pushing back week after week, month after month. This week, it's songs about time.
Monday: Boston - Foreplay/Long Time [Boston, 1976]
Comments: I believe I've extolled the virtues of Boston's debut album on this music log before. This is my favorite song from the album. I love the extended instrumental intro, the soaring guitar lead, and the sense of space that's created.
Tuesday: The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side [The Rolling Stones No. 2, 1965]
Comments: Included on just their second album, from all the way back in 1965, this is one of The Rolling Stones' earliest hit singles. And though founding member Brian Jones wouldn't live to see the '70s, for the rest of the band - who were on an upward trajectory to super stardom - time would indeed prove to be on their side.
Wednesday: The Zombies - Time Of The Season [Odessey And Oracle, 1968]
Comments: Written by keymaster Rod Argent, founding member and creative force behind The Zombies, this hit single from their second album has become one of the defining songs of the psychedelic sixties.
Thursday: The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today [The Time Has Come, 1967]
Comments: Even more effectively embodying the mind-expanding spirit of the psychedelic movement is this 11 minute long (complete with midsection freakout!) album-ending opus by the family band that included four brothers.
Friday: Neil Young - Comes A Time (Live) [Live Rust, 1979]
Comments: I really like the lyrics in this song, and it has a pleasant melody. I've chosen the live version from Live Rust, not just because I prefer it to the studio album this song is named after (Neil's return to the middle of the road, after several years of musical experimentation), but because I genuinely think the song sounds better without the accompaniment of all the country instruments featured on that album.
Saturday: Uriah Heep - Time To Live [Salisbury, 1971]
Comments: Not the only song by this band that I considered for this theme, the other one is Traveller in Time, from their fourth album, Demons and Wizards. But I'd give the edge to this song from their second album. Although less coated in the trappings of sci-fi, it touches on similar themes of captivity and redemption. In this song, the narrator is a prisoner being released after serving time for murder. But the twist is that his crime was [allegedly] justified.
Sunday: The Guess Who - No Time [Canned Wheat, 1969]
Comments: One of my favorite songs by The Guess Who - did you know the band recorded it twice? The version on their subsequent album, American Woman, is the more popular; it's considerably more radio-friendly. But I prefer this version, with its quirky intro, and extended, balls-to-the-wall guitar solo.
Honorable Mentions: As you can imagine, there are a lot of "time" songs out there, including some really good ones that have already been featured on this music log during other themes. But chief among them - and therefore earning this honorable mention - is Time by Pink Floyd, from the album Dark Side of the Moon. Even knowing I was eventually going to get around to doing this theme, I still deliberately chose it for my funeral playlist, and I have no regrets.