Andy 60s Music: People Got To Be Free. Let Us Make Peace. Let Us Forgive.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE THIS PIECE, BUT IT'S WORTH READING.

Thanks to this sensible and peace-loving person. 

"Every minute… someone leaves this world.
Not only the old.
Not only the sick.
Not only the weak.
Someone. Somewhere.
Age has nothing to do with it.
Life does not always send a warning.
The truth is… we are all standing in a line.
A line we did not choose.
A line we cannot see the end of.
And the strange thing is… most of us don't even realize we are in it.

We wake up every morning thinking we have time.
Time to hate.
Time to fight.
Time to compete.
Time to prove we are better than someone else.
But the line is moving.
Quietly.
Patiently.
Relentlessly.
And every day… someone steps out of it.
We never know how many people are ahead of us.
We never know when our name will be called.
We cannot move to the back of the line.
We cannot step out of it.
We cannot pause it.
And no amount of money, power, fame, or connections can halt its progress.

So while we are still standing here… while our turn has not yet come…
Let us make peace.
Let us forgive.
Let us stop carrying the heavy bags of anger and hatred.
Let us do good.
Not tomorrow.
Not when it is convenient.
But now.
Let us tell the truth, even when lies seem easier.
Let us be honest, even when honesty comes at a cost.
Let us show kindness to people who may never be able to repay us.
Because one day — whether we like it or not — we will leave this world.
That is the one appointment no human being can cancel.

So, what is the point of holding a grudge against someone who could leave tomorrow… or you could leave before them?
What is the point of destroying someone's life, sending a brother to prison, or plotting revenge… when neither of you truly controls tomorrow?
Why boast about money… when money has never stopped death?
Why boast about status… when titles disappear the moment life leaves the body?
Why deceive yourself with power and connections… when countless powerful people stood in this same line before you and still had to leave?
Why fight your own brother over land… when the earth itself will one day cover both of you?

'People Got To Be Free': The Rascals: Stereo [Summer] 1968. YouTube Video by: Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine.

Look around the world.
People fighting.
Families breaking.
Communities divided.
All for things that cannot follow us beyond the grave.
Evil often grows from ignorance.
Pride is the costume of foolishness.
Selfishness is the poverty of the soul.
And betrayal… betrayal is the language of weakness.

But kindness… kindness is strength.

Compassion is wisdom.
And humanity is the greatest legacy a person can leave behind.
At the end of life, nobody asks how much money you had in your bank account.
They ask how many lives you touched.
They remember whether your presence brought peace… or pain.
Whether you lifted others up… or pushed them down.
Whether you built bridges… or burned them.

So while we are still alive…
While our hearts are still beating…
While our feet are still moving in this mysterious line called life…
Let us do good.
Let us love more.
Let us forgive faster.
Let us help those who cannot help themselves.
Let us use the little time we have… not only to build our lives…
But to uplift humanity.
Because when our turn finally comes…
And we step out of this line…
The only thing that will remain…
Is the good we did for others?
May the Lord guide our hearts to what is right, forgive our shortcomings, fill our lives with sincere goodness, and grant us a beautiful ending when our time comes."

This message is really touchy, and I know that you will feel it as well.

It's a food for thought for the wise.

Good day!

This article was sent to me by good old friend Mun Chor Seng, seen here with his wife during our pop guitar blast at the National Library in 2016.

Andy 60s Music Blog Reaches 5.5 Million+ Views On 5th June 2026

Dear Readers,

You've all done it again. Thanks for the new statistics to an 18-year-old music blog from Singapore. It's 5 point 5 million views now and still growing. 

I owe it all to the authors too who helped compose the articles and the friends who helped to circulate the postings I sent them. 

Without all your help this little music drone wouldn't have gotten off the ground so easily. Now it's flying all over the world.

Taken on 5th June 2026 @ 8.59 pm Singapore Time, from LIVE Statistics Counter on the right-hand column of the blog page.

Are you sure the music's on buddy?

Our Local Musicians:

'Besame Mucho': Danny Koh 

with The Blue Notes

YouTube Video by: Danny Koh.

'New York, New York': Patrick n Perry Koh 

@ The Esplanade Singapore.

YouTube Video by: Perry Brady.

'Nyanyikan Haleluya Untuk Tuhan' 

[Singing Halleluya for the Lord.]

Performed on YouTube Video by Patrick Teng.

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Singapore's music influence comes from all over

and appreciated everywhere.

Singapore 60s

U.S.A. 60s 

Singapore 60s

USA 60s 

Malaysia 60s

United Kingdom 60s

Singapore 60s

Holland & Indonesia 60s

Images: Meta AI, Google.

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(3) Beautiful Sunday, Blue Monday, Ruby Tuesday, Wednesday Evening Blues, Thursday, Black Friday, Another Saturday Night.

Soon it will be Blue Monday...

'By the Light of the Silvery Moon': Doris Day, To my honey, I'll croon love's tune, Honey moon, keeps a-shinin' in June...

Now it's Beautiful Sunday with October Cherries. 

Beautiful Sunday: October Cherries. YouTube Video by: kt jong

Well, just playing with days, weeks, months and years! Remember them so you won't get dementia...

The days of the weeks feature in many song titles too. Limiting them from the 50s to 70s compositions, there are already a few hundred songs.

Beginning from *The World Hits 'Beautiful Sunday' Album (1972 - image) by the October Cherries, a Singapore group, there are titles like, Blue Monday by Bob Seger, Sunday, Monday Or Always by Frank Sinatra.

Ruby Tuesday is by The Rolling Stones, Melanie, Twiggy, Bobby Goldsboro. Wednesday Evening Blues by John Lee Hooker, Thursday by Jim Croce, Black Friday by Steely Dan, Another Saturday Night by Cat Stevens, Sam Cooke, The Bay City Rollers, The Eagles and Earth Wind and Fire.

Sunday Best is by Bobbie Gentry, Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, That Sunday, That Summer by Nat King Cole, A Monday Date by Louis Armstrong, Rainy Days and Mondays by The Carpenters. The list goes on...

*Beautiful Sunday, available by October Cherries on World Hits 1973 Single ES6-A, A Baal Production on Elastic Record. Composer/original recording is by Daniel Boone.

Here comes Ruby Tuesday...

"Ruby Tuesday": Melanie; YouTube Video by: Melanie Safka [official page]

Any other song you know that relates to calendar connections? 

Just keep on commenting...

'Wednesday Evening Blues': John Lee Hooker. The guitar man on a lonely evening.

'Thursday' by Jim Croce: 'Cause I was looking for a lifetime lover, And you were looking for a friend. [reversed?]

'Black Friday': Steely Dan: When Black Friday comes, I'll collect everything I'm owed, And before my friends find out, I'll be on the road...

'Another Saturday Night,' Cat Stevens: I got in town a month ago, I seen a lot of girls since then, If I could meet 'em I could get 'em...

Created by Andy Lim.

Be your own artist - don't copy!

Images: Google and Meta AI.

[This posting has been updated.]

Andy 60s Music: Market Gardener With Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme.

'Scarborough Fair' with Lyrics: YouTube Video by S.Vansay.

Here's a letter from a friend who lives in faraway Canada. She chats so cheerfully about her lovely garden and describes it 'live' here. Thanks so much JD.

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I must admit I chuckled when I read your suggestion below that I am "adept with nature". Oh my, no, though I wish I were. I do have a large garden, because it pleases me to have bright flowers and greenery in the yard and visible from my windows, but apart from planting, watering and weeding as needed, I am a very lazy gardener, and not particularly knowledgeable either. I like plants that mostly take care of themselves.  

This is a photograph of the market gardener the writer was describing. It has been generated by AI and is not of any random picture from internet images. 

My nephew is an avid gardener, and very knowledgeable; his mother was a market gardener and seems to know everything about plants. (Until she retired, she sold her vegetables & flowers at local seasonal markets.) I think that if she doesn't know something about a plant, then it must not be worth knowing. 😉 My nephew grows everything from seed, and this year is providing me with a number of herbs (thyme, rosemary, sage, etc.) and several geraniums, for which I am delighted.

The writer cleaning up her garden which usually takes some months.

Unfortunately, apart from a few deliciously warm days this spring, it has mostly been very chilly and windy here, so I have not yet done any work in the garden, nor have I purchased any flowers for the pots on the front porch and patio. There is a lot of clean-ups to do of winter-dead matter, as well as early weeds, and fallen branches. Once I get started, the garden will keep me busy until late autumn.

Rosemary and Thyme. These are herbs best grown where there's sunshine. They are drought tolerant and do not require much watering. 

Geraniums below. Spectacularly bright red and attention seeking. The quieter greens are parsley.

Sage 

Screenshot of 'Scarborough Fair' YouTube Video by S.Vansay.

Images: Flowers are from Bing.

Andy 60s Music: 'Colors Of The Wind' Song From Disney's 'Pocahontas': Interpreting Its Lyrics

Suite & 'Colors of the Wind' [Pocahontas] - Christine Allado | Hollywood in Vienna 2022 YouTube Video from: Yannick Lotz. 

Alan Menken composed the music for 'Colors of the Wind,' with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz [1995].

Suite & Colors Of The Wind (Pocahontas) - Christine Allado | Hollywood in Vienna 2022 

One interpretation of 'Colors Of The Wind':

I have always loved the above song from the Walt Disney movie and until recently, captured the above version again on YouTube video. This time around the words jumped out from the page and I realized that the lyrics sounded more meaningful.

"You think you own whatever land you land on/ The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim/ But I know every rock, and tree, and creature/ Has a life, has a spirit, has a name."

If we are aware of the tumultuous goings~on in the world around us today, the lines above are definitely familiar. News from today's headlines? Surely.

"You think the only people who are people/ Are the people who look and think like you/ But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger/ You'll learn things, you never knew, you never knew."

Christine Allado, a Filipino-British and current singing star and actress. Check her out on the many websites available that discuss her achievements and awards she holds.

I'm not much into politics and don't want to step on anyone's toes, especially the animals' mentioned in the lyrics, so I turned to AI and the answer came easily:

Yes, the lyrics of 'Colors of the Wind' from Disney's 'Pocahontas' can be, and have been, associated with modern conflicts, bombings, and environmental destruction by acting as a counter-narrative to violence, exploitation, and dehumanization. 

While originally written in 1992 to reflect the perspectives of Native Americans against colonization, the song's themes are frequently re-interpreted today as a protest against the "conqueror" mindset. 

"The rainstorm and the river are my brothers."

Here is how the lyrics associate with modern bombing and conflict:

* Critique of Disregard for Life ("You think you own whatever land you land on / The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim"): This lyric is interpreted as a critique of colonial or modern military efforts that treat landscapes and inhabited areas as mere territory to be claimed, bombed, or destroyed, disregarding the life, spirit, and communities that exist there.

* Dehumanization of Others ("You think the only people who are people / Are the people who look and think like you"): This line is used to comment on conflict, racism, and the tendency of groups to dehumanize their opponents in war, reducing them to "savages" rather than recognizing them as fellow humans.

* Interconnectedness ("We are all connected to each other / In a circle, in a hoop that never ends"): This directly contrasts with the destructive impact of bombing, emphasizing that the destruction of people or the environment in one place affects everyone.

"How high does the sycamore grow? / If you cut it down, then you'll never know."

"Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest/ Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth/ Come roll in all the riches all around you/And for once never wonder what they're worth..."

* A Call for Empathy ("But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger / You'll learn things you never knew"): This calls for understanding and dialogue, opposing the violence that creates refugees and destruction. 

*According to reports in 2025, people have used the song on social media to comment on conflicts in the Middle East and other environmental issues, finding the lyrics to be a "generational rallying cry" against violence and destruction. 

(This article is an AI generated reply.)

"Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?"

 "The rainstorm and the river are my brothers/ The heron and the otter are my friends/ And we are all connected to each other/ In a circle, in a hoop that never ends..."

"Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains/ Can you paint with all the colors of the wind..."

Judy Kuhn [left], the original singer and Vanessa Williams both sang, "Colors of the Wind."

Images: Google.

Andy 60s Music: April, A Lovely Flower Maiden, Abandons Him, But There's May Waiting, And June...

As April leaves us and May approaches, we observe that June is waiting to mark the middle of twenty twenty-six. That's half-way through the year and 3 flowers are blooming...

Three Dog Night: 'Pieces Of April.'

YouTube Video by:12 mulligan.

Watch the variety of flowers on this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJ6EpYwvzA

The following comments are extracts taken from previous blog sites: 

From the late Dave Loggins, composer: Uploaded on Jan 2, 2009.

"I would like to thank everyone for their kind thoughts on "Pieces." I wrote it at a very special time of my life. Special, because I met the "love of my life" and had recently lost her. By chance, we were together for three consecutive Aprils and then she left me for good. Today, I don't know where she is or how her life turned out. 

May is symbolic of the present, April was and still remains a sweet yesterday. I have never really gotten over "April" and the "pieces" still remain. Those sweet Aprils... It's my favorite song, too." 

Tomas Rodriguez, blog reader, says:

It is a really beautiful song, but it is very sad. I also think that the memory that he has of the woman is really an illusion. What he is really attached to is the feeling of sadness and longing that is evoked by his memory of the relationship. At the end of the day she did abandon him [and ladies he did abandon you] so why honor her/him for that? Love God, love life and love yourself first...

Suituapui, blogger was in Singapore, 1973, says:

Ooooo...one of my all-time favourite songs. 3 Dog Night's ‘Pieces of April’ - 1973. I was in Singapore that year, Stamford College, Waterloo Street. Those were the days. I saw Heather and the Thunderbirds - Lost Horizon, Shangri La...and also another place, Malaysia Hotel...can't remember the name now. I saw a very young Anita Sarawak too - Top of the Hilton. Oooo...what memories. [Suituapui means 'Beautiful Fat Guy'].

Maggie May: Rod Stewart. With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. YouTube Video by: Rod Stewart.   

Poppa Madison, blog reader, says:

Pity so many young women of today don't merit this kind of romantic approach. I feel sorry for the young guys of recent generations who want to give their hearts to a lovely fair maiden, but more often than not come face to face with a gaggle of boozed up, foul mouthed, violent, out of their mind female juvenile delinquents when they go out try and find one they can give their all to. 

50 years ago, I can vouch that we actually had real ladies and gentlemen with good manners and a sense of socially interactive behaviour that many of today's young lot could not even begin to be able to get close to understanding let alone emulate.

Wot a shame!   😱

[But don't forget guys, if April has left you, there's always May and June waiting...]

Rainy Day In June: Kinks. YouTube Video by: 1966 Stereo In.

Flowers donated by Mrs. R. Lim. 

Thank you, Mademoiselle.

Reflection for Good Friday 2026: 'Man's Search for Meaning' n 'Silence'. By Phil Chan

Dear Andrew,

Good morning. Below is my reflection for this year’s Good Friday 2026. Wishing you and your family a Good Friday. 

Best Regards. God Bless You.

Phil.

"Man’s Search for Meaning" and "Silence":

As the traditional Good Friday and Easter approach, we are reminded of the horrific sufferings and death of Jesus. This Lent season reminds us of two bestsellers and powerful classics: Viktor Frankl’s (reprinted 2014) bestseller, "Man’s Search for Meaning" (1959) and "Silence" (1969) by Shusaku Endo (translated to English by William Johnston, 1925-2010). Viktor Frankl was a well-known lecturer at Harvard and Stanford while Shusaku was a graduate from University of Keio, Tokyo (n1949) and University of Lyon, France (1953). Shusaku won many outstanding Japanese literary awards.

The two books in mention.

Both books paint a vivid picture about human suffering. Viktor shows us the meaning of life in suffering in a Nazi death camp while Shusaku shows us a different type of suffering which will be discussed below.

“Silence" is a Japanese novel about a Jesuit priest named Sebastiao Rodriguez who made a missionary trip to Japan to find his mentor in order to rescue him from persecution by the Japanese ruling class. When he got there, he discovered that peasants were “tortured” so as to break their Christian faith. Eventually Sebastiao was dragged by the ruling class to the crossroads for his soul. They put the artist image of Jesus Christ, the Messiah before him and told him to step on it and denounce his faith. 

Sebastiao was told that the torturing of the peasants would stop if he stepped on the image. However, the torturing would persist should he fail to follow their instruction.  For Sebastiao, it was a dilemma. To step on the “picture” of God felt like he was betraying the Messiah. But to refuse, he also felt like he was betraying love and compassion for the Japanese peasants. At that moment, the Silence of God book reached its climax.  Sebastiao finally heard Christ, the Messiah speak. “It was to be trampled on by men that I was born into this world.  Step on me.  I carry the cross for this very reason.  To bear the weight of your shame.”

‘O Sacred Head Now Wounded’ - Fernando Ortega. YouTube Video by Scott Bacher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgkVTtT-0xg

The above episode is similar to Viktor’s 2017 classic, “Man’s Search for Meaning” where prisoners in holocaust camps were mistreated by the Nazis. God seemed to be silent and hidden as the inmates underwent torture and sufferings. It is so aptly described by Isaiah, Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. Isaiah 45:15.

Indeed, the Messiah did not come to condemn us; He came to be condemned for us. In the Gospels, He did not once ask to be worshipped. He did not come for accolades, crowns or recognition. He came to be crushed so that we could live. He came to show us the path of suffering which leads to freedom. 

The book convicts me because of this truth: Too many of us Christians, worship dogma, preachers, spiritual methods or even the religious book itself. But Christ never once commanded the worship. People worshipped Him but what He asked was far harder.  

Follow me. Walk my path. Carry my cross. Enter the darkness. And in so doing, you will find life. Because salvation is not found in avoiding pain. It is found in pressing through it i.e. taking up our own crosses. In enduring shame, the loss and the breaking, one will discover that one has been transformed. We will also discover that the kingdom of God is always within us.  In Luke 17:21, Jesus said “… nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is, ‘because of the kingdom of God is within you.’”

Jesus Paid it All - Fernando Ortega - Lyrics. YouTube Video by: Strange Lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DyeCx8H4U

Sebastiao thought that stepping on the image was betrayal but in reality, it was the profoundest act of following Jesus.  Christ is not fragile and the Messiah does not need us to protect Him. Christ came to be crushed under the weight of the world's sin yet pronouncing, “I will set you free”.  

This is the mission of Christ, the Messiah - to set us free. Free from dogma. Free from tyranny. Free from the victim mindset. Free from our own chains. Through the Bible, He shows us The Way i.e. not by escaping suffering, but by being transformed. This is not just theology. It is the most powerful truth one can live by.  St. Paul said in Romans 12:2 … “but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will.

Book Summary:

Both "Man's Search for Meaning" and "Silence" reflect on human suffering. It shows suffering as a place of testing, hidden grace, and deeper spiritual insight. In "Silence", Sebastian's renunciation highlights the tension between faith, compassion, and sacrifice. The book argues that Christ is present in suffering, and that true discipleship means following Him through pain, shame, and transformation. Christian faith is not about avoiding suffering but enduring it with Jesus the Messiah. Salvation is found not in pride or outward religion but in self-denial, compassion, and trust in God's hidden presence.

Three Days | Easter Hymn | Easter Song of Resurrection | Choir w/Lyrics | Sunday 7pm Choir. YouTube Video by: 7pm Choir. Catholic n Christian Choral 

Music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVog92kLH8

Finally, there is Hope in suffering. Jesus said Let not your heart be troubled: Ye believe in God, believe also in me.” (John 14:1) 

Good News at Jesus’ Tomb:

1) The Mysterious Napkin for Jesus’ face.

John 20:6-7 

Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. Do we fold our napkins in a restaurant to signal to the waiter that we are returning to the table after we excuse ourselves for a while? Perhaps through the folded napkin, Jesus’s return was made known.

2) Mary called Jesus the Gardener, at the tomb.

John 20:14-16 

"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 

"Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" 

Thinking He was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him." 

Jesus said to her, "Mary."

She turned toward Him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). 

Interestingly, in the Garden of Eden, God’s first instruction to Adam is to be a gardener., to work and take care of the garden (Genesis 2:15). However, Adam failed. In contrast, Jesus, the second Adam, came to restore man’s fallen state.

3) Jesus has resurrected and we too will have eternal life.

This is not surprising. As the Messiah is sinless, his body did not decay. In fact, Jesus has resurrected. Contrarily, we humans are sinners and subject to bodily decay after death. 

Romans 3:23 … “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

We thank God we have the hope of resurrection … to be reunited with our loved ones who have gone before us.

Comments are always welcome.

Author: Dr. Phil Chan.

'Oh Sacred Head, Now Wounded' (Hymn 271) - Hymnology (Official Video) YouTube Video by: Hymns of Grace.

Dr. Phil Chan

Given the short time Phil wrote this article, it is a miracle! Just shows his dedication and spirit. Again, thanks so much my dear friend.

Images: 

From YouTube: 'Good Friday Hymns' - Rosemary Siemens for picture of the Cross.