1969                                      [#3 of Dudley's Demo Songs]

Song lyrics by Chrome Dome Mike Kimbro and Tomy Lee Dudley.

Here's Tomy Lee's incredible Studio Recording from 2026.

Original Version from 2014 as "Radio Friendly"

Final Version - after Tomy Lee's 2026 Rewrite

They won’t play my song cause it’s not current and trendy,

Won't play my song 'cause it's not tied to our timing,

Sung by pretty people in their prime.

Not wrapped in all the fashions of today.

Fact is that my album's cool and radio friendly.

Truth is that my album's all about classic vibing,

Like they were in Nineteen Sixty-Nine.

The kind they felt in '69 on summer days.

Got a back line of brass just like B, S and T.

Got a back line of brass just like B, S and T.   [Note:  That's Blood, Sweat and Tears]

That's how they could make a hit so why not me?

They shaped the golden sound, so why not me?

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now I've got a groove that rings of vintage shining.

Nineteen sixty-nine was tuba free. [An Americana genre nod.]

Nineteen Sixty-Nine! Let my soul run free.

The time has come to take my game,

Time has come to change my game,

To heights not seen by many.

Do a change of name,

But I could not get up there all alone.

For chance of bigger fame.

I'll change my name, for greater fame, and bring in to back me,

But I can't fill the spectrum, yeah, on my own.

Babes with highs and guys with baritone.

Need some backup singers with those sopranos and baritone.

And they can dance so I can take them out on tour.

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I got them all, The Pips, Supremes and Jackson Four-our-our-our.

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Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

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Nineteen sixty-nine had big stage floors.

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And for a steal I scored a groovy vintage moog.

And I found a steal on a vintage moog.

And if it works, we'll play a "Prelude and Fu-u-u-ugue". [A Wendy Carlos nod]

And if it holds together, we'll play a little "Prelude and Fugue".

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now my whole tone is dripping with that 60's vibing.

Nineteen sixty-nine was in the groove.

Nineteen sixty-nine is in my groove.

I asked my muse and she advised I sell my car.

Asked my muse, and she said to sell my little car.

Then go buy a Leslie Speaker for guitar.

And go buy you a sexy Leslie Speaker for your guitar.

Now I got a sound that's cool and radio friendly.

Now the whole band is glowing with that old-school lightning.

In Nineteen Sixty-Nine I'd be a star.

In 1969, I'd be a star.

The End.

The End.

Here's my Spoken Verse Performance from 2014.

Copyright © Michael Kimbro 2014 .  All rights reserved.

Copyright © Michael Kimbro and Tomy Lee Dudley 2014 2026.  All rights reserved.