I like it for the general message about not allowing oneself to be pushed around or sanctioned for what you feel or believe, rather than the more discrete one where he’s letting a girlfriend know that he’s going to carry on ‘ sowing his wild oats’ ….. I suppose at least he’s being honest .
I think that all music, both from before and now, is still good, what happens is that now there are more musical criteria and tastes, among other things that were not considered good before, and therefore this has created a lot of diversity and tastes for everyone, what we must say is that each era has had its good and bad artists who have contributed something or nothing to us
As a kid finding Dads Animals Records when I was 9-10 and cranking the Hi Fi was something special the sound of the Bass on songs like Down In Monterey still sticks with me and always Eric Burdens dry no messing vocal delivery .What a band , never heard a song of theirs that doesn’t create a vision or make me want to get moving
Your story sounds incredible and I can imagine the joy that listening to these songs must give you today and as you say it takes you to those moments where you heard it for the first time
