1972 - 50 Years Ago - The Doobie Brothers released their second album Toulouse Street. Singles were "Listen to the Music" (#11) and "Jesus Is Just Alright" (#35.)
Writer Tom Johnston described the motivation for "Listen.." as a call for world peace:
"The chord structure of it made me think of something positive, so the lyrics that came out of that were based on this utopian idea that if the leaders of the world got together on some grassy hill somewhere and either smoked enough dope or just sat down and just listened to the music and forgot about all this other bullshit, the world would be a much better place. It was very utopian and very unrealistic (laughs). It seemed like a good idea at the time."
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