![]() “ Its really such a groove, Puts a brand new kind of thinking in your mind and you can’t go wrong ’cause your happy all day long. ![]() To make our list, the song had to touch on a notable role or perspective that shapes the California ideal.Īlthough this song never cracked Billboard’s Top 20 despite covers by the 5th Dimension and Marvin Gay (with Tammy Terrell), the Marlena Shaw cut continues to be used in movies and other places largely (we think) because the funk beat is the perfect score for lyrics that lay bare the golden state’s collective soul. This is by no means a definitive list-the Golden State is featured in hundreds of songs. In our Spotify Playlist (titled: “California Dream: Our Pix”), we explore songs that exult, explore, and test the California ideal. Our own Joan Didion observed that “the apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.” Yet the road to a dream can be deceptive and challenging. ![]() ![]() ![]() Other times, it’s just a warmer version (a beach bungalow and a garden). Former state librarian (and respected historian) Kevin Starr said that of all the states, “only California has attached to its identity the concept of a dream.” Sometimes that dream is portrayed as the quicker, richer cousin of the American Dream (think gold rush, technology start ups). ![]()
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