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The Grass Roots — Let's Live For Today
Album: Let's Live For Today
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Released: 1967
Length: 2:42
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When I think of all the worries
That people seem to find
And how they're in a hurry
To complicate their minds
By chasing after money
And dreams that can't come true
I'm glad that we are different
We've better things to do
May others plan their future
I'm busy loving you

One, two, three, four
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
(Hey, hey, hey)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Live for today

We were never meant to worry
The way that people do
And I don't need to hurry
As long as I'm with you
We'll take it nice and easy
And use my simple plan
You'll be my lovin' woman
I'll be your lovin' man
We'll take the most from living
Have pleasure while we can

Two, three, four
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
(Hey, hey, hey)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Live for today

Baby, I need to feel you inside of me
I got to feel you deep inside of me
Baby, please come close to me
I got to have you now, please
Please, please
Gimme some-a loving
Gimme some-a loving
To gimme some-a loving
To gimme some-a loving
Baby, gimme some-a loving
Gimme some-a loving
Got to have all your loving
Gimme some-a loving
I need all your loving
Give me some love now
I need all your loving

Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
(Hey, hey, hey)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
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This song was always called "Sha La LaLa LaLa" in my head. Fond memories of being 12, listening to this with Todd and Zeb, just before the rap and hip-hop took over as our go-to music.  Long Live RP and the great memories music brings!!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing this 60's pop hit, forgot how good it sounds!
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
Stopped working for someone else over two years ago, opting instead to look after my lovely hairy appendage who was medically retired due to CMS.  This song sums up our lives now. Skint, but soooo happy!
Posted 4 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
I don't know what was in the water or the atmosphere in the mid to late 60s ( it couldn't have all been just the drugs) but it seems like the concensus of so many bands were in such a good, positive, peaceful headspace, it makes me sad that those days are now such a distant part of our history.
Posted 4 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Another first here at RP!  I heard this hundreds of times, in what now seems like hundreds of years ago. The Grass Roots are one of my favorite deep dive bands of the '60s. They put out a bunch of very very tuneful tracks. More, more. 

Sooner Or Later
Where Were You When I Needed You
Heaven Knows
Let's Live For Today
Temptation Eyes
The River Is Wide
Come On And Say It
Midnight Confessions
Wait A Million Years
Walking Through The Country
Lovin' Things
Things I Should Have Said
Bella Linda
Baby Hold On
Feelings
I Can Turn Off The Rain
 
They were a great band indeed.  They came to my high school in SoCal during my sophomore year (1967) and played an afternoon concert for the school in the gym.  José Feliciano also did a concert in the gym for us that year as well.

Love this song BTW.  A 9.
Posted 4 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
I can see this spinning on the little fold-up turntable in my purple bedroom....ahhh, the joys of innocence.  But then, Midnight Confessions kicked in.....and there went the innocence....
Posted 5 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
Another first here at RP!  I heard this hundreds of times, in what now seems like hundreds of years ago. The Grass Roots are one of my favorite deep dive bands of the '60s. They put out a bunch of very very tuneful tracks. More, more. 

Sooner Or Later
Where Were You When I Needed You
Heaven Knows
Let's Live For Today
Temptation Eyes
The River Is Wide
Come On And Say It
Midnight Confessions
Wait A Million Years
Walking Through The Country
Lovin' Things
Things I Should Have Said
Bella Linda
Baby Hold On
Feelings
I Can Turn Off The Rain
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Another hippie anthem questioning the status quo of conformity and restraint!
Posted 9 years ago by KaraokeVox    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
One of my two fave Grass Roots tunes, the other being "Where Were You When I Needed You."

 

The Bangles (but actually Columbia Records) included a B-side cover of that on their first GH compilation which came out in 1990, and Susanna delivered again with an angelic vocal performance.
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Young adolescence. Brushes with psychedelia. Life lessons in a song.

Concepts.


They stay with you.      
   
Posted 10 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
One of my two fave Grass Roots tunes, the other being "Where Were You When I Needed You."

 
Oh my god, man, Midnight Confessions is the best Grass Roots tune.
Posted 10 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Always loved this one, first hearing it on the radio - it was really my older brother's music - but I got into it much more.

A great anthem I do try to live by. 
Posted 10 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Very funny Zephyr, always a good laugh. But this tune didnt make the final Freedom Rock cut of 40 songs. Somehow Spirit's "I got a line on you," a favorite of Bill's, did however.
Posted 10 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Is that freedom rock?



Turn it up, man!
Posted 10 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
Wow.  A psychotronic blast from the flower power past.  I have this 45 in my archives, one of the few survivors of that time when I had no clue how to treat future, virtual museum pieces.   
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
WOW, how fun!  Thanks for digging this one up Bill.  Takes me back to when things started changing for me as a pre-teen. 
Posted 10 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
The WAAAYYY back machine - when I was 16!  Hard to believe, LOL! {#Good-vibes}
Posted 10 years ago by dw    [ Reply ]

Posted 10 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]

Wow, how many decades since I last heard this?

=> Radioparadise, working very hard to make you feel old.  And succeeding.

Does anybody else hear Eric Burdon and the Animal's Sky Pilot?  This came out in '67; Sky Pilot was released in '68.


Posted 10 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I also like Temptation Eyes. Play some of that, Bill!{#Biggrin}
Posted 10 years ago by dw    [ Reply ]
WOW! Does this bring back memories. Thank you for digging it up. {#Hug}{#Roflol}
Posted 10 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 dris wrote:
Ah, cranking up the "Way-back Machine" and memories of high school.  Thanks, Bill!{#Dancingbanana}

 
Same here. EXACTLY!
Posted 10 years ago by dw    [ Reply ]
Ah, cranking up the "Way-back Machine" and memories of high school.  Thanks, Bill!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 10 years ago by dris    [ Reply ]
Good times all around as i grew up on this. +10
Posted 10 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
Memories of the Sugar Bowl in Breezy Point and hearing this blasting from the jukebox.
Posted 10 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]

This song is soooo good for the ears...
 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Since this album came out when I was in the 3rd grade, I don't really remember it when it "hit the shelves" at my local Woolworth's store.


Can anybody out there tell me which is the original album cover? 

Here's the one on Wikipedia below, and the one at the top of the page (which could be from a CD reissue) looks like a bad postcard from a late 60's Stuckey's in Arizona.   


    File:Let's Live for Today.jpeg
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
One of my two fave Grass Roots tunes, the other being "Where Were You When I Needed You."
Posted 11 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Wow!  What a flashback!!!!    I LOVE the Grass Roots and this is a song I haven't heard in years!!!   THANKS RP!
sha la la la live for today!!
Posted 11 years ago by RedTopFireBelow    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear this.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
I love that Creed from "The Office" was a guitar player in this band! (And that his name is really Creed)
Posted 11 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
thought it was a cover of a Yardbirds hit, but doing the mini research they are basically from the same era, so I guess that's the similar sound.
Posted 11 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
A gem that says and said a lot about the time.
Posted 11 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]
 Rastaphan wrote:
great song...got to love it a sort of "carpe diem" for love...
ps:i'm happy to be a part of radio paradise experience by uploading this song... Let's live for today!!!
 
Thanks for that.
Posted 11 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
My mostest favorite Grass Roots song!

Ahh '67.
Junior High in Orange County, California.
Posted 11 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear this old chestnut again!.... update Sept. 29, 2012... surprised only 2 responses to this piece so far!!!
Posted 11 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
great song...got to love it a sort of "carpe diem" for love... ps:i'm happy to be a part of radio paradise experience by uploading this song... Let's live for today!!!
Posted 20 years ago by Rastaphan    [ Reply ]