An obscene amount of green.... A #threetunetuesday post

I think one of the things that I love the most about the #threetunetuesday initiative started by @ablaze is picking a theme each week for my songs to adhere to. That doesn't mean I don't love sharing music, I absolutely do, but it adds an extra bit of fun for me when I have to find a tie that binds all the songs together.

Sometimes it comes easy to me, and other times it is more of a struggle. I had a couple different directions I was thinking about heading this week, but then suddenly this morning, I was struck with the idea I decided to run with for this post.

In case you haven't noticed, we have been seeing a lot of green in the markets lately. I mean an obscene amount of green. If things continue this way, we could be looking at $60K BTC by the end of the weekend and a new ATH before the halving gets here.

Then again, it could all just as easily come falling back down. You can't have the green without the red and I think we all know the red is right around the corner.

But not today! Not for this post! Today, we are focusing all our attention on the green. I hope you enjoy!

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This is a fun tune from 1967, in fact, all of the tunes today are going to be from quite some time ago. "Oldies" music is what I grew up listening to with my parents. Therefore, it would probably constitute as one of my "happy places". Kind of similar to when I see the markets going up up up.

Sung by the Lemon Pipers, "Green Tambourine" is one of those psychedelic sounding songs from the 60's that you've probably heard a million times before, but you thought someone else sang the song. The band was formed in 1966 in Oxford, OH, but only lasted 3 years breaking up in 1969.

Unfortunately, they wanted to play a specific kind of music. Green Tambourine did not fit that bill. They reluctantly recorded the song and sure enough it was their only song to hit number 1. Based on those results, the label wanted them to play more songs like that. Something they weren't too keen on. The rest is history.

This was actually the first song to come to mind when I was thinking about the theme for today. I mean what relates to the crypto markets more than money being thrown in a green tambourine!

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Just barely stepping out of the 60's, we are going to head to 1970 with the great tune "Green Eyed Lady" by an American rock band formed as Chocolate Hair in 1968, but eventually changed their name to Sugar Loaf.

They were established in Denver Colorado but like the Lemon Pipers, they only lasted a few years effectively breaking up in 1975. They do share that psychedelic sound that we all know and love from this particular time period. I think you would be hard pressed to find any band that didn't have at least some hint of a psychedelic sound between 1965 and 1975.

Unlike the Lemon Pipers, Green Eyed Lady only made it to #3 in the US, but for the folks in Canada, this song made it to number 1. Their other hit, "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" made it to number 9 on the US charts, but this was the only song by Sugarloaf that ever made it into the top 5.

I guess the rarity of green eyes has always made them somewhat desirable. I really don't know about that because @mrsbozz has some baby blues that you can just get lost in.

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Stepping away from that psychedelic sound for a while, I want to share this awesome song by Wilson Pickett. I've loved Wilson Pickett ever since I was a little kid. "Land of 1000 Dances" was one of my favorite songs to play in marching band. It just has such an awesome groove and a driving rhythm. If you have never heard it before, I suggest you check it out.

Unfortunately, that song doesn't fit the theme for this week, so I had to find a different one. As far as crypto goes, I think "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You". Of course, this song isn't talking about the crypto markets. It's referring to that well known phrase about the grass always being greener.

It's not surprising we can find some parallels there, both in the crypto world and in real life. It's easy to see influencers and think that they have such great lives. "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You". I think that is pretty self explanatory.

Likewise, I think we are all familiar with the term "Bull Trap". I'm not saying that's what this is (far from it), but it's important to always be cautious.

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Finally, as a bonus track, I want to leave you with this cool upbeat tune from Booker T and the MG's. Way back in 1967 we were all reintroduced to "Green Onions". I love these kinds of instrumental songs that used to be the rage back in the day. Bands like The Ventures made their living playing songs like Tequila, Wipe Out, Classical Gas, Walk Don't Run, and a ton of other songs.

It just puts you in a good mood!

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