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Music Appreciation

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(14,242 posts) Sun May 17, 2026, 02:47 PM 3 hrs ago

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Eric Burdon

With the Animals

With War

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"It's My Life", it's been said, helped transform rock music into a vehicle for social consciousness.* George McGovern 25 min ago #1

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1. "It's My Life", it's been said, helped transform rock music into a vehicle for social consciousness.*

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Sun May 17, 2026, 06:04 PM

25 min ago

The song came to have special meaning to a teenager in those rebellious times.
"It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think what I want"

And The Animals kept coming out with the hits.

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place".

Thanks surfered for taking me back. If I still drank I'd try to not spill the wine.

*https://www.google.com/search?q=critical+reception+of+it%27s+my+life+animals+1965&client=firefox-b-1-d&hs=eiZ&uact=5&oq=critical+reception+of+it%27s+my+life+animals+1965

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