Fludd - Turned 21

Love this!

The Canadian references are interesting, were they Canadian? I came accross this on either Caroline or R.N.L.I so not speaking Dutch it wasn't clear to me where the group were from, loved it anyway.

I really like this song yet I don't get the message. It's got a lovely, fun, cheerful melody and feel but the lyrics are totally depressing!

Will someone explain to me please, if I am missing something?

Is it that he didn't enjoy his childhood and from now on he's going to make his life better?

Maybe it's one of those songs that really doesn't have a message and it's for us to decide what it means.

Thanks. Here are the lyrics. :)

You make me feel my life is over
You make me feel my life has gone
You make me feel my life is over
Ah, though it's only just begun

Turned 21 without a grey hair
Yes, you might say I had the key to the door
I felt my life was rather sheltered
Oh, but it won't be anymore

Day after day
When everything I did went wrong
I blamed myself then
Then I was a fool
Yes I was a fool
Oh, so doggone blue, yes

You make me feel my life is over
You make me feel my life has gone
You make me feel my life is over
Oh, though it's only just begun

All my life
Then I was a fool
Yes I was a fool
Ah, so doggone blue, yeah

Let me know, when You turned 109, счастливчик.

This is a perfect example of what Top 40 radio sounded like in Canada.

I'm walking through the field by Dixie Arena with this 45 in a Towers bag...

Turned 62....this song could be a testament for youth of today. Life is life. We live it and a life lived well is all that matters.

In addition there are many "young" people who think freely and also deserve to be heard by their peers and elders. It's never "over" for one if they beleiveandremember to treat one another the way they would like to be treated.Beauty is overrated. A sound mind ,and clean living keeps one young. It's so lovely to see elders and young people together. They are are wellspring of hope. I love this song because it's like Coldwater on the face. Many of us are humbled by our elders and their love of life. I am.xo

Sounds a bit like Harry Nillson !! I like Fludd's songs.

Life is eternal.and love is everything. Ageism is a real problem of society and mass media often caters to the youth culture of today. It's really about how you feel on the inside. None of us deserves to be judged by being a number..life experience and how one lives their truth is priceless.. it's insulting to be judged as "old

Recognized this AND 'Cousin Mary'... great Can-nostalgia!

A relatively less than interesting period than the mid-point of the decade that preceded it. As such, Fludd's gem of a 45 was a bonafide attention getter when it was first released. Well written, well executed and flat out melodic and charismatic. Can't ask for much more than that in a single!

' haven't heard this song since '74 , kinda takes me back to my early high school years.

This was a great song. Remember listening to this song on former Thunder Bay radio station CJLX 800.

turned 21 without a What? can;t make out that word

I’ve known these guys all my life, was so sad to lose Brian oh so long ago.

Thanks for posting!!! Very nice to be able to listen to this great song from 1971!

My late friend Roy Norris used to play this hit when he did the morning show on CKOM
The odd time Roy would be late and I would fill in for him until he arrived.

Bought this single circa 1971 and I'm sure the label read TURN 21 not TURNED 21 !

Great song. Never thought when I first heard it in 1971 that I would be looking it up on YouTube for my daughter's 21 birthday.

@unlikeanyotherhuman Where in Canada are you, I'm in Vancouver
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