Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, ‘Witchita Lineman’, 1968. Written by Jimmy Webb. The first single that Webb ever bought as a teenager was by Campbell. Webb fell in love with Campbell’s voice and vowed to write songs for him. Which he ended up doing and, by his reckoning, proved the existence of God. The more you hear this song and the older you get, (along with the accumulated scars of experience), the more miraculous it becomes. The lyric, the vocal delivery, the melody, just the whole feel and atmosphere. Not cool or hip or any of the stuff that was going on in 1968. Webb also wrote ‘By The Time I Get to Phoenix’. Legend.
Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, ‘Witchita Lineman’, 1968. Written by Jimmy Webb. The first single that Webb ever bought as a teenager was by Campbell. Webb fell in love with Campbell’s voice and vowed to write songs for him. Which he ended up doing and, by his reckoning, proved the existence of God. The more you hear this song and the older you get, (along with the accumulated scars of experience), the more miraculous it becomes. The lyric, the vocal delivery, the melody, just the whole feel and atmosphere. Not cool or hip or any of the stuff that was going on in 1968. Webb also wrote ‘By The Time I Get to Phoenix’. Legend.