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Certain Songs #1686: Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Fresh Air”

November 22, 2019 by Jim Connelly Leave a Comment

Album: Just For Love
Year: 1970

Quicksilver Messenger Service came out of the late-60s San Francisco psychedelic scene that also produced The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape.

At least partially because founding member Dino Valenti — who early on, made a name for himself by writing the major hippie anthem, “Get Together” — spent nearly two years in prison on various drug busts, Quicksilver never gained the traction that peers like the Dead and the Airplane did, though they did have at least one near-hit single, and FM staple in 1970’s “Fresh Air,” which tripled as a weed metaphor, environmental anthem and a reaction to getting out of prison.

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Fresh Air, Just For Love, Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Previously on Medialoper

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  • Certain Songs #1696: R.E.M. – “9-9”
  • Certain Songs #1695: R.E.M. – “Sitting Still”
  • Certain Songs #1694: R.E.M. – “Catapult”
  • Certain Songs #1693: R.E.M. – “Talk About The Passion”

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