This track was released in 1970 and is one of the THE classic tracks of that decade. It was released on January 26 1970 and February 28 1970 it reached number one of the Billboard Hot 100 where it stayed for six weeks. It also hit the number one slot of the adult contemporary chart in the US, and stayed there for six weeks also. It also reached number one of Canadian RPM Top Singles, Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks, New Zealand Singles Chart, U.K. Singles Chart, French Singles Chart and Australian Singles Chart (Go-Set). It was recorded and released by Aretha Franklin in 1971 and she won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1972. Elvis Presley recorded it in November 1970.
Problems come in all shapes and sizes
Like being out in the snow or rain
Winning rubbish that are boobie prizes
Or suffering badly from extreme pain
With the dreams of some bursting like bubbles
And that sometimes causes the mind to deaden
As some families are overcome with troubles
Then there’s others that reach Armageddon
Remember you don’t always need to rip and rend
Not all of the problems are made to last
Of course everyone wants their trouble to end
To see everything bad in the past
So whether you are a mum, dad, aunt or uncle
Whether you have a nephew, niece, son or daughter
Maybe you should listen to Simon and Garfunkel
With their classic Bridge Over Troubled Water
A Mixed Bag 
What beautiful words that tie in so nicely to this song that I love!!
Thank you 🙂
Very nicely done Alastair. Looking forward to the next one. 🙂
Thanks LuAnn
Alastair this is just great, I love it, the music and the photo. But most especially your poem! Sorry I didn’t come by sooner today but my back has been giving me a little bit of a hassle, so I can’t sit as long as I’d like to with my laptop, trying other things too but kind of a pain, figuratively and literally! lol. Therapy’s helping so that’s good. Hopeful all this if a short duration! Anyway really enjoyed your written words! Penny, 🙂
Thank you so much Penny. I completely understand with the pain thing. Glad the therapy is working. And thank you again
Absolutely, hope to see more of your written words Alastair. Yeah, between the two of us here, it’s an interesting week in the household! Not exactly our normal “we can handle anything” mode! lol
Sometimes things come along where you can’t handle everything. I know it’s not good at the time, but it shows you (afterwards) just how much you CAN handle and that you are strong enough to handle things. It’s the bad points that make the good points so great. Even if you are going through hell at the time.
Yup that sums life up pretty well Alastair, I could write a few books on the subject myself! 🙂
I’ll bet. Both physical and emotional.
Sigh! 🙂
There is light at the end of the tunnel, you and your family are living proof of that. And it’s not some bugger with a torch 🙂
Whew, that’s good to know (re: the bugger with the torch lol) 🙂
LOL. Yeah, I’ve seen that bugger before and know what he looks like. In fact I still see things now that remind me of it and make me shudder. Mind you, if it someone with a torch coming to light your out, that’s different. 😉
Agreed! 🙂
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Great post, Alastair! Beautiful words.
Love that song!!
Thanks, I do 🙂
Thank you very much Amy
Great amalgamation, Alastair! Love the music 🙂
Thank very much 🙂
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Thank you very much for reblogging this 🙂
Beautifully inspiring! Many blessings to you and all that you do! S
Thank you very much 🙂
Such a beautiful song! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Oh yes, I still love that amazing song, Alastair. I also play it on my piano. 🙂
Wow, awesome 🙂
Bravo Alastair! I love those guys…. now I’m aging myself for posting that publicly…. but they were awesome. Love how your poem fit into that! 😉
Thank you Roxi. It did take a bit of brain ache LOL
Yeah this has always been a favourite. I didn’t realise that this song led to the break up of them.
That’s the great thing about such songs…. they live long after the source has faded. Their words still stand strong all these years later… and will likely continue long after we’re gone.
It will be one of those classics that future generations will be formed on. Not because of who they are like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Venom, well – maybe not venom, but because of the song. The way it makes the listener feel. Drawing them into the hopelessness then the hope.
Great amalgamation. I love how the poem lead into the song 🙂
Thanks 🙂 I thought of the end and then worked towards that.
Poetry in reverse…nice!
Very hard though LOL Or it was for me.
I can imagine. It’s usually hard for me too! But also, you had a very rare topic to use to start with too lol
It was trying to find something that rhymed with Garfunkel and Water, so when I figured on Uncle and Daughter, I decided to make it into everyday problems.
LOL That’s awesome! You should be really proud of this one!
🙂 Thank you. I wasn’t sure about it.
Very nice song! Thank you for sharing!
Have a beautiful evening, Alastair! 🙂
Thank you 🙂