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Time Has Come Today ⏰️ The Chambers Brothers (Original Post) Figarosmom 19 hrs ago OP
Check this out--CBC article about the late Anthony Bourdain... keep_left 7 hrs ago #1
I looked for the interview Figarosmom 3 hrs ago #2

keep_left

(2,934 posts)
1. Check this out--CBC article about the late Anthony Bourdain...
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:38 PM
7 hrs ago

...and what the song meant to him.

"In 2010, Anthony Bourdain talked about...the song that 'saved' his life".

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-393-ontario-goes-for-ford-north-korea-summit-brock-turner-impeach-o-meter-lgbtq-soccer-and-more-1.4696342/in-2010-anthony-bourdain-talked-about-his-mental-health-struggles-and-the-song-that-saved-his-life-1.4696371

(The audio clip seems to be missing, but it may be possible to backtrack to the full episode to hear the clip. I haven't tried that yet).

Time Has Come Today has been a part of so much popular culture over the last few decades, from Girl, Interrupted to Grey's Anatomy. It may be a time capsule of the late-'60s, yet it also has transcended its time to be more universal. I think that's partly because the lyrics are open-ended or even nonsensical in their meaning ( and sometimes downright silly: "my soul has been psychedelicized!" ).

What really got me, as a Gen Xer born a few years after the song was released, was the forcefulness and insistence of the vocals, delivered with the intensity of a preacher. When Willie Chambers busted out that line, "time has come today!", he wasn't making a suggestion--that was an order from a drill sergeant!

Figarosmom

(6,258 posts)
2. I looked for the interview
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 08:12 PM
3 hrs ago

Couldn't find it. To bad he didn't think to maybe play the song again. I loved his shows and still watch the repeats when I see them listed.

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