As soon as the theme "progress" was suggested, I jumped all over it. I love kitschy optimistic songs about how great the future will be. As you can see below, I summarized 7230 years in 45 minutes, beginning at the dawn of civilization, progressing through the industrial revolution, speeding past the present day, and jettisoning into the 23rd century!
01] Evolution Control Committee - 5000 BC
02] Mike Vickers - Evolution
03] Pluxus - April 1724
04] Paul Keogh - Steady Progress
05] Thomas Edison - Electricity & Progress
06] Broadcast - City in Progress
07] American Standard - The Time for Change
08] Sing Along With JFK - Alliance for Progress Bossanova
09] Raymond Scott - Bendix: The Tomorrow People
10] Hot Butter - Space Walk
11] Alan Hackshaw - Move With the Times
12] The Sherman Brothers - The Computer Song
13] Dauerfisch - 2000
14] Electric Family - 2007
15] Jean Jacques Perrey - Passport to the Future
16] Bruce Mitchell & Rick Miller - Rapid Transit
17] James Hyde - Future Progress
18] Yoshinori Sunahara & Mars Art Lab - Preview
19] Raymond Scott - Bendix 2: The Tomorrow People
I want to give special thanks to the amazing blogs The Library Hunt and Dusty Shelf for providing so much great fodder for me to wade through.
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