Time Has Come Today ⏰️ The Chambers Brothers
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...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! 
I also was a fan of Bourdain, though I haven't been able to see as much of his work as I should. I really need to view his episode on Iran.
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