Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Age: 69 Gender: Male Posts: 34,091 Location: temperate zone
24 Aug 2022, 1:36 pm
It has a similar melody to the one you're humming, and its from the era, and it's a "hippie song" if there ever was one. But I dont see how you could have missed the obvious chorus line about "San Francisco". So maybe it isnt the one you're looking for. But here is a possibility.
Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Age: 69 Gender: Male Posts: 34,091 Location: temperate zone
24 Aug 2022, 7:28 pm
"Aldorado" is not a "thing" in the world.
But "El Derado" IS a thing. A legendary cache of gold left by the Indians in the mountain jungles of South America that Spanish conquistadors hoped to find. It became an expression for any windfall find, or impossible goal, like finding treasure. There was a car model called "El Derado". And there was a Sixties western movie starring John Wayne of that title. And it had a theme song. And the more recent Disney animation "the Emperor's New Groove" set in the Incan Empire of old has a song of that name.
But I doubt thats what you're looking for.
Here is a stab in the dark...maybe you're thinking of "Desperado". Seventies hit for the Eagles, and later also for Linda Ronstadt.
That's a great song, but it's a different song. Perhaps I should put the song I'm seeking on the back burner for now and enjoy the music that I've discovered over the past 6 years. It will pop up on YouTube when I least expect it.
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