Poptopian cult member Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I liked the 70's thread.How about the decade earlier? What are our favorites from this era?Right now mine are:Happy Together - The TurtlesGood Vibrations - The Beach BoysTime of the Season - The ZombiesKicks - Paul Revere and the RaidersSpooky - The Classics IVPretty Ballerina - The Left BankeScarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon and GarfunkelWhite Bird - It's a Beautiful DayBarefoot Gentleman - The AssociationMonday, Monday - The Mama's and Papa'sIt'll be different in an hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 From the 60's? That is a really tough one! There will never ever be a decade musically like that one! The sheer talent and diversity of the groups and their music was unparalleled....Okay a few of my favorites:Yesterday - The BeatlesGood Vibrations - The Beach BoysYou're the One - The VoguesCome Back When You Grow Up Girl - Bobby VeeI Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller FourCould Be We're In Love - The Cryan ShamesNeedles and Pins - The SearchersWhite Room - CreamUp Up and Away - The Fifth DimensionWhen I'm Sixty Four - The BeatlesWhat Becomes of a Broken Heart - Jimmy RuffianNever My Love - AssociationThe Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 'Look Thru Any Window' Hollies]'Whenever You're Ready' [Zombies]'Live' [Merry Go Round]'Open Up Your Door' [Richard & The Young Lions]'Western Union' [Five Americans]'Please Let Me Wonder' [beach Boys]'Pretty Balarina' [Left Banke]'No Milk Today' [Hermans Hermits]'It Won't Be Long' [beatles]'Him Or Me' [Raiders]'I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better' [byrds]'Train Kept A Rolling' [Yardbirds]I could list 100 equaly great songs.[Turtles,Monkees,etc] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinwilbury Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 This is a completely impossible task and kept me awake last night. I even tried it by artist and concluded that Alvin Toffler must have based "Future Shock" on the 60's evolution of pop music. You start out with Doris Day and wind up with Jimi Hendrix while hitting all genre's in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I can't even imagine trying to come up with just 10 songs for the most musically influential decade ever. I probably couldn't do it even with 100 songs, but, having said that, here's some favorites right off the top of my head.Ticket To Ride The BeatlesSatisfaction The Rolling StonesMr Tambourine Man The ByrdsMy Generation The WhoTin Soldier The Small FacesLike A Rolling Stone Bob DylanGood Vibrations The Beach BoysBe My Baby The RonettesWalk On By Dionne WarwickI Saw Her Again The Mamas And The Papas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 You picked my favorite Mamas And Papas song...that song never gets old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Good Vibrations...Beach Boys.....and then there's...Whiter Shade of Pale...Procul HaremBecause...Beatles [should have been a single]Satisfaction...Rolling StonesRespect...Aretha FranklinTurn Turn Turn...ByrdsOver, Under, Sideways, Down...YardbirdsCalifornia Girls...Beach Boys12:30...The Mama's and the PapasTime of the Season...ZombiesHonourable Mention....Good Lovin'...RascalsI Was Made to Love Her...Stevie WonderGod Only Knows...Beach BoysShotgun...Jr. Walker and the ALL-StarsHurdy Gurdy Man/Sunshine Superman...DonovanDear Eloise...HolliesPretty Ballerina/Walk Away Renee'...Left BankeCherish...AssociationYou Can't Do That...BeatlesBall of Confusion...TemptationsHarder to compile than the 70s list. There were easily close to 1,000 songs from the 60s...including completely new sounds and ideas from every direction...that have stood the test of time just like any other kind of REAL/TRUE art.Lucky Man...Emmerson, Lake & PalmerGood Times, Bad Times...Led ZeppelinTell Her No...ZombiesI Can See For Miles...The WhoMississippi Queen...MountainJumpin Jack Flash...The StonesPurple Haze...Jimi HendrixTales of Brave Ulysses...CreamThe Great Airplane Strike...Paul Revere/RaidersSuite Judy Blue Eyes...Crosby Stills & NashThere is NO top 10 for the 60s ['cept for Good Vibrations]...the list is ever changingly interchangeable. The mood can swing at a moment's notice.pre British Invasion...Runaway...Del ShannonRuby Baby/Runaround Sue...DionLouie Louie...KingsmenIn My Room/Surfer Girl...Beach BoysTossin' & Turnin'...Bobby LewisDuke of Earl...Gene ChandlerMockingbird...Inex and Charlie FoxxThe Twist/Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go...Hank Ballard & the MidnightersLittle Sister/...Elvis PresleyMarlena/Candy Girl...Frankie Valli & the 4 SeasonsDon't Talk to Him...Cliff Richard...who [along with the Tornados, to a much lesser degree] actually kicked off the British Invasion while the Beatles were still looking for a company who would consider offering them a real recording contract. BIG IT UP FOR CLIFF!!!]Sorry. Can't pick 10. I keep adding to the list!!! [and I have yet to look at a chart/book. If I do... I'll go nuts..........] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopian cult member Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hey, I didn't say this would be easy! My personal favorite musical decade. Easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 'Marlena'....I love that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Eric,I am surprised you did not mention eitherPretty Ballerina or Walk Away Renee by The Left Bank. I was fortunate to see them open for the Beach Boys in 1967 and they were impressive!Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellie Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 dang... and I'd heard Elvis was THE KING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopian cult member Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 Eric,I am surprised you did not mention eitherPretty Ballerina or Walk Away Renee by The Left Bank. I was fortunate to see them open for the Beach Boys in 1967 and they were impressive!Phil Talk about a double header!!!!! Wow, I envy you that show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Poptopian cult,It was a great concert with Keith and the Electric Prunes also on the bill. Now if you can name their songs of reknown that is impressive!Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopian cult member Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 Actually I do know them: Keith did "98.6" and the Prunes did "I had too much to dream last night" (Also if you're interested they just reissued the Axelrod sessions with the Prunes.)Must have been a great show, what a lineup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 BTW, regarding the Prunes, the Axelrod sessions were 99% done without any participation by the band members (James Lowe, Mark Tulin, Ken Williams, etc.). They broke up during the earliest part of those sessions, which were done with a bunch of studio musicians....and just as well, as the Prunes wouldn't have been able to play "Mass In F Minor" or "Release Of An Oath" live anyway. They were only actually together for 2 albums - their eponymous debut (with "Too Much to Dream" and their other hit "Get Me To The World On Time", and "Underground"....although the 3 band members mentioned above got back together in the late 90's and still play out on occasion (most recently back East at Little Steven's Underground Garage Fest at Randall's Isalnd in NYC, August 2004....they also headlined Cave Stomp in NYC in Nov. 2001), and have put out 2 pretty good recent CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopian cult member Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Another 10: Silently - Del ShannonAnother Time - SaggitariusShe's My Girl - The TurtlesShe's Leaving Home - The Beatles (No one ever mentions this delicate beauty.)I Just Wasn't Made For These Times - The Beach BoysTommy Roe - Jam Up And Jelly TightBus Stop - The HolliesLook Away - Eternity's ChildrenSunday Will Never Be The Same - Spanky and Our Gang59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 If I Fell -- BeatlesRuby Tuesday -- Rolling StonesNever My Love -- The AssociationGod Only Knows -- Beach BoysCome Together -- BeatlesWhiter Shade of Pale -- Procul HarumThe Magic Garden -- Fifth DimensionThe Worst That Could Happen -- Fifth DimensionTime For Livin'-- The AssociationGet Together -- YoungbloodsWalk Away Renee -- The Left BankeBoth Sides Now -- Judy CollinsAgain, there are so many more that I loved and still love, but these are specific to people and events and mean the most to me. This is a great topic! --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Wasn't 'The Worst That Could Happen' by the Brooklyn Bridge? Johnny Maestro...lead vocalist...same lead singer as in the Crests' '16 Candles'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Yep....The great version anyhow. The Crests also did the GREAT 'The Angels Listened In". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Poptopian...'Jam Up And Jelly Tight"...Hell YEAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Nathan Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 no list of top ten songs of the 60's would be complete (for me) without a couple of "secret weapon" records:Can't Find The Time (To Tell You) - OrpheusHello, It's Me - Nazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 That whole Nazz lp was pretty cool actually. I like the slower groove of their original version of Todd's tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Early Wynn Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 These may not be the best, but they're my favorites:Under My Thumb - the StonesYou Really Got Me - the KinksGlad All Over - DC5Beg Borrow and Steal - Rare BreedTicket to Ride - BeatlesPictures of Lily - the WhoEverytime You Walk in the Room - the SearchersSally Sayin' Something - Billy HarnerMidnight Confessions - the Grass RootsI Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopian cult member Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Poptopian...'Jam Up And Jelly Tight"...Hell YEAH! I'll second that emotion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poptopian cult member Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Early Wynn:There's a cool compilation called "Temptation Eyes the songs of Price and Walsh" that has their original demo of that song. It's really very cool. There are some variations to the way he sings it to the version we're all familiar with by the Grass Roots. Almost a more bluesy inflection in the chorus. A real eye-opener.Or ear-opener? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.