hollies65 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 My ten favorite bands of the 60s.....The BeatlesThe HolliesThe Beach BoysThe ZombiesThe Beau Brummels!!![underrated ..more than just a two song band]The ByrdsThe YardbirdsThe TurtlesVelvet UndergroundPaul Revere & The Raiders & EasybeatsI know....that's 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 I know....Where are the Kinks and Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Davie Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 In no particular order (except #1 & #2), but the majority of which being pro-British:The BeatlesThe Beach BoysThe Rolling StonesThe Young RascalsThe WhoThe KinksThe HolliesThe ByrdsThe Mamas & The Papas(The) Cream Bonus: The Temptations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Early Wynn Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 BeatlesStonesKinksWhoGrass RootsDave Clark 5SearchersTurtlesBobby Fuller FourBeach Boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Beatles, Who, Stones, Beach Boys, CSN&Y, Mammas & Pappas, Hollies, Blind Faith, Temptations & finally.....okay..here we go....The Monkees.Okay ...I'm off to the therapist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 The Monkees would be in my top 20......Not many bands had so many great songs...I mean 25 or more songs that are a total joy to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 In more or less order....(and 10's not nearly enough)(1) Otis Redding and whoever's backing him(2) Rolling Stones(3) Bob Dylan and whoever's backing him(4) Beatles (pre-Sgt. Pepper)(5) Byrds (pre-Sweetheart of Rodeo)(6) Moby Grape(7) The Who (pre-Tommy)(8) Beach Boys(9) The Kinks(10) (tie) Jimi Hendrix Experience(10) (tie) James Brown & The Famous Flames(10) (tie) Paul Butterfield Blues Band (with Mike Bloomfield)(Runner-ups - Cream, Dave Clark Five, Hollies (with Nash), Yardbirds (with Beck), Easybeats, Bobby Fuller Four, Searchers, Supremes, Wilson Pickett, The Move) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 1. Beach Boys2. 4 Seasons3. Zombies4. Beatles5. Temptations6. Yardbirds7. Turtles8. Hollies9. WHO10. Dave Clark 511...as someone else bonused their list...The Animals, Rascals, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Rolling Stones, Lovin Spoonful, original Byrds, Mamas & Papas, McCoys, Kinks, Searchers, Jan & Dean, Association, Jimi's Experience, Simon and Farginkel, The Guess Who, Cliff and the Shadows, Sly and the Family Stone, the Band, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin [for 2 lps] and Cream. Everything else paled by comparison...although the Moody Blues were really starting to roll BIG Time before the decade ended...and Herman's Hermits are under-rated. [the Monkees on the other hand...SEVERELY OVER-rated]My list's order will differ tomorrow...although the Beach Boys WILL stay at #1...EVERY day. They're in a league of their own.[ps: I saw individual names on a list or two. Hardly groups/bands say what?] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Balzer Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 1.Raspberries2.Buckinghams3.Jay & the Americans4.Dave Clark 55.Small Faces/Faces6.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers7.Dwight Twilley Band8.Michael Stanley Band9.Artful Dodger10.Badfinger11. Roxy Music12. Bare Naked Ladies13. Beatles14. 10cc15. Beach Boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hi Bruce. Your '60s' was decidedly LONGER than the decade I experienced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobsterLvr Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Lee, I think I know who Farginkel is, but who are 'Cliff and the Shadows'?Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Those guys could REALLY play...and Cliff could really sing. Judging from the sounds...I'd say they influenced the Beatles way, WAY more than the Fabs ever admitted.Listen to 'Bachelor Boy'. THAT'S the Beatles...or at least the sound they adopted.By the way TECHO EXPERTS...HELP!!!! How the heck did the DC5 get that full, driving, THUMPIN' drum sound? I know Dave played the drums but MAN their bottom end was rich and heavy compared to virtually everybody else's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Lee interesting that you mention Cliff and the Shadows. Other than Europe and Canada, Cliff's 1950's / 1960's material went unnoticed, for the most part, and it wasn't until "Devil Woman" in the early 1970's that the U.S. started paying attention. My mom and dad used to serenade us with "Bachelor Boy" all the time.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 The DC5 Sledgehammer sound....I don't know how they did it but we've talked about that drum sound for 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 The very loud, thumping drums of the "Tottenham Sound" of the DC5 was allegedly a combination of (1) miking the drums very loudly, and using multiple mikes; (2) strategically using foot stomps (boots on plywood) in some cases to double the drum parts (an idea Clark swiped from Joe Meek (e.g., The Honeycombs' "Have I The Right?") who had first swiped the idea from Bob Crewe (early Four Seasons); and (3) a very old recording console, which, by the way, is now in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, on the 2nd or 3rd floor. This console (and I can't remember the make or model) was supposedly the secret ingredient to their sound.I always wondered back then...and still do....just what the early Beatles would have sounded like, had they been produced by Clark or Joe Meek, and not George Martin. (Of course, I also salivated over the thought of the Ramones being produced by Phil Spector, and the results were very disappointing.....although PS is still allegedly sitting on the "real" masters for "End Of The Century", and actually put out a 2nd rate product, due to Sire Records President/owner Seymour Stein refusing to pay Phil S. his promised fee in full.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamacote Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 .....hollies 65, you've got a spectacular lil' 60's list goin' there.......a list i subscribe to with great enthusiasm!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Davie Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 (Off topic but a quick response...)I encourage you to read 'Here There & Everywhere' for many of the 'studio tricks' that author Geoff Emerick, Hurricane Smith and the others came up with....many times on the fly. They broke pretty much all of The EMI rules regarding miking & wiring, recording & editing...even the way the drum heads were loosened.Mike Gibbins loved to tell the story of the Come & Get It sessions, as they were evolving out of The Iveys into Badfinger. McCartney himself de-tuned Mike's drums to get that 'Beatle' sound, most of which was the kick drum. (Mike was a little put off, but hey...you can't talk back to a Beatle, right?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Why not Paul? Heather's making oodles per schtoop [pro-rated]...and from talkin' back to that VERY same guy.John thanks for the Dave + 4 info. Regardless of who they 'scoffed' it from...they perfected it...and [until technology improved] I believe they were the masters of that THUMP/BOOOOOM...til they themselves stopped THUMPIN' and BOOMIN'.[yer rite bout the 4 Seasons too. Crewe/Gaudio...they got the best North American drum sound for quite a stretch...at least til Brian figured it out for Pet Sounds...and the Bobby Fuller 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 The drums on 'Walk Like A Man'...AWESOME. Lou Reed once said the drum coda to 'Dawn' was implanted in the brain of almost every American between certain ages. I agree 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 1.The Beatles2.The Stones3.The Who4.The Beach Boys5.The Doors6.The Turtles7.Jimi Hendrix Experience8.The Grassroots9.Tommy James & The Shondells10.SteppenwolfHonorable Mention : The Kinks, Monkees, Dave Clark Five, Hermans Hermits, Supremes, Temptations, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap & The Choir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 The BeatlesThe WhoThe Rolling StonesThe Small FacesThe ByrdsThe Beach BoysThe KinksThe Mamas and the PapasThe HolliesProcol Harum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 You know it's funny....Everyone who is a Raspberries fan is obviously a Brithish Invasion fan...and the American band most of us pick other than The Beach Boys...is The Byrds...who are very Brit sounding[At least the best incarnation of the band is]. I know everyone who has posted a list loves CCR...but we could not push aside our anglophile tendencies to include em! Look at Eric's list! I thought I was the Brit invasion nut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietime Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I like Connie Francis - just lookin for love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietime Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 (the song and singer - not the idea lol) and "everybodys somebodys fool" great oldtime song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Marshall Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 You know h65...I am guilty of bein' just plain dumb. For some reason I always think of CCR as a 70s band...way too modern sounding for that old 'lot'. And their sound has really stood up. In many ways...[with specific exceptions] it just doesn't sound dated at all. [even if they were fully cookin through 68 and 69]Good call by EC on Procol Harum...which most of us missed too. Lot's of success into the 70s for them as well...but their classic sound...totally 60s.Nifty thread. We should look at solo artists from the 60s too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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