Favorite Songs of the 1960's!

[Leon]

Every time we get into the car I push the 60's-70's rock stations and my wife and daughter hate it and roll their eyes. I continually let them know that my music at least has a good beat...and their hip hop mombo jombo sounds like crap to me.....They usually get their way and I suffer through it....There are so many songs I love from the 60s to 70s I don't know where to start....Hey Jude, Stairway to Heaven almost anything Beatles and the list goes on and on....BTW, I like 50's quite a bit too.....

If you guys haven't heard of BR-549 you need to go to YouTube and listen to them....they are a great throwback to Buddy Holly type music, with their own twang.....really good stuff imo.....

[Robextend]

Barry - Some real good ones in there. Shapes of Things and She's Not There could easily be on my list too.

Leon - I will definitely check them out on YouTube when I get home. I am a huge Buddy Holly fan, and I like some other 50's music as well. I feel Buddy Holly is fairly underrated in regards to his place in Rock N Roll history.

[barrysloate]

Rob- all the Yardbirds songs were great. They are among the most underappreciated groups from the 60's. They are virtually never played, not even on the classic rock station in NY Q1043. I tried to get them to play a set a couple of years back but they never did.

[Robextend]

I agree, 104.3 should absolutely play some Yardbirds tunes. I think it would be more fitting then hearing a 90's group like Pearl Jam (who I like) on a "classic" rock station.

The Yardbirds seem to garner more fame because of Clapton, Beck and Page, but they were a great group.

[Tsaiko]

No time to list the thousands of favorites from one of the most productive decades in the history of music, but here's one from each of my favorite categories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR5b0Eryr1U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJnBF3Taf4A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHF558u6Q_8

[barrysloate]

Because the Yardbirds had those three legendary guitarists, it shocks me that they are never played.

And I added The Doors Light My Fire to my list. That's just about my favorite song.

Jason- Pet Sounds is a truly amazing album. It was # 2 on Rolling Stone Magazine's All-Time list.

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Jason- Pet Sounds is a truly amazing album. It was # 2 on Rolling Stone Magazine's All-Time list.

I loved the results of the competition between The Beatles and The Beach Boys in that era. "Sgt. Pepper" may not have been what it is without "Pet Sounds".

[Robextend]

One of my favorite groups is The Byrds who definitely have some Beatles and Beach Boys in their sound. What a great time for music....

[Writehooks]

Blurring the line between '60s and '70s a little, my faves include:

R. Dean Taylor: "Indiana Wants Me"
The Buoys: "Timothy"
Zager & Evans: "In the Year 2525"
Paul Revere & The Raiders: "Kicks"
BeeGees: "Gotta Get a Message to You"
Beatles: "Paperback Writer" & "Back in the USSR"
Rolling Stones: "Paint It Black" & "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Theme song from "Tennessee Tuxedo & His Tales"

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

I loved the results of the competition between The Beatles and The Beach Boys in that era. "Sgt. Pepper" may not have been what it is without "Pet Sounds".

Agreed, and I'm certain Pet Sounds had an influence on John and Paul, and on the songs of Sgt. Pepper.

[Big Six]

Though born in the 70's (1972 to be exact) I'm a big fan of British invasion stuff, especially the Beatles. For that reason I'm also a big fan of some of the derivative music coming out of England and elsewhere today. If you guys are interested in listening to something new that sounds like something old I recommend the following:

Ocean Colour Scene (sounds like classic Who)
Kula Shaker (Beatles with world influences...GREAT stuff)
Charlatans (sounds like the Beates but very heavy on 60's organ)
Kasabian ( a bit harder and contemporary but incorporate a lot of British invasion elements)
Primal Scream (great band)
The Village Green (defunct band that owes it's sound to the Kinks amongst others)

Give em a listen and let me know what you think! Enjoy...

[Davalillo]

Rob,

Barry asked me what I do if I forget a song for my top 1,230 songs of all time and I said by now I include them all as I have gone over every Billboard chart in the past 55 years and all my records, cds, 8 tracks etc. but I was wrong.

A Guide for the Married Man by the Turtles never hit the Top 100 but WABC in New York played the song for a short time and I liked it. I wonder if its on You Tube.

Another song I rediscovered that peaked at #98 on the Top 100 in April 1966 was Stop by the Moody Blues--a band that is a favorite of mine but which sounded a lot different in the 60s. WABC had this in its rotation for a while.

I also have to say how much I like Indiana Wants Me by R Dean Taylor who followed up his 1970 Indiana Wants Me smash with three songs that peaked #66-#83. The only one I knew of these was "Gotta See Jane".

Writehooks--great collection. Almost all of thos sngs are on my Top 1230

I will be posting later today my next 25 songs in my top 1230 songs of all time.

http://musicandsportscard.blogspot.com

[White Borders]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Because the Yardbirds had those three legendary guitarists, it shocks me that they are never played.

Here's my favorite from that group Jimmy Page was in before Led Zeppelin.

Over Under Sideways Down

[barrysloate]

Tsaiko- also check out on youtube the 1959 version of Miles doing So What. It's with John Coltrane.

And thanks for that Wooly Bully clip- never saw it before.

[Tsaiko]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Tsaiko- also check out on youtube the 1959 version of Miles doing So What. It's with John Coltrane.

And thanks for that Wooly Bully clip- never saw it before.

Yea man, that '59 clip is great! I'd seen it before at some film fest way back, but had to see it all the way thru again.

One thing about the Wooly Bully clip; when every other band of that era had dancing girls, the girls here are just standing there which, to me, makes them more provocative.
Sharing in with the Yardbirds love, here's what most girls were doing on stage during that decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPji87WIhVQ
Speaking about the Yardbirds and the guitar players that played in that band, they all played with John Mayall first.

I don't want to derail this interesting thread, but here's the most embarrassed band to ever do a lip sync in the 60's. Poor guys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLzYBTIDYO0
Harmonica is the main instrument, which John whips out for last few seconds Mick Taylor, another up and coming guitarist to "study" with Mayall, doing his best to take it seriously.

[Beatles Guy]

Hmm...

The Beatles - I'll let my handle speak for my love of the Beatles
Zeppelin - Anything off of Zeppelin I is great
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
The Who - Can't Explain
The Beach Boys - Anything from Pet Sounds
Hendrix - Pretty much anything
The Doors - L.A. Woman

The list goes on...