Favorite Songs of the 1960's!

[barrysloate]

Glyn- so you know Love's Revelation. That's cool, very few people do. It's about 18 minutes long, and takes up the whole second side of Da Capo.

[glynparson]

I tend to like long songs. Guess it's the Dead Head in me.

[barrysloate]

Me too. One of my favorite long songs is the Rolling Stones' Going Home.
Also Dylan's Desolation Row. And of course The Doors' The End.

Jim C.- you are a walking encyclopedia of pop songs. Did They're Coming to Take Me Away by Napoleon XIV make your top 1000? Also, did the Troggs have any hits other than Wild Thing?

[Davalillo]

Barry,

It did not make my Top 1,000. I remember listening to Dan Ingram's countdown in 1966 on WABC. The song had been #3 the previous week and was rocketing up the charts. When he got to #4 Big Dan said that they could no longer play the song due to protests by a group representing the mentally retarded. It fell quickly after that. Now there is a true one-hit wonder although the exact same song was re-released in 1973 and peaked at #87.

Here's a trivia question

What was on the B-Side of They're Comin' to Take Me Away Ha Ha??

The Troggs charted three more times following their #1 smash Wild Thing. Their biggest hit was Love is All Around which peaked at #7 and was widely played on AM rasdio in NYC in 1968.

Jim

[barrysloate]

As I recall the B-side was the same song played backwards. Am I correct?

It was indeed a very strange song and really more of a novelty than a catchy tune.

And I used to listen to Dan Ingram on ABC. I think we are probably the same age (I'm 58).

[Davalillo]

Barry,

You are a lot older than me .

I'll be 58 in May.

You are absolutely correct that the B-side was the same song backwards.

[barrysloate]

59 in August.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by glynparson

I tend to like long songs. Guess it's the Dead Head in me.

I always enjoy Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving. I think it's about 16-18 minutes long. Great song.