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Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago

Unlike today's radio, where every station is specialized, back in the 60s
you could hear Lulu one minute and the Doors the next.

That's the one thing I really miss about the early days. Today, if you want
to listen to different kinds of music, you have to listen to 6 different
stations unless you can find an oldies station. Fortunately, we do have
one near us...WCBS. But they play such a limited selection of songs that
it's almost not worth listening to.
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And here is some of that organ:

YouTube - The Five Americans - Western Union

Loved Walk Away Renee!
As fas as Ma Belle Ami, I forgot they were Dutch:

YouTube - TEE SET - Ma Belle Amie

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

And here is some of that organ:
YouTube - The Five Americans - Western Union

Loved Walk Away Renee!
As fas as Ma Belle Ami, I forgot they were Dutch:
YouTube - TEE SET - Ma Belle Amie

Western Union was another one of my favorites. I don't remember
if the Five Americans had another hit or not, at least not off the
top of my head.

I have noticed that Dutch bands (Gasoline was another one) have lead
singers with very odd voices. Don't know if it has anything to do with
where they come from and whether or not it's a language thing, but listen
to something from Gasoline (circa 1977) and you'll hear the similarity
to the Tea Set.

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15 years ago

The killer organ used back then was a Farfisa Combo Compact.

What a great sound. Even with out a true Leslie it rocked big time.

KJ

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Killer Joe

The killer organ used back then was a Farfisa Combo Compact.

What a great sound. Even with out a true Leslie it rocked big time.

KJ

Yeah, and the electronic synths of today just can't capture it.

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Killer Joe 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Yeah, and the electronic synths of today just can't capture it.

Amen to that!
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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Yeah, and the electronic synths of today just can't capture it.

I second that.

And the Cowsills also brought us their version of Hair! ( ok, sound quality isn't the best, but the video is worth it)

YouTube - "Hair" by the Cowsills

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

I second that.

And the Cowsills also brought us their version of Hair! ( ok, sound quality isn't the best, but the video is worth it)

YouTube - "Hair" by the Cowsills

Hair was one of the biggest songs of the year in 1969 and quite a shock
coming from this group considering the sound was more hard rock than
anything they had ever done before.

The play itself causes quite a stir for obvious reasons. Things were changing
and we were seeing films come out like Midnight Cowboy and I Am Curious
Yellow.

By today's standards, they were pretty tame, but back then...wow.

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15 years ago

This is more inline to what I listened to in the 60's

YouTube - Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

YouTube - Summertime Blues

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15 years ago

Some more.

YouTube - EasyBeats - Friday on my mind

YouTube - Lies - The Knickerbockers

YouTube - ? mark and the mysterians

YouTube - Count Five - Psychotic Reation - 1965

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Originally Posted by ThomM

Some more.
YouTube - EasyBeats - Friday on my mind

YouTube - Lies - The Knickerbockers

YouTube - ? mark and the mysterians

YouTube - ? mark and the mysterians

YouTube - Count Five - Psychotic Reation - 1965

Hey Thom, Friday On My Mind was probably one of the most energetic
tunes from that era. To this day, I still can't play this darn thing on my
guitar without making at least 2 mistakes.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Hey Thom, Friday On My Mind was probably one of the most energetic
tunes from that era. To this day, I still can't play this darn thing on my
guitar without making at least 2 mistakes.

I love watching the drummer in the FOMM video

AS for Pink Floyd I really started listening to them when their Ummagumma album came out.
This was the song that made me a Floyd fan.

YouTube - Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe...

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Originally Posted by ThomM

I love watching the drummer in the FOMM video

AS for Pink Floyd I really started listening to them when their Ummagumma album came out.
This was the song that made me a Floyd fan.
YouTube - Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe Eugene

lol Thomas,
I have some memories of that song, a redneck friend of mine , an axe and some substances I'm not naming.

By they way, one thing you notice in the Easybeats video, the singer is really having fun!

And the Question Mark and the mysterians is from Where The action Is..........anyone else rememebr that show and what band was basically the house band?

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Originally Posted by KimW

anyone else rememebr that show and what band was basically the house band?

Was that the show that had the lead guiter player who played goofy hand?

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15 years ago

Okay, you guys let out the monster now. I'm having a music fix, I mean fit.

YouTube - The Byrds - Eight Miles High (Alternate...

Now THIS was out there for 1966.

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Killer Joe 15 years ago

Or this one..

YouTube - Cream - Crossroads 1968

Or this...

YouTube - Cream- Sunshine of Your Love

Oh, baby!

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  Not one of their bigger hits but a great song just the same.
  
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  And NOBODY, and I do mean NOBODY sounded like the Mamas and the
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  When I got my first vocal synthesizer (Digitech Vocalist that I still have
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Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Okay, you guys let out the monster now. I'm having a music fix, I mean fit.

YouTube - The Byrds - Eight Miles High (Alternate Version)

Now THIS was out there for 1966.

It sure was. I was 12 in 1966.

Here is a band that love them or hate them, you have to give them credit, they were survivors.
Had hits all they way from the 60s to to 2000s
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YouTube - The Bee Gees- 'Words'

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Originally Posted by KimW

It sure was. I was 12 in 1966.

Here is a band that love them or hate them, you have to give them credit, they were survivors.
Had hits all they way from the 60s to to 2000s
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YouTube - The Bee Gees- 'Words'

Oh Kim, I so loved the Bee Gees in the early days with such great songs
like "Words", "First Of May", "New York Mining Disaster", "To Love Somebody"
and even "Lonely Days" from 1971. But when Saturday Night Fever came out,
that was the end for me with them.

Yeah, the rebounded later on in their career but they were never the same
group from the 60s and early 70s.

But yeah, they sure did stand the test of time.

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Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Oh Kim, I so loved the Bee Gees in the early days with such great songs
like "Words", "First Of May", "New York Mining Disaster", "To Love Somebody"
and even "Lonely Days" from 1971. But when Saturday Night Fever came out,
that was the end for me with them.

Yeah, the rebounded later on in their career but they were never the same
group from the 60s and early 70s.

But yeah, they sure did stand the test of time.

They had to go into hiatus as a group, but if you look at the songs they wrote and produced for a lot of other stars you can see they never left the forefront of the music scene.

Still one of the most respected group of guys to me.

(Can I say that

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Originally Posted by Killer Joe

They had to go into hiatus as a group, but if you look at the songs they wrote and produced for a lot of other stars you can see they never left the forefront of the music scene.

Still one of the most respected group of guys to me.

(Can I say that

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KJ

Sure you can say it , and your right!

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Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Oh Kim, I so loved the Bee Gees in the early days with such great songs
like "Words", "First Of May", "New York Mining Disaster", "To Love Somebody"
and even "Lonely Days" from 1971. But when Saturday Night Fever came out,
that was the end for me with them.

Yeah, the rebounded later on in their career but they were never the same
group from the 60s and early 70s.

But yeah, they sure did stand the test of time.

To me Lonely Days was the first departure from their "sound" but I liked it.
And when Saturday Night Fever came out,like you, I was put off by them, but, I find disco to be like rap, totally without musical value.

They did have some intermittent high points after the disco stage,so, even though their ealy stuff was their besy imo, ( and it sounds like yours) like I said, they were survivors.

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Killer Joe 15 years ago

OK, you can't talk about the Bee Gees without including this song...

YouTube - The Bee Gees- 'Massachusetts'

What a group!

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  Originally Posted by Killer Joe
  
  OK, you can't talk about the Bee Gees without including this song...
  
  YouTube - The Bee Gees- 'Massachusetts'
  
  What a group!
  
  KJ
  
  Yeah, another great one of theirs.
  
  My favorite Bee Gees songs were the ones that Robin Gibb sang lead. He
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KimW 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Killer Joe

Nope, just the local car shows here. It's a bad hombre, I'd have to trailer it that far.

Or hook up with a fuel tanker for the trip down...

KJ

Ha! I can understand that!

Originally Posted by Killer Joe

Was that the show that had the lead guiter player who played goofy hand?

Um, not sure what you mean goofy hand,but the "house band" for that show was Paul Revere and the Raiders.
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- Killer Joe 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by KimW
  
  Um, not sure what you mean goofy hand,but the "house band" for that show was Paul Revere and the Raiders.
  
  There was a show back then that had a lead guitar player for the house band that played left handed. They were pretty good, I just can't remember the name of the show...or the band.
  
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Originally Posted by ThomM

This is more inline to what I listened to in the 60's
YouTube - Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

YouTube - Summertime Blues

YouTube - Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) by Manfred Mann

Thom, I was into Pink Floyd before it was fashionable to be into Pink Floyd.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was their first album in 1967. I really
got into them big time though with Atom Heart Mother, which came out in
1970.

It wasn't until Dark Side Of The Moon in 1972 that they started to
become a household name when Money actually made AM radio.

Manfred Mann, it's amazing how long he lasted from his early days doing
Mighty Quinn to Springsteens Blinded By The Light. There is almost no
similarity between those two styles.

Thanks for the memories.

I have a feeling I'm going to be up late tonight.

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Maybe Steve knows this...

Wasn't Mark Farner of ? also a founding member of Grand Funk Railroad?

I seem to remember that was the case.

But I'm old...

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Thom,

Thanks for Psychotic Reaction. God, I loved that song.

Awesome!

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15 years ago

I always liked this one from 1964. A little band, but maybe some of you have heard of them.

YouTube - Beatles Tribute - Things We Said Today

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

I always liked this one from 1964. A little band, but maybe some of you have heard of them.

Hey Dan, there probably isn't one true Beatles fan who doesn't know every
song they ever recorded and every album they ever released...in order.

Hell, you'd wait to hear that there was a new Beatles release. And in the
early days, they came fast and furious.

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Killer Joe 15 years ago

I don't know how many of you are true Gearheads like me, but when I was a kid this stuff really knocked my socks off.

I've still got the Baddest '39 Chevy in the Shenandoah Valley, and here is the baddest one minute fifty-eight seconds in all of Rock and Roll...

YouTube - The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe

Rumble...

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  Another great song from 1966.
  
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  Originally Posted by KimW
  
  Do you ever bring it to any of the car shows in Richmond?
  
  Nope, just the local car shows here. It's a bad hombre, I'd have to trailer it that far.
  
  Or hook up with a fuel tanker for the trip down...
  
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Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Hey Dan, there probably isn't one true Beatles fan who doesn't know every
song they ever recorded and every album they ever released...in order.

Hell, you'd wait to hear that there was a new Beatles release. And in the
early days, they came fast and furious.

I remember buying my first Beatles' albums. I messed up because I ordered the CDs but paid the cassette price (the catalog was a bit confusing, if I recall). So, I received the cassettes. You would have thought the company might have contacted me; after all, I filled out the order form for CD, just used the wrong pricing. But, no, they just sent the cassettes. Argh.

I'm thinking I didn't order from that company again.

I've always liked "Things We Said Today" because it has a bit of an "unplugged" feel long before MTV thought of it.

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Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

I remember buying my first Beatles' albums. I messed up because I ordered the CDs...

Dan,

I've got shoes older than you...

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  I am absolutely astonished that no one has posted the greatest band ever - Led Zeppelin. Their first two albums came out in 1969. Saw them live in Vancouver in 1971, no opening act, three and a half hours of non stop music. It was in August, the tour was introducing tunes from the fourth album which was going to be released the following November. It was cool getting to hear Stairway to Heaven and Black Dog before they were out. They played most of the first three albums. I still remember them playing The Lemon Song and Heartbreaker like it was last night. Awesome memories.
  
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Originally Posted by Killer Joe

Maybe Steve knows this...

Wasn't Mark Farner of ? also a founding member of Grand Funk Railroad?

I seem to remember that was the case.

But I'm old...

KJ

To the best of my knowledge, Mark Farner was never a member of this group
but yes, he did form Grand Funk Railroad in 1968. Their first album was On
Time which didn't chart well.

Their first big album was the classic Closer To Home in 1970.

From there, honestly, I felt the band sold out and went totally commercial
but that's just my opinion.
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  Hey Thom, you're really digging into the vaults with some of these.
  
  I remember when I first heard the Knickerbockers I thought it was the
  Beatles because of the John Lennon style vocals.
  
  Same thing happened when I first heard Badfinger in 1969. Thought they
  were the Beatles too.
  
  Turned out they were discovered by the Beatles.
  
  Joey Molland copied his guitar playing style from George Harrison.
  
  But that's another story altogether about a group with one hell of a tragic
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  Same thing happened when I first heard Badfinger in 1969. Thought they were the Beatles too.
  
  Turned out they were discovered by the Beatles.
  
  Yea the story I remember is Paul Mc produced a few of their tunes.
  
  Hence, the sound.
  
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  Yea the story I remember is Paul Mc produced a few of their tunes.
  
  Hence, the sound.
  
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  He found then and produced then and they were one of the first groups signed to the new record company the Beatles had just formed, Apple records.
  
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Originally Posted by KimW

And the Cowsills also brought us their version of Hair! ( ok, sound quality isn't the best, but the video is worth it)

YouTube - "Hair" by the Cowsills

The "Cowsills" caught my eye, and I couldn't help but go on a slight tangent and think of this:

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15 years ago

another classic:

YouTube - Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello

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Originally Posted by KimW

another classic:
YouTube - Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello

Wow, I haven't heard this in 40 years. I don't even know if I have this
record. And I ain't going downstairs to look either.
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  Hey Kim, how many people here weren't even born in the 60s?
  
  Man, I am feeling OLD today.
  
  Okay, here's another 60s classic.
  
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I never listen to radio anymore.

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15 years ago

Ok, not 60s but aren't these Dutch?

YouTube - Focus- Hocus Pocus (live '73)

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Originally Posted by KimW

Ok, not 60s but aren't these Dutch?
YouTube - Focus- Hocus Pocus (live '73)

Yes, they were a Dutch band...and talk about odd voices.
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And of course, heres a different Sopwith Camel.
By they way, does anyone else miss the old comedy records.Weird Al is the closet they come now, but he is parody. They used to make "interview" type records where a reporter would ask something and the repsonse would be a song clip. Now I'm really dating myself.

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Originally Posted by KimW

And of course, heres a different Sopwith Camel.
By they way, does anyone else miss the old comedy records.Weird Al is the closet they come now, but he is parody. They used to make "interview" type records where a reporter would ask something and the repsonse would be a song clip. Now I'm really dating myself.

YouTube - Snoopy vs. The Red Baron (Snoopy's Christmas) (CC)

Yes Kim, they were called flying saucer records. The reason they called
them that was because the very first one was about a flying saucer landing
on Earth. The actual name of the song was "The Flying Saucer."

The tunes were mostly from the 50s featuring the Platters, Elvis and
other groups from that era.

Dickie Goodman started it all.

The novelty died out around the early 70s after Convention 72 came out
by the Delegates.

If you want to know about totally useless trivia, just ask me.

I really need to get a life.

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I remember The Flying Saucer and Dickie Goodman, but I didn't know the genre was called flying saucer records.

This is a comdey recording, but it wasn't flying saucer

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I had to really dig to find this.

There were a TON of psychedelic records that became very, very rare.

I remember one night spending with a friend I met at lodge where we did
nothing but listen to this stuff.

Here's one by The Remaining Few called "Painted Air" It is classic
psychedelica.

YouTube - 60's Garage, Surf, Freakbeat &...

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I had to really dig to find this.

There were a TON of psychedelic records that became very, very rare.

I remember one night spending with a friend I met at lodge where we did
nothing but listen to this stuff.

Here's one by The Remaining Few called "Painted Air" It is classic
psychedelica.

YouTube - 60's Garage, Surf, Freakbeat & Psychedelic Music - Vol. 1

That was definitely one I never heard before.

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Killer Joe 15 years ago

Here was a biggie when I was in first grade.

YouTube - Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater (1958)

(It's in black and white...)

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15 years ago

Wait a minute, Kudos to you, Mr Wagenhelm. Impressive.

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15 years ago

Same here Steven! And thanks Thom, we listened to a lot of the same also.
And Steven, I was also into Pink FLoyd before it became fashionable.
I have Atom Heart Mother too on vinyl.
Damn THomas, The Easybeats, Can you tell me the trivia behind that band?

ANd I was looking for Psychotic Reaction earlier whenw e were talking psychodelic bands!

KJ, I'm not sure of your question, but yes, mark Farner was a founding member of Grand Funk Railroad,which later shortened their name to Grank Funk.
Grand Funk Railroad and a group called Smith ( one hit wonder with a song called Baby I'm yours) headlined one of the first concerts I went to. I know, not much in the way of headliners, but this was in Oklahoma in the late 60s!

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15 years ago

I found another "flying saucer" 45.
This was more in line with the type I was reffering to:

YouTube - Dickie Goodman- Batman & His...

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Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

I found another "flying saucer" 45.
This was more in line with the type I was reffering to:
YouTube - Dickie Goodman- Batman & His Grandmother

Kim, great find...very rare 45. Was created in response to the Batman
series of the mid 60s which was a monster hit...not the song, the show.

To be a guest villain on that show was like everybody's dream, thus the
reason you saw so many big stars on it.
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15 years ago

By the way Steven, you got the link I PMed you?

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Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

By the way Steven, you got the link I PMed you?

I've been so busy reading this thread and hunting for tunes that I never
even got to my PM box.

I'll go check it now if you guys'll stop posting all these great tunes.
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15 years ago

KJ, Crossroads the Cream/Clapton version has always been one of my favorite songs.
14 years old, I'd get out of school, go to 7-11 and buy a red hot and a ice cold Dr Pepper and go to the pool hall to play pinball and every day I'd put a quarter in the juke and play that song. Years later I have the song by many differnt people, but Creams is the best.

Steve, The Mamas and The Papas were pretty damn good, but these were a close second!

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

KJ, Crossroads the Cream/Clapton version has always been one of my favorite songs.
14 years old, I'd get out of school, go to 7-11 and buy a red hot and a ice cold Dr Pepper and go to the pool hall to play pinball and every day I'd put a quarter in the juke and play that song. Years later I have the song by many differnt people, but Creams is the best.

Steve, The Mamas and The Papas were pretty damn good, but these were a close second!
YouTube - Sunday will never be the same

Spanky McFarland. Oh did I love her voice. Yeah, they were damn good.

This was one of my favorite songs of 1967.

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Patrician

15 years ago

omigod what a collection of classiX

i couldn't listen to them fast enough - started just listening to each one long enough to remember.

Question Mark and the Mysterians and Easy Beats - TOP OF THE MORNING 2 U!

How could they just disappear - when you say 'one hit wonders' for these you don't mean anything derogatory - you mean tragedy!

(loved the psychedelic lava lamp light show, Steven - nice to see one with all brain cells (that are left) fully functional. GROOOOVY.

Thanks for the memories everyone.

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solardave

15 years ago

Eight miles high is a great song. Anyone remember this one?
YouTube - Manfred mann - Do wah diddy

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15 years ago

I'm a Motown fan too and this was one of the best acts:

YouTube - My Girl

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15 years ago

Lets start the day off with a bit more melodic song,
Peter and Gordon

YouTube - A world without love - Peter and Gordon

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Steven Wagenheim 15 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

Lets start the day off with a bit more melodic song,
Peter and Gordon
YouTube - A world without love - Peter and Gordon

Ah screw mellow...let's wake everybody up!

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15 years ago

And then there was Chad and Jeremy

YouTube - Chad and Jeremy "Willow Weep For Me"...

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15 years ago

Well, this will wake people up too.

YouTube - My Generation

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

Don't know how I missed this thread!

I wouldn't even know which songs to start posting with.

Early Pink Floyd is awesome. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Saucerful of Secrets, Ummagumma, More Soundtrack, and Obscured by Clouds (came out in '72, Dark Side was '73 - sorry about being picky

) are all excellent.

Thanks especially to Steven for the psychedelic track. Hadn't heard that one before.

I believe that To Love Somebody was specifically written for Otis Redding, but he died before he could record it.

@KimW - As no one has answered the trivia question (that I saw), all I can say is that it's electrifying!

Rock on!
Michael

p.s. Disco does have musical merit, as does rap, and death metal, etc. It's just that we don't always understand what that merit is. But, as Bob Dylan said, "Don't criticize what you can't understand". I like some disco, and a few rap/hip hip songs.

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Michael Oksa

15 years ago

Ok, here are two groovy tunes...

Question Of Temperature was a Top 40 song for The Balloon Farm. (Remade by the Lords of the New Church.) The other tune in the video is a nice touch.

YouTube - The Balloon Farm: A Question of...

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YouTube - Forgotten Oldies - Hot Smoke &...

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