Saddleworth2
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Brilliant. Love Nina Simone.
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Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1986 - (page 212)
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1964 = You Really Got Me - The Kinks.
Changed Rock n roll forever.
Two other nice tunes from 1964 off the top of my head. Have I the right- The honeycombs and Tell me when - The Applejacks.
Changed Rock n roll forever.
Two other nice tunes from 1964 off the top of my head. Have I the right- The honeycombs and Tell me when - The Applejacks.
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We have spaces available for upcoming years and need writers.
@Bimbobo is scheduled for 1966 but I don't think that he is going to be able to make it. Saddleworth2, threespires and I will be doing that one between us ..... unless somebody else wants a go?
We are still looking for somebody to cover 1968 - don't be shy, not every write-up has to be a musical version of Homer's Odyssey In fact it could be more like Homer Simpson's Odyssey is you want!
Don't be shy, give it a try.
@Bimbobo is scheduled for 1966 but I don't think that he is going to be able to make it. Saddleworth2, threespires and I will be doing that one between us ..... unless somebody else wants a go?
We are still looking for somebody to cover 1968 - don't be shy, not every write-up has to be a musical version of Homer's Odyssey In fact it could be more like Homer Simpson's Odyssey is you want!
Don't be shy, give it a try.
Black&White&BlueMoon Town
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I can give 1966 a go if it is free and clear. I figured I'd have plenty of time until 1986, but I have a sentimental attachment to that year, so sure...We have spaces available for upcoming years and need writers.
@Bimbobo is scheduled for 1966 but I don't think that he is going to be able to make it. Saddleworth2, threespires and I will be doing that one between us ..... unless somebody else wants a go?
We are still looking for somebody to cover 1968 - don't be shy, not every write-up has to be a musical version of Homer's Odyssey In fact it could be more like Homer Simpson's Odyssey is you want!
Don't be shy, give it a try.
RobMCFC
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Excellent, thanks. It's yours.I can give 1966 a go if it is free and clear. I figured I'd have plenty of time until 1986, but I have a sentimental attachment to that year, so sure...
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Some great garage rock classics released in 64, like The Trashmen - Surfin Bird and The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
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I can take a shot at 1968 if you still need someone. Don't have a Spotify account so might need help there.We have spaces available for upcoming years and need writers.
@Bimbobo is scheduled for 1966 but I don't think that he is going to be able to make it. Saddleworth2, threespires and I will be doing that one between us ..... unless somebody else wants a go?
We are still looking for somebody to cover 1968 - don't be shy, not every write-up has to be a musical version of Homer's Odyssey In fact it could be more like Homer Simpson's Odyssey is you want!
Don't be shy, give it a try.
RobMCFC
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That's great, thanks. Somebody will be able to help you with the Spotify playlist - not me because I'll be over on your side of the pond that week!I can take a shot at 1968 if you still need someone. Don't have a Spotify account so might need help there.
If nobody is available, just throw your playlist up in the thread along with your write-up and we'll get it sorted on Spotify later.
Saddleworth2
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Nice one mate.I can take a shot at 1968 if you still need someone. Don't have a Spotify account so might need help there.
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Notes on the 1964 playlist:-
- What an amazing set of songs. Instrumental pieces are now coming to the fore in some of these songs.
- Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys and The Beatles still rule.
- Having recently said that there's no music that I listen to for the vocals alone, I think that The Beach Boys come close to disproving this. OK, it's about the arrangements too but the vocals on the chorus of "I Get Around" are nothing short of astonishing.
- "You Really Got Me", with its razor blade-slashed amp, seems a significant jump forward in the rock guitar sound. In this context, "Gloria" by Them, which I'd never thought of as a hugely influential song, has the same feel about it with that buzzing guitar.
- The Animals version of "House of The Rising Son" is a superb song. That organ piece is fantastic and memorable. An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first heard the song in a club in Newcastle, England, where it was sung by the Northumbrian folk singer Johnny Handle. This feels like a callback to my piece about the collection of folk songs in our Country and Folk primer.
- Here is me admitting for at least the third time that I was wrong (about not discussing things until the year they happened) because listening to "She's Not There" by The Zombies, it feels like they were laying down a sound that would be hugely influential to The Doors three years later.
- What an amazing set of songs. Instrumental pieces are now coming to the fore in some of these songs.
- Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys and The Beatles still rule.
- Having recently said that there's no music that I listen to for the vocals alone, I think that The Beach Boys come close to disproving this. OK, it's about the arrangements too but the vocals on the chorus of "I Get Around" are nothing short of astonishing.
- "You Really Got Me", with its razor blade-slashed amp, seems a significant jump forward in the rock guitar sound. In this context, "Gloria" by Them, which I'd never thought of as a hugely influential song, has the same feel about it with that buzzing guitar.
- The Animals version of "House of The Rising Son" is a superb song. That organ piece is fantastic and memorable. An interview with Eric Burdon revealed that he first heard the song in a club in Newcastle, England, where it was sung by the Northumbrian folk singer Johnny Handle. This feels like a callback to my piece about the collection of folk songs in our Country and Folk primer.
- Here is me admitting for at least the third time that I was wrong (about not discussing things until the year they happened) because listening to "She's Not There" by The Zombies, it feels like they were laying down a sound that would be hugely influential to The Doors three years later.
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Mary Wells. My Guy.
Motown Gold for me.
Motown Gold for me.
RobMCFC
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We generally stop adding songs to the playlist after the first week - the second week is for listening to the complete playlist, and commenting.Mary Wells. My Guy.
Motown Gold for me.
It also gives the playlist maintainer a breather :)
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Ok. Thanks for the heads up. Off to listen now ;)We generally stop adding songs to the playlist after the first week - the second week is for listening to the complete playlist, and commenting.
It also gives the playlist maintainer a breather :)
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My version of the playlist still ends at "Go Now" from the Moody Blues, so am I missing any? Just checking...Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
I'm also still working through "In C", but I promise I want to hear more!
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My version of the playlist still ends at "Go Now" from the Moody Blues, so am I missing any? Just checking...
I'm also still working through "In C", but I promise I want to hear more!
Bugger, I forgot it was me maintaining the playlist. Apologies folks I'll update it on a short while.
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Apologies for the delay in adding the latter tracks which are now in, 39 tracks and not a duffer amongst them.
To me a pick like this is the essence of this thread. Solomon Burke is for many a footnote or possibly not even known at all; he didn't really have much commercial success but as you say he was very influential and without him who knows if soul would have taken the direction it did. A colourful character too, who fused all sorts of aspects of his life together in his music. It might not be much but at least he's getting the respect he deserves from a random blue corner of the internet.
Brian Jones on harmonica before his sad and chaotic demise and Keef looking respectable enough to get into The Beatles.
I was probably older than I should have been by the time I realised just how good and important The Kinks were.
If you are going to be one hit wonders then there are worse ways to do it than with Have I The Right - as we're doing the history thing I also think that makes Honey Lantree the first female drummer to have a number 1 (at least in the UK).
We had Surfin' Bird in '63 playlist, think technically Louie Louie was late 63 too but how could it not go in the playlist, what a song - when the FBI drag you in to interrogate you about your song you know you must be doing something right!
I'm going for a two for one on this next track.
First, this soul song version in an of itself doesn't appear to be a chart topper, but wow was it influential. While this version charted in 1964, it missed the US top 40, peaking at number 58.
However, this song is ranked number 429 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, so it has stood the test of time unlike others that did better at the time in popularity.
Second, my first memories of hearing this song was from the (1980) Blues Brothers film from Saturday Night Live alums John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, along with Stax Records backing band members guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, brought in by pianist and arranger Paul Shaffer.
This song had many covers, but nothing more memorable to me besides the SNL movie inspired version that made it popular again to teens of my generation. Now that SNL is celebrating 50 years this season, I figured we'd go back 45 years when this was renewed again from the SNL act that expanded into the film.
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" - Solomon Burke
To me a pick like this is the essence of this thread. Solomon Burke is for many a footnote or possibly not even known at all; he didn't really have much commercial success but as you say he was very influential and without him who knows if soul would have taken the direction it did. A colourful character too, who fused all sorts of aspects of his life together in his music. It might not be much but at least he's getting the respect he deserves from a random blue corner of the internet.
it seems strange not to have a Rolling Stone song on a 64 soundtrack given they released their debut album in 64.
On March 6th, 1964, The Rolling Stones released their first single in the United States. "Not Fade Away" was a Buddy Holly cover that charted to No 48 on the Billboard top 100.
Not Fade Away- The Rolling Stones
Brian Jones on harmonica before his sad and chaotic demise and Keef looking respectable enough to get into The Beatles.
1964 = You Really Got Me - The Kinks.
Changed Rock n roll forever.
Two other nice tunes from 1964 off the top of my head. Have I the right- The honeycombs and Tell me when - The Applejacks.
I was probably older than I should have been by the time I realised just how good and important The Kinks were.
If you are going to be one hit wonders then there are worse ways to do it than with Have I The Right - as we're doing the history thing I also think that makes Honey Lantree the first female drummer to have a number 1 (at least in the UK).
Some great garage rock classics released in 64, like The Trashmen - Surfin Bird and The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
We had Surfin' Bird in '63 playlist, think technically Louie Louie was late 63 too but how could it not go in the playlist, what a song - when the FBI drag you in to interrogate you about your song you know you must be doing something right!
Saddleworth2
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and a very fine job you are doing too mate :-)Bugger, I forgot it was me maintaining the playlist. Apologies folks I'll update it on a short while.
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He is. Except that @threespires has been suckered into adding "You Really Got Me" into the playlist for a second time.and a very fine job you are doing too mate :-)