Best song from the 60s

[mdbigdee]

Beatles:Ticket to Ride
Beatles:Norwegian Wood
Beatles:Help!
Beatlesaperback Writer

 

[mdbigdee]

While you were SHAKIN' your ta-tas back in the world I had to RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE to find the Viet Cong. When we got into a serious firefight the radio operator would call for HELP!At base camp we would be ordered to PAINT IT,BLACK(Olive Drab really).Sometimes we would get a week-old Stars and Stripes newspaper,so I READ THE NEWS TODAY,OH BOY.Once in a while I'd get a letter from my girl saying how she loved her SOLDIER BOY.When a soldier was getting ready to go home he was LEAVING ON A JET PLANE.People would ask ARE YOU GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO?I was drafted,I ain't no FORTUNATE SON.

 

[MNGuy]

Some great songs listed here.

A few of my favorites:

Wipeout

White Rabbit

Gime Shelter

Tears of a Clown

Son of Preacher Man

 

[doctor_insanus]

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

The Byrds - Eight Miles High

 

[BotanyBoy]

The Doors-The End
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGmAmJFUvzM


Smokey Robinson & The Miracles- The Tracks of My Tears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA

Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0t-bukQg2E

Otis Redding-Sitting on the dock of the bay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4

Dick Dale - Misirlou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y3h9p_c5-M

Booker T & the M G 's - Green Onions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q

It was recorded in 69....I'm putting in.
Mountain - Mississippi Queen....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_Nw20GG0E

And last but not least...Voodoo Child
http://www.soulculture.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/JIMI-HENDRIX4.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHQkC7vcvmg

 

[doctor_insanus]

Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs

 

[Boxlicker101]

Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs

For myself, there are so many I have a hard time choosing just one.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

DEDICATED TO ALL THE GB GALS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJvDNsBi1do

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I do not have a best, but the most influential was the Doors, Light My Fire.



I first heard it on the AM and it transformed the way I looked at music.

 

[yossi]

Alice's Restaurant

 

[doctor_insanus]

This thread needs Zeppelin.

Even if it just barely sneaks into the 60s.

Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I do not have a best, but the most influential was the Doors, Light My Fire.



I first heard it on the AM and it transformed the way I looked at music.

I had exactly the same experience. It was a "we're not in Kansas anymore" moment.

 

[Beco]

Now that I have your attention, what is your favorite song from the 60s? Here's mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNMnBhf-Ds

Post your favorite song from the 60s. If you post a Beatles song, you're automatically wrong.

So many, but Woodstock, CSNY
The End, doors
CCR, Fortunate Son
Eric Burdon - The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place -

 

[Boxlicker101]

I do not have a best, but the most influential was the Doors, Light My Fire.



I first heard it on the AM and it transformed the way I looked at music.

I'm surprised it hadn't been mentioned before now. It was influential and it is one of my favorites, even now.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

Jimmy Hendricks - All Along the Watch Tower

The Doors - People are strange

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Carry On

Jimmy Gilmer & THe FireBalls - Sugar Shack

Jay & The Americans - Come A Little Bit Closer
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Comshaw

Carry On is one of my faves from one of my all time fave albums.

 

[IndieSnob]

Carry On is one of my faves from one of my all time fave albums.

 

[yossi]

Simon and Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Homeward Bound

 

[Fata Morgana]

Cunt.

 

[kotori]

Simon and Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Homeward Bound

Released in January, 1970. But I always thought the '60s lasted until August 9, 1974.

 

[IndieSnob]

Cunt.

I'm actually glad Yoss is trying to steal you.

She has about the same shit taste as you, which I never thought could happen.

 

[yossi]

Released in January, 1970. But I always thought the '60s lasted until August 9, 1974.

Dammit. I swore they fit into the decade.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I'm actually glad Yoss is trying to steal you.

She has about the same shit taste as you, which I never thought could happen.

There's no way you can seriously diss CSN&Y?

 

[IndieSnob]

There's no way you can seriously diss CSN&Y?

I just did.

:avery:

I like Stills & Young, but Crosby & Nash are dreadful.

 

[oggbashan]

Shadows: FBI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpr49Q5EJ7E

Procul Harum: Whiter Shade of Pale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

Elvis: Wooden Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZgyoZvhgI

Dave Clark Five: Bits and Pieces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoRLIJJSG4o

Yardbirds: For Your Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5zqidlxMQ

Scaffold: Lily The Pink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pHDoJrrzA

 

[Balladeer08]

You're pimping a 60s band that never had a song chart in the Billboard "Top 40" AND dissing the Beatles?

Hey, I understand people like what they like, but as far as "wrong" goes, there's your "automatic."

Some people seem to think that they become "artsy" or "sophisticated" by disliking anything mainstream.

So since the Beatles were hands down THE most successful band of the time, they obviously have to be crap.

This, of course, is insane.

The Beatles did a lot of nice songs, none of which happen to be in my top 100. My favorite Beatles song is one that a lot of people haven't heard, "I've Just Seen A Face".

Also I'd like to point out that since the question asks for YOUR favorite song from the decade, you can't be wrong. Even if everyone else in the world thinks the song is awful, if it is your favorite song, that is the right answer.

I'd much prefer to do a top 100 list, in no particular order. Too much good music from the 60's, and the rating would change with my mood at the moment.

It would be complicated, but nice to set up a data base that could tabulate everyone's top 100 entries, and keep a running list of the 100 that got the most votes from different people. It would have to throw out duplicates on the same list, as some folks would list their favorite song 100 times just to cheat the voting. It would be bad enough with all the alts. I'd be highly suspicious of any lists that had the same 100 songs, regardless of the order.

But the 60's was such a musically fertile decade, you could also do a list of your top 100 groups/performers. Lots of "one-hit wonders".

Check this list of 60's one hit wonders, see how many you know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1960s_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States