Your favourite 1960s song

[gamma aries]

"The 1960s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969. The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends in the west, particularly United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and West Germany. Social and political upheaval was not limited to these countries, but included such nations as Japan, Mexico, Yugoslavia and others." [wiki]

I love the 60s eventhough I never witnessed it. Anyhow, so many fantastic songs made during that era. So pick your favourite and give a (youtube or whatever) link if can. One song per post.

My choise for this opening post is
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_UILNwWrc

[Star Angel 86]

Surf City Jan & Dean. 8)

[gamma aries]

Surf City Jan & Dean. 8)
Surf City Jan & Dean -click- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxMyFe81FUg) <linked> 8)

[hippifried]

In the summer of '66, I used to hang on the radio to hear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQh112HQsoE

[rockabilly]

The times they are a changin` - Bob Dylan

[hippifried]

& this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcRgwgMc1Qc&feature=related

[hippifried]

Probably the most influencial song of the early '60s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI

[gamma aries]

& this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcRgwgMc1Qc&feature=related
This was great!
My second choise for OP was
The Long And Winding Road- The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ZegjrEIGQ

[hippifried]

The psychedelic era rolled in in the summer of '67.
Check out the 18 year old Ted Nugent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2VNFpiGWo

[gamma aries]

The psychedelic era rolled in in the summer of '67.
Check out the 18 year old Ted Nugent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2VNFpiGWo
Well how about this legend:
The Fifth Dimension "Aquarius /Let The Sunshine In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o

[hippifried]

The psychedelic era rolled in in the summer of '67.
Check out the 18 year old Ted Nugent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2VNFpiGWo
Well how about this legend:
The Fifth Dimension "Aquarius /Let The Sunshine In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o

That's the opening & closing numbers of the play ~Hair~. I actually saw the play 3 times in '69 & '70. It was different every time, & tackled every social issue of the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yd3Elm-X7c&feature=related

[hippifried]

The 5th Dimension owed a lot of their hits to Laura Nyro. This was one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwSNbC9zK-w&feature=related

[hippifried]

& this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMhWQgkZ8c&feature=related

[hippifried]

Barbara Stiesand had a hit with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6UczqrIYM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpYnD0dvaU&feature=related

I think I like the original better.

[ed_jaxon]

Stones - Gimme Shelter

[hippifried]

Needless to say, I'm a huge fan. She never got a lot of air time on her own, but she had a lot of hits through others.

Blood Sweat & Tears:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUa8mbgKex8

Another by the 5th Dimension:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTBERaBWL8

Three Dog Night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuOxSmqn44I

Yeah yeah I know, one per post, but I could be here all week just on her. When she died, I went into mourning for a couple of weeks.

A couple more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21KH_YOk7Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqWVOSSmPpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lqSYUBY-dc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zjrkQftmvE

Whew!

[Dirky]

Heroin - The Velvet Underground

[hippifried]

This song by the fabulous Janis Ian got banned in different parts of the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_rYLoIR08

[raiku9909]

leave me be by the zombies is one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEBRJAeDKoQ

[hippifried]

I'm loving this thread.

The other Janis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gsqBEPSrd0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8npK1q6LY9Q

[Dirky]

Love - You Set the Scene

[Dirky]

Some Velvet Morning - Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra

[hippifried]

This was pretty much it for Count Five.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbcMXJdGc0w&feature=related

[Dirky]

You're Going To Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators

[Star Angel 86]

Surf City Jan & Dean. 8)
Surf City Jan & Dean -click- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxMyFe81FUg) <linked> 8)

gamma aries,thank you so much for that link there was a cool Beach Boys toon on you-tube from that era as well(I Get Around).During the 80's I had to relocate to Virginia from Los Angeles and you talk about home sick.I wanted to associate myself with anything California related so I really developed a love for beach music.Even though I'm into heavy metal these days I still have a great appreciation for surf music. 8)

[Willie Escalade]

There is no way I can choose an all-time favorite song from the sixties, so I'll just go with a classic piece of Philly Soul..."Cowboys To Girls", by The Intruders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t70lBcxYzdk

[hippifried]

Gotta show the "Love".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkZnQZVH2U&feature=related

[Dirky]

Gotta show the "Love".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkZnQZVH2U&feature=related

Thanks for that. Love was one of the American greatest bands to come out of the 60's. Shame they fell apart due to drugs and egos.

[baileyandkc]

My Pledge of Love by Joe Jeffrey

right behind:

Because-Dave Clark
Only Want to be with You-Dusty
and any of these Beach Boys (I Get Around, Catch A Wave, Be True to Your School)

yah, and Surf City...or Drag City, Honolulu LuLu

[hippifried]

Can't leave Sam Cooke out of the mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-NH5gA4JP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME6fNgyJzgM&feature=related

[hippifried]

Although she just got better & better through the '70s, here's Joni Mitchell on Dick Cavett, hours after Woodstock ended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5DYLYHlKvk&feature=related

[hippifried]

There was so much good music of all genres through that decade. Here's some early Dusty Springfield. '61 I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKofdthA9yg

[pantybulge69]

Take Five - Berbeck
Hello Stranger -- Barbara Lewis
Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
Green Onion - Booker T & the MGs
Cupid - Sam Cooke
A change is going to come - Sam cooke
Shotgun - J.J. Walker & the All Stars
Grazin' n d the Grass - Hugh Masekela

I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
Fool on the Hill – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘ 66

Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels
A Teenager In Love - Dion & The Belmonts
The Great Pretender - The Platters

Dionne Warwick: "Walk On By"
Purple Haze – Jimmy Hendrix
Irma Thomas: "Time Is on My Side"

Why Do Fools Fall In Love - The Teenagers, featuring Frankie Lymon
Hushabye - The Mystics
Denise - Randy & The Rainbows
You Belong To Me - The Duprees

[hippifried]

Johnny Cash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlj5vjp3Ko

[hippifried]

Dave Dudley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHbGhEfnh2E

[hippifried]

John Coltrane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n-gRS_wdI

[hippifried]

This one fits this this forum methinks.

Cream, SWLABR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngIxuGOVGeQ

Takin a break for a while. :)

[Star Angel 86]

I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos


Now this is definitely one of my favorite songs however it is from the 50's.
In it's place

Since I Don't Have You- The Skyliners (Guns & Roses,did an excellent cover version of it on The Spaghetti Incident.)

[AmericanDream]

Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

for now.

[HP1000]

I wasn't even born yet, but I like some of Janis Jopelins music. Especially that one about the Mercedez Benz :D

[Beagle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8

moody blues

[a994]

Here's my short list:

Grateful Dead--"Dark Star," "That's It For The Other One," "New Potato Caboose," "What's Become Of the Baby," "The Eleven," "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)"

Jimi Hendrix--"Purple Haze," "Manic Depression," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Third Stone From The Sun," "Are You Experienced?," "Little Wing," "And the Gods Made Love," "(Have You Ever Been To) Electric Ladyland?," "Crosstown Traffic," "Long Hot Summer Night," "Rainy Day, Dream Away," "1983: A Merman I Shall Turn To Be," "House Burning Down," "All Along The Watchtower," "Highway Chile"

Fifty-Foot Hose--"If Not This Time"

The 13th Floor Elevators--"Earthquake"

Jefferson Airplane--"Today," "The Ballad Of Me and You and Pooneil," "rejoyce," "Won't You Try (Saturday Afternoon)," "Lather," "Crown Of Creation," "The House At Pooneil Corners," "Volunteers," "Wooden Ships"

Quicksilver Messenger Service--"Calvary," "The Fool," "Silver and Gold"

Country Joe and the Fish--"Section 43," "Porpoise Mouth," "Grace"

Love--"Orange Skies," "Little Red Book," "Alone Again Or," "A House Is Not A Motel," "Maybe The People Would Be the Times (Or Between Clark and Hilldale)," "I Wonder," "Laughing Stock"

The Byrds--"Eight Miles High," "Space Odyssey"

Pink Floyd--"Astronomy Domine," "Interstellar Overdrive," "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun," "A Saucerful Of Secrets," "Remember A Day"

Bob Dylan--"It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding," "Positively 4th Street," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Like A Rolling Stone," "Desolation Row," "I Want You"

Big Brother And The Holding Company--"All Is Loneliness," "Combination Of The Two," "Summertime"

The Mothers of Invention--"Orange County Lumber Truck," "Toads Of the Short Forest," "Eric Dolphy Memorial Bar-B-Q," "Who Needs the Peace Corps?," "Who Are the Brain Police?," "Trouble Every Day," "Plastic People," "Call Any Vegetable"

Paul Butterfield Blues Band--"East-West"

The Impressions--"Choice Of Colors," "It's Alright," "We're A Winner"

Joe Byrd And The United States of America--"The American Metaphysical Circus"

Soft Machine--"As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still"

Blues Project--"Flute Thing"

Kool And The Gang--"Give It Up," "Kool And The Gang"

Allman Brothers--"Whipping Post," "Dreams"

Cream--"Tales of Brave Ulysses"

Sam Cooke--"A Change Is Gonna Come"

[hippifried]

Vintage Fleetwood Mac:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg

[hippifried]

Has James Brown made it into this thread yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWx4dx29II

[hippifried]

Back to 1960 with Bo Diddley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap8JtQZG73M

[Sulka_bewitched_me]

Here's one of my faves: Buffalo Springfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g9PiEgYYUU

[gunner55]

Traffic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxVlN-LzIks

[jcinva]

What's wrong with you all? Not one mention of Dizzy, by Tommy Roe, or Sugar, Sugar, by the Archies?

Philistines, every single one a ya!

[gamma aries]

-lots of music/links-
Wow, you like great music. I found plenty of new material to check in spotify!

[TomSelis]

The Zombies- It's The Time.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49DxfpW3Zfw

The Animals- Misunderstood (cover of Nina Simone)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FT4FprxDg

[jaycanuck]

So many to name. Motown stuff is up there...but the song that was light years ahead of it's time would have to Tomorrow Never Knows by the Beatles .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVUzTZ5dgwQ

[JamesHunt]

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOjwMxccsZc

[Dirky]

No way would I be able to pick a #1 favorite but I've had Velvet Underground on my mind this week so to fit the theme of this message board I'll just say...

Candy Says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77KC4iAa49s

Interestingly enough, there's a documentary coming out about her either later this year or next.

The Velvet Underground are perhaps my favorite band in the universe and Candy Says is one of Lou's most beautiful songs.

[vincidog]

This was a fun one


Quick Silver...Who do you love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boz9JV5VsG8