TrentonMakes Posted February 8, 2018 Share #1 Posted February 8, 2018 Not talking about the Beatles, Stones, Doors, etc. that have been played to death on the classic rock stations.... but short pop songs that would probably be considered "oldies". I just heard the first one on the radio - sounded great. And the second has always been a favorite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted February 8, 2018 This one was co-written by Paul Simon. I'm not sure he's terribly proud of it though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 8, 2018 Share #3 Posted February 8, 2018 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted February 8, 2018 ^ Ralph spells "60s" with a 7. good song tho'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 8, 2018 Share #5 Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, TrentonMakes said: ^ Ralph spells "60s" with a 7. good song tho'. Dangit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 8, 2018 Share #6 Posted February 8, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted February 8, 2018 ^ "Big Boss Man" does not sound familiar. Hm. Two more favorites: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 8, 2018 Share #8 Posted February 8, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralphie ★ Posted February 8, 2018 Share #10 Posted February 8, 2018 There! I nudged it down into the 60s barely. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 8, 2018 Share #11 Posted February 8, 2018 Not all songs were written at the time they became popular. Unless you were a one hit wonder. Ralph beat me, barely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TrentonMakes Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted February 8, 2018 I love the story behind this one: By 1968, The Turtles had had a number of successful pop records on the White Whale label, including Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe", "Happy Together" and "She'd Rather Be with Me", both written by Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon. The band members wanted to diversify their musical output, in parallel with more innovative musical groups of the time, and to record their own material. However, their record company were reluctant to allow them to do so.[1] As a demonstration of their musical versatility, The Turtles recorded the album ...the Battle of the Bands, which featured performances in a wide variety of different musical styles.[2] The band recorded "Elenore" as a parody of the type of happy-go-lucky pop songs they themselves had been performing, but with deliberately clichéd and slapdash lyrics such as: "Your looks intoxicate me / Even though your folks hate me / There's no one like you, Elenore, really"; and "Gee, I think you're swell / And you really do me well / You're my pride and joy, et cetera..." Howard Kaylan later said: "Elenore was a parody of 'Happy Together.' It was never intended to be a straight-forward song. It was meant as an anti-love letter to White Whale [Records], who were constantly on our backs to bring them another 'Happy Together.' So I gave them a very skewed version. Not only with the chords changed, but with all these bizarre words. It was my feeling that they would listen to how strange and stupid the song was and leave us alone. But they didn't get the joke. They thought it sounded good. Truthfully, though, the production on 'Elenore' WAS so damn good. Lyrically or not, the sound of the thing was so positive that it worked. It certainly surprised me." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 8, 2018 Share #14 Posted February 8, 2018 @TrentonMakes I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a song and said to myself, Nobody in their right mind would publish that song. I imagine most are the result of some jam session with excess jocularity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 8, 2018 Share #15 Posted February 8, 2018 I always liked The Turtles and wondered why they faded away so quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted February 8, 2018 Share #16 Posted February 8, 2018 No one is posting the '60s Bubble Gum music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 8, 2018 Share #17 Posted February 8, 2018 and the decade began here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 8, 2018 Share #18 Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, TrentonMakes said: ^ "Big Boss Man" does not sound familiar. Hm... more favorites: ...Erma Franklin had some great songs, and was more popular than her sister where I lived. She gave it all up to go back and sing gospel at the request of her father, the Rev. Franklin. ...sound familiar ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 8, 2018 Share #19 Posted February 8, 2018 ...you guys probably don't remember how big Jackie Wilson and Smokey and the Miracles were in the 60's either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 9, 2018 Share #20 Posted February 9, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 9, 2018 Share #21 Posted February 9, 2018 I liked Crimson and Clover posted above but then there was this which everyone should remember. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 9, 2018 Share #22 Posted February 9, 2018 Back when this was a new song it gave me some guidance, there were degrees to the wildness. It rings ever so true today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted February 9, 2018 Share #23 Posted February 9, 2018 On her debut album, released in 1969 Roberta Flack - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Video was 1972 live performance) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 9, 2018 Share #24 Posted February 9, 2018 6 hours ago, maddmaxx said: I liked Crimson and Clover posted above but then there was this which everyone should remember. I was on a Joan Jett U-Tube excursion the other night and I really like her version of Crimson and Clover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 9, 2018 Share #25 Posted February 9, 2018 7 hours ago, jdc2000 said: Cheese? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 9, 2018 Share #26 Posted February 9, 2018 ...this one always reminds me of the three years I lived in Merced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 9, 2018 Share #27 Posted February 9, 2018 ...and this one always reminds me of my second divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 9, 2018 Share #28 Posted February 9, 2018 ....and this one I like because of the time I met Canned Heat at the lost baggage office at the airport in Albuquerque. They were pissed, and I was pissed. But when I heard how the airline had lost all their instruments, and they had a concert to play that night, the loss of my suitcase with everything I had to get me across the country paled in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Further Posted February 10, 2018 Share #34 Posted February 10, 2018 I think I was pre teen when this came out. My buddies & I would giggle & dream.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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