Author Topic: The 1960s Song of the Day (currently featuring: The Animals) (Read 10835 times)

KevShmev · « **Reply #105 on:** July 01, 2016, 06:57:14 PM »

Now we get to a band that will certainly be featured multiple times, so let's remember to discuss the featured song and not other songs that might be featured later...

The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper

The Stones are not a band I listen to that much, but do they have 15-20 songs that I can always enjoy a ton, Mother's Little Helper being one of them. This was an instant favorite of mine when I first got into them and it remains so to this day.

Orbert · « **Reply #106 on:** July 01, 2016, 09:17:29 PM »

I'm not a huge Stones fan, but there are a lot of their songs that I like, so I guess I'm a "greatest hits" level fan. This one's fun. Good song.

KevShmev · « **Reply #107 on:** July 02, 2016, 09:20:54 AM »

I would describe myself as a "greatest hits" level fan as well, although I do like some deep tracks from their records from the early 70s.

Imaginos · « **Reply #108 on:** July 02, 2016, 09:34:24 AM »

I've only recently become a stones fan, and before that I was mainly into a handful of the hits, mainly from the mid-late 60s and early 70s. This is one of those songs that I've always liked from them though, probably because of Tesla's great cover of it. Really great lyrics on this one.

Orbert · « **Reply #109 on:** July 02, 2016, 02:17:02 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 02, 2016, 09:20:54 AM

I would describe myself as a "greatest hits" level fan as well, although I do like some deep tracks from their records from the early 70s.

They do have some great deeper cuts. The extended R&B, jazzy jams with the sax and stuff are great. I do have a few Rolling Stones albums, just not tons like some other bands.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #110 on:** July 02, 2016, 02:22:21 PM »

I'm the same Kev but the run of albums from 68 to 73, are only matched by The Who.

KevShmev · « **Reply #111 on:** July 03, 2016, 07:51:07 AM »

The Kinks - You Really Got Me

It's pretty crazy to think that this song was recorded and released in 1964, causing how heavy that riff is. I am guessing a lot of people were taken aback when they first heard it. While many of us identify more with the Van Halen cover, which is outstanding, the Kinks original has a raw charm that just pulls you in. Really good song.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #112 on:** July 03, 2016, 09:35:03 AM »

Good song, at least the original version. I don't care much for the VH version.

Mladen · « **Reply #113 on:** July 03, 2016, 10:39:49 AM »

Yesterday I saw some friends of mine doing a great cover of this track and they reminded me how awesome it is and how the riffs were way ahead of their time. There's another song by The Kinks that I discovered fairly recently, All day and all of the night. It might be an even better tune.

Orbert · « **Reply #114 on:** July 03, 2016, 04:00:18 PM »

My favorite Kinks song. Yeah, that lick was ten years ahead of its time, at least. Where the heck did it come from? This is a rare song where I like both the original and the (probably) better-known cover just as much. Great song.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #115 on:** July 03, 2016, 11:56:48 PM »

Stones: Also more of a greatest hits fan, but this one is fine

Kinks: I like the VH version even better but the original version is great also.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #116 on:** July 04, 2016, 12:33:00 AM »

Quote from: Mladen on July 03, 2016, 10:39:49 AM

Yesterday I saw some friends of mine doing a great cover of this track and they reminded me how awesome it is and how the riffs were way ahead of their time. There's another song by The Kinks that I discovered fairly recently, All day and all of the night. It might be an even better tune.

That's a good one, too. Isn't that in a commercial?

Mladen · « **Reply #117 on:** July 04, 2016, 03:38:19 AM »

I don't know about that.

Prog Snob · « **Reply #118 on:** July 04, 2016, 05:26:45 AM »

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kinks-all-day-and-all-of-the-night-yoplait/

It was also in a Mazda commercial

KevShmev · « **Reply #119 on:** July 04, 2016, 08:54:11 AM »

The Monkees - Daydream Believer

I remember seeing the video for this on MTV in the later 80s - to this day, I still have no idea why MTV decided to put this song in its regular rotation for a while considering it had to be 20 years old at the time - and thinking it was a fun, catchy tune; I still think that. Plus, I am always a fan of videos where the band is acting silly and having a good time, and that sums up the video for this tune pretty well. I think it also features Davy Jones doing the move that Axl Rose later used as his signature on-stage dance.

Orbert · « **Reply #120 on:** July 04, 2016, 09:42:56 AM »

Good song. The Monkees were known for starting as a television creation, providing vocals but with all the music played by studio musicians. Later they fought with the suits for the "right" to play their own music, as Nesmith, Dolenz, and Tork could actually play, and they won the fight. This is a later Monkees tune so that's Peter Tork on the piano doing that catchy intro, and Mike Nesmith on lead guitar.

Mladen · « **Reply #121 on:** July 04, 2016, 02:42:34 PM »

This is a very pretty tune.

SystematicThought · « **Reply #122 on:** July 04, 2016, 07:00:25 PM »

Good tune and surprisingly the new album is really good as well!

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #123 on:** July 05, 2016, 08:29:16 AM »

Not crazy about the Stones at all, but that song is not bad.

You Really Got Me is fantastic.

Daydream Believer is one of those songs that I never ever intentionally listen to, but if I hear it, I sing along to it. Not much love for the Monkees from me.

bosk1 · « **Reply #124 on:** July 05, 2016, 08:46:37 AM »

Love that tune. I really need to own a Monkees greatest hits disk. I am sad that I don't.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #125 on:** July 05, 2016, 08:49:15 AM »

Great tune. I saw Davy Jones live back in like '03 or '04. He put on a damn good show.

KevShmev · « **Reply #126 on:** July 05, 2016, 06:24:42 PM »

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Magnificent song, of epic proportions. This could be released today and still sound innovative as heck...and yet it came out in 1969.

Bowie was awesome, and this song is one of the best examples of his greatness. That mellotron is

Orbert · « **Reply #127 on:** July 05, 2016, 06:50:56 PM »

Yep, a great song, probably my favorite Bowie, and one of my favorite songs ever.

Rick Wakeman on keyboards, by the way.

pogoowner · « **Reply #128 on:** July 05, 2016, 07:14:38 PM »

Tremendous, tremendous song. And one that everybody likes, whether they listen to classic rock or not.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #129 on:** July 06, 2016, 07:43:28 AM »

Thumbs up for David Bowie. I don't like all of him but Space Oddity is just great.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #130 on:** July 06, 2016, 08:54:02 AM »

Great artist. Great song.

Mladen · « **Reply #131 on:** July 06, 2016, 09:38:14 AM »

Gorgeous song.

DragonAttack · « **Reply #132 on:** July 06, 2016, 12:03:01 PM »

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oh, and 'Space Oddity' is timeless....

KevShmev · « **Reply #133 on:** July 06, 2016, 08:43:27 PM »

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel

I am not even sure what genre I would call, but this is a nice little tune, nonetheless. I have some memory of knowing this song as a kid, as I remember hearing it many years later and thinking, "I know this song."

Orbert · « **Reply #134 on:** July 06, 2016, 10:38:40 PM »

If I had to pick a genre, well it wouldn't just be one. The verses are R&B, but the breaks are Jazz. That pretty much defines early Blood, Sweat & Tears.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #135 on:** July 07, 2016, 11:48:51 AM »

Great, great, underrated band. Good song, too.

Orbert · « **Reply #136 on:** July 07, 2016, 12:08:39 PM »

True. Those first couple of albums are great.

KevShmev · « **Reply #137 on:** July 07, 2016, 07:00:57 PM »

Wayne Newton - Danka Shöen

I'm sure I am not only the one who cannot think of this song without thinking of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In fact, I doubt I'd even know the song otherwise.

Orbert · « **Reply #138 on:** July 07, 2016, 09:13:25 PM »

I'm sure I've heard it, but I don't even recognize the title. And I've seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off at least 20 or 25 times, and I couldn't tell you the Wayne Newton song from it. Weird.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #139 on:** July 07, 2016, 11:56:09 PM »

I'm pretty sure I don't know this song, although I've seen that movie a couple of times, and I'm also pretty sure that the title should be "Danke schoen" as that would mean "thank you" in german.

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Author Topic: The 1960s Song of the Day (currently featuring: The Animals) (Read 10835 times)