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Which grouping of songs do you like best?

Let It Be (The Beatles), Time of the Season (The Zombies) & Two Hangmen (Mason Proffit)
Lola (The Kinks), Fortunate Son (CCR) & Gimme Some Lovin' (Spencer Davis Group)
Crossroads (Cream), White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) & The Weight (The Band)
These Eyes (The Guess Who), Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills & Nash) & Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones), Nights in White Satin (The Moody Blues) & Journey to the Center of the Mind (Amboy Dukes)

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Offline KevShmev

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Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« on: April 11, 2019, 06:55:22 AM »
Vote for which grouping you like best.

It's all about the later 60's in this one!

I will go with 5.

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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2019, 07:07:18 AM »
It has to be 5 for me.


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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2019, 07:25:00 AM »
F--- me; very close between No. 2 and No. 5, but I'll give the nod to five, since "Gimme Shelter" (always in contention for my favorite song ever, by any band).

EDIT:  Huh.  Not only have I never heard "Two Hangmen", I've never even heard OF it.  So I went to YooToob, called up a video, and low and behold, the first comment was from Terry Talbot, the guy who wrote the song!  That's cool!  (Still never heard the song before, though). 

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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2019, 07:27:50 AM »
5 kills all others.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2019, 07:34:36 AM »
Anything with Jefferson Airplane in is the one I'd vote for.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2019, 07:41:14 AM »
5, even with the Stones there. The other 2 songs give it the win for me.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2019, 07:43:21 AM »
hard pass on this one, not a big fan of this era of music.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2019, 07:48:15 AM »
I don't know many of the songs here as my knowledge of 60s music is greatly lacking, but Let It Be and Gimme Shelter make strong cases for both their respective groups. Gonna listen to these before answering.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2019, 10:33:04 AM »
Too much stuff in this one that I either don't know, don't know well or don't know by name.

The best songs in this group are Let It Be and Suite Judy Blue Eyes, and I'm gonna go with the Let It Be group because of Time of the Season.  In the other group, Spirit in the Sky sucks, and I don't know the other song by name.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2019, 12:02:48 PM »
Group 5, by virtue of two near perfect tunes.

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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2019, 01:57:05 PM »
Let It Be 5
Time of the Season 2
Two Hangmen - not familiar, after YTing, isn't ringing any bells
Total: 7

Lola 5
Fortunate Son 4
Gimme Some Lovin' 3
Total: 12

Crossroads 3
White Rabbit 5
The Weight 1
Total: 9

These Eyes 2
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 3
Spirit in the Sky 3
Total: 8

Gimme Shelter 5
Nights in White Satin 5
Journey to the Center of the Mind - not familiar, after YTing, isn't ringing any bells
Total: 10

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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2019, 02:36:26 PM »
#4

Not only have I never heard "Two Hangmen", I've never even heard OF it. 
Same here.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2019, 03:09:11 PM »
karaoke staples 

These two words used together trigger involuntary cringing.  As do most of the song titles in this thread (at least, the ones I recognize).
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« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2019, 03:17:37 PM »
Not only have I never heard "Two Hangmen", I've never even heard OF it. 
Same here.

I'll take it to the next level:  I've never heard of Mason Proffit.


From Wikipedia:  "Mason Proffit was a country rock band from Champaign, Illinois. . . .  Brothers Terry Talbot and John Michael Talbot played together in several local bands around Indianapolis, Indiana and later in Chicago. . . .  'Two Hangmen', written by the older brother, Terry, and released on their first album, Wanted, became a regional hit."
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2019, 03:18:21 PM »
Not only have I never heard "Two Hangmen", I've never even heard OF it. 
Same here.

I'll take it to the next level:  I've never heard of Mason Proffit.
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2019, 03:23:03 PM »
I'll do you one better:  Why is Garmorra?
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2019, 03:27:48 PM »
I'll do you one better:  Why is Garmorra?

Wasn't that one of the monsters from one of those Godzilla movies that used to get played on Sunday afternoons?
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2019, 03:39:45 PM »
Ditto on never hearing of Mason Proffit or Amboy Dukes.

karaoke staples 
These two words used together trigger involuntary cringing. 

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« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2019, 04:12:04 PM »
Ditto on never hearing of Mason Proffit or Amboy Dukes.

I just know Amboy Dukes were Ted Nugent's band before he went solo.  "Journey to the Center of the Mind" is the only song of theirs that I've heard of (whether I've actually heard the song is a different question).
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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2019, 05:40:49 AM »
Did psychedelic rock rule the late 60's?





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Re: Classic Rock Song Wars - Part VI
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2019, 07:31:07 AM »
Did psychedelic rock rule the late 60's?

Absolutely... Summer of Love, Woodstock, all the counterculture stuff going on, etc.
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« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2019, 07:42:05 AM »


EDIT:  Huh.  Not only have I never heard "Two Hangmen", I've never even heard OF it.  So I went to YooToob, called up a video, and low and behold, the first comment was from Terry Talbot, the guy who wrote the song!  That's cool!  (Still never heard the song before, though).

It's a great song, although I think it was definitely one of those regional hits, where it was big in some cities and non-existent in others.  Our local classic rock radio station played the crap out of it like crazy back in the day and still features it on their classic show.

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« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2019, 04:45:43 PM »
Ditto on never hearing of Mason Proffit or Amboy Dukes.

I just know Amboy Dukes were Ted Nugent's band before he went solo. 

Damn I wish I had equally never heard of Ted Nugent.
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