On That Note - Decades, the 1960's
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I can get that. Similarly, I didn't like Stevie Nicks for a long time. Rhiannon used to get overplayed and I've never come to appreciate that song. I have come around on Stevie, though.
Growing up with my sisters listening to ABBA and Meatloaf, Janis was a welcome switch for me. She was sorta my gateway to a lot of the blues voices that I love.
If my other options were ABBA and Meatloaf, I might have your opinion on Janis as well.
So much good stuff posted so far...
This is in response to the Henry the VIII video posted above. Below is the video with the actual audio from the Ed Sullivan Show, and Ed's intro. I love that song...and everybody is having a blast, Ed, the guys in the band, the audience.
This is in response to the Henry the VIII video posted above. Below is the video with the actual audio from the Ed Sullivan Show, and Ed's intro. I love that song...and everybody is having a blast, Ed, the guys in the band, the audience.
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Thread makes me wait to smoke weed and spin vinyl. 
However, the '60's mostly mean HS (arrived ISU 1969) and if one song spoke to my teenage angst it was this one.
However, the '60's mostly mean HS (arrived ISU 1969) and if one song spoke to my teenage angst it was this one.
One of my faves...The Association...Along Comes Mary (live vocals with a backing track), Cherish, and a couple of lesser known hits that I really like, Like Always and the powerful and somber Requiem for the Masses. It's hard to count up how many vocal parts going on at the end of Like Always. Other hits include Windy and Everything that Touches You.
The 60's were it, as far as I'm concerned. It's the decade that shaped my love of music. Of course, that might have had something to do with my time of birth (late 50s).
My nomination for the anthem of the 60's is A Little Help From My Friends (Ringo's version). That is not available on youtube but Joe Cocker's version is (and is also great)
little help from my friends woodstock
My other nomination for the 60's anthem would be this:
My favorite song from the 60's might be Chest Fever by the Band. Killer in every respect.
Can't ignore what was going on in jazz at the time, especially in the early to mid 60s.
My nomination for the anthem of the 60's is A Little Help From My Friends (Ringo's version). That is not available on youtube but Joe Cocker's version is (and is also great)
little help from my friends woodstock
My other nomination for the 60's anthem would be this:
My favorite song from the 60's might be Chest Fever by the Band. Killer in every respect.
Can't ignore what was going on in jazz at the time, especially in the early to mid 60s.
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The 60's are interesting. The early boomers were in their teens and with the R&B influences from the 50's they were branching out into newer music. By the late 60's that was really taking hold.
I also saw somewhere recently about music producers in the 60's. A lot of them said they didn't understand the music but being that it was different but said what the hell and just went with it.
In the 50's and 60's TV had become readily available to the masses which allowed more people to see and hear new music. Would the Beatles have had the impact they had in America if it wasn't for the Ed Sullivan Show?
I also saw somewhere recently about music producers in the 60's. A lot of them said they didn't understand the music but being that it was different but said what the hell and just went with it.
In the 50's and 60's TV had become readily available to the masses which allowed more people to see and hear new music. Would the Beatles have had the impact they had in America if it wasn't for the Ed Sullivan Show?
Likely not. Same with Elvis on his appearances. Them and guys like Dylan went beyond influencing just music and took hold of styles, fashion, etc. unlike anything before it.
The death of the big bands started in the 50's, and the 60's finished off most of them. Woody Herman did survive. Below is an interesting comparison of how he tried to keep his band "fresh". The first version of his standard "Woodchopper's Ball" is from 1964, and the second one is from 1969.
From late in the decade...one of my favorite bands. I saw an interview with Burton Cummings where said that this was the first song where he and Randy Bachman arranged full background instrumentation, and they were fearful that it would be bad. Burton was wrong...
