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Essential 60s song listening.

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Fassa Albrecht

Feb 18, 2007
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I find myself these days going further and further back into the past and listening to a lot of really old music.

I love some 60s tracks, but I'm wondering whether TB could help me break into 60s music.

What would TB consider ESSENTIAL listening? I love pretty much anything with a bassline, but am more of a rock fan than anything else.


Any suggestions appreciated!
 
#2
I'll go beyond the obvious, Beatles, Stones, Who (not my favorite 60's band, but maybe favorite bass player).

For simple, infectious lines, try the Zombies, Tells her no, She's not there, and if you wannt to get obscure, try almost anything from there last album, Odessey and Oracle.

Listen to the Yardbirds for some good blues/rock rave ups.

The Animals catalog is very good, from the bues standards to House of the Rising Son, We've Gotta Get Outa This Place, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood etc...

Here's a list of fun stuff, almost one hit wonders, that really rocked:

I Want Candy- The Strangeloves
Codine-The Charlattans
Get Me To The World On Time- The Electric Prunes
Talk Talk- The Music Machine
Dirty Water-The Standels
Primitive-The Groupies
Porpise Mouth-Country Joe and the Fish
Double Shot of My Babies Love-The Swingin' medallions
Run, Run, Run- The Third Rail
Sweet Young Thing-Chocolate Watch Band
Beg, Borrow and Steal-The Rare breed
I Had To Much To dream Last Night-Thirteenth Floor Elevator
Laugh Laugh-The Beau Brumell

Don't Forget The Mamas and Papas song book, Early Airplane, Quick Silver Messanger Service, especialy "Fresh Air"

Capt. Beefheart (BTW They'll be in the UK and Scotland in December) Diddy Wah Diddy, Electricity, etc...

That should start you off.
 
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This is the setlist from my previous band...some of it may be 70s, though:

The Animals - When I Was Young
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - Come Together
The Beatles - Glass Onion
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
The Beatles - Rain
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman
Cream - Badge
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream - We're Going Wrong
Cream - White Room
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Wooden Ships
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
The Doors - Break On Through
The Doors - LA Woman
The Doors - Riders On The Storm
The Doors - Crystal Ship
Jeff Beck Group - Going Down
Jeff Beck Group - Beck's Bolero
Jeff Beck Group - Morning Dew
The Guess Who - American Woman
Jimi Hendrix - Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Led Zeppelin - What Is and What Should Never Be
Mountain - Theme from an Imaginary Western
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years from Home
The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
The Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Rolling Stones - Sway
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Who - My Generation
The Who - Pictures Of Lily
The Who - Sparks
The Who - Substitute
The Who - Summertime Blues
The Who - Young Man Blues
The Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
The YardBirds - Heart Full Of Soul
The Yardbirds - Over, Under, Sideways, Down
The Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
 
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#4
To focus in on the bass, and more obvious bands:
Jack Bruce was a fantastic player for Cream - and provided most of the vocals.
John Paul Jones gave us all the memorable bass lines for Led Zeppelin.
Though I'm not a Who fan, I like John Entwhistle's lines on "My Generation."
 
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If you want obscure, pick up these Rhino compilations:
Nuggets: Classics from the Psychedelic Sixties
and the four-album set:
Nuggets II: Original Artifacts from the British Empire and Beyond 1964-1969

On Nuggets you'll find "Friday On My Mind" by the Easybeats. I can never get enough of that frantic bass interval.
 
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Toronto Bassist said:
This is the setlist from my previous band...some of it may be 70s, though:

The Animals - When I Was Young
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - Come Together
The Beatles - Glass Onion
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
The Beatles - Rain
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Bob Dylan - Oh Sister
Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman
Cream - Badge
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream - We're Going Wrong
Cream - White Room
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Wooden Ships
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
The Doors - Break On Through
The Doors - LA Woman
The Doors - Riders On The Storm
The Doors - Crystal Ship
Jeff Beck Group - Going Down
Jeff Beck Group - Beck's Bolero
Jeff Beck Group - Morning Dew
The Guess Who - American Woman
Jimi Hendrix - Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Jimi Hendrix - Manic Depression
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Led Zeppelin - What Is and What Should Never Be
Mountain - Theme from an Imaginary Western
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years from Home
The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
The Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Rolling Stones - Sway
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Who - My Generation
The Who - Pictures Of Lily
The Who - Sparks
The Who - Substitute
The Who - Summertime Blues
The Who - Young Man Blues
The Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
The YardBirds - Heart Full Of Soul
The Yardbirds - Over, Under, Sideways, Down
The Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
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Nice set list! Lot of 70's but most of from back then didn't know when the decade changed anyhow;)
 
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Fassa Albrecht said:
I find myself these days going further and further back into the past and listening to a lot of really old music.

I love some 60s tracks, but I'm wondering whether TB could help me break into 60s music.

What would TB consider ESSENTIAL listening? I love pretty much anything with a bassline, but am more of a rock fan than anything else.


Any suggestions appreciated!
Click to expand...
i found that going back to the guys that influenced the early rock,brit invasion was a real education....from doo wop to blues,texas swing,country,new orleans...when i started to note that a lot of sixties stuff was written in the fifties and earlier it led to a lot of great stuff
 
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Here's a few more,


Little Red Book AND 7+7 Is by Love

Black Is Black by Los Bravos

Lost Woman AND Funk 49 by James Gang

Stone Cold Fever AND Come On Everybody AND I Wonder AND Sweet Peace and Time by Humble Pie

Darkness, Darkness AND Lets Get Together by The Youngbloods

Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer

Time Won't Let Me by The Outsiders

Time of the Season by The Zombies

Hush by Deep Purple

Might be sneakin' into the 70's a little, but good stuff! :hyper:
I think I will have to dig some of these up and light up some incense tonight. :bassist: :D
 
#17
It depends on what you're into. Early 60s is more Soul and Skiffle type stuff. But by the late 60's, we had Psychedelic, the beginnings of Hard Rock, Prog rock, Funk, Metal, and all sorts of stuff.
That said, instead of listing essential songs, I'm just going to mention some bands (sorry for repeats):
James Brown
The Kinks
Nazz
Ten Years After
Aretha Franklin
Beach Boys
Cream
The Who
The Beatles
Black Sabbath (their 1st single was released in late 1969)
Moby Grape
The Amboy Dukes
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Doors
The Small Faces
The Guess Who
Steppenwolf
Iron Butterfly
Jeff Beck
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The James Gang
Lovin' Spoonful
Yes
The Velvet Underground
The Rolling Stones
Elvis
Roy Orbison
Steve Miller Band
Pink Floyd
Taj Mahal
T.Rex
 
#18
I consider mysef a true product of the 60s and early 70s.

I remember all the great music and playing it in bands.

I think it's great that you want to move in this direction.I think alot of cats are.

All that music, to me, it was groovy back then and still groovy today.

BTW, I'm trying to bring back the term "groovy" And it ain't workin at all.
 

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