Post by Hombre on Jul 25, 2013 4:07:50 GMT
Not only important songs, they also opened the door to something new during the decade. Here's my dozen:
1963 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles). An obvious example. It opened the American door not only for the Beatles but also for the whole British Invasion.
1964 - She's Not There (The Zombies). The whole recording was more complex than almost everything released during that time. Its fingerprint is the jazzy keyboard solo, which later inspired the guitar playing of the Byrds' "Eight Miles High" and probably was an influence for Ray Manzarek too.
1964 - You Really Got Me (The Kinks). Said to be an embryonic influence of Heavy Metal, it's probably the heaviest rock/pop recording done until that moment, beyond the amateurish performance.
1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds). Folk Rock was born with this jangly cover of the Bob Dylan's song.
1965 - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones). Not the first guitar riff in Rock 'n' Roll, of course, but how many bands started or changed their way from this song?
1965 - My Generation (The Who). Not only the sound was wild for the time, the message was also strong: youth people started to speak loud.
1965 - Norwegian Wood (The Beatles). The introduction of the actual sitar into western pop music, after previous sound experiments by the Kinks and the Yardbirds. The instrument was later played with more virtuosism by other artists, and the Beatles themselves deepened further into Indian music, but this track was a key event.
1966 - Eight Miles High (The Byrds). One of the earliest truly psychedelic songs, with random guitar playing, intricate drumming, hypnotic bass and elevating vocals.
1966 - Shapes Of Things (The Yardbirds). Another early example of psychedelia. It includes the heaviest experimentation with guitar by Jeff Beck until that date, as the culmination of the invention of heavy rock guitar that the group had started few months before.
1966 - Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles). In my opinion, the definitive psychedelic song, both words and music. After this, everything was possible in the studio. It still sounds as something out of this world now in 2013.
1966 - Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys). Kind of a pop opera, a collection of sounds. If not the first example of a multi-part suite, surely the first successful experiment of the kind.
1967 - Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane). One of the original Acid Rock songs, recorded shortly before Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". This is raw psychedelia, without the need of heavy use of studio advantages. This new sound was exciting and wild, including blazing guitar solos and thunderous bass.
Now you can mention and comment about other key songs of the 60's...
1963 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles). An obvious example. It opened the American door not only for the Beatles but also for the whole British Invasion.
1964 - She's Not There (The Zombies). The whole recording was more complex than almost everything released during that time. Its fingerprint is the jazzy keyboard solo, which later inspired the guitar playing of the Byrds' "Eight Miles High" and probably was an influence for Ray Manzarek too.
1964 - You Really Got Me (The Kinks). Said to be an embryonic influence of Heavy Metal, it's probably the heaviest rock/pop recording done until that moment, beyond the amateurish performance.
1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds). Folk Rock was born with this jangly cover of the Bob Dylan's song.
1965 - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones). Not the first guitar riff in Rock 'n' Roll, of course, but how many bands started or changed their way from this song?
1965 - My Generation (The Who). Not only the sound was wild for the time, the message was also strong: youth people started to speak loud.
1965 - Norwegian Wood (The Beatles). The introduction of the actual sitar into western pop music, after previous sound experiments by the Kinks and the Yardbirds. The instrument was later played with more virtuosism by other artists, and the Beatles themselves deepened further into Indian music, but this track was a key event.
1966 - Eight Miles High (The Byrds). One of the earliest truly psychedelic songs, with random guitar playing, intricate drumming, hypnotic bass and elevating vocals.
1966 - Shapes Of Things (The Yardbirds). Another early example of psychedelia. It includes the heaviest experimentation with guitar by Jeff Beck until that date, as the culmination of the invention of heavy rock guitar that the group had started few months before.
1966 - Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles). In my opinion, the definitive psychedelic song, both words and music. After this, everything was possible in the studio. It still sounds as something out of this world now in 2013.
1966 - Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys). Kind of a pop opera, a collection of sounds. If not the first example of a multi-part suite, surely the first successful experiment of the kind.
1967 - Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane). One of the original Acid Rock songs, recorded shortly before Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". This is raw psychedelia, without the need of heavy use of studio advantages. This new sound was exciting and wild, including blazing guitar solos and thunderous bass.
Now you can mention and comment about other key songs of the 60's...
