A Century of Music

[Unsomnambulist]

Excited to be at arguably the greatest year in rock music - 1967. So many classic, influential albums...but first the typical Monday playlist including such greats as:

"A Day in the Life", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "All You Need Is Love" (tons more) by The Beatles
"Light My Fire", "The End", "People are Strange" by The Doors
"Respect", "Chain of Fools","I've Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You" by Aretha Franklin
"Purple Haze", "Foxey Lady", "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix
"Heroin", "I'm Waiting For the Man" by The Velvet Underground
"Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks
"Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream
"White Rabbit", "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane
"Let's Spend the Night Together", "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling STones
"Soul Man" by Sam & Dave
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum
"See Emily Play" by Pink Floyd
"Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues
"The Letter" by The Box Tops
"Dance to the Music" by Sly & the Family Stone
"Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
"My Back Pages", "Have You Seen Her Face" by The Byrds
"Happy Together" by The Turtles
"The Dark End of the Street" by James Carr
"I Can See For Miles" by The Who
"Tears of a Clown", "I Second that Emotion by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Cold Sweat" by James Brown
"Rock and Roll Woman", "Mr. Soul" by Buffalo Springfield
"I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James
"I Wish It Would Rain" by The Temptations
"Bernadette", "7 Rooms of Gloom' by The Four Tops
"I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James & The Shondells
"Get Together" by The Youngbloods
"Different Drum" by The Sone Poneys
"Alone Again Or" by Love
"Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz
"Let's Live For Today" by The Grass Roots"
"Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen
"Daydream Believer" by The Monkees
"Never My Love", "Windy" by The Association
"Baby Now That I've Found You" by The Foundations
"I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder
"Both Sides Now" by Judy Collins
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" by Frankie Valli
"The Look of Love" by Dusty Springfield
"Pictures of Matchbook Men" by Status Quo
"I Say A Little Prayer" by Dionne Warwick
"Leaving on A Jet Plane" by Peter Paul & Mary
"All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan
"Itchycoo Park" by The Small Faces
"At the Zoo" by Simon & Garfunkel

Get the picture. I could go on and on - and did in my 153 song playlist of 1967

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[Zeeba Neighba]

Today's 1967 albums - so far (another slow day in everything except music)

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way That I Loved You (1967)
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)
Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (1967)
The Doors - Strange Days (1967)
Buffalo Springfield - Again (1967)

 

[axolotl]

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Yo Syd!

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

A few more today:
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1967)
Mothers of Invention/Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free (1967)
Procol Harum - Procol Harum (1967)

Always enjoy breaking out Carr - a great and underappreciated soul singer

Actually have an original Absolutely Free on vinyl - don't break this album out too much as the flanking Mothers' albums are much better.

Axo would never forgive me if I didn't spin the Procol Harum debut

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Continuing 1967 listens:
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxters (1967)
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music for The Mind and Body (1967)
Bee Gees' 1st (1967)

A Friday hodgepodge of styles
After Bathing at Baxters is one of the truest psychedelic albums (much more so than Country Joe's album or The Dead's debut (also 1967)) which are more firmly rooted in blues rock).
Bee Gees 1st is actually the Brothers Gibb third album but their first international release after two albums released in Australia

 

[Unsomnambulist]

TIL the Bee Gees were Australian, not British.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

TIL the Bee Gees were Australian, not British.

Sort of - their career started in Australia, but they were born on the Isle of Man and lived in Manchester when young before the family moved to Australia

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Finished up 1967 this weekend with a few more:
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Otis Redding - Live in Europe
Magic Sam - West Side Soul



Don't listen to much blues, but over the past several years, been definitely drawn to Magic Sam's great albums - great Chicago blues album
The other guitarist on West Side Soul is Mighty Joe Young - how does he play his chords with those big, chunky fingers?!

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Well onward to 1968 - seems like the '60s are flying by

Monday playlist of wonderful singles and great album tracks from the year including:

"All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix
"Hey Jude", "Revolution", "Helter Skelter", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (and lots more) by The Beatles
"Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Sympathy for the Devil", "Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones
"Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
"I Heard it Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
"White Room", "Crossroads" by Cream
"Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
"Touch Me", "Hello I Love You" by The Doors
"Mony, Mony","Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James & The Shondells
"Piece of My Heart", "Summertime" by Big Brother and The Holding Company
"Think", "I Say A Little Prayer" by Aretha Franklin
"Everyday People" by Sly & The Family Stone
"The Weight" by The Band
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly
"Son of A Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield
"Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations
"Pressure Drop" by Toots & The Maytalls
"Hush" by Deep Purple
"Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer
"Games People Play" by Joe South
"For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder
"I Got A Line On You" by Spirit
"Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
"Only the Strong Survive" by Jerry Butler
"Magic Bus" by The Who
"Love Child" by The Supremes
"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" by The Bob Seger System
"With a Little Help From My Friends" by Joe Cocker
"Midnight Confessions" by The Grass Roots
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose" by Dionne Warwick
"These Eyes" by The Guess Who
"I Got the Feelin'" by James Brown
"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
"Living In the USA" by Steve Miller Band
"I Thank You" by Sam and Dave
"Hawaii Five-O" by The Ventures
"Picture Book" by The Kinks
"Ride My See Saw" by The Moody Blues
"One" by Three Dog Night
"Everybody's Talkin'" by Harry Nilsson
"Israelites" by Desmond Dekker
"Cry Like A Baby" by The Box Tops
"Suzie Q" by CCR
"Elenore" by The Turtles
"Valleri" by The Monkees
"Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz
"Sky Pilot" by The Animals
"Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
"Classical Gas" by Mason Williams
"White Light/White Heat" by The Velvet Underground
"The Way Young Lovers Do" by Van Morrsion
"Hickory Wind" by The Byrds
"Crown of Creation" by Jefferson Airplane
"Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo

You get the picture. Long list but many other cool songs - 118 song playlist! Incredible to think, really, but I enjoy so many of these

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

May seem strange, but given the number of potential home distractions, my music listening here will probably be less than my usual work day (where I also often get up early listen at the gym, during two car rides, and at the end of the day for at least an hour of notes/paperwork). So will see how my usual 1 week limit per year goes - 1968 is a pretty darn full year and I don't want to neglect the wonderful singles/albums of this and upcoming years. May stretch out my week per year self-imposed goal - damn you, coronavirus, must you even affect this!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

May seem strange, but given the number of potential home distractions, my music listening here will probably be less than my usual work day (where I also often get up early listen at the gym, during two car rides, and at the end of the day for at least an hour of notes/paperwork). So will see how my usual 1 week limit per year goes - 1968 is a pretty darn full year and I don't want to neglect the wonderful singles/albums of this and upcoming years. May stretch out my week per year self-imposed goal - damn you, coronavirus, must you even affect this!

I have often thought you should rename this thread A Century Of Posts.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

I have often thought you should rename this thread A Century Of Posts.

That is funny - hey at least I lump albums together so there's not 8 posts/day.
I do appreciate all here who allow me to work through my insanity through this thread

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Got through my playlist in two days. On to the albums of 1968

The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (1968)



Random memory: when I really got into music in high school, remembered The White Album was one of the few cassettes that had to be stretched out to two cassettes - it would always stand out in the music store cassette cabinets

Many debate The White Album's stature - obviously I love the album despite it being a stylistic hodgepodge with some whimsical throwaways
But each listen, a different song stands out - sometimes lesser known tracks like "Cry Baby Cry" or "Long Long Long" really speak to me.

The Zombies were supposed to appear in Baton Rouge this month - they got delayed due to the recent craziness and, I think, are coming in November. I debated whether to get tickets - a small group now years past their prime, but still thinking about it primarily because it would be great to hear tracks off this wonderful album. "Hung Up on A Dream", "Changes" - just beautiful songs!

Beggars Banquet is a great album - I do tend to listen to the next three Stones album a lot more. Interestingly when I got into the stones, neither of the big radio tracks "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man" were favorite of mine. I really got into "Street Fighting Man" when I finally heard a higher quality version of it and all the instrumentation jumped out at me (tambura, maracas, sitar)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Couple of more today:
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
The Doors Are Waiting For the Sun (1968)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Finished up 1967 this weekend with a few more:
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request

I just played the 50th Anniversary remaster. Back in the day it struck me as a poor man's SPLHCB. And now? It still does. A few middling songs and a lot of druggy sound effects.

 

[axolotl]

Random memory: when I really got into music in high school, remembered The White Album was one of the few cassettes that had to be stretched out to two cassettes - it would always stand out in the music store cassette cabinets

I've got the pencil if you've got the cassettes.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

I just played the 50th Anniversary remaster. Back in the day it struck me as a poor man's SPLHCB. And now? It still does. A few middling songs and a lot of druggy sound effects.

Interestingly the non-album singles - "Dandelion" and "We Love You" (which have a similar flavor) from this era are good IMO as is "She's A Rainbow" off the album, but I am in agreement about most of the rest - the less said about "Gomper" the better

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Continuing 1968 albums:
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (1968)
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (1968)
The Band - Music From Big Pink (1968)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (1968)
Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (1968)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation (1968)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)
Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money (1968)
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)

With age (mine, not the album's - although technically...), I have grown fonder of Sweetheart of the Rodeo - when I was younger, I didn't appreciate it as much as earlier Byrds' albums. I mean "Hickory Wind"...man! (this and Gram Parson's version are wonderful)
We're Only In It For the Money OTOH cracks me up as much as it did when I first bought it in college ("Harry You're A Beast!!!")

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Cream - Wheels of Fire (1968)
Elvis Presley - Elvis (TV Comeback Special) (1968)
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)



Have I gotten to the point in life at age 51 where I can say "Life's too short to listen to....again". Because I'm feeling that way about Wheel of Fire's live disc. Starts out with the wonderful rendition of "Crossroads" but "Spoonful" and "Toad" are...just...endless. I'm not sure I'm going to subject myself to this one again.