It's time to turn on, tune in, and drop out...the Greatest Decade of Music Ever has its own thread! [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoF-7VMMihA[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XBcsunPIL8[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08ejaQqWjY[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV81mdj1ic[/yt]
Welcome! I know it's a holiday weekend, but it's been pretty slow here. Now, lest my opening post should give the impression that the decade's music began with the Beatles...here's a fun look at what the reigning sovereign was up to around the Kennedy era: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3nusNBikl8[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqhMopq5r6I[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU5xxh5UX4U[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GanoEE7VUc[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucubLr3ZLbw[/yt]
The grooviest: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohS6aHc9nk&feature=kp[/yt] Cynthia & Jerry got a message, they're sayin': All the squares, go home! [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2PNlhvy8E&feature=kp[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDIBMaCTwFw[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrbDYe4qL4[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnHj_Ei_3BE[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxwWt2JeGQ[/yt]
This New Jersey band nailed the Beatles' sound to a tee, right down to the lead vocal sounding just like John Lennon! [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M[/yt]
One of the first songs I ever heard after getting an AM radio in 1962, an early hit for Ray Stevens. [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQERrdrRhE[/yt]
Now the party's starting! Possibly my favorite movie of all time is about to turn 50 this year: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag8_cfmjdD4[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nq-GyLrtHc[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goX9dESxLnU[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifxXNGBr4qc[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00n5GoYWEa0[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uk4ikyGFfk[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d834SzBm8m8[/yt]
Now this is the iconic Dylan video that I'd wanted to include in the original post...don't suppose there's a way to embed from that site...? Too bad this clip isn't in color: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QypoBpQqI[/yt] I was used to Superman being referenced in song in my lifetime...but when I first heard this song on an oldies station in the 80s, it blew my mind that Green Lantern was being referenced alongside him: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4P7kqaeUM[/yt] And just give me half an excuse to post this is these parts: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQFtjRG_jE[/yt]
One of the greatest vocal interpreters of the decade: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qMsiGMKHJ8k[/yt] A deservedly huge country hit: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4qoymGCDYzU[/yt] A great track, and one of the most memorable album covers: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC38-qqiVgg[/yt]
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afam2nIae4o[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g[/yt]
I have a special connection to this fuzzy piece of cheese...it was the #1 song in the country the week that I was born: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP0ZdZ3RS9A[/yt] My sister got a somewhat cooler birthday song--#401 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bUmx-hk-c[/yt] Of course, if Mom had gone into labor as little as 5 days sooner, I could have had #91: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmAPYkPeYU[/yt] You can play this game at home: http://www.birthdayjams.com/
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhHDS69iU0[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYYCiaHhnx4[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKLIrOGfUo[/yt] [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCBo3lWXDqw[/yt]
Of course, the BirthdayJams site can be used for more than birthdays. For example, I got curious as to what the #1 songs was on my parents' wedding day.... [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzUICBMQBNU[/yt] (Sorry for the period-inauthentic video. ) Or you an look up the #1 song on key dates in history. #1 for all but the last day of the Cuban Missile Crisis: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNuVifA7DSU[/yt] #1 on the day that JFK was assassinated: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsuXwJrnso[/yt] #1 on the day that the Beatles landed in America: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHkgwA8t-g[/yt] (Well, duh, I didn't need a website to tell me that...!)
The Sixties were a great decade for novelty songs. [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0[/yt] [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9Ou3-YyqU[/yt] [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY[/yt] For music trivia buffs: Jerry Samuels (aka Napoleon XIV) also wrote "The Shelter of Your Arms," which was a hit for Sammy Davis Jr. in 1963.
Since no one appears to have mentioned them yet, I present my favorite 60's band: [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOpQjD-rX0g&app[/yt] [yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAr-WlxMZY&feature=kp&app[/yt]
I would have gotten around to it...they're one of my favorites as well. The Stones begrudgingly clean up their act for Sullivan and the CBS sponsors: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h4E9X4mfWM[/yt] The Doors choose the "never come back" option: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MifWlrkEBD4[/yt] My favorite Beatles song and favorite album cover: [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGufQk9QOdM[/yt]