Celebrating 1967

[Midnight Rider]

I heard on the radio today that it was 40 years ago today Sgt.Peppers was released so I got on line to spread the news. It looks like you beat me to it though Spike. That was a great article you posted. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Spike]

I remember that day like it was yesterday. I bought it at K Mart on my way home from school. I opened it up and put it on the turntable. It was different. Very different than anything I had ever heard. I wasn't sure that I liked it. Within You Without You was just too weird. I played it several times before I could make up my mind. But after a while it became less alien and more hypnotic. And I played it over and over and over again for days...
And I'm playing it right now.

Spike

 

[Reverend Rock]

I didn't get a chance to play Sgt. Pepper today, but I certainly will this weekend...anyway, I've played Sgt. Pepper oodles of times in the last 6 months, anticipating the 40th anniversary. It never fails to delight me. And yes, I remember how unique and wonderful it sounded the first time I heard it still...and that was even after having already owned '67 albums by other artists with Pepper cover versions on them before I heard the original (which I received for Christmas that year).

 

[Martha Washington]

I think it's a wonderful thing. it's more than a record, it's a tipping point. I love it dearly.

 

[Spike]

While we're on the topic of Celebrating 1967, here's a collection of radio pop from '67 that's on my Shuffle this weekend:

"Skinny Legs and All" Joe Tex
"In And Out Of Love" The Supremes
"Hello and Goodbye" The Beatles
"I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" Gladys Knight & The Pips
"Daydream Believer" The Monkees
"Everlasting Love" Robert Knight
"I'm Wondering" Stevie Wonder
"Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" The Hombres
"I Say A Little Prayer" Dionne Warwick
"I Can See For Miles" The Who
"The Rain, the Park and Other Things" The Cowsills
"Incense And Peppermints" Strawberry Alarm Clock
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Aretha Franklin
"Get On Up" The Esquires
"Your Precious Love" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
"Soul Man" Sam & Dave
"Expressway to Your Heart" The Soul Survivors
"Gimme Little Sign" Brenton Wood
"How Can I Be Sure" The Rascals
"To Sir With Love" Lulu
"I Dig Rock And Roll Music" Peter, Paul & Mary
"You Know What I Mean" The Turtles
"Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson
"Funky Broadway" Wilson Pickett
"You're My Everything" The Temptations
"The Letter" The Box Tops
"Reflections" The Supremes
"Cold Sweat" James Brown
"Carrie-Anne" The Hollies
"A Girl Like You" The Rascals
"Baby, I Love You" Aretha Franklin
"All You Need Is Love" The Beatles
"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" Janis Ian "
"White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane
"I Was Made To Love Her" Stevie Wonder
"A Whiter Shade Of Pale" Procol Harum
"Light My Fire" The Doors
"Up Up And Away" The 5th Dimension
"San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" Scott McKenzie
"Let's Live For Today" The Grass Roots
"Sunday Will Never Be The Same" Spanky & Our Gang
"All I Need" The Temptations
"Windy" The Association
"Little Bit O'Soul" The Music Explosion
"Somebody To Love" Jefferson Airplane
"She'd Rather Be With Me" The Turtles
"Creeque Alley" The Mamas & The Papas
"Him Or Me (What's It Gonna Be?)" Paul Revere & The Raiders
"On A Carousel" The Hollies
"Respect" Aretha Franklin
"Groovin'" The Rascals
"At The Zoo" Simon & Garfunkel
"Don't You Care" The Buckinghams
"I'm a Man" The Spencer Davis Group
"59th St Bridge Song" Harpers Bizarre
"The Happening" The Supremes
"Sweet Soul Music" Arthur Conley
"Jimmy Mack" Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
"I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" Aretha Franklin
"I Think We're Alone Now" Tommy James & The Shondells
"The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" The Marvelettes
"Strawberry Fields Forever" The Beatles
"For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
"There's A Kind Of Hush" Herman's Hermits
"Dedicated To The One I Love" The Mamas & The Papas
"Happy Together" The Turtles
"Penny Lane" The Beatles
"Sock It To Me-Baby!" Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
"Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" Johnny Rivers
"Bernadette" The Four Tops
"I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" The Electric Prunes
"Gimme Some Lovin'" The Spencer Davis Group
"The Beat Goes On" Sonny & Cher
"Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" The Supremes
"Ruby Tuesday" The Rolling Stones
"Talk Talk" The Music Machine
"Kind of a Drag" The Buckinghams
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" The Blues Magoos
"Nashville Cats" The Lovin' Spoonful
"Georgy Girl" The Seekers
"Standing In The Shadows Of Love" The Four Tops
"Words Of Love" The Mamas & The Papas
"Good Thing" Paul Revere & The Raiders

Spike

 

[Midnight Rider]

While we're on the topic of Celebrating 1967, here's a collection of radio pop from '67 that's on my Shuffle this weekend:
Spike

That is quite a list. I went through and found 10 that I would not want on my music listening list. The rest I would love to play anytime, most over and over.

 

[Martha Washington]

well, where's the fun if you don't tell us which ten?

 

[Spike]

well, where's the fun if you don't tell us which ten?

If I were going to listen to this list more than once here are ten that would get skipped on the second time through:

1. "59th St Bridge Song" Harpers Bizarre
2. "The Happening" The Supremes
3. "Daydream Believer" The Monkees
4. "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" The Hombres
5. "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield (good but overplayed)
6. "Windy" The Association
7. "The Beat Goes On" Sonny & Cher
8. "Georgy Girl" The Seekers
9. "To Sir With Love" Lulu
10. something else by the Supremes

Spike

 

[Reverend Rock]

Great list, Spike! There's some amazing pop there. What a year.

 

[Midnight Rider]

well, where's the fun if you don't tell us which ten?

OK. Here is the 10 I would leave off. Actually I made it 11. Just threw an extra one in for good measure. Don't take it that these songs that are not good. They are either unfamiliar or just not for me. Based on the number of songs Spike listed that I really like I am going to listen to all the ones I am not familiar with. There may be a few gems I missed here.

"Skinny Legs and All" Joe Tex
"I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Everlasting Love" Robert Knight
"I'm Wondering" Stevie Wonder
"Get On Up" The Esquires
"Your Precious Love" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
"Funky Broadway" Wilson Pickett
"Cold Sweat" James Brown
"All I Need" The Temptations
"Sweet Soul Music" Arthur Conley
"The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" The Marvelettes