Monthly Archives: August 2021

Paul McCartney — “Love In the Open Air”, John Lennon — “Child of Nature”, The Idle Race — “Days of Broken Arrows”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 7, 2021

28) Paul McCartney, “Love In the Open Air” The lovely theme song for The Family Way, a ’66 UK comedy-drama about newlyweds. Paul and George (Martin) wrote the film’s score with time on their hands after the Beatles stopped touring and John went off to film How I Won the War.   29) John Lennon,Continue reading “Paul McCartney — “Love In the Open Air”, John Lennon — “Child of Nature”, The Idle Race — “Days of Broken Arrows”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 7, 2021”

The Lollipops — “Naked When You Come”, The Lemon Fog — “Summer”, The King Biscuit Entertainers — “Priscilla Brown”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 6, 2021

25) The Lollipops, “Naked When You Come” Brooding ’66 single by a Danish band led by two teenage brothers. Get your mind out of the gutter. 26) The Lemon Fog, “Summer” ’68 pop-psych single by this Houston band who were really big in . . . Houston. In praise of . . . summer. 27)Continue reading “The Lollipops — “Naked When You Come”, The Lemon Fog — “Summer”, The King Biscuit Entertainers — “Priscilla Brown”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 6, 2021”

The 23rd Turnoff — “Michael Angelo”, Minnie Riperton — “Les Fleurs”, The Holy Mackerel — “Wildflowers”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 5, 2021

22) The 23rd Turnoff, “Michael Angelo” This was the B-side of the Liverpool band’s (named after an English highway exit to Liverpool) October ’67 single. One of the most gorgeous songs I have ever heard. 23) Minnie Riperton, “Les Fleurs” The song is from her first solo album, before she became famous in the 70’sContinue reading “The 23rd Turnoff — “Michael Angelo”, Minnie Riperton — “Les Fleurs”, The Holy Mackerel — “Wildflowers”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 5, 2021”

Nick Garrie — “Deeper Tones of Blue”, Tom Northcott — “Sunny Goodge Street”, Gil-Scott Heron — “Whitey on the Moon”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 4, 2021

19) Nick Garrie, “Deeper Tones of Blue” 20) Tom Northcott, “Sunny Goodge Street” Northcott’s cover of Donovan’s song reached #20 on the Canadian charts. Donovan’s version: 21) Gil-Scott Heron, “Whitey on the Moon” A new black poet indeed. Is this song satire or straight on? Well, Gil-Scott was born on April Fool’s Day.

The Aerovons — “World of You”, Jotta Herre, “Penina” — Lee Mallory — “That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 3, 2021

16) The Aerovons, “World of You” A young band from St. Louis writes a wonderful and haunting song, gets signed by EMI and gets to record the song (and an entire album’s worth of material) in England at the Abbey Road studios . . . the single is released to little attention and the albumContinue reading “The Aerovons — “World of You”, Jotta Herre, “Penina” — Lee Mallory — “That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — August 3, 2021”