160) The Chocolate Watchband — “Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love In)”
‘67 single by the garage rock legends – they put it together in one day for the teen-ploitation classic The Love-Ins. IMDb describes the movie: “A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their ‘hippie movement’ and becomes their ‘Messiah.’” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061922/)
As the trailer, featuring the song, asks: “Have you ever wondered what’s it like to take a trip on an LSD sugar cube?”
161) Boudewijn de Groot — “Cinderella”
From the Dutch superstar’s ‘68 album Picknick, a sort-of retelling of the Cinderella tale.
162) The Standells — “Riot on the Sunset Strip”
‘67 single was the theme song of another classic teen-ploitation film – Riot on Sunset Strip. IMDb describes: “LA police captain attempts to appease Sunset Strip businessmen objecting to hippy youths hanging out, by setting a curfew. The cop also thinks the kids have a right to be there, until his estranged daughter joins the counter-culture crowd.” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062203/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)
The trailer proclaims: “Come on, get with it. Let’s go to a freak-out. . . . The most shocking film of our generation.”
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