Monthly Archives: February 2025

The song’s promo-video, made for and broadcast on the Australian ABC-TV program Be Our Guest. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,507) The Black Diamonds — “I Want, Need, Love You” From “one of the most ferocious garage punk outfits Australia ever produced in the 1960s”(Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia ofContinue reading “The Black Diamonds — “I Want, Need, Love You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,506) Roberto Carlos – “Eu Te Darei O Ceu”/”I’ll Give You Heaven” A joyful, exuberant ’66 song by Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos, the King of Jovem Guarda, which he wrote with Erasmo Carlos. John Armstrong tells us: By 1994, with over 120 millionContinue reading “Roberto Carlos – “Eu Te Darei O Ceu”/”I’ll Give You Heaven: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,505) The Matadors — “Get Down from the Tree” (’67 single version): Wild freakbeat from Czechoslovakia that is “truly impressive”, “[p]ropelled by a great twisted fuzz riff”, and “ducks and dips through some dynamic changes, highlighted by Radim Hladik’s fluid guitar playing andContinue reading “The Matadors — “Get Down from the Tree” (’67 single version): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,504) The Golden Earrings — “You Break My Heart” Here is a lovely “spare but sophisticated” (Mark Deming, https://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-harvest-mw0000850313) “fragile harpsichord-powered ballad”* (RDTEN1, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/golden-earrings/winter-harvest-1/) from Winter Harvest, the Golden Earrings’ (see #63, 163, 319, 1,215) second LP. The Earrings are my favorite BritishContinue reading “The Golden Earrings — “You Break My Heart”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 25, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,503) Los Mitos/The Myths — “Es Muy Facil”/”It’s Very Easy” Warning — if you are from Spain, read no further, as this song was a huge hit for Los Mitos (see #1,244). For everyone else, the song is so bouncy, it beat ApolloContinue reading “Los Mitos/The Myths — “Es Muy Facil”/”It’s Very Easy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 24, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,502) The Mark Four/The Creation — “I’m Leaving” Before the Creation (see #129, 165), there was the Mark Four, who gave us this “sublime, understated” ‘65 mod B-side with a “dark, unsettling mood” (John Reed, liner notes to the CD comp Decca Originals:Continue reading “The Mark Four/The Creation — “I’m Leaving”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 23, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,501) Bohemian Vendetta — “Enough” Who were the Bohemian Vendetta (see #313)? They were a “quintet . . . from New York’s Long Island, who backed Faine Jade [see #314, 686] on his Introspection album in 1968. That same year, they recorded and released aContinue reading “Bohemian Vendetta — “Enough”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,500) The Hellions — “Daydreaming of You” What do you get when you combine a Jackie DeShannon/Sharon Sheeley-written song, production by wildman Kim Fowley and a pre-supergroup with future members of Traffic, Spooky Tooth and Family? You get a classic “radio friendly” withContinue reading “The Hellions — “Daydreaming of You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 21, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,499) The Smoke — “Utterly Simple” Here is “a fabulous reworking of [a] Traffic song . . . produced by writer Dave Mason” (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp Psychedelic Pstones III: House of Many Windows), a “superb cover . .Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Smoke — “Utterly Simple”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,498) Thundertree — “Summertime Children” Minneapolis/St. Paul Christian rock band’s “bouncy [secular] pop-psych ditty . . . was the[ir] album’s most atypical song and also the standout performance”. (RDTEN1, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/thundertree/thundertree/) I love it, like manna from heaven! RDTEN1 tells us: [S]inger Bob Blank,Continue reading “Thundertree — “Summertime Children”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 19, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,497) Spencer Mac – “Ka-Ka Kabya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)” Fabulous UK blue eyed funk — no way was I expecting this. “Funkin’ groovy man, this tune is really doing it to me”. (bodhiapurva3887, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bn_KltWlZo) Yeah, me too. Gazfunk tells us:Continue reading “Spencer Mac – “Ka-Ka Kabya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 18, 2025”

“Liza” starts at 8:05 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,496) Steve & Stevie — “Liza” A perfect pop song from downunder, “dancefloor friendly, funky piano pop . . . which would have made a killer single”. (Peter Gough, https://biteitdeep.blogspot.com/2014/06/steve-stevie-steve-stevie-1968.html?m=1) Peter Gough tells us: Steve & Stevie aka Steve Kipner and Steve Groves were an AustralianContinue reading “Steve & Stevie — “Liza”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,495) Bob Dylan and the Band — “I’m Your Teenage Prayer” Well, we go from a great Dylan parody/rip-off to a glorious doo-woo parody by Dylan himself with the Band from what else but The Basement Tapes. I kept trying to find theContinue reading “Bob Dylan and the Band— “I’m Your Teenage Prayer”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 16, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,494) Dick Campbell — “Where Were You” A great and haunting song from a polarizing LP — Dick Campbell Sings Where It’s At — EITHER “the sole masterpiece of the fake-Dylan field” (Gene Sculatti, https://paul-pearson.blogspot.com/2015/08/song-20150801-dick-campbell.html), “ar­guably the most amaz­ing ‘elec­tric Dylan’ sounda­like ever,Continue reading “Dick Campbell — “Where Were You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,493) Jimmy Campbell — “In My Room” A door into his room, a door into his soul. A wonderful, “insightful”, and “plaintive” song with orchestration to match from Campbell’s Half Baked LP that “name checks the great master painters and authors that sparkedContinue reading “Jimmy Campbell — “In My Room”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,492) The Orange Machine — “Dr. Crippen’s Waiting Room” This ’68 B-side is the Dublin, Ireland band’s (see #1,240) “finest moment, with superb fuzz guitar and vocals” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), “ace”, “[a] sinister psychedelic popbiography of an American physicianContinue reading “The Orange Machine — “Dr. Crippen’s Waiting Room”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 13, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,491) The Seeds — “Up in Her Room” (not really live at “Merlin’s Music Box”) From “one of the best Fake Live Albums ever . . . [this] almost-ten-minute rave-up . . . is some sort of crazed triumph” (Mark Deming, https://www.allmusic.com/album/raw-alive-the-seeds-in-concert-at-merlins-music-box-mw0000678031), “fiveContinue reading “The Seeds — “Up in Her Room” (not really live at “Merlin’s Music Box”): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 12, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,490) The Fallen Angels — “Room at the Top” From the Fallen Angels (see #814),”Washington D.C.’s greatest contribution to 60s rock” (Jason, https://therisingstorm.net/the-fallen-angels-the-fallen-angels/), here is a ’67 B-side and track from their first LP with “sublime psychedelic power” (Jason again), a “brilliant dynamic psychContinue reading “The Fallen Angels — “Room at the Top”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 11, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,489) The Ali Baba Revue — “Rats in My Room” Unlike yesterday, today we have neither a gorgeous nor whimsical song about a room at the top of the stairs. Rather, we have “a rather amazing, incredibly strange tune” (Patrick Lundborg, The AcidContinue reading “The Ali Baba Revue — “Rats in My Room”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 10, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,488) Timothy Blue — “Room at the Top of the Stairs” Here is a gorgeous and whimsical song sung (by Timothy) Blue of Glasgow, written by future Alan Parsons Project co-founder and fellow Glaswegian Eric Woolfson. David Wells tells us that: It hasContinue reading “Timothy Blue — “Room at the Top of the Stairs”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 9, 2025”