Monthly Archives: March 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,542) Kathy and Larry — “Time” Former teen idol and ace songwriter Keith Colley, three of whose compositions I have featured [see #718, 862, 1,128], wrote this “great . . . 1967 b-side [by an obscure group that] veers into some pretty fluteyContinue reading “Kathy and Larry — “Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 31, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,541) Ramases & Selket — “(In My) Mind’s Eye” Swinging London was not just a powerful and groovy beacon that reaches all the way to Lebanon [see #951, 1,535] — it even reached back in time to ancient Egypt. For after his reincarnation,Continue reading “Ramases & Selket — “(In My) Mind’s Eye”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,540) The Ambassadors — “Ain’t Got the Love of One Girl on My Mind” Ladies, don’t hate this Philly soul stunner even though it advocates the “find ‘em, fool ’em, forget ’em” philosophy! Guess who wrote it — Barbara Mason! Pete Rock lovedContinue reading “The Ambassadors — “Ain’t Got the Love of One Girl on My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Once upon a time in Australia, Harry Vanda and George Young of the Easybeats (see #201, 1,310, 1,359, 1,415) wrote this “incredibly catchy” (Matt Singer, https://screencrush.com/what-are-the-songs-in-the-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-trailer/) song for Spain’s Los Bravos. Thank you, Quentin Tarantino, for reminding us of the genius of theContinue reading “Bring a Little Lovin’ Special Edition: Los Bravos/Katty Line: Los Bravos — “Bring a Little Lovin’”, Katty Line — “Un Petit Peu D’Amour”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,537) החלונות הגבוהים (The High Windows) — “יחזקאל”/”Ezekiel” From “the most perfect pop [rock] album in the history of Israeli music” (Yair Etziony, https://www.textura.org/archives/articles/etziony_top10.htm), comes some pretty perfect pop about “Prophet Ezekiel[, who] knew how to have fun!” Yair Etziony writes about theContinue reading “החלונות הגבוהים — (The High Windows) — “יחזקאל”/”Ezekiel”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 26, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,536) Grupa Skifflowa No To Co I Piotr Janczerski (Skiffle Group No To Co and Piotr Janczerski) — “Z Soboty Na Niedzielę”/“Saturday to Sunday” From the ‘69 album W Murowanej Piwnicy/ In the Brick Cellar, here is classic Polish melodic hard rock, along with anContinue reading “Grupa Skifflowa No To Co I Piotr Janczerski (Skiffle Group No To Co and Piotr Janczerski) – “Z Soboty Na Niedzielę”/“Saturday to Sunday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 25, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,535) The Sea-Ders — “I Don’t Know Why” ’68 British Invasion gold from the land of the Cedars. Lebanon’s mixed Christian/Muslim Sea-Ders (see #951) made it as far as Swinging London. Anything was possible in the 60’s! Linda Abi Assi and Bernard BatrouniContinue reading “The Sea-Ders — “I Don’t Know Why”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,532-34) The Cleves — “Nowhere”/”Down on the Farm”/”Don’t Turn Your Back” From New Zealand’s Abbey Road, here is part of a suite of perfect pop rock songs written for a short film by the to-be-famous Australian director Peter Weir. I thought I wasContinue reading “The Cleves — “Nowhere”/”Down on the Farm”/”Don’t Turn Your Back”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 23, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,531) Barış Manço — “Bebek” This ’68 A-side by the legendary and beloved Turkish singer-songwriter Barış Manço takes a Turkish folk song and turns it into a haunting and riveting classic, “combining psychedelic elements with the mysticism of Anatolia”. (Wikipedia (courtesy of GoogleContinue reading “Barış Manço — “Bebek”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 22, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,530) Los York’s* — “La Punta De Mi Lengua”/”The Tip of My Tongue” Wonderfully moody garage rock by “one of the most successful and groundbreaking [bands] in Peruvian rock”. (Fidel Gutierrez Mendoza (courtesy of Google Translate), https://rockperuanorollos.blogspot.com/search/label/Yorks). “”Much of Los York’s 68 isContinue reading “Los York’s — “La Punta De Mi Lengua”/”The Tip of My Tongue”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 21, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This ’65 self-written A-side by “Denmark’s – some would say the world’s – first teenage boy band” (Jan Eriksen (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.bt.dk/underholdning/en-poppioner-er-doed)) was a hit there and is pure pop perfection. An obscure group from London then gave it a brilliantContinue reading ““I’ll Stay By Your Side” Special Edition: The Lollipops/The Shiralee: “I’ll Stay By Your Side”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,527) Kissing Spell — “Sueno o Realidad”/”Dream or Reality” A beautiful and haunting song from the Chilean band’s (see #360, 453) classic ‘70 psych LP Los Pajaros [The Birds]. The LP “is one of the best and most sought after South American psychContinue reading “Kissing Spell — “Sueno o Realidad”/”Dream or Reality”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 19, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,526) Jack Grunsky — “Ain’t You Got a Thing to Say to Me” A lovely folk-rock tune from future children’s music superstar Jack Grunsky (see #566, 728, 1,342), who was famous at the time — well, he was famous in Austria. Rolling Stone MickContinue reading “Jack Grunsky — “Ain’t You Got a Thing to Say to Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,525) Nirvana — “The Touchables (All of Us)” Pure Nirvana (see #287, 391, 475, 1,238) from Swinging London’s Irish/Greek duo of Patrick Campbell-Lyons (Cork born) and Alex Spyropoulos (Athens born) — “a perfect encapsulation of the[ir] floating, blissful, softly lysergic . . .Continue reading “Nirvana — “The Touchables (All of Us)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,524) The Lee Kings — “On My Way” Who’s dat band? No, not the Who! It’s primo Swedish freakbeat, a “Who-ish mod pop-art feedback frenzy”. (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkynB3RzJ8w) Vild! Tim Sendra says of the Lee Kings that: So many beat groups were able toContinue reading “The Lee Kings — “On My Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 16, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,523)  Ihre Kinder/Their Children — “Leere Hande”/”Empty Hands” Here is “[t]he best song” from Ihre Kinder’s (see #553) second LP, “a little proggy but [a] very nice pop song with clever keys and great singing. . . . a track you want toContinue reading “Ihre Kinder/Their Children — “Leere Hande”/”Empty Hands”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,522) Trúbrot — “Relax” If Crosby, Stills and Nash had gone to Iceland to record a progressive LP, it would have sounded like Trúbrot’s second album — Undir Áhrifum/Under the Influence — which gets a 4.05/5 rating from reviewers at Prog Archives (https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7822).Continue reading “Trúbrot — “Relax”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,521) The Charms — “I’m Coming Back (to Stay)” Here is my big fat Greek ’66 garage gold! Nikos Sarros tells us: The “Charms” . . . were one of the most successful bands of the Greek sixties. The original members of theContinue reading “The Charms — “I’m Coming Back (to Stay)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 13, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,520) Illés/Elijah — “Reklám Úr”/“Mr. Advertising” I’ve featured songs written and performed by “Mad Men” (see #525, 526, 527, 528, 954), but this is the first I’ve featured about “Mr. Advertising”. The song “depicts human stupidity and gullibility. . . . Unfortunately, theContinue reading “Illés/Elijah — “Reklám Úr”/”Mr. Advertising”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 12, 2025″

“Refleksjoner” starts at 0:56. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,519) Inge Christofersen — “Refleksjoner”/”Reflections” Such an indescribably gorgeous pop rock song from Inge Christofersen’s solo LP — but it is in Norwegian (and I can’t find the Norwegian lyrics) so I have no idea what it is about.Continue reading “Inge Christofersen — “Refleksjoner”/”Reflections”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 11, 2025″