Monthly Archives: March 2025

“En Mi Ciudad” starts at 23:35 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,518) Johnny Allon — “En Mi Ciudad”/”In My City” The trailblazing and flamboyant Argentine rocker, TV personality and entrepreneur gave us this effervescent horn-accented number from his ’68 solo LP. Wikipedia tells us (courtesy of Google Translate):Continue reading “Johnny Allon — “En Mi Ciudad”/”In My City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 10, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,517) Messe Blanche/White Mass — “Messe Blanche”/”White Mass” I’m not waffling over this Belgian number — it is a “soulish freakbeat go-go psych dancer” (Edu Lazaro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP82419KJOg), “a groovy, church organ dominated, go-go freakbeat cut, with a doomy atmosphere all over!” (Up toContinue reading “Messe Blanche/White Mass — “Messe Blanche”/”White Mass”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 9, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,516) McCully Workshop — “The Circus” One of South Africa’s greatest rock bands (see #399, 544) gives us “an up-tempo psychedelic pop-rocker with strong vocal harmonies, distorted guitar sounds . . . .and great flute playing” (Brian Currin, liner notes to the CDContinue reading “McCully Workshop — “The Circus”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 8, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,515) Los Ovnis/The UFOs — “Infinito”/“Infinite” From “the greatest punk band that Mexico has ever produced” (wirtis, http://garagelatino.blogspot.com/2013/09/los-ovnis-hippies-1968.html?m=1) (see #654), from an LP of “arguably the most filthy and authentic sounding garage rock ever sung in Spanish” (Spanish Pop Lyrics, https://spanishpoplyrics.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/cuando-era-nino-by-los-ovnis/) that was “aContinue reading “Los Ovnis/The UFOs — “Infinito”/”Infinite”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 7, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD A deliriously good pop soul kiss-off song written and sung by girl group genius Ellie Greenwich on her ’68 solo album Ellie Greenwich Composes, Produces and Sings is transformed into a funky Finnish number by singer Ann-Christine Nyström. 1,513) Ellie Greenwich — “LongContinue reading ““Long Time Comin’” Special Edition: Ellie Greenwich/Ann-Christine Nyström and Ulla Ja Tiin: Ellie Greenwich — “Long Time Comin’”, Ann-Christine Nyström and Ulla Ja Tiina — “Liian Monta Päivää”/”Long Time Comin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 6, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,512) Los Shakers — “Nunca Nunca”/”Never Never” From the Uruguayan Beatles (see #906) — no joke — this infectious ’66 number is a “[w]onderful song, a mix of bossa nova, British invasion rock & roll and Latin rhythms”. (dnlllm (courtesy of Google Translate),Continue reading “Los Shakers — “Nunca Nunca”/”Never Never”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 5, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,511) Arlette Zola  — “Lula Lula” This ’67 yé-yé* A-side by Swiss singer Arlette Zola, released on the French label Disc’ AZ, is a lulu! The Swiss Disco blog page (“your ultimate source for the latest and most exciting news from the worldContinue reading “Arlette Zola — “Lula Lula”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,510) Lucio Battisti — “Anna” Avvertimento! Warning! If you are from Italy, read no further! For this was a #1 hit and the sixth best selling single of the year! (https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1970.htm) A monumental, emotionally gripping song, it is Italy’s “Eloise” (see #264). BarryContinue reading “Lucio Battisti — “Anna”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 3, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,509) The Haunted — “1-2-5” Warning: If you are from Canada, read no further! This is the Canada’s greatest garage rock song, and it was a #23 Canadian hit and #2 in Montreal. The song’s a “tough Stonesy number” (Mike Stax, liner notesContinue reading “The Haunted — “1-2-5”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,508) Emy Jackson – “涙のゴーゴー”/”You Don’t Know Baby” From Japan . . . in English, by England born Emy Jackson. This ‘66 A-side is a barn burner: “Don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that, a hidden gem. Those surf guitars,Continue reading “Emy Jackson – “涙のゴーゴー”/”You Don’t Know Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 1, 2025”