The Saxons – “Things Have Been Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 2, 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

1,639) The Saxons – “Things Have Been Bad”

The singer’s girlfriend has abandoned him, and man is he bummed. From West Palm Beach, Florida, this A-side to the band’s second and last single has a riff to die for — “[g]reat garage sound- bluesy, urgent and immediate; love it” (notmarkatall, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eod7LydV5co), with “a mean edge, draped in nasty fuzz guitar”. (VALIS666, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the-saxons/things-have-been-bad-the-way-of-the-down/)

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