Monthly Archives: October 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,768) Stella — “Si Vous Connaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Que Qu’un Vampire Parlez M’en Toujours, Ça Pourra Peut-Être Me Faire Sourire”/”If You Know Something Worse than a Vampire, Always Tell Me About It, Maybe It Will Make Me Smile” The greatest HalloweenContinue reading “Stella — “Si Vous Connaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Que Qu’un Vampire Parlez M’en Toujours, Ça Pourra Peut-Être Me Faire Sourire”/”If You Know Something Worse than a Vampire, Always Tell Me About It, Maybe It Will Make Me Smile”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 31, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,767) Joe Tex and the Vibrators — “I’ll Never Break Your Heart” (Parts I & II) I love my Joe Tex (see #42, 455, 609, 732, 1,196) — and not only the raucous, riotous and raunchy Joe Tex. Here is a beautiful and heartfeltContinue reading “Joe Tex and the Vibrators — “I’ll Never Break Your Heart” (I & II): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,766) Timothy — “That Is All” An impossibly gorgeous folk rock B-side on Pittsburgh’s Segué label. Thank you yet again, Fading Yellow! Fading Yellow tells us that “[i]n the early 80s [Timothy Wahler] relocated to New York City and formed Racer X withContinue reading “Timothy — “That Is All”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 29, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,765) Neil Christian and the Crusaders — “I Like It” This ’66 France-only B-side is a “wild mod wonder” (happening45, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3uOn5hAaeZo&list=RD3uOn5hAaeZo&start_radio=1&pp=ygUYTmVpbCBjaHJpc3RpYW4gaSBsaWtlIGl0oAcB), “uncommonly tough R&B-rock” with “some storming . . . British R&B guitar” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-christian-mn0000390547#biography, https://www.allmusic.com/album/1962-1973-mw0000239620) courtesy of Jimmy Page. I likeContinue reading “Neil Christian and the Crusaders — “I Like It”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,764) The Bunch — “Spare a Shilling” Oh man, does John Pantry (see #494, 1,242) kick ass. OK, since he followed his calling and embarked on a notable career in Christian music and broadcasting after the 60’s came to a close, let me justContinue reading “The Bunch — “Spare a Shilling”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,763) Apple — “Buffalo Billy Can” This B-side from the Welsh band from Cardiff (see #883) is “a strange psychedelic pop song” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), “a marvelous slice of lysergic psychedelic pop” (David Wells, Record Collector: 100 Greatest PsychedelicContinue reading “Apple — “Buffalo Billy Can”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,762) 寺内タケシとバニーズ/Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys — “レッツ・ゴー・ブガルー”/“Let’s Go Boogaloo” Don’t back off, just boogaloo! Takeshi Terauchi’s (see #999) — “Japan’s premier guitar hero” (AV+ML, http://www.fancymag.com/bunnys.html) — “hard-hitting, devastating guitar solo during the interlude is absolutely stunning!” (t.yeverythingisgoodreturn5893, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xLbIQMC_qI (Courtesy of Google Translate)) Popsike.comContinue reading “寺内タケシとバニーズ/Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys — “レッツ・ゴー・ブガルー”/“Let’s Go Boogaloo”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 25, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,760) Mimi & Richard Fariña — “Hard Loving Loser” Richard Fariña wrote this “sexy/goofy” (Bill Sherman, https://blogcritics.org/music-review-ian-sylvia-and-mimi/) “anti-conformity [folk/folk-rock] anthem[]” (Ed Whitelock, https://www.popmatters.com/richard-farina-plainsong-review) “about a very unlikely lady’s man” (Brendan Foreman, https://agreenmanreview.com/music-2/mimi-richard-farinas-pack-up-your-sorrows-best-of-the-vanguard-years/). “The free-living character in the song is quite similar to theContinue reading “Hard Loving Loser Special Edition: Mimi & Richard Fariña/Gwynn Owen: Mimi & Richard Fariña — “Hard Loving Loser”, Gwynn Owen — “Hard Lovin’ Loser”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,759) Rufus Thomas — “Sixty Minute Man” Rufus Thomas takes “a Billy Ward doo-wop classic . . . [and] transforms [it] into a mesmerizing tour de force of voodoo funk, complete with a Tarzan movie-inspired chant and some wondrous Dizzy Gillespie-like scat singing”Continue reading “Rufus Thomas — “Sixty Minute Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 23, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,758) Terry McManus — “Gimme a Hand” Another song that sends me into paroxysms of delight is this gorgeous B-side ballad from Terry McManus’ first single, “which did well on the Canadian charts”, well, #81, and “went to No. 1 in the CanadianContinue reading “Terry McManus — “Gimme a Hand”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,757) Pop Workshop — “Fairyland” How was this UK “orchestrated Pop dancer” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/pof091) not a hit? Teabiscuit think “maybe [it was] a little late for this sort of song by Sep 68”. I say it was never too late, ’cause “Fairyland” sendsContinue reading “Pop Workshop — “Fairyland”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 21, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,756) State of Mind — “Move” From Wilmington, Delaware, a “[t]op flight punk rave up driven by a delicious back beat”. (danbartko164, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tgX2TvrSY), “This has to be one of the best garage punkers ever”. (revup67, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tgX2TvrSY) “[T]hat riff ,,,grunge all over it”! (mckshrmptn,Continue reading “State of Mind — “Move”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,755) The Bobby Fuller Four — “Let Her Dance” Bobby Fuller (see #995) gave us an “ear-wormy, hook-rich masterpiece . . . . contain[ing] a brilliant juxtaposition of musical tensions that pull between the beat, lead guitar line, vocal melody, and some inspiredContinue reading “The Bobby Fuller Four — “Let Her Dance”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 19, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,754) Pete Atkin — “Laughing Boy” Ah, the team of Pete Atkin and Clive James. (see #263, 859-60) It’s as if Gilbert and Sullivan woke up in Swinging London. And I’m not talkin’ Gilbert O’Sullivan! Christopher Evans writes that “Laughing Boy” “laments the factContinue reading “Pete Atkin — “Laughing Boy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,753) Ronnie Bird — “Sad Soul” French rock star Ronnie Bird gives us a compelling performance in English of this “sublime” and “moody” A-side (Flipped Out Phil, https://flippedoutphil.substack.com/p/ronnie-bird-the-frenchman-with-the), co-written by two of his band members including future Foreigner star Mick Jones. “Sad soulContinue reading “Ronnie Bird — “Sad Soul”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,752) Sandy Posey — “The Last Day of Love” Countrypolitan icon Sandy Posey (see #1,154) sings of the day she is left by her lover — so somber, so sad, so spellbinding, so Sandy. Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes: Walking the line separating girlContinue reading “Sandy Posey — “The Last Day of Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 16, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,751) Nick Garrie — “Ink Pot Eyes” Yet another gorgeous and contemplative gem “(about a ‘beautiful Russian actress’ of Garrie’s acquaintance)” (Marco Rossi, https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/the-nightmare-of-jbstanislas-40thanniversary-deluxeedition) from Nick Garrie’s (see #3, 19, 41, 65, 104, 137, 245, 362, 493, 871, 965, 1,088, 1,120, 1,635) The Nightmare of J.B.Continue reading “Nick Garrie — “Ink Pot Eyes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This Northern soul fave was written by Philly soul master Leon Huff and performed by his compatriot Bunny Sigler and the UK’s Timebox. 1,749) Bunny Sigler — “Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait” Bunny Sigler’s original ’66 A-side “received both R&B and pop airplayContinue reading “Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait Special Edition: Bunny Sigler/Timebox: “Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,748) The Creation — “Biff Bang Pow” The Creation’s (see #129, 165, 1,502, 1,643) “glorious pop-art B side” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJCPK8ztCSE) to their only top 40 hit in the UK, the #36 “Painterman”, is “an anthemic touchstone of sorts for the entire swinging mod scene”.Continue reading “The Creation — “Biff Bang Pow”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 13, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,747) 3’s a Crowd — “Coat of Colors” This delightful Canadian sunshine pop B-side lit up Hamilton, Ontario, reaching #9 there. (https://vancouversignaturesounds.com/hits/bound-fly-3s-crowd/) The A-side, written by Bruce Cockburn, reached #61 in Canada-wide (schijnsmusic, https://www.45cat.com/record/d4120ca) Canadian Bands tells us of the in-Crowd: Vocalist BrentContinue reading “3’s a Crowd — “Coat of Colors”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 12, 2025”