Monthly Archives: October 2026

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,121) Tages — “It’s My Life” “One of [the] grooviest tunes” (Dylan Cameron, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pAMeDA_o90) by Sweden’s greatest band of the ’60’s (see #286, 1,282, 1,353, 1,358), “a bit of stomping mod rock” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/studio-mw0001278543) that “growls out dark guitar distortions straight fromContinue reading “Tages — “It’s My Life”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 6, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD A unjustly unreleased ’68 Simon Dupree and the Big Sound pop-psych gem became a ’70 Blonde on Blonde prog/psych A-side. Different styles, equally stellar results. Don’t just fly a kite, join me and we’ll “fly through skies of azure blue”. 2,119) Simon DupreeContinue reading “Castle in the Sky Special Edition: Simon Dupree and the Big Sound/Blonde on Blonde: I Shall Be Released: Simon Dupree and the Big Sound — “Castle in the Sky”, Blonde on Blonde — “Castles in the Sky”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 5, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,118) Simon Dupree and the Big Sound — “Who Cares” This primo pop-rock/pop-soul breakup song is by the UK’s Simon Dupree and the Big Sound (see #51, 96, 1,728), the best band of three brothers since, well, you know. Andrew Darlington muses: ThereContinue reading “Simon Dupree and the Big Sound — “Who Cares”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 4, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,117) The Impressions — “Sister Love” In the standout track from the Impressions’ (see #118, 285, 1,347, 1,544, 1,848, 1,939) third album, Curtis Mayfield sings of a woman who “hurts like the sting of a whip” but “[t]hen thrills your heart with herContinue reading “The Impressions — “Sister Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 3, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,116) Los Pasos/The Steps — “Yo Fui El Mejor”/”I Was the Best” Here is magnifica Spanish pop-psicodelia, Los Pasos’ “best single, the most psychedelic. . . . [s]uperb Spanish pop from the sixties” (gerardop9633 (courtesy of Google Translate) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9riZEMWAiE), “advanced and personal baroqueContinue reading “Los Pasos/The Steps — “Yo Fui El Mejor”/”I Was the Best”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 2, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,115) The Dave Clark Five — “Hurting Inside” I love the Dave Clark Five (see #208, 320, 411, 412, 565, 716) for their glorious hits and underappreciated ballads, of which the melancholy “Hurting Inside” is a prime example. The ‘ 65 B-side to “IContinue reading “The Dave Clark Five — “Hurting Inside”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 1, 2026”