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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,346) John Williams — “She’s That Kind of Woman” This ’67 A-side is “a gentle hippy-ish track” with wry Dylanesque lyrics — “which didn’t get UK airplay because of the phrase ‘[she looks like she’s] easy to lay’”. (Juke Jules, https://www.45cat.com/record/db8128) John WilliamsContinue reading “John Williams — “She’s That Kind of Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 25, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,345) Them — “Young Woman” Belfast’s Them post-Him (see #1,275) had “mastered West Coast psychedelia like no other Irish band”. (Jon “Mojo” Mills, liner notes to the CD reissue of Time Out! Time in For Them) From their second album — Time Out! TimeContinue reading “Them — “Young Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 24, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,344) Manfred Mann Chapter Three — “Devil Woman” This is not your teenyboppers’s Manfred Mann! This is Manfred Mann Chapter III, and Mann, oh Mann, do I love my Manfred Mann Chapter III (see #79, 146, 698). “[T]he brilliant Devil Woman fall[s] in betweenContinue reading “Manfred Mann Chapter Three — “Devil Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 23, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,343) The Bee Gees — “One Minute Woman” From the Bee Gees’s “1st” album (outside of Australia) — Bee Gees 1st — comes “Barry’s bleeding-heart romantic ode to the object of his affection”. (Grant Walters, https://albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-50-years-of-bee-gees-bee-gees-1st) Grant Walters goes on: [“Woman” is] theContinue reading “The Bee Gees — “One Minute Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,342) Jack Grunsky — “Sweeper Woman” I’ve played the A-side (see #728), here’s the wonderful folk rock B-side by future children’s music superstar Jack Grunsky (see also #566). Jack Grunsky was famous at the time — well, he was famous in Austria. Austria’sContinue reading “Jack Grunsky — “Sweeper Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,341) The 49th Parallel — “Twilight Woman” Calgary’s 49th Parallel (see #367, 481, 697) give us “[a] Canadian gem. . . . two and a half minutes of blissful late-sixties psych pop” (SimonTheSignGuy, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/49th-parallel/twilight-woman-close-the-barn-door.p/), “[a] perfect 2 1/2 minutes of garage pop bliss”.Continue reading “The 49th Parallel — “Twilight Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 20, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,340) Chuck Berry — “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman” Here is Chuck Berry’s (see #361, 886) fantastic take (off his ’65 Chess LP Fresh Berry’s) on Louis Jordan’s ’46 #1 R&B (#17 pop) jump blues hit. It is so good that byContinue reading “Chuck Berry — “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 19, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,339) Peter Sully — “Evil Woman” A power ballad Swinging London style, this “fuzz-driven” (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine Volumes 11-20: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era) ’68 B-side is “[g]reat slow-burning psych introspection withContinue reading “Peter Sully — “Evil Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 18, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,338) John Bromley — “What a Woman Does” This ’68 A-side, a truly “[b]eautiful tune” (Eddie the Amateur, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnAozY6AcJs) by English singer/songwriter John Bromley (see #337, 350, 703, 1,026) is where his solo career began. He “never thought of himself as a singer.Continue reading “John Bromley — “What a Woman Does”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 17, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,337) The Motives — “Ice Woman” This ’67 EP B-side about an ice woman whose spurned lover urges her to “come and look at the sun before it’s too late” is by a band composed of “British servicemen stationed in Germany . .Continue reading “The Motives — “Ice Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 16, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,336) Maurice Gibb — “I’ve Come Back” I’ve featured the A-side (see #861), here is the B-side, “in many ways . . . equally as good and even more rare”. (Tim Roxborogh, https://www.roxboroghreport.com/2020/04/samantha-gibb-covers-her-dads-greatest-song-my-flashbacks-to-being-backstage-with-the-bee-gees-in-1999.html)) From the first of Maurice Gibb’s (see #353, 354, 466, 861) twoContinue reading “Maurice Gibb — “I’ve Come Back”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 15, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,335) The Guess Who — “Baby Feelin’” The Guess Who (see #758, 1,140) took Johnny Kidd & the Pirates’s “1959 rocker ‘Feelin’’ . . . altering the title slightly to ‘Baby Feelin’’ before stamping their own brand on it [on this ‘66 LPContinue reading “The Guess Who — “Baby Feelin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 14, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,334) ?* — “Flies on the Ceiling” “Pure magical, whimsical, non sensical, UK psych”, “a classic” with “a wonderful fly on the wall lyric (literally)”. (liner notes to the CD comp Incredible Sound Show Stories Vol. 1: The Technicolour Milkshake) Upon first hearingContinue reading “? — “Flies on the Ceiling”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 13, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,333) Otis Redding — “Mary’s Little Lamb” With apologies to Paul McCartney, only Otis Redding can take “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and turn it into a demonstration of the proposition that “I can sing about anything and I can make you feelContinue reading “Otis Redding — “Mary’s Little Lamb”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 12, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD (song first featured as #113) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band — “Love” On this 23nd anniversary of 9/11, the only thing I could think of to play that was remotely appropriate was John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band‘s “Love” fromContinue reading “John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band — “Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 11, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,332) Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends — “Let’s Ride” They’d only just begun! This non-LP ‘68 A-side, written by Roger Nichols (see #631, 828, 1,054, 1,300) and Paul Williams (see #24, 1,300), is stellar sunshine pop, “a perfect sample ofContinue reading “Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends — “Let’s Ride”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,331) Marc Bolan — “The Lilac Hand of Menthol Dan” Hey, T. Rex, don’t bite the lilac hand that feeds you! “Such an ace track..Mr Marc B [see #935] you were a genius”. (ScenesFrom Palacio, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MauPc83jaKw) Yes, he was. It was on “LilacContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Marc Bolan — “The Lilac Hand of Menthol Dan”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 9, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,330) The Kinks — “Till Death Us Do Part” “What a wonderful song!” (Fischman, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-kinks-album-by-album-song-by-song.1075714/page-280#post-27461195) No relation, but yes indeed! Ray Davies’s [see #12, 100, 381, 417, 450, 508, 529, 606, 623, 753, 865, 978, 1,043, 1,108, 1,302] song is “sensational” (Fortuleo, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-kinks-album-by-album-song-by-song.1075714/page-280),Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Kinks — “Till Death Us Do Part”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 8, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,329) The Long Island Sound — “Skid Row” This ’67 B-side is an utterly hilarious garage rant by some very demanding flop house residents — “No hot water!” “Make my bed!” “I said I want some sheets!” “Roaches!” “I want a room!” It’sContinue reading “The Long Island Sound — “Skid Row”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD If you think Bo Diddley’s song is a fantasy about dissing one’s girlfriend, you don’t know Bo! It is actually a plea to her mother to stop trying to interfere and tear apart the happy couple — her daughter can make up herContinue reading ““Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut” Special Edition: Bo Diddley/The Pretty Things/The Missing Links: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 6, 2024”