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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,010) Pearls Before Swine — “Rocket Man” Written, as Pearls Before Swine’s (see #1,408) Tom Rapp recalled, “while watching the men landing on the moon” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NbvEyzEi6o) and cited by Bernie Taupin “as his inspiration for the lyrics” to Elton John’s [see #175, 1,598]Continue reading “Pearls Before Swine — “Rocket Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,009) Jacques Dutronc — “Proverbes” A gorgeous baroque ’67 love song by French provocateur Jacques Dutronc, with music by Dutronc and lyrics by Jacques Lanzmann (which can be found here in French and English: https://genius.com/Jacques-dutronc-proverbes-lyrics). I guess it helps when your girlfriend isContinue reading “Jacques Dutronc — “Proverbes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,008) Liz Brady — “Partie de Dames”/”Checkers Game” In Liz Brady’s soaring yé-yé extravaganza, love is like a game of checkers. Wikipedia tells us of Liz Brady: Liz Brady . . . . Is the stage name of Raymonde Zaghikian, born in Cairo to aContinue reading “Liz Brady — “Partie de Dames”/”Checkers Game”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 16, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,007) Steampacket II/The Longboatmen — “Take Her Anytime” Sweden’s Steampacket let off some “extra good” “heavily echoed Fuzz Mod Psych Beat” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/56115), an “early psych punker monster killer” (thomasbaumgartner3032, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU4bNdM0aEM), “the raunchiest that came out in Sweden in the 60’s”! (kristerlund8845, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMemHbQiDk)Continue reading “Steampacket II/The Longboatmen — “Take Her Anytime”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,006) Ice — “Anniversary (of Love)” Here is UK “pop perfection” (Think Like a Key Music, https://www.thinklikeakey.com/artist/424488-ice?lang=nl), “a perfect slice of gentle Baroque Psychedelic Pop” (oldrock, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/ice/anniversary-of-love-so-many-times/), a “[f[antastic 60’s gem from one of the many undeservingly unsuccessful bands of the decade”. (3greenskies,Continue reading “Ice — “Anniversary (of Love)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,005) The Liverpool Scene — “Baby” These Liverpool poet/hipsters’ “raucous pastiche” (Marco Rossi, https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/the-amazing-adventures-of) about a girl who “make[s] me feel like last week’s knickers!”, “like two already legalized consenting vicars” is “a strange uptempo jazzy beat R&B track with a talking halfContinue reading “The Liverpool Scene — “Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,004) Led Zeppelin — “As Long as I Have You” (live at the Fillmore West, April 27, 1969) “Listening to Zep [see #110, 589] live and raw is just one of life’s greatest joys.” (BubbaZen10, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lg98FMKupU) “The[ir] early, raw recordings are mind-blowing perfect.” (Michael-yn9tx,Continue reading “Led Zeppelin — “As Long as I Have You” (live at the Fillmore West, April 27, 1969): (Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,003) Garnet Mimms — “As Long as I Have You” I am happy, oh so happy, as long as I can listen to this stunning “exceptionally good” song, “uptempo, driving, rhythmic soul, with ringing, appealing guitar, powerful drumming, horn fills and female backingContinue reading “Garnet Mimms — “As Long as I Have You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 11, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Brace for the Obscure 60’s Rock has reached a new millennium. It has been one crazy magic carpet ride since I started the blog in 2021 — 2000 songs and beyond. Its origin and purpose is not a total mystery to me. AsContinue reading “The New Millennium Special Edition: IBM 7094/The Smoke/The Millennium: IBM 7094 — “Daisy Bell” [repeat], The Smoke — “Odyssey”, The Millennium — “I’m with You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 10, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,000) Russell Morris — “The Real Thing” Warning — if you are from Australia, read no further, as this iconic song for you guys (as well it should be!) reached #1. It’s “a classic, full blown psychedelic extravaganza that amazingly, was somehow brilliantlyContinue reading “Russell Morris — “The Real Thing”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 9, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,999) The Peppermint Trolley Co. — “Free” Another glorious cut by America’s greatest 60’s TV band, “flush with the band’s trademark choruses, recalling a breathtaking fusion of the Everly Brothers, the Zombies [see #1,138], and the New Colony Six [see #410, 1,071] .Continue reading “The Peppermint Trolley Co. — “Free”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 8, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,998) Listen — “You’d Better Run” In 1966, Robert Plant was a young rascal, so it is entirely fitting that his first recorded performance is “a burning rendition” (Thom Jurek, https://www.allmusic.com/album/sixty-six-to-timbuktu-mw0000326489) of the Young Rascal’s “You Better Run”. Not only is it the bestContinue reading “Listen — “You’d Better Run”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 7, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,997) A New Generation — “Police Is Here” Before the Sutherland brothers (Gavin and Ian) (see #1,792) took Rod Stewart “Sailing”, they gave us a simply wonderful “delicate” and “pretty little song” (patrickney6584, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VafGypTEJ5M) . . . about being arrested?! “Police” is “infectiousContinue reading “A New Generation — “Police Is Here”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 6, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,996) Those Fadin’ Colours — “Try Me on For Size“ South London lads take a pretty good track off the Electric Prunes’ [see #893] 1st LP and “transform[ it] from a[] . . . blast of US garage punk arrogance to engagingly wistfulContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Those Fadin’ Colours — “Try Me on For Size”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 5, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,995) Dick and Don (Addrisi) — “You’re Bad” How was this song not one of the big hits of ’66?! A year before they wrote “Never My Love”, which the Association [see #1,264] took to #2, the Addrissi brothers wrote and recorded thisContinue reading “Dick and Don (Addrisi) — “You’re Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 4, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,994) Mike Vickers — “On the Brink” No, not “the Vicar’s Daughter” (see #78) — Mike Vickers! Manfred Mann man, future Beatles collaborator Mike Vickers gives us a “scooter rally stomper” (gandorthemagnificent1476, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HeG31XCaIRw&list=RDHeG31XCaIRw&start_radio=1&pp=ygUZTWlrZSB2aWNrZXJzIG9uIHRoZSBicmlua6AHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m) “which became something of a Mod Anthem at the time,Continue reading “Mike Vickers — “On the Brink”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 3, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,993) The Blackburds — “Absolument Hyde Park”/”Absolutely Hyde Park” French rock star Johnny Hallyday’s backing band, which included a pre-Foreigner Mick Jones (see #1,753, 1,974) and Tommy Brown (see #1,974), laid down this sizzling “soul-flavored British mod rock” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-state-of-mickey-tommy-mw0001671650) instrumental writtenContinue reading “The Blackburds — “Absolument Hyde Park”/”Absolutely Hyde Park”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 2, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,992) Circus — “Mother Motha’s Great Sundance” “From the ashes of Q’65 [see #108, 557, 913, 1,164, 1,227, 1,356] rose Circus”. (https://www.discogs.com/es/release/5113706-Circus-Medusa-Mother-Mothas-Great-Sundance-) This, the B-side from Circus’ unreleased ’68 single, is quite the freak show — a combination of disembodied vocals and rhythmicContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Circus — “Mother Motha’s Great Sundance”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 1, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,991) Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm — “Thinking Black” Ike Turner (see #212, 329, 837, 1,866) gives us “[f]unk in all its beauty” (dr.romanvalentino9946, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_PBZd8M_BA), a “funky, groove-laden and rhythmically rich brassy delight”. (The Listening Post Blog, https://thelisteningpostblog.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/song-of-the-day-ike-turner-the-kings-of-rhythm-thinking-black/) A.b.sproductionsllc says “Don’tContinue reading “Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm — “Thinking Black”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 31, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,990) Saffron — “Vision Is a Lonely Word” This is entrancing and “[m]esmerizing” (marchenprinz9533, https)://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6JUQqWJJeY) psych, guaranteed to put you in a trance (especially with the video). ChallengeTheNarrative asks “Is this what mushrooms are like?” and Derby1884 responds “Yes – but not theContinue reading “Saffron — “Vision Is a Lonely Word”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 30, 2026″