#60s hit songs

[newwavesylviaplath]

he hit me and it felt like a kiss.

[thislovintime]

Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, and Davy Jones at the airport and on a flight, 1967. Photos 1 & 4 published in KRLA Beat.

Q: “What responsibility does a performer owe to his public?” 
Peter: “A performer should be responsible to the teen-aged public. He should do the best he can all the time. But he is entitled to his privacy.” - Song Hits, November 1967

[menlove]

every single day of my life I think about when I went to go see paul when I was 17 and he played in spite of all the danger & got teary eyed talking about how he'd written that song 60 years ago (this was 2017) but that it felt like it'd only been a couple of years since he was sitting around writing with his best friend and he had no idea how those 60 years happened

[chirpsythismorning]

Over halfway done with the ST5 vision playlist and… Just came across the most terrifyingly ST5 coded song and I’m 🫢

Like at first I was like, “okay, nothing really— wait no. that’s interesting… actually?… wait, what??— WAIT!

[tenitchyfingers]

What genre are Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and the dentist song from Little Shop of Horrors

You know, like, fun and upbeat harmony and absolutely dark as hell, creepy and unsettling lyrics about murder and sadism

Because I SEVERELY fuck with that shit on a major level and I am literally OBSESSED

[opulentconceptions]

The Left Banke: Evolution of a Unique Sound in 1967

The Left Banke in Song Hits magazine: April 1967 The sound is haunting . . . a unique combination of chamber strings with a subtle, insinuating drumbeat. And the melody? It’s done in unique harmonics for a “pop” song. Minor chords — a repetitive sounding lyric line, these are some of the characteristics of a brand new song entitled “Pretty Ballerina.” Already it has captured the listening ear…

[likehephaestionwhodied]

Me explaining how crosby stills nash and young, as a group and individually were culturally more significant than the Beatles and Dylan

Pls don't @ me I'm organizing my records this is just jokes

[glittertrail]

I bought ice cream thinking it'd be like vanilla w salted caramel sauce and turns out the entire ice cream *is* caramel flavoured and has toffee bits inside and I have never been closer to diabetes or to heaven in my entire life

[muirneach]

i will never forgive u ppl for making this song a meme this is the greatest song ever written

[lllsaslll]

Today's lil' Elvis Music Gem🙏

Yes, again with more Back In Memphis! But this time we've got "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" and the interesting Neil Diamond-filled story of the famed American Sound Studio sessions.

In 1969 just the day after his Elvis' 34th birthday when Elvis was planning his return to music recording, Marty Lacker successfuly convinced Elvis to skip on Nashville and to instead give Chips Moman and his Memphis-based American Sound Studio a chance. When Elvis agreed (without even consulting the Colonel first) but with a tight turn around, Moman had to reschedule the recording sessions of Neil Diamond that had already been set just four days out. "Fuck Neil Diamond, he'll just have to be postponed. Tell Elvis he's on." Moman told Lacker as he called from the front hall phone at Graceland.

Soon after, during a break in recording due to Elvis' cold turning to laryngitis, Elvis and the guys were going through the demos back at Graceland. When realizing the selection of songs being brought in by the Colonel were aweful Elvis made an important declaration; that from then on he would pick his own music. He asked that everyone be bringing in songs, "... from now on I want to hear every song I can get my hands on, and if I've got a piece of the publishing, that's fine, but if I don't and I want to do the song, I'm going to do it."

And the boys got to work, bringing in new music for Elvis to sample beyond the usual songs that the Colonel had special interests in. George Klein having connections with artists through his TV show then immediately got on the phone with Neil Diamond. He may have been kicked from his original recording slot, but Elvis' prior L.A. next-door neighbor agreed to him singing "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" when the sessions resumed in late January and February.

[startreatment]

i know this will probably make me sound like an idiot, but some artists are so huge and iconic and celebrated in our culture that realising there was a point in time when they were just some guys ™ is crazy to me. like, you're telling me people were listening to david bowie's first album and not thinking "holy shit i'm listening to david bowie's debut album" like hello? idk what i'm saying. time is crazy man. looking back at these artists' catalogues and having the privilege to put each album into context of their career as a whole is even crazier. am i making sense? probably not. that's okay!

[thislovintime]

From Monkee Spectacular No. 14.

Q: “Peter, why do you want to be President of the United States?” Peter: “Oh, just for a lark. It’s better than being a Chevrolet.” - Song Hits, November 1967

Q: “I have read that your ambition is to become President of the United States. Why do you want to become President and how do you feel you could best guide our country?” Peter: “I want to become President because it pays better than the salary I’m getting now.” - Monkee Spectacular No. 9

“I was thinking recently of what I’d do if The Monkees ever dissolve. My first choice will be to try it as a solo folk-singer performer. And later, if I feel I’m substantial enough, I’ll try politics. I think in the very near future there will be an urgent need for government to represent the hopes and dreams of an entirely different generation.” - Peter Tork, Photoplay, September 1967

“Peter For President Don’t you think that Peter should get some kind of medal for being so groovy, but most of all for being all the way for Peace and Love? I think that more people should be the way Peter is! Peter’s motto is ‘God is Love,’ and my motto is ‘Love and Peace is Peter!’ With his personality and that motto, wouldn’t he make a wonderful president? A Devoted Fan Pensacola, Fla.” - Monkee Letters, Monkee Spectacular, No. 14

Speaking of running for office... or, at least, a committee trying to get Peter elected to office:

“Help Elect Peter Tork Sheriff of Los Angeles County. Stop the police attack on youth. Write Peter Tork For Sheriff Committee, 7507 Sunset Blvd., L.A. 90046, Calif. (Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope.[)] You need not be 21 to work for Peter Tork For Sheriff.” - classified ad, KPFK-FM Folio, December 1968 (and January 1969)

“Back in the old days, somebody actually did put up a whole series of posters: ‘Peter Tork For Sheriff,’ in L.A., in L.A. County. I didn’t have the brass to follow through on it. The world might have been a very different place today (laughs).” - Peter Tork, onstage at the Tin Angel, May 16, 1999 (x)

[moveslikekeithrichards]

Okay just bc of all the Frankie Valli posts I’m curious, what’s your thoughts on the Genuine Imitation Life Gazette album

its not my favorite😩😩 theres nothin wrong with it just to me it feels like they wanna be groovy sooo bad. i cant talk shit tho bc i love their weird little 80s/90s moment

[noisy-weasel]

I finally decided to try out obey me and I instantly got hooked and have been playing obsessively for like the past week but I've finally hit a hard wall at like chapter 10 and yeah nothing to possibly do about it except incredibly slowly level up my cards so that sucks I feel like it's gonna take a long while before I can play main story again

[pebblezone]

Weird Al beach boys song best ever shitting My pants and decomposing

[tiredeyes1975]

im bored im just gonna start saying stuff