I know what's good for young people who like hip-hop ... napalm!

The Nile Song. Pink Floyd. 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok8eeJXllUE
Gotta be one of their heaviest.

Hush. Deep Purple. 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLzqQupzzmA
A song of it's time.

Last but not least, maybe off thread I give you one sassy lassie, whom was banned in several states in America with this wee ditty from 1964.
Mississippi Goddam. Nina Simone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBiAt...eature=related
It was a single in 1964 but I could only find this live recording
on youtube.

Not ashamed to say, my favourite Deep Purple song. And from the same year one of my fav CSN songs, the b-side to 'Marrakesh Express'

CSN - Helplessly Hoping

It's a mystery to me how Reparata & The Delrons only managed one UK hit , when they made some tremendous records.

Always Waitin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8CgUKOcMc

Look In My Diary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiujhSerHp8

I Can Hear The Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGXAOEewB30

Hey Little Girl by Del Shannon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74foO...eature=related

I've always preferred the slower version of Runaway that Del Shannon recorded in the late Sixties.

Runaway (1967)

My post today is devoted to three of the greatest voices in the entire history of popular music.

Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (1960)
Yes, I know this Piaf’s most famous song, but it did fail to chart in the UK, which is my excuse for including it.

Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963)
It goes without saying that the late Roy Orbison had an incredible voice, but the unconventional and complex structure of his songs also made him arguably one of the greatest and most original songwriters of his era. Unfortunately, all the Roy Orbison tracks that I really like (apart from those I’ve previously submitted to the thread) were big or biggish hits, so here instead of a rare Roy Orbison track is my favourite Roy Orbison track, with apologies for breaking thread rules.

Scott Walker - If You Go Away (1969)
I don’t think this magnificent track has previously appeared in the thread, which is very surprising, because it has got to be without question the best English language version of the Jacques Brel classic Ne Me Quitte Pas there has ever been.

Yesterday, I listened to the above track for the first time since submitting it to Page 1 of the thread last May. All I can say is that I've been a fool to have waited so long, it's an absolutely gorgeous song.

As you can see the song also has a very long title (ten words), which sort of prompted me into hunting around for some other sixties tracks with very long titles (ten words or more) and I've come up with the following:-

Kenny Dino - Your Ma Said Your Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (1961)
Absolutely love this one! Does anyone else find it reminiscent of the Dave Clark Five’s 1964 hit Bits and Pieces?

Cliff Richard - When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart (1961)
Not one of his better ones, but then apart from Move It and two or three others did Cliff actually have better ones?

Jet Harris - Main Title Theme From The Man With The Golden Arm (1962)
We’ve just had Cliff, so how about someone who in 1962 had just become a former member of the Shadows? I have actually submitted this track to the thread before, but it’s a brilliant instrumental, it does have the a ten-word title, and Jet did die a mere three weeks ago, so it gives me an excuse to pay tribute to a great musician.

She Trinity - The Man Who Took The Valise Off The Floor At Grand Central Station At Noon (1966)
I really like this all-female band, and have previously submitted both Promise Me You'll Never Cry and Wild Flower to this thread, and Climb That Tree to the Rare 70’s thread, and would describe all three of those tracks as excellent. This track is the B-side of Wild Flower, and the word excellent is the last one I would use to describe it! However, if you have a penchant for silly novelty songs with even sillier song titles then this is definitely worth a listen.

David Garrick - The Man Who Took The Valise Off The Floor At Grand Central Station At Noon (1967)
If anyone out there is a real glutton for punishment here’s another version of the aforementioned silly novelty song.

Love - Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale (1967)
I’m a big fan of this band and I’ve previously submitted about half a dozen of their tracks to the thread, although the last one was a fair while ago. I don’t actually think that this particular track is anywhere near as good as those others, but I do still like it, and more to the point, it does have a twelve-word title.

The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (1968)
Great band. Great title. Great track.

Pink Floyd - Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict (1969)
If any track featured in this post is here because of its very long title, and for absolutely no other reason, then it’s got to be this one. IMHO this is probably the biggest heap of crap the Floyd ever recorded!


Note:-
In all my previous posts where I’ve featured a track by the She Trinity I’ve made mention of the fact that Pauline Moran, the band’s dark-haired, sexy looking vocalist and bass player would some quarter of a century later play the role of Miss Lemon, the Belgian detective’s middle-aged spinster secretary in Agatha Christie’s Poirot. However, I’ve decided to refrain from doing so on this occasion.

Dave Clark has stated that the UK cover of 'Your Ma Said Your Cried In Your Sleep Last Night ' by Doug Sheldon was the template for the Tottenham Sound. I think it's one of the rare occasions where the cover is superior.

Doug Sheldon - Your Ma Said Your Cried In Your Sleep Last Night (1962)
The video's pretty funny

Here's another great record by Doug:

Doug Sheldon - I Saw Linda Yesterday (1963)

...and finally a corker from the DC5. I was playing a whole bunch of mid 60s tunes shuffled on my MP3 player at work today and this one followed the Seeds 'Pushin' Too Hard' - the pair of them are relentless and fantastic.

Dave Clark Five - Anyway You Want It (1964)

from page 6

gave a convincing cover for the graeme allwright cover. here's the real mccoy

Graeme Allwright - Suzanne

and how could I forget my fav cover of Suzanne by Francoise Hardy

Francoise Hardy - Suzanne

And to end with a haunting English cover of the song

Fairlight Convention - Suzanne

I suppose this could be described as Doo Wop Soul

Jo Ann Garrett (Backed by The Dells)

A Thousand Miles Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__SXoz79D-k

Some of the above mentioned long titles will definitely come in handy for the "A to Z of Song Titles With More Than 5 Words" thread in the Music Games forum.

Some very good tracks there as well. I particularly like the ones by Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Love, the Beatles and the late great Jet Harris.

If I'm honest I quite like the Cliff Richard track too, in a guilty pleasure sort of way.

I can't really decide if that Pink Floyd track actually qualifies as music at all, although I'd rather listen to it than much of what's in the charts today!





I have to agree with you. Doug Sheldon's cover version is better that Kenny Dino's original version. And yes, it is inded rare for a British cover version from that era to have been better that the American original version. The only other example I can think of is "Halfway To Paradise", of which the cover version by Billy Fury is not only imo superior to the original version by Tony Orlando, it is significantly superior.





If the insinuation here is that Pauline Moran went from an attractive young babe with She Trinity to an unattractive middle-aged hag in "Poirot", then I have to take issue. I've watched all the repeats of "Poirot" on ITV-3 and I happen to find Miss Lemon very sexy!

Here's a good one from She Trinity. It's their version of a song originally recorded by the Crickets that was an American hit for the Bobby Fuller Four in the sixties and a British hit for the Clash in the eighties.

She Trinity - He Fought The Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-sAJEGTveo

Barney, I wasn't too complimentary about the other Jo Ann Garrett track you recently put on the "Love It Or Hate It" thread in the Music Games forum, but I have one word to describe the above track:-

Fabulous!

Here's my humble offering:

Jeremiah Peabody’s Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills

Recorded by Ray Stevens on Mercury 71843.

Spent one week at number 35 in the Billboard chart.

(also, a group not a song: The Rock & Roll Double Bubble Trading Card Company Of Philadelphia)

I had no idea the She Trinity played their own instruments (live anyway).

Some great pics here... http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/She%20Trinity.htm

Another long one:


Rod Stewart & The Faces

You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)

that was from the 70's m8...this threads for rare 60's tracks

As there's a Creedence Clearwater Revival thread currently doing the rounds, I thought I'd submit this one from their previous incarnation as The Golliwogs (a name imposed on them by their record company which they apparently hated).

The Golliwogs - Fight Fire (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTjMIEPrFmw

I can't remember if this has already been featured on this thread (possibly even by myself! I know I've had it in mind for here for a while), but tbh I don't think it really matters too much when it's a good one.

There's quite a few Golliwogs tracks on youtube at the moment but this is by far the best I've been able to find.

Oh, I do like that one!

Three surf guitar tracks for you today:

The Surftones - Cecilia Ann (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbOpqIYIXTg
Later covered by The Pixies. There's quite a bit of dead time on this clip that you can skip.

Eddie & The Showmen - Squad Car (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLujo...eature=related

The Original Surfaris - Bombura (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QibgV...eature=related

The Elkie Brooks hit from 1977, written by Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry .

Ellie Greenwich - Sunshine After The Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBaPk...eature=related

Could not find any information about this group, but Terri has an excellent voice , and it is a great Doo Wop record

Terri & The Sparks - Please Come Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po1e4tr7gKU

this is the 60's thread m8!

I think Barney's implication is that although Elkie Brooks had a hit with "Sunshine After The Rain" in the the seventies the original version by Ellie Greenwich is from the sixties.

At least that's how I read it.

Well read Johnny , from 1966

thought thats what was meant, but its easy to confuse the threads sometimes! lol.