Martha comes through again with an incredibly sultry deep cut

acclaimedmusic.net aggregated list of the most critically acclaimed songs of '66 (heavy singles focus). top 25:

acclaimedmusic.net/year/1966s.htm

For What It's Worth seem way way too high but Neil's on there so I'll allow it

Sounds almost like a less potent version of this

@fuk_an_ad_lib this is the song that turned me into a fan when I was young. Written by Graham Gouldman after he wrote all the early Yardbirds hits and before he started 10cc.

But yeah I always thought it was '67 too but nope they just had the most timeless production of '66 (along with Hendrix)

probably that high for the political/protest aspect and critics picking it for historical significance

id never even heard of Herman's Hermits til a few days ago but apparently they had 11 top 10 US hits within like 2 years

They were very famous. Even more twee than the Hollies.

Paul Revere and The Raiders had more classics than I realized. Should probably check out Manfred Mann too.

apparently the new haynes doc is more footage over any new revealing info or anything. gonna queue that up later this week and see what's what

wish we got some more insight into the WL/WH sessions. album was made in just two days, can't imagine the amount of amphetamine's and junk the band was hopped up on

im not sure i wanna see actual footage of how gremlined out they were for White Heat sessions thats alotta amph ph ph ph phetamine

nah not footage just like some more backdrop on what the process was. thinking about it now there probably wasn't much tho lol at least compared to the other two albums.

this sounds really familiar where do I start with them?

Probably just check out a best of and then move on to one of their 1966 albums

@twinkletoez what do Reach Out, You Keep Me Hanging On and this have in common vibe-wise

James Brown

'65 starts the era of james brown that i can really f*** with

(sorry live at the apollo stans)

The piano, tambourine, bass and drums combination here is strong. Sounds like the peak of old motown (smokey coming from doo-wop) before Norman brought the psych and the funk.

For vibe though, this definitely sounds a bit like reach out but Much less intense

You said you just hate the crowd which is fair. I only really stick up for the 12 Min lost someone which has him finding his Prime.

the urgency motown really nailed it this year

last two Ray classics for me

@twinkletoez even though the Supremes have way more hits and epic productions, s*** like this is why Martha will always be my motown queen

Sounds like a Bond theme

Wish she a better career too

same year as Get Ready and this other classic

I guess everyone involved were starting to push the envelope further after years of international crossover success. This is the first year their hits stop being so vanilla so that they’re played with other pop artists at that time (The way you do the things you do, I hear a Symphony) and start being more R&B like Otis, Wilson and other new guys

Rewind back to '63 somehow missed this as the b-side to Heat Wave obv Tina/Spector took it further but dang another Martha classic