on that note;

"Roger Waters and David Gilmour were in the process of completing Pink Floyd's Ummagumma when they got involved with The Madcap Laughs that July and helped Barrett finish his album − "in a two-day sprint", according to Pink Floyd biographer Rick Sanders."We had very little time," Gilmour recalled in a May 2003 interview. "Syd was very difficult, we got that very frustrated feeling: Look, it's your f***ing career, mate. Why don't you get your finger out and do something? The guy was in trouble, and was a close friend for many years before then, so it really was the least one could do."

"Wilson's songwriting output declined substantially, as did his emotional state, leading him to self-medicate with the excessive consumption of food, alcohol, and d****. Amid the looming financial insolvency of the Beach Boys, he began to supplement his regular use of amphetamines and marijuana with cocaine. Danny Hutton, who had introduced Wilson to cocaine, recalled that Wilson expressed suicidal wishes at the time, and that it was when his "real decline started"

"Decades later, Mick Fleetwood commented about Green's then mental health state, "It's a very prophetic song. When he made those songs, we had no idea that he was suffering internally as much as he was. But if you listen to the words, it's crucifyingly obvious what was going on. But a beautiful song. A poignant song."

"Jones' legal troubles, estrangement from his bandmates, substance abuse, and mood swings became too much of an obstacle to his active participation in the band. The Rolling Stones wanted to tour the United States in 1969, for the first time in three years, but Jones was not in a fit condition to tour, and his second arrest exacerbated problems with acquiring a US work visa. In addition, Jones' attendance at rehearsals and recording sessions had become erratic. When he did appear he either rarely contributed anything musically or, when he did, his bandmates would switch off his amplifier, leaving Richards to play nearly all the guitars. According to author Gary Herman, Jones was "literally incapable of making music; when he tried to play harmonica his mouth started bleeding"
playin autoharp in his last session with the band;

@RVI @HeyFella cant decide which version i prefer

guess i should post this here too

ever heard this? im not crazy about it but pops was a stan

allmusic.com/album/lee-michaels-mw0000312775

nah but name seems familiar, maybe from you linking an earlier song or something

Not sure if I've done one for 1969 yet

What, any sort of list?

Nah you probably saw him on boomer forum

Songs

You like this album @RVI ? Apparently this song is one of his classics? Which version is canon for you

yeah i like it, still feel like hes doing something i havent fully wrapped my head around yet. only had heard the shorter version before seeing that post

imo we are no longer in the dust era but the timeless classic rock/soul/country era. Only the crustiest recordings sound firmly like it's the 60s anymore and anything recorded properly pretty much sounds like it could have been released yesterday.

Fav songs of 1969 (approximately):

mostly just my favs from my fav albums, could easily have missed some if iTunes didn't have the year on it

i guess

1. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
2. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
3. Townes Van Zandt - Why She's Acting This Way
4. Tim Buckley - Love from Room 109 At the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway)
5. Neil Young - Down by the River
6. King Crimson - Epitaph
7. King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King
8. Miles Davis - Shh / Peaceful
9. Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand
10. Tim Buckley - Buzzin' Fly
11. Flying Burrito Bros. - Wheels
12. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
13. The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
14. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
15. King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind
16. Captain Beefheart - Veteran's Day Poppy
17. Tim Buckley - Strange Feelin'
18. Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song
19. Tim Buckley - Chase the Blues Away
20. Can - Yoo Doo Right
21. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
22. The Stooges - 1969
23. Townes Van Zandt - She Came and She Touched Me
24. Family - Second Generation Woman
25. The Beatles - Oh! Darling
26. Tim Buckley - Gypsy Woman
27. Neil Young - Round and Round
28. Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
29. Flying Burrito Bros. - Dark End of the Street
30. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
31. Velvet Underground - What Goes On
32. Captain Beefheart - Pachuco Cadaver
33. Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
34. Laura Nyro - Save the Country
35. The Allman Brothers Band - Trouble No More
36. The Band - Across the Great Divide
37. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
38. Colosseum - The Kettle
39. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

correct #1

zenith

surprised to see that #1 seeing as how youre usually more of an art rock/Velvets type of guy

Exile was in my top 10 of 70s Stones are GOATs broski I aint gonna slight them. Velvets in 69 were meh

velvets in '69 were pristine open account of all the crazy fuzz boxes etc equipment they used on the first two albums got stolen iirc

I mean they were still good but a monumental step down from the first 2 3bh

simply the best rock song ever. (maybe)

yeah its truly monumental but there was alot of the going around at the time

@op pretty decent album so far. proggy af for this year. super embryonic for them but still can hear their sound