rvi

5y

damn yeah maybe i should check out some ronnie hawkins

Elric

5y

but can we agree Jack had the most scorching tone since Jeff and Jimmy

i know his vocal there was a little but goddamn he has the nastiest sounding guitar

rvi

5y

guitar sounds good but cant quite agree about that statement lol, and im not really a giant jimmy page fan anyway.

i peeped Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose yesterday though mostly out of curiosity and it was actually great especially the title track which really I loved. so maybe that can be my gateway into appreciating Jack more than just casual fandom

Elric

5y

damn Jimmy Page played on some gems this year

also played on Them's Baby Please Dont Go and The Stones Heart Of Stone which is news to me

rvi

5y

Dead didnt form until 1965 and the earliest I heard from them is 1966

but check this out from 1964 with 3 dead members on it and a great band name

interesting that you prefer rootsy Dead to psych, but I guess it makes some sense given your attitude about their noodling. The rootsier stuff took me more time to appreciate, and I can tell I'll (hopefully) still come to appreciate it more in the future because there's a lot of stuff now I still don't love. but I'm hoping that it's just because of s***ty vocals and the country/folk style not being understood enough by me to really appreciate it

they introduced me to a lot of great songs though tbh, like Merle's Mama Tried and Sing Me Back Home, Johnny Cash's Big River, Otis' Hard to Handle, Kris Kristofferson's Me and Bobby McGee. i'll be extremely happy if my country (+folk in the future) learning leads me to appreciate their whole craft more. right now my Deadhead fandom has basically been going for the long and psych/jazz jams rather than the simple rootsy labors of love

making my 64 list rn btw

Elric

5y

whats your process for making the list? still doing research or just adding stuff you already know?

im tempted to do separate lists in addition to my main one for brit invasion, motown, blues, country etc

rvi

5y

1. Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
2. The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
3. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
4. The Beatles - I Feel Fine
5. Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
6. The Who - I Can't Explain
7. The Beach Boys - I Get Around
8. Bob Dylan - It Ain't me Babe
9. Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
10. The Ronettes - Walking in the Rain

1-3 are tied

rvi

5y

HM

Elric

5y

you sure I Can't Explain is '64? i have it for '65

i see you concur about I Feel Fine we always got the same beedle opinions

Elric

5y

between No Reply, Eight Days A Week and Every Little Thing You Do Lennon snapped that year, vocally

rvi

5y

im a loser

rvi

5y

yeah apparently the widepsread release was 1965 but the recording and this obscure(?) US original release was 1964 so thats what ive always had it in my library as

https://www.45cat.com/record/31725

december 1964: "On the 14th, Billboard magazine has the first U.S. press mention of The Who in an article on Decca Records declaring that "I Can't Explain" backed with "Bald Headed Woman" will be "coming out this week". Two days later the first review appears in Variety followed by Cash Box on the 19th. Variety calls "I Can't Explain" a "typical rocking entry with a good sound." Cash Box gets confused, assuming "Bald-Headed Woman" is the A-side, and dismisses "I Can't Explain" as "an attention-getting shuffle-rock'er." It is unclear whether the single has its national release at this time."

so i guess its 1964 technically but pretty much 65

rvi

5y

random songs

Elric

5y

ptsd flashbacks to when you informed me Crying In The Rain might have been '61, almost ruining my plans for '62

rvi

5y

also somehow forgot these 2 which would both rank in my top 10 of the year, zombies maybe top 5 even

Elric

5y

researching one hit wonders and this one has been on repeat

Elric

5y

oh s*** didnt realize The Witch was '64

definitely the best year for rock and roll since Buddy Holly died so much heat, cant see how you dont see it as stacked

rvi

5y

i just dont see it as stacked compared to the next few. definitely more stacked than 63, but im just thinking it will get exponentially more difficult to rank over the next 3 years. and then at that point will reach the most stacked period possible for a little while

rvi

5y

1. Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
2. The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
3. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
4. The Beatles - I Feel Fine
5. Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
6. The Who - I Can't Explain
7. The Beach Boys - I Get Around
8. Bob Dylan - It Ain't me Babe
9. Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
10. The Ronettes - Walking in the Rain

1-3 are tied

Elric

5y

no orbison? he was the only one whose craft still exceeded the brits