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Arguably the greatest period in music history is 1965-1974 - will you rate these songs from then?

There are so many great songs from those years that it is not possible to list even a small fraction of them. The ten I am going to ask you to rate aren't going to be the obvious famous songs from that period but songs that didn't get a huge amount of airplay.

1965 saw such great songs as Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones, Like A Rolling Stone - Dylan, My Generation - The Who and Yesterday by the Beatles but what do you think of this one,

1 - She's About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHF2LHtHt78

1966 gave us my favorite love song of all time, "When a Man Loves a Woman"by Percy Sledge as well as Paint It Black, Gimme Some Lovin', For What It's Worth, Wild Thing, and Eleanor Rigby among many others but what do you think of this one?

2 - Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg

1967 The Summer of Love and one of the most famous years in popular music history. It brought such classics as Light My Fire, Sunshine of Your Love, Purple Haze, A Day In The Life, Whiter Shade of Pale, I Can See For Miles and White Rabbit. I could list classics from this year all day and still not name them all.But what do you think of this one?

3 - Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa9vWVEYojg

1968 - Was a monster of a year. The music started getting moving away from the Folky music preferred by the Hippies to a harder edged Blues music. Cream was in full swing with "White Room", The Stones were jumpin with "Jumpin'Jack Flash"Steppenwolf was "Born To Be Wild", CCR made it's appearance with "Susie Q and even the Beatles rocked a little harder with "Helter Skelter"but what is your opinion on this one?

4 - Getting To The Point - Savoy Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1o5wDLq55o

1969 as Hard Rock entered the mainstream with therelease of Led Zeppelin I and II, CCR continued to turn it up a notch and The Stones were still mixing Blues,R&B and ,Rock n Roll into some of the best music ever created. The Beatles and The Who produced some of the best music of their careers and The Allman Brothers produced one of the greatest cover songs of all time in "Whipping Post"thus setting the stage for Southern Rock to be born. But how about this one?

5 -Thoughts - Crow - their most famous song was "Evil Woman"which was covered by Black Sabbath and Spooky Tooth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkTlyPx7-6A

1970 my sophomore year in high school saw Layla take over the radio and Bridge over Troubled Waters become song of the year. Black Sabbath produce the monster album Paranoid and Deep Purple finally started getting some real notice. And sadly we lost Janis and Jimmy. But what about this one?

6 - Ride Captain Ride - The Blues Image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKppSotWL3o

1971 - saw Stairway To Heaven born and it would become one of the most played songs in Classic rock. John Lennon taught us to Imagine and Marvin Gaye asked "What's Going On". Rod was breaking up with "Maggie May"and The Who decalred that they "Won't Get Fooled Again". The year also saw Jim join the long list of Rock greats that have left us. What do yo think of this one?

7 - Hocus Pocus - Focus

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

1972 - Gave us my favorite Stevie Wonder song in "Superstition" and saw Papa become a Rolling Stone, Deep Purple watched the "Smoke on the Water"as their hotel burned and Bill Withers told us to Lean on Me whenb we're not strong. Nel Young was looking for a Heart of Gold the Stones were gambling with some "Tumbling Dice". But what about this one?

8 - Children of The Revolution - T Rex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u1CB5xzbm8

1973 saw me graduate high school and start college. It also saw Lynyrd Skynyrd fly like a Free Bird and Aerosmith just want to Dream On. Pink Floyd was looking for "Money"and The Stones were telling Angie goodbye. But what about this one

9 -Showbiz Kids - Steely Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9QVNbUPzgM

1974 - last but not least. 1974 brought us Marleys great No Woman No Cry, Lynyrd Skynyrd telling us about Sweet Home Alabama and Bachman Turner Overdrive telling us "You Ain't Seen Nothin'Yet". Electronic Kraut Rock made it into the eyes of the mainstream with Ktaftwerk's "Autobahn"and The Doobies were singing about "Black "Water". Music in general was trying to find it's way as some of the greats were now gone or disbanded. But songs like this still made the year worthwhile. What do you think?

10 - Down Down - Staus Quo

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

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Sorry Josh he did not say it was the best he said arguably the best. And as he also stated there were so many great songs in that time, one could not list them all, in a day or a week.

    Mike I will give this list a straight 10 across the board, as they are all great songs, that got over shadowed by other great songs of the time.

    take care dave

  • 9 years ago

    I agree Mike. I have always said that '65 to '75 was the greatest era. I would add '75 because Elton John had three #1 hits that year. Pretty much near the end of his torrid streak of smash hits.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Not my era - but Stairway to Heaven played at my first trumpet recital when I was 13 (and Mozart!)

    not familiar with most of others

    I like Yes from that era - saw them in concert with Dream Threatre in Berkeley 2004 +/-

    Source(s): Soc
  • 9 years ago

    great post, Mike! I am very enthusiastic about this era in music. You would think I had been born before 1970. I was born that year and was quickly into the music of the day.

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    9 years ago

    In your opinion, but none mine. I'd say that this era is the best. Not the pop stuff, but dubstep and trance! Liquid dubstep sounds awesome, chillstep is great for relaxing and trance takes you to another emotional dimension.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    err, no mention of the velvet underground OR lou reed, a serious omission.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    those are all great songs, and we have every one of them in our playlist.

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