Interactive Poll #6060: We love the Sixities - Progressive Rock Music Forum

My choices:

1) Love: A House Is Not A Motel - A superb synthesis of 1967 musical ideas, with echoes of Moody Blues acoustic guitars, Cali psychedelic electrics, and Morrison-esque allusions. A veritable vignette of the Summer of Love.

2) Fairport Convention: Fotheringay - One of Sandy Denny's most haunting vocals, and one of my favorite Fairport tunes.

3) H.P. Lovecraft: The White Ship - Lovecraft was a criminally underrated psych band that unfortunately never rose beyond its regional base to national prominence. But songs like "The White Ship", "Electrallentando" and "Mobius Trip" have garnered renewed favor in the resurgence of interest in the psych genre.

Edited by The Dark Elf - September 20 2020 at 17:57

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This one was a little easier for me, not for lack of love for the material, but familiarity. What a wonderful 10 years for music, so wide-ranging from start to finish.

Clear winners for me were:

1. Gino Paoli “Sassi” So beautiful and sad, the melody is just gorgeous. Lush and lovely production. First one out of the box is setting the bar very high! Such depth in this piece. It’s going to be hard to beat this one. I did go on and on about this one, twice, in the comments. Wonderful.

2. Russell Morris “The Real Thing” Never heard of him, probably because Australian? Music was so much more regionally exposed in those days. Nice voice, interesting choral backup in a pop/psych style. I would imagine this could have been a bigger hit, had he been from US or Europe. Kind of almost reminiscent of The Monkees with a little more edge, maybe a Tommy James type. Just amazed I never heard this, due no doubt to the regional factor.

3. Carlos Paredes “Variacoes em re maior” Here he is playing a Portuguese guitar, which has resonating strings, hence the unusual sound. Really excellent, I am not so sure I like the piece, it’s “happier” than most music I like, but I have been made curious to check out others of his work to see if he’s got a minor key one on that very cool instrument. And look I did and found what I was looking for, in Cancao Verdes Anos.

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

OK, let's start the hostilities! Some of the songs that I preferred didn't make it to the final nominations, so this actually makes voting a bit easier for me. Two immediately stood out for me, they escaped the bunch to finish in a sprint by two. The winner, with two bike lenghts is

- Gábor Szabó - Galatea's Guitar

and thus second:

- Carlos Paredes - Variações em ré maior

The bunch finished at some respectful distance; the photo-finish had to decide who won the bunch sprint and Russell Palmer just lost by a tire against:

Young Flowers - Oppe i træet (also in honor of the wah-wah!)

*Now turning around the record to listen to side B of It's a Beautiful Day*

The razamataz is a pain in the bum

The Anders wrote:

"A House is Not a Motel" is the one song I knew in advance.

I think most of us know a few songs on this list. I already only knew the songs by Love, Fairport Convention and Stooges.

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

jamesbaldwin wrote:

Waiting for micky, I suggest you to take time to vote until monday night and open the next poll on tuesday.

I hope you mean Monday night in a week, and not tomorrow night?

micky wrote:

yeah sorry man.. I mean to make it over here last night but caught up in a pathetic horror comedy... Would that be our US politics, Micky?

a 60's poll with no Motown..huh.. not happening.. no sir...not on my watch.

really would have liked to give some love to the Markeys.. but the Marvellettes get the slot. Zero votes I'm sure..too late 60's heavy here... but would get my #1 Heart

This is very much a sentimental favourite of mine. But you know my process won't allow me to vote for it in this poll. That being said, I did think of concentrating on early 60's, but also have a lot of love for psych (was at one time, the psych buyer for a record store) and wanted to introduce some lesser-known psych to this group.

"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp

Playlist for the nominees.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zzvl_w6Fx7F3Cp_lM-2KnTGHJfwmSTJ

jamesbaldwin wrote:

I think I have completed the list.

let the vote begin!

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

Meltdowner is missing!

Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion.

yeah sorry man.. I mean to make it over here last night but caught up in a pathetic horror comedy...

a 60's poll with no Motown..huh.. not happening.. no sir...not on my watch.

really would have liked to give some love to the Markeys.. but the Marvellettes get the slot. Zero votes I'm sure..too late 60's heavy here... but would get my #1 Heart

The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip

Poll Question: Which three?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Gino Paoli: Sassi (1960)	3	[7.69%]
H.P. Lovecraft: The White Ship (1967)	2	[5.13%]
Love: A House Is Not A Motel (1967)	5	[12.82%]
Fairport Convention: Fotheringay (1969)	2	[5.13%]
Tom Dissevelt: Intersection (1961)	5	[12.82%]
Young Flowers: Oppe i træet (1968)	2	[5.13%]
Bliss: Cry For Love (1969)	0	[0.00%]
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (1967)	1	[2.56%]
Sweeney's Men: Dreams For Me (1969)	1	[2.56%]
The Stooges: 1969 (1969)	1	[2.56%]
The Hollywood Persuaders: Grunion Run (1963)	0	[0.00%]
Gabor Szabo: Galatea's Guitar (1968)	9	[23.08%]
Czerwone Gitary: Barwy Jesieni (1966)	0	[0.00%]
Russell Morris: The Real Thing (1969)	4	[10.26%]
The Marvelletes: Don't Mess With Bill (1965)	1	[2.56%]
Carlos Paredes: Variações em Ré maior (1967)	3	[7.69%]
l	0	[0.00%]
o	0	[0.00%]
v	0	[0.00%]
e	0	[0.00%]
s	0	[0.00%]
y	0	[0.00%]
o	0	[0.00%]
u	0	[0.00%]
yeeh yeeh yeeh	0	[0.00%]
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