Tag: 60s
24/10/2019: “Gol-E Gandom” by Lloyd Miller
Sometimes, western attempts to blend Middle Eastern styles with Jazz can be a bit suspect. Especially if, as is the case here, the album title…
23/09/2019: “Blue Moon” by The Ventures
This is a great example of how cool instrumental surf rock can be. Those echoey, twanging guitars evoke exotic locales, the frenzied drums inject a…
22/09/2019: “It’s Nothing To Me” by Sanford Clark
Country music has produced a slew of dark songs with lyrics about fights and murders. More than a few came from Leon Payne (aka Pat…
09/09/2019: “I’m Still Waiting” by The Wailers
This song is from 1965. That’s long enough ago for the credits to be to The Wailers or The Wailing Wailers without making any mention…
06/09/2019: “I Want To Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles
The official Beatles video of this demonstrates pretty well the kind of hysteria the Beatles caused among teenage girls at their height. In the video,…
21/08/2019: “You Never Can Tell” by Chuck Berry
This song, for me, will always remind me of the iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction. John Travolta and Uma Thurman twist and jive together…