singer/songwriter chops meshed with his punk rock ethos
Steve Crawford’s Gigs of 2018
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30 Essential Obscurities from the 1960s
found an audience on the Northern soul scene
The 25 Greatest #2 Pop Singles of the 1960s
Elvis insisted on including this love ballad in the movie “Blue Hawaii”
The 25 Greatest #1 Singles of the 1960s
an end to the exhaustion and sacrifice of a raw deal
THE GREATEST SONG OF THE 1960S
“I had achieved everything I set out to do creatively and I was 22 years old.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 5 to 2
The Stones were realists
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 10 to 6
she died and nobody really noticed. I knew this went on.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 20 to 11
“Sam Cooke was the best singer who ever lived, no contest. When I listen to him, I still can’t believe the things he did.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 30 to 21
‘Nice job lads’
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 40 to 31
If you don’t love it, you’ve missed the point of the whole thing
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 50 to 41
that’s the way you should really spend your whole life
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 60 to 51
A stunningly gorgeous mix of country chords, R&B shuffle and orchestral pop flourishes
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 70 to 61
Love is something that’s here to stay, I hope
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 80 to 71
he twists, jumps, falls into a split and slides back up holding the note
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 90 to 81
it became a jam that we kept up for 45 minutes
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 100 to 91
thrash metal sounds tame, the Stooges sound constrained, hardcore punk seems neutered, and the Sex Pistols sound like wimps
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 110 to 101
Lucille and I, ever since we’re married, we’ve been right there in that block
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 120 to 111
the earnest devotion we only seem capable of in a small window of years
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 130 to 121
There’s a permanent crease in your right and wrong.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 140 to 131
Trailers for sale or rent…
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 150 to 141
“Instead of doing life in prison I was doing one to fifteen years. I just couldn’t get that to rhyme.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 160 to 151
a woman concerned about her lover in Vietnam
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 170 to 161
‘Where are these great heroes now?’
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 180 to 171
on deeper inspection, the lyrics are about the 1961 Freedom Riders
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 190 to 181
“No wonder people think it’s so good—because it’s fucking wrong”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 200 to 191
He had to train my mind to think that I was talking about a boy
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 210 to 201
The lyrics portray a young girl becoming a woman
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 220 to 211
, put your love in a package funk
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 230 to 221
one of Davies’ “sharpest homoerotic songs.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 240 to 231
penned for a teenage girlfriend
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 250 to 241
“’Daydream Believer’ kept me alive for all these years”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 260 to 251
The music industry didn’t treat blues singer/guitarist Bobby Parker particularly well.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 270 to 261
“When I heard Howlin’ Wolf, I said, ‘This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.’”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 280 to 271
it’s a higher level of humiliation when the entire world knows you’re the abused puppet
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 290 to 281
“We just turned off his mikes in the control him and listened to what everyone else was doing.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 300 to 291
“We’re putting the word ‘peace’ on the front page of the paper next to all the words about war.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 310 to 301
“Useful to just about any group with any cause in history”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 320 to 311
Orbison detonated a small emotional explosion
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 330 to 321
“Sittin’ here in la la/Waitin’ for my ya ya.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 340 to 331
Alexander is the only songwriter whose material was covered by Bob Dylan (“Sally Sue Brown”), The Beatles (“Anna (Go to Him)”), The Rolling Stones (“You Better Move On”), and Elvis Presley (“Burning Love”)
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 350 to 341
“That’s why I left. I was so alone. They gave me everything – coats, cars. But not love.”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 360 to 351
The Rolling Stones learned the song from Irma Thomas
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 370 to 361
the first female artist to be signed to a Motown related label
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 380 to 371
He worked construction. He hauled sugar cane. He bought a truck; he’d haul scrap iron, he worked at a service station.
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 390 to 381
A strange, tormented sermon
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 400 to 391
“I was just a painted doll, nobody could ever reach me.”
“Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ‘70s” Reviewed
hits the mark for the abiding attributes of lovable losers and no account boozers
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 410 to 401
“money for old rope!”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 420 to 411
“I wrote ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in 10 minutes”
1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 430 to 421
“Success” was Loretta’s first Top Ten single
