The Pop Open Group J - THE SIXTIES

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This week's Pop Open group is themed around "the sixties" - though as before, this doesn't necessarily mean all tracks will be from the 60s. You have four tracks to listen to, and then you vote for your favourites out of the ones you hadn't heard before. Tracks to be revealed on Thursday - voting closes next Monday!

You can find the tracks streamed here, or you can go here and download them as a zipfile (about 20 Mb).

[Poll #1064664]

Thanks to infov0re, skillextrix, umlauts, and xyzzzz_ for tracks this week. What would YOU have submitted?

Comments

[mackromackro.livejournal.com]

1.Got my NUMBER ONE vote. Sounds like a great young proto Who/Shocking Blue type thing. I'm a sucker for gonzo percussive bridges that come out of nowhere.

2.Easily the best song of all four, but I've put this version of the song on three separate mix CDs in the last five years, so alas, I've heard it before.

3.God, who is this? I thought it was Incredible String Band or Pearls Before Swine, but it's too suave for either, but not nearly as suave nor subtle as Nick Drake or Scott Walker. The vocals sound slightly Walker-esque. I like this.

4.If I heard this before, it was brief and in the background as I don't recall it. The song is definitely stronger at the beginning, but I love the sense of space in this track. This got my number two vote.

EXCELLENT ROUND!