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

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Track 1: Very nice indie-pop forerunner (as mentioned by other people). It has that same sixties sound as Velvet Underground, and it's the same style that seems to have inspired a lot of the early (i.e. good) R.E.M albums.

Track 2: From the opening bars, this is instantly recognisable. Obviously this version isn't as famous as the covers that followed, but I'd guess most people have still heard this version at some point.

Track 3: At first I thought I'd heard this before, but it turns out I haven't. But it has a certain familiarity no doubt. Traditional folk isn't really my scene.

Track 4: Foreign crooner, catchy jazz number. I like.