11/28/2007
A Music Video with "Character(s)"
My name is Robin, and I am a typomaniac, a typophile, a veritable typography nerd. I get giddy about music videos that use letterforms. My heart races over animated alphabets. Sylvie Vartan and her video for "Cette lettre-là" from 1965 might ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 11/28/2007 9:44 AM EST in 60's Pop, YouTube | Permalink
11/15/2007
Highly Recommended: Peter Sarstedt, Pop Music For Sophisticates
Certain types of music can make us feel fancy, and other types of music can make us feel clean. I've found that most music that makes me feel this way is usually extraordinarily articulate. This is the case with 60's pop songwriter Peter Sarsted ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/15/2007 2:14 PM EST in 60's Pop, YouTube, Highly Recommended | Permalink
11/07/2007
Not My Wedding Song: The Zombies "This Will Be Our Year"
An ex-boyfriend of mine turned me onto The Zombies via this track. Apparently, it was his good friend's wedding song, and he found that to be compelling. I think I was supposed to take it as a hint. Instead, I went home immediately and downl ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 11/07/2007 12:59 PM EST in 60's Pop | Permalink
Scott Walker: A Brilliant Weirdo
If you have never heard of Scott Walker, it's probably because you have never lived in England or never listened to completely bizarre, avant garde, recluse music. Nonetheless, Walker and his band The Walker Brothers are considered to be part o ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 11/07/2007 11:07 AM EST in 60's Pop, YouTube | Permalink
10/30/2007
VIDEO: BONZOS DO DAH MONSTER MASH!
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band were wild art-students acting out their love of bizarre shtick to the fullest. In 1969, The Bonzos rocked out with Bobby "Boris" Pickett's classic Halloween hit, "Monster Mash" on English TV's Do Not Adjust Your Set. T ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 10/30/2007 7:26 PM EST in 60's Pop, Experimental | Permalink
10/04/2007
Electric Prunes Are a Gassy Thing
So says Dick Clark in this 1966 episode of American Bandstand featuring The Electric Prunes! Sure the song title "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" is a great play on words and the song itself has an awesome fuzzed out sound. But what's with t ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/04/2007 6:39 PM EST in 60's Pop, 60's Psych, YouTube | Permalink
09/29/2007
Power of Context is a Deadly Thing
The most violent (and awesome) scene in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, half of this year's under-appreciated Grindhouse double feature, was accompanied by an obscure 60's pop song with pounding drums and buzz-saw guitars. The band responsible ...
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