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Originally Posted by Abe Sargent
I am adding a bunch of songs to the Gold FM (60s only) station on Cities. I like the core idea, but I wanted to flesh it out with a ton of new music. And just hits to play into the core concept of the channel.
I am adding:
Del Shannon - Runaway
Del Shannon - Hats Off to Larry
The Guess Who - These Eyes
The Guess Who - No Time
Mitch Ryder - Devil with a Blue Dress
Mitch Ryder - Jenny Take a Ride
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Indian Reservation
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Kicks
Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring
Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
Maurice Williams and the Zodiac - Stay
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525
Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday People
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
Blood, Sweat & Tears - I Love You More than You'll Ever Know
BST - Spinning Wheel
BST - And When I Die
Chicago - Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?
Ides of March - Vehicle
The Crystals - Uptown
Herman's Hermits - Mrs' Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
The Modern Folk Quartet - This Could Be the Night
The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon
Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Question Mark and the Mysterions - 96 Tears
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
The Lemon Pipers - Green Tamborine
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
The Zombies - She's Not There
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Someday We'll be Together
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles to Go
The Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There
The Four Tops- Walk Away Renee
The Four Seasons - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
The Temptations - I Can't Get next to You
The Temptations - War
The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misundertood
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it Be Nice?
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Grass Roots - Let's Live for Today
The Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions
The Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes
The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind
The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
Rare Earth - I Just Want to Celebrate
Three Dog Night - One
Three Dog Night - Eli's Coming
Three Dog Night - Celebrate
The Shocking Blue - I'm Your Venus
Of course, this list both reflects my own bias. These are songs I already own. There aren't many traditional groups such as The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and such here, and a token shout out to the Beatles. I love the jazz fusion latter part of the 60s, and you see heavy use of Chicago, BST, Three Dog Night, Ides of March, Grass Roots, and more here. This is my list, obviously.
In some cases the more well known songs of an artist, such as Three Dog Night, ran up against the 70s. In some cases, I may like a certain artist;s music a lot better than their hits. I tried to keep no artist to more than three of, which the main game has with Jan and Dean already - three songs.
Hope you enjoy that look at my updates!
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I decided to make some more changes to my additions to make it more consistent with the initial radio station.
Here are the artists on GoldFM
3 songs by Jan and Dean
2 by Etta James
1 by Bruce Channel - Hey Baby
1 Eric Burdon song
1 by The Drifters
1 by The Shirelles
1 by Martha Reeves
2 by Vouges
1 by The Newbeats
1 by Mary Wells
1 by The Troggs
3 by Tommy James
1 by BJ Thomas
This gives you a feeling of doo-wop, modest rock music, and vocal stuff.
The problem with the 60s in reality is really that no decade has as distinct a sound as others. No decade shifts their sound as much from the beginning to the end. The end of the decade and especially 67-72 is a real push-back against pop music and the beginning of the decade in a major way.
Now I
love this era of music. I own every album in this era by most prog bands, like King Crimson or Pink Floyd, Moody Blues or Procul Harum. I own everything from Pet Sounds to every album by Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, and more. Even the most successful act from 67 to 72, Three Dog Night, is regularly changing their sound with three separate lead signers on their band, and changing their sounds. "One", "Joy to the World," Eli'c Coming, Celebrate, Mama Told Me Not to Come and Never been to Spain each sounds distinct and different. I love psychedelic music, and of groups taking the genre seriously.
There was a time when Incense and Peppermints was my favorite song from the 60s.
No other decade is as distinct from the beginning to the end. The 70s embraced easy listening and disco early, and if you wanted to be successful, you had to do the same. 80s? 90s? 50s? 40s? 30s? 20s? Even the 2000 and 2010s haven;t been that different
But the 60s is tonally different. And the sound of a song like Incense and Peppermints or Nights in White Satin is just extremely different than the sounds of the radio station, and it feels jarring at times to hear it.
So I am pulling these artists, which don't align with the tone that the station has going for it:
Chicago
Moody Blues
The Guess Who
The Byrds
The Beatles
Sly and the Family Stone
The Grass Roots
Three Dog Night
BST
Herbie Hancock
Ides of March
Zager and Evans
Jefferson Airplane
Procol Harum
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Beach Boys
Spencer David Group
Chambers Brothers
D. Ross and the Supremes
We are leaving in lighter rock like Mitch Ryder and Paul Revere who fit perfectly, doo wop additions and soul stuff like Edwin Starr's 25 Miles to Go.
I am also adding in songs from the 60s or 50s that do fit tonally with what is happening here:
The Dell Vikings, Come Go With Me
Danny and the Juniors, At the Hop
Danny and the Juniors, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay
The Happenings, See You in September
The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt
Del Shannon - Handy Man
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
The Drifters - This Magic Moment
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk
The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me
(as you can see I freakin love the Drifters!)
Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Just Like Me
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Little Latin Lupe Lu
T. Rex - Bang a Gong
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic?
The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream
Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now
The Duprees - You Belong to Me
The Crystals - He's a Rebel
The Ronettes - Baby I Love You