Boardsies Best Song of the 60s

It pained me to vote against the monkees there, LeVar.

I used to love their show as a kid.

Match 37: All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Match 38: Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Match 39: Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

Match 40: Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Zaph

Match 41: Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Match 43: Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

Match 44: (I'm not your) Stepping Stone - The Monkees

Match 41: Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Match 43: Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

Match 44: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

Ficheall

Ronettes
Beatles
Nilsson

Match 41: Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Match 43: Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

Match 44: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

Irish Aris

Match 41: Ray Charles
Match 43: Harry Nilsson
Match 44: The Kinks

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

It pained me to vote against the monkees there, LeVar.

I used to love their show as a kid.

RTÉ used to repeat them in the very early '90s when I was only about 4 or so and I absolutely loved it. First album I ever bought was The Greatest Hits of the Monkees. Managed to pick up the DVD's a few years back - show is still great too.

Zaph

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Match 44: (I'm not your) Stepping Stone - The Monkees (one of my nominations and the best Monkees song, up against a fairly heavy hitter unfortunately)

I love The Monkees, and really happy to see this here as it's not one I'd expect. Also got to #11 in the UK charts in 1996 when covered by PJ & Duncan (aka Ant & Dec). No prizes for guessing which is the better version!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Zaph wrote: »

I love The Monkees, and really happy to see this here as it's not one I'd expect. Also got to #11 in the UK charts in 1996 when covered by PJ & Duncan (aka Ant & Dec). No prizes for guessing which is the better version!

I had debated whether nominating one of their better known hits instead, but had to stick with my favourite song of theirs. If I didn't have a one song per artists rule for myself, I imagine nearly all of my noms would've been Monkees songs.

Didn't know PJ & Duncan covered it actually... Curiosity makes me want to go listen to that version... I imagine I'll regret it though...

Necro

Zaph wrote: »

I love The Monkees, and really happy to see this here as it's not one I'd expect. Also got to #11 in the UK charts in 1996 when covered by PJ & Duncan (aka Ant & Dec). No prizes for guessing which is the better version!

Clearly the lyrical geniuses who brought us this

Deja Boo

Match 37:Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Match 38: Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
Match 40: Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Match 43: Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
Match 44: (I'm not your) Stepping Stone - The Monkees

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Zaph wrote: »

Also got to #11 in the UK charts in 1996 when covered by PJ & Duncan (aka Ant & Dec). No prizes for guessing which is the better version!

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Didn't know PJ & Duncan covered it actually... Curiosity makes me want to go listen to that version... I imagine I'll regret it though...

They absolutely butchered it, and I do indeed regret subjecting myself to that.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

RTÉ used to repeat them in the very early '90s when I was only about 4 or so and I absolutely loved it. First album I ever bought was The Greatest Hits of the Monkees. Managed to pick up the DVD's a few years back - show is still great too.

I used to watch it when I was a kid too and I was madly, deeply in love with Davy Jones. One day my mum caught me watching it and said "Oh I used to love that when I was young" and I was like .. wait what?!?! And she said "yeah that's a really old show. Those guys are old men now!" I was so devastated.

rainbowtrout

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones v Venus - Shocking Blue

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Match 46: Return to Sender - Elvis v I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

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Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin v Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

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Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles v Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

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Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones v Venus - Shocking Blue

Match 46: Return to Sender - Elvis v I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin v Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles v Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Necro

Stones
Elvis
Beach Boys
Kingsmen

ShaneU

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones v Venus - Shocking Blue

Match 46: Return to Sender - Elvis v I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin v Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles v Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

#45 Rolling Stones
#46 Etta James
#47 Bobby Darin
#48 Beatles (I like Louie Louie but Come Together is one of the Beatles' very best)

BandMember

Match 41: Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles v Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles v Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las

Match 43: Everybody's Talkin - Harry Nilsson v Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

Match 44: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks v (I'm not your) Stepping Stone - The Monkees

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones v Venus - Shocking Blue

Match 46: Return to Sender - Elvis v I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin v Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles v Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Match 46: I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles

Tauriel

Match 41: Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles

Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Match 43: Everybody's Talkin - Harry Nilsson

Match 44: (I'm not your) Stepping Stone - The Monkees

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Match 45: Venus - Shocking Blue (it was a struggle deciding between these two, both iconic in their own ways, very tough call)

Match 46: Return to Sender - Elvis

Match 47: Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles (one of my nominations and probably the most iconic Beatles track)

Tauriel

Match 45: Venus - Shocking Blue

Match 46: Abstaining

Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

Match 48: Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Deja Boo

Match 46: Return to Sender - Elvis

Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin (I like them both, but... this one is pretty)

Match 48: Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Match 46: I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Match 46: I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Come Together - The Beatles

Ficheall

Good Vibrations is a must anyway.

Edit:
Also Stones, Elvis, Beatles.

Zaph

Match 45: Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

Match 46: I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Match 47: Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin v Good Vibrations - Beach Boys. Two of my nominations. It's like asking me to pick a favourite child.

Match 48: Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen. Another of my nominations, otherwise Come Together would win out over just about anything else.

Zaph

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I had debated whether nominating one of their better known hits instead, but had to stick with my favourite song of theirs. If I didn't have a one song per artists rule for myself, I imagine nearly all of my noms would've been Monkees songs.

I stick to the same rule. It just so happens that my favourite Monkees song is Last Train to Clarksville, so I nominated it anyway even though it's well known. I didn't want to chance it not being in the competition. I already had a couple of other songs in at the expense of better known songs that I hoped would be nominated by someone else and didn't want to push my luck.

Omackeral

Match 38: Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Match 41: Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Match 42: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles

Match 43: Wonderful World - Sam Cooke

Match 47: Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

Match 48: Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen