@Elric you heard any Allen Toussaint stuff? he seems to be one of the biggest figures of New Orleans R&B after the goat Fats

kinda unwieldy to try to look up his stuff though because he was a more behind-the-scenes Spector type of guy but still has his own stuff.

relevant to 1963 cuz he wrote Otis' Pain in My Heart under a pseudonym

also relevant to 1964 since he wrote A Certain Girl which has great yardbirds version ofc

Heard of him but never knew what he was about will look into it

Thoughts on my ranking? #13-19 were completely new to me and on repeat for months that clutch alone made diving into '63 more than worthwhile. Songs should be more famous.

pretty solid, although im not too big of an Otis Redding fan yet. i still gotta check a couple of those out like whoever the hell Tommy Roe is

Tommy was a Buddy Holly wannabe that came out with this hit in '62 that is a pretty uncanny mimic tbh

but this b-side is way way better and has some almost proto psych fuzz elements made my top 20 for 1962.

this one is might be I Will Follow Him type of corny to you but it has an infectious energy that slays me

hes pretty consistent and inventive

already knew him from a long time ago when i was researching other projects Curt Boettcher had produced besides Sagittarius and Millennium and i found this stunner (almost Astral Weeks vibes)

allmusic.com/album/its-now-winters-day-mw0000745404

had a crazy career arc now that i know his early stuff set out to fulfill Buddy's destiny and he didnt entirely fail

decent but yeah its kinda poverty buddy holly/scaruffi favorite-type teen corn sounding to me

Maybe diet buddy poverty too harsh if he keeps cracking the top 20

And ew I hate those scarrufi twinks but yeah I'm not surprised you think so

How in the world has Otis not sunk in? Have you seen Monterey Pop?

best song of 1964 is when i grow up to be a man by the beach boys

1964 greatest band of all time shows up

song was a game changer for pushing rock guitar much further into the heavy riff territory its famous for (thanks to 17 year old Dave Davies) and also for the punk sneer which had been missing from rock for half a decade (his big brother Ray)

the follow up just as good

didnt realize till earlier today that She Knows Me Too Well was released in '64 as it's b-side first song Brian wrote on weed (man)

idk, Otis' voice honestly just doesnt' sound very good to me. Otis Blue to me is lowkey just mostly songs I already know and somewhat like/indifferent towards but in renditions that are decent at best. Ofc ik im missing something with my lacking soul knowledge in what makes those renditions actually special

blasphemy I'm sure but as of right now Otis Blue is one of the classic albums where I least understand how it's supposed to be a masterpiece. like I'm just listening to those versions of My Girl, Satisfaction, Rock Me Baby like really? this is supposed to be some of the greatest soul ever recorded? i just dont get it. and I used to like Sitting on the Dock of the Bay back in my early early days of dust listening but it leaves me cold now somehow

haven't seen the Monterey Pop performances so i guess that could help me, always sorta felt like his voice didn't really match what he looked like in pictures

You Really Got Me is one of my favs but All Day and All of the Night always just seemed like a bit of a pale imitation to me ngl especially the solo which is a super obvious attempt to recapture You Really Got Me's magic. it's still great of course but it wouldnt crack my top 25 Kinks songs and I'm never listening on repeat like I am with You Really Got Me

and the solo on You Really Got Me actually could be my least favorite part of the song anyway which might be a weird opinion

Ok yeah I've never dug his fast songs and covers that much, it's all about the slow building ballads where he comes in like a force of nature on the crescendo Pain In My Heart was an easy top 10 for '63

He had the most revolutionary new singing style since Ray imo, so much more raw than anything else up to that point (the m.g.'s matched his intensity)

Monterey is mandatory viewing for any psych stan getting to see Otis lay waste to all the hippies is just the cherry on top of seeing dozens of goats in their prime (in ridiculous HD thanks to criterion)

Well Dave was 17 forgivable considering how adaptable he was to whatever bonkers idea Ray had over the years

The solo he played in the video I posted for All Day much wilder than the studio version

nvm come see about me came out in 64 its a wrap

I haven't looked at the year too hard yet but A Change Is Gonna Come is pretty insurmountable

lol yea u probably right

supremes went where did our love go, baby love, come see about me all in a row

This always breaks me down into the full spectrum of shambles as well

Berry Gordy's seeds blossoming incredible year for Motown across the board

Four Tops joined the fray too

Merle continues his ascent to the throne

Get on this bandwagon @Lawdie @RVI @Koala

Beach Boys release I Get Around single with Don't Worry Baby as the b-side flawless

There are other singles that can rival it but nothing tops that combo

@HeyFella youre always late itt so pull up this time

What year we on

Falling has gotta be one of Roy’s best songs

'64

British Invasion picking up steam