Roy Orbison, Phil Spector and the Beach Boys were rivalling the Beatles but yeah Dylan was on another level

Cash was a real one for Ira Hayes took a full page ad out in a newspaper calling out d.j.s for not playing it because it highlighted the horrible treatment of the first nations

If I Fell

I Feel Fine probably the most cutting edge rock chune of the year

@Aruji

Kinks had the hardest riffs of the year but also had Ray (who would end up being the greatest balladeer of the classic rock era) composing his first devastating balllad.. which he apparently wasnt too fond of because it never made it past the demo stage. pretty stunning to hear him in such primordial melodic form.

Dylan easily tapping into the zeitgeist again with one more album of socially conscious protest songs

his vocal and story on this one especially devastating

Lay Down Your Weary Tune was recorded for Times They Are A Changin and would have been the bridge between the cascading imagery and stream of consciousness poetry he had been developing on Hard Rain and would hit its zenith with Mr Tambourine Man and the rest of his '65 odysseys (had it not got shelved for 20 years)

His sense of humor and effervescent spirit was dampered by the folk world's expectations for superserious songs to ponder and fortunately he realized he was about to paint himself into a corner and took it in a much more personal direction on his second album of 1964, Another Side Of Bob Dylan song like I Dont Believe You (cant find a link that works) and It Aint Me Babe threw off alot of his hardcore fans expecting more prophecies from their deity but theres a warmth to them that never gets old

things like this kept the more open minded fans on their toes however

and this is the song where he started to turn on that crowd and their expectations entirely.

"Fearing not that I’d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach"

@op

How long did this take to write up? I respect the effort

thanks fam. wym tho? been listening to most this dust for nearly 2 decades but the threads a work in progress

Hit my JACK when we reach the 70’s

Was talking about the thread, did this take a while to type up?

not sure which part you mean but probably no. i im too lazy and wracked with self doubt write anything in depth.

James Brown moves another big step toward the full blown funk he would nail in '65, changing pop music forever

""Out of Sight" was another beginning, musically and professionally. My music - and most music - changed with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", but it really started on "Out of Sight" ... You can hear the band and me start to move in a whole other direction rhythmically. The horns, the guitars, the vocals, everything was starting to be used to establish all kinds of rhythms at once... I was trying to get every aspect of the production to contribute to the rhythmic patterns"

his set at The T.A.M.I. Show that year is widely considered the most scorching performance ever caught on film a television special that had The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Miracles, Chuck Berry and The Rollin Stones (who had the unfortunate job of following JB's set ). Definitely worth a watch if youre remotely interested in the era. James made everyone else look like amateurs.

did you see this @Lawdie thoughts?

who you got for battle of the house bands that year?

spectors wrecking crew vs motowns funk brothers vs stax records m.g's

MoTown the goats
Too much quality

Might watch this movie

the "nashville a-team" was putting in work on that list too didnt know about them till mr.burns told me

Link me some songs to convince me

Duke must’ve been proud

Basically every country song recorded in Nashville from Patsy to Dylan to Elvis

As Mr burns pointed out, after Dylan recorded Blonde on Blonde there it was en vogue for rock musicians to go get in on the magic

Shocked you haven't already

I meant again
Watch a clip once in a while too