pretty sure ive never listened to a song that many times

was probably half that when i was your age

at least your finally putting in work on the 70s

done done

•Dylan obviously mvp HM to Lennon

•Byrds rookies of the year HM to Beau Brummells

•Guitarist of the year goes to Jeff Beck for his solos and riffs and trippy flourishes HM to Pete Townshend for his savage squalling

•Otis vocalist of the year HM to Steve Marriot

•James Brown most influential (other than dylan) for inventing funk HM to Yardbirds for inventing psych

•Rubber Soul album of the year HM to Highway 61 and Mr Tambourine Man

*guitar solo of the year and possibly decade;

f*** forgot In The Back Of My Mind

this man really wanted first post

@twinkletoez you got a top 5 soul jams at least?

you got I Been Loving You over Tracks or nah?

Unchained Melody > both

1. Unchained Melody
2. Tracks of My Tears
3. Nowhere to Run
4. Ooo Baby Baby
5. Lovin’ you
HM: Papa’s new Bag

yeah Unchained Melody a cliche for me at this point and its debatable whether Spector was even on it

Just Once In My Life however

this particular live '66 version was my #1 song oat for yeeears dylan in full f***-the-world mode getting booed every night for like 3 months (by folkie purists that wanted him to stay an acoustic protest singer) of his European tour but he didnt give a s*** and just told his band (The Band) to play it f***in LOUDER

This entire album, but specifically this song

Also this album and song

This 1 4 U

This was literal sound of Pandora's Box opening for me first track on the life changing Nuggest box set began my psych fetish

the nugget of nuggets

good s***, still gotta listen to beau brummels

also rubber soul over highway 61??

bangar

Yeah Bob's albums were stunners too obv and he had higher highs that year but Rubber Soul is the one. Cracked off in two weeks invented the idea of an album being a self contained piece of rock art with one consistent sound and vibe throughout and not just a collection of whatever you had been recording and charting. Highway 61 was approaching the same thing, possibly even more influential in its structure but I don't think even he was actively attempting a coherent sound necessarily till Blonde.

Rubber Soul also has one of the a time best covers too which just could not had possible conveyed the vibe better. Hm to Bringing It All Back Home with its hints and secrets.

Pete wrote this just because of how much he liked Smokeys enunciation of the word in Tracks Of My Tears "she's just a substitute"

my personal fav from ‘66

Not sure how some crazy Texas kids wound up making some of the edgiest psych but they were amazing

Rubber Soul is a great album and I can respect where you're coming from, but Highway feels just as coherent especially in it's structure like you said. Titanic opening track in Rolling Stone, hard hitting middle track in Thin Man and then Desolating Row...personally I like the songs better on Highway so I gotta give it to that.
BoB always felt like an expansion to the success and sound of Highway. Also Highway's cover is dope too

You just can't beat the 4 headed monster when the planets align I'm giving them a tie for the year considering Dylan's peaks are way higher but Rubber Soul is too flawless