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Location: Melbourne Australia
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Well said, just to pick 10 is very hard, most groups were great in the fad 60's. |
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DistantLight |
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Joined: 10 Apr 2004
Posts: 371
Location: Germany
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I don't have anything against Roger McGuinn, he's a good singer, but what I mean with outstanding is something real special in his voice.
For example if the Hollies only had Tony Hicks on Leadvocals (that's not to say that i don't like his voice) they would have had of course a lot of great songs and albums but I would never love them like I do with Allan Clarke or Mikael Rickfors. A great singer turns a really good band into a great Band.
Of course the other bandmembers are very important too. I play guitar and drums so I'm not one of the persons that only listens to the leadsinger. What is so perfect about the Hollies is that everybody is great at what he is or was doing: Tony Hicks is my favourite guitarplayer; Bobby Elliott is a fantastic drummer and Bernie Calvert and Eric Haydock are also very good.
P.S.: On my list I've forgotten Procol Harum ...
and what does "greif" mean? I tried to look that up but it's not in my dictionary. |
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GordonJ |
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Rythym Guitar
Joined: 20 Jan 2004
Posts: 292
Location: Lanarkshire Scotland
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Hi Distant light. I think I spelt it wrong it mibby should have been 'grief' which means sorrow. I agree with what you say and take the point about Tony. Vocals have never been his strong point. But I have to say that I think Roger McGuinn is very much a singer, as are Chris Hillman and David Crosby. Like the hollies, the Byrds hallmark was the harmonies and I think everyone involved did a great job. I've been lucky enough to have seen the solo shows of Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman and they both do a very enjoyable show.
All the best
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Susie Hewett |
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Lead Guitar
Joined: 17 Jan 2004
Posts: 652
Location: Australia
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Hi Anthony
I agree, it is hard to choose 10 favourites when there were so many brilliant performers in the 60's. Those were the days when you could actually call it music (and so were the 70's) and you could actually understand what they were singing about.
Apart from the ten I mentioned, some other favourites of mine are The Animals, The Bee Gees, The Easybeats and Cliff Richard.
All The Best
Susie
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Cindy1986 |
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Joined: 25 Jun 2004
Posts: 78
Location: Penrith, Australia
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Hello
I know that I wasn't born in the 60's but I do know of some of the popstars from that ers and listed below are my favourites:
The Hollies
The Beatles
Manfred Mann
The Bee Gees
Little Pattie
The Searchers
The Animals
Col Joye
The Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
And there you have it.
Bye For Now
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Andy |
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Location: Nottingham
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1. The Who
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. The Kinks
6. The Hollies
7. Simon & Garfunkel
8. The Animals
9. Bob Dylan
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Cathy60 |
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Banjo
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 40
Location: Australia
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Here are my top 10 60's bands/singers
The Hollies
The Beatles
The Animals
Herman's Hermits
Manfred Mann
Brian Poole
The Flying Circus
The Twilights
Tom Jones
The Beach Boys
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Spevvykins |
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Joined: 21 Jan 2004
Posts: 2
Location: Liverpool
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Right!!!!
Well, quite frankly if there was just one band that I could choose to listen to forever and never listen to any other music by any other artist ever again, it would be My Boys. For the benefit of those of you who don't Who-> My Boys are - yes, they're The Who->
But as for the rest.......
1. The Who->
2. The Monkees
3. The Small Faces
4. The Hollies
5. The Kinks
6. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
7. Herman's Hermits
8. The Animals
9. Manfred Mann
10. The Shangri-Las
You'll notice I didn't put the Beatles down. It's because I'm fed up of everyone automatically assuming that because I'm from Liverpool I immediately MUST simply adore The Beatles. Well I don't. I think they were the most over-hyped band of the 60s. Their influence may have been huge but the music was only slightly above average. There were heaps of infinitely more talented bands from the 60s. Most of them never even got signed.
HA!!! Put *that* in your pipe and smoke it...!!!!
*runs away to avoid the pointed sticks being thrown at her*
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GordonJ |
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Rythym Guitar
Joined: 20 Jan 2004
Posts: 292
Location: Lanarkshire Scotland
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Aye Spev, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band were very entertaining. You might have liked the New Vaudeville Band as well.
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Location: Alabama, USA
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Ignoring a previous post...
1. The Beatles (I usually don't include them on any list because no one deserves to be compared with them!).
2. The Monkees (Actually one of the few 60s bands that have good "albums." Some excellent deep cuts in there, especially on their first two "total control" LPs).
3. The Who
4. The Hollies
5. Pink Floyd (hit their stride in the 70s)
6. The Kinks
7. The Stones
8. The Yardbirds
9. Simon & Garfunkel
10. The Beach Boys |
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Joined: 28 Jun 2005
Posts: 14
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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Well it appears most Hollies fans think alike re other artists, eh ?
Here are my faves.
(I just know I will miss some out & hate myself )
In no particular order:-
The Beatles
Cream
The Small Faces
The Who
The Easybeats
The Animals
The Yardirds
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
The Searchers
The Move
The Byrds
The Rascals
Manfredd Mann
Procul Harem
The Kinks
The BeeGees (before that disco crap)
Jimi H Experience
Oops, - more than 10
& I could go on !
(A 60's Mod in a time warp !)
Hey, & how about those georgeous girls :-
Cilla Black. Mary Hopkin. Sandie Shaw. ?????
& how about Lyn Randell you Aussies ? |
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Bass Guitar
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Posts: 80
Location: New Zealand
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My list would be like:
1 - The Hollies
2 - The Beatles
3 - The Searchers
4 - The Beach Boys
5 - Hermans's Hermits
6 - Dave Clark Five
7 - Gene Pitney
8 - Four Pennies
9 - Cilla Black
10 - Merserybeats
I recently bought CD's of The Four Pennies, Cilla Black and The Merseybeats, which I play really a lot. I never knew The Four Pennies that well, but I am amazed by the tracks on their Very Best of CD.
I also like to listen to other bands like Freddie & The Dreamers, Swinging Blue Jeans, Yardbirds, The Move, Billy J. Kramer, Monkees, Dave Dee & Co. etc., but maybe I've heard them too much to include them in the Top 10 list instead of The Four Pennies or the Merseybeats for intance.
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peterchecksfield |
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Joined: 20 Nov 2005
Posts: 153
Location: Margate, Kent (U.K.)
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I love much of The Beatles music, but I also think they're incredibly over-rated. Everyone goes on & ON about them, ignoring groups like The Hollies who were every bit their musical equals during the 1965-1967 era. I also think that their quality control went out of the window after 'Pepper', with quite a few very weak songs. 'All Together Now', 'Blue Jay Way', 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road', 'Savoy Truffle', 'Goodnight', 'What's The New Mary Jane', 'Dig It', 'I Want You', etc. The Hollies certainly never cut anything that weak during the same period.
So, taking the above into account, my top 10 in no particular order would have to include:
Hank Williams (one of the greatest composers of all time)
Jerry Lee Lewis (a true musical genius who can reinterprate virtually any given song)
Chuck Berry ("The Hank Williams of Rock & Roll" as Jerry Lee calls him)
Little Richard (everyone from Paul McCartney to Otis Redding to Tom Jones have tried & failed to sing like him)
The Everly Brothers (some of their hits were too lightweight for me, but we'd have no Hollies without them!)
The Beatles (mostly up until 1966)
The Hollies (particularly 1965-1967)
The Rolling Stones (the Brian Jones era!)
The Who (1965-1967 period)
Slade (Noddy could out-sing Plant & Gillan in his sleep...)
There you go! Probably a 'tougher' selection than most people on here would select, though of course it's impossible to really choose a top 10. Looking at that list I might have to change The Who for The Kinks, & I must include Iggy Pop somewhere too, & the Sweet are very under-appreciated........ |
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peterchecksfield |
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Acoustic Guitar
Joined: 20 Nov 2005
Posts: 153
Location: Margate, Kent (U.K.)
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peterchecksfield wrote: |
I love much of The Beatles music, but I also think they're incredibly over-rated. Everyone goes on & ON about them, ignoring groups like The Hollies who were every bit their musical equals during the 1965-1967 era. I also think that their quality control went out of the window after 'Pepper', with quite a few very weak songs. 'All Together Now', 'Blue Jay Way', 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road', 'Savoy Truffle', 'Goodnight', 'What's The New Mary Jane', 'Dig It', 'I Want You', etc. The Hollies certainly never cut anything that weak during the same period.
So, taking the above into account, my top 10 in no particular order would have to include:
Hank Williams (one of the greatest composers of all time)
Jerry Lee Lewis (a true musical genius who can reinterprate virtually any given song)
Chuck Berry ("The Hank Williams of Rock & Roll" as Jerry Lee calls him)
Little Richard (everyone from Paul McCartney to Otis Redding to Tom Jones have tried & failed to sing like him)
The Everly Brothers (some of their hits were too lightweight for me, but we'd have no Hollies without them!)
The Beatles (mostly up until 1966)
The Hollies (particularly 1965-1967)
The Rolling Stones (the Brian Jones era!)
The Who (1965-1967 period)
Slade (Noddy could out-sing Plant & Gillan in his sleep...)
There you go! Probably a 'tougher' selection than most people on here would select, though of course it's impossible to really choose a top 10. Looking at that list I might have to change The Who for The Kinks, & I must include Iggy Pop somewhere too, & the Sweet are very under-appreciated........ |
Ooops! I've just realised that this was supposed to be about 60s acts! So cross off Hank Williams & Slade, & add The Kinks & The Animals. Or maybe Them. Or perhaps The Yardbirds. The Spencer Davis Group were great too, as were The Pretty Things, & The Small Faces in their Decca period! Basically UK R&B acts from 1964-1966....
Jerry Lee, Chuck, The Everlys, & Little Richard all cut some of their finest work in the 60s though, so those choices remain.
Peter |
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SheLenka |
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Banjo
Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 43
Location: Pardubice, Czech Republic
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Not really in order (though I definitely consider the Hollies No. 1):
The Hollies
The Kaleidoscope/Fairfield Parlour
The Zombies
The Kinks
The Game
The Who
The Moody Blues
The Kirkbys/23rd Turnoff
The Grapefruit
Nirvana (the 60's UK one)
any many more from the UK
The Byrds
The Choir
The Cyrkle
The Grodes
The Aerovons
and many more from the USA
The Mascots
The Tages
from Sweden
The Motions
The Golden Earrings
The Haigs
from the Netherlands
The Petards
from Germany
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Here are my top 10 60's bands/singers
The Hollies
The Beatles
The Animals
Herman's Hermits
Manfred Mann
Brian Poole
The Flying Circus
The Twilights
Tom Jones
The Beach Boys
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And, yes, Cathy60, The Twilights from Australia can't be let out
The Beatmen
from Slovakia (Czechoslovakia then) |
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