Strange Days, Surrealistic Pillow and Disraeli Gears would’ve for sure been in my top 10!! However, some great insight into such a dense/ amazing year for music. Thanks for the education y’all!
Great lists, everyone!👏 The Who Sell Out is one of the very best Who albums (better than Tommy imho). Glad to see Forever Changes getting its due (still underrated and largely unknown). I was fortunate to see Love at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco in the mid-90s. It was a fantastic but VERY strange show. The band was supposed to come on at around 9pm, but didn't hit the stage until around midnight-- maybe it wasn't quite that late. During one of the songs, Arthur Lee abruptly stops singing, walks through the audience and right out the front door as the band keeps playing! He returned 5-10 minutes later and finished the show as if nothing weird had happened. I'll never forget that night!). In the mid 2000s, I was part of a Shakespeare group in Berkeley that rented space in a church. Well, Country Joe was also renting space there and was constantly complaining that we were making too much noise (We weren't making that much noise. And it's hard not to make any noise if you're rehearsing!). Sad to say, but Country Joe was just a jerk 😊
Good girl Crystal! The 5th Dimension is an exceptional performing group, and The Wrecking Crew musicians really shine on their first album. And I love Paul's selection at #1 with an absolute masterpiece by The Moody Blues with The London Festival Orchestra.
Favorite albums, in alphabetical order : - Baez, Joan - Joan - Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (favorite album, I like experiments !) - Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's... / Magic Mystery Tour - Four Seasons - New Gold Hits - Gore, Lesley - California Nights - Lewis, Gary, & The Playboys - Listen - Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed - Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Tokens - It's A Happening World - Yellow Balloon - (self-titled album) mentions : - Jay & The Techniques - Apples, Peaches And Pumpkin Pie - Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majestie's Request - The Who - Sell Out My least favorite album : - Peter Schickele,conductor-Report From Hoople,PDQ Bach On The Air(Schickele,composer)humor
Not only is the who sell out my favorite 1967 album but it’s my favorite album of all time! The British humor and it’s amazing music just is magical and I don’t really get that feeling with Sgt peppers, or magical mystery tour.
I agree with you on The Who Sell Out. I discovered it pretty late - within the last few years. Odorono might be my favorite, but that "Our Love Was" song is great too. That commercial part where it says "more music, more music..." was sampled on some hip hop, I think... maybe Public Enemy?? Naughty by Nature??
Sgt peppers, forever changes, surrealistic pillow, something else by the kinks, days of future past oh me oh my we are in blockbuster territory and its gonna get better and bigger as we go on heck yeah
Well all right! Yeah....remember what I said about 1966 being a bigger embarrassment of riches than 1965? Second verse, same as the first for 1967. There are soooo many "must-listen" albums to experience....as all three of your lists show (especially Paul's honorable mention list!) The Beatles (and Stones and others) did anything BUT kill Motown....they inspired each other, and they both benefitted. I've always thought Headquarters and Pisces are great summer albums. Forever Changes more than holds up all these decades later. The Doors (debut) and Strange Days.....still killer. The Who Sell Out.....the band's second-best album after Who's Next. Tommy....I know what you mean.....and you're right about the cosplay......but 2000 Man is great too. As for AOTY: Sgt. Pepper. It's not even the Fabs' best effort. But on influence alone.....it tops my list. That "A Day in the Life" is a pretty nifty track.
Hi gang, so my top 3 from 67: 3. Buffalo Springfield Again 2. Something Else by The Kinks 9.00 in 83 money is about $28 today and $28 for a 1st press of that album now is a god damn steal! Kinks records are soooo blasted expensive 😞. Something Else is my fav of their albums. I Never Loved a Man.... Aretha Franklin - This is my most beloved album of the 60's I like Sgt. Peppers, don't think I would put it in my top 3 Beatles albums but that's what's so awesome about the Beatles, there's something for everybody. Get a group of five people together and very good chance everybody's going to have a different fav Beatles album and everybody's reason as to why is right, lol. Can't really be said for most bands. Agree those who say they don't like The Beatles are full of shit contrarians.
1: After Bathing At Baxter's - Jefferson Airplane 2: Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles 3: Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane 4: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 5: Winds Of Change - Eric Burdon and The Animals 6: Electric Music For The Mind And Body 7: Buffalo Springfield Again 8: Nina Simone Sings The Blues 9:The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn- Pink Floyd 10: Big Brother And The Holding Company Honorable mentions: I Never Loved The Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan Mellow Yellow - Donovan Underground - Electric Prunes Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds Safe As A Milk - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Flowers - The Rolling Stones I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die - Country Joe & The Fish A Gift from a Flower to a Garden - Donovan Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Grateful Dead The Velvet Underground and Nico Songs of Leonard Cohen
I do agree that the Temptations were obvious Continual Explosions Of Soul, or CEOS. A "little bit of Soul" from a Temptations album suggests a problem the coach has to deal with. Or we fire the coach and hire Whitfield. Good thing I don't disagree with everything else over here. 😅
Finally one I can participate in! Honorable mentions: John Wesley Harding by Dylan The Who Sell Out (Our Love Was is one of my favorite Who songs too) Absolutely Free by Zappa and the Mothers The Doors Surrealistic Pillow by "J.A." ;) Reach Out by the Four Tops (Motown was indeed still cookin' by 67 and even beyond that) Pandemonium Shadow Show by Nilsson Forever Changes by Love Between The Buttons AND Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Stones (Sticky Fingers is my no. 1 favorite Stones album. My no. 2? Their Satanic Majesties. Mm-hmm! No joke) My top 10: 10. Disraeli Gears by Cream (probably my all-time favorite album cover as well) 9. Velvet Underground and Nico (Funny, I wore a shirt today with that banana cover on it. Maybe I'll get one with Disraeli Gears on it one day) 8. Younger Than Yesterday by the Byrds 7. Magical Mystery Tour by those Beatles 6. Headquarters by those Monkees ;) 5. Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina by the Left Banke 4. There's A Kind Of Hush All Over The World by Herman's Hermits (Don't laugh. It's actually friggin' amazing) 3. Pisces Aquarius... the Monkees (One of my most played albums and I LOVE What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round and think Hard To Believe is Davy's greatest and most underrated vocal performance on record) 2. Bee Gees' 1st (Another most played album of mine. Simply incredible.) 1. Christmas with Anita Bry, no, seriously, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by those Beatles again. I am being serious about Pepper. Nothing I can say about it that hasn't already been said. Funny about Leonard Nimoy, my cousin (the one I commented about in a previous video who punched Jani Lane from Warrant in the face. She also gave me her CD copy of that Bee Gees 1st album which is how I first heard it and fell in love with it. Not sure why she gave it to me since she's a HUGE Bee Gees fan and actually prefers that period over the "disco" stuff, but she did end up getting a vinyl copy of it, so it all ended up good in the end, I guess) is married to a Trekkie, so she's been to a few of those Star Trek conventions with him, and they met Nimoy at one and she couldn't say enough glowing things about him that he was such a sweet and nice man. That got to me, so whenever I see him or hear anything from those albums or even see that Bilbo Baggins clip, I just smile and give it a pass. I know you didn't mean anything personal with him, I just thought I'd tell that story. Ha.
Well all right my groovy friends!! 1967, the mecca of the year for music. I have lots of runner ups and my Top 10 of the year but no WTF albums. So let's begin.. My Runner's Up: Four Tops - Reach Out!! The Temptations - With A Lot O' Soul The Supremes - The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons The Monkees - More Of The Monkees The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her Bee Gees - Bee Gees 1st Cream - Disraeli Gears The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour The Yardbirds - Little Games My Top 10: 10. Love - Forever Changes 9. Traffic - Mr. Fantasy 8. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 7. The Who - The Who Sell Out 6. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow 5. The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed 4. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (I know it's not my number one album but I have a reason) 3. The Doors - The Doors 2. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (US) (I mean, what can you say about this album? Even though you had Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Ike Turner and later Tina Turner...RIP Queen Tina...were the big black rockers in the 50s and early 60s but once Jimi got together with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell after years of playing guitar with Little Richard and The Isley Brothers, he really changed everything not just as a guitarist but as a black rock musician. And the debut album...mmm, classic!!) Happy Thursday my wonderful, groovy buddies Crystal, Paul and Tommy!!
Sargent pepper is the album of the year...Decade.... Possibly of all time..I guess of all time would be Sargent pepper vs Thriller..both had a huge cultural impact but for pure innovation of music and quality of songs on the album...especially for the time..Sargent pepper gets my vote
This was painful so I am just listing all my favorite from the year... The Doors debut Between The Buttons by the Rolling Stones The Velvet Underground & Nico Are You Experienced? by Jimi Hendrix Experience Headquarters by the Monkees Sgt. Pepper by The Beatles Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina by Left Banke Forever Changes by Love Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart Disraeli Gears by Cream The Who Sell Out Strange Days by The Doors Axis Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix Experience Their Satanic Majesties Request by The Rolling Stones Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane Mr. Fantasy by Traffic Chelsea Girl by Nico Scott by Scott Walker Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles More Of The Monkees
Ah, 1967…. Albums are now ALBUMS instead of “This Artist Sings a Hit Single and 11 Other Songs,” which means now I can play along with my home version of As It Should Be! I have one honorable mention. I try to avoid honorable mentions simply because if I include them, the flood gates will open and they’ll dominate the list, but this year, I have to include Bee Gees 1st. The album won’t make my top ten, but I think it should be recognized for its accomplishments, so honorable mention it is. Now, here is my top ten: 10. Arlo Guthrie, Alice’s Restaurant (I really expected at least one of you to put this on your shit list) 9. The Young Rascals, Groovin’ 8. Sam & Dave, Soul Men 7. Neil Diamond, Just For You 6. The Beach Boys, Wild Honey 5. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wave 4. The Kinks, Something Else by the Kinks 3. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Gorilla 2. The Beatles, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1. Tie: The Monkees, Headquarters/Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd As much shit as I’ve given Crystal for her ties, I feel a bit on the hypocritical side for having a tie as my number one, but as Walt Whitman says, “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” Together, these two albums outweigh Sgt Pepper. If I have to split them, Sgt Pepper comes in at 1, Pisces et al drops to 2, and Headquarters is going to be in the 5 area, which means Arlo Guthrie drops off the list.
Many people find Pet Sounds unlistenable. Beatles tend to be popular with most folks, or some of their tunes. I like about 5 of them. One of the better pop bands. Although I stopped listening to them by the age of 18.
Cathy Berberian’s Beatles arias record is hilarious, and definitely NOT to be taken at face value. It was 100% intended to make fun of ‘serious’ classical artists who believe that all music - especially this silly throw-away thing called pop music 😉 - will be vastly improved if you perform it in 18th and 19th century European classical music styles. 😝
Also, I totally get Tommy with Sgt. Pepper. I worst things that I can say about it are purely subjective. In terms of its place in music and its impact, hell yes, it deserves the credit it gets because it was revolutionary and advanced modern recording and it literally proved to the world that popular music could be taken seriously as an academic artform. But, I think it’s an imperfect album, and definitely not their best. I don’t like She’s Leaving Home at all and I can do without either Lovely Rita or When I’m 64, but other than that, the songs are great!
Mostly agreed. I love She's Leaving Home but agree that Lovely Rita and 64 are lesser tracks. As you probably know, the reason Pepper fell a little short in the song department is that George Martin used Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane for a single instead of the album. If those two tracks had been on the record in place of Lovely Rita and 64 then that album would be a real monster.
@@AsItShouldBePodcast Yeah, I agree. Cut two weaker songs and slap on Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane and it’s be perfect! But yeah, I’ve never been crazy about She’s Leaving Home. I think it could maybe use some guitar or some piano to lift it up a bit, otherwise it comes off really showtune-y. I’m also not in love with the lyrics, I think they’re kind of overwrought. Yeah, it just feels like the one song that feels a little calculated, like something that’s specifically designed to make you cry.
You guys and gal are a Riot and have a great show. But Sgt Peppers is overrated. Most very good songs but Getting Better and The Benefit of Mr Kyte and the title track I dont like at all. Lovely Rita and Good-morning suck too but not as bad as your commercials. Within Without IN without You is really hard to listen to. I mean do I have to like Indian music or tabla and dilubra? How do you make it through such songs? I mean at best they are cute. Crystal only gives it 9th best so she must be feelin' me .. that it's flawed. I love the Beatles.
1 Forever Changes - Art Lee's Love The best album ever. Bummer in the Summer is still a good song. I don't like the Red Telephone but all the rest are good/great. 2 Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield Mr Soul, Hung Upside Down, Expecting to Fly. 3 Velvet Underground - Banana album. Maybe not so big on John Cale's stuff. 4 Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Revolutionary. Any other year it would be first. And the bassist sucked but he looked good in the band. 5 The Doors - The Doors By far their best album. A great one. What a year. 6 Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience. Little Wing is fav. The Move join Jimi on You Got Me Floating. 7 The Who Sell Out - The Who This is their best album. Right on Crystal. I never am impressed with Concept Albums. They can be forced, coerced, compelled, constrained, and obligated to crap. Well not Ziggy Stardust, just generalizing. But I just like the songs on The Who Sell Out. 8 Mr. Fantasy - Traffic 9 Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke 10 Reach Out - 4 Tops 10. Days of Future Past Moody Blues. Two very great songs but uh oh it's a concept album. 10 Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles best is I am the Walrus. 10 Sgt. Peppers - The Beatles' Best song is A Day in the Life 10 Surrealistic Pillow Jeff Airplane 10 More than a new discovery - Laura Nyro 10 Disraeli Gears by Cream 10 Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds. My Back Pages is fav. 10 Groovin' - Young Rascals 10 Oogum Boogum- Brenton Wood 10 The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland
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Strange Days, Surrealistic Pillow and Disraeli Gears would’ve for sure been in my top 10!! However, some great insight into such a dense/ amazing year for music. Thanks for the education y’all!
Great lists, everyone!👏 The Who Sell Out is one of the very best Who albums (better than Tommy imho). Glad to see Forever Changes getting its due (still underrated and largely unknown). I was fortunate to see Love at The Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco in the mid-90s. It was a fantastic but VERY strange show. The band was supposed to come on at around 9pm, but didn't hit the stage until around midnight-- maybe it wasn't quite that late. During one of the songs, Arthur Lee abruptly stops singing, walks through the audience and right out the front door as the band keeps playing! He returned 5-10 minutes later and finished the show as if nothing weird had happened. I'll never forget that night!). In the mid 2000s, I was part of a Shakespeare group in Berkeley that rented space in a church. Well, Country Joe was also renting space there and was constantly complaining that we were making too much noise (We weren't making that much noise. And it's hard not to make any noise if you're rehearsing!). Sad to say, but Country Joe was just a jerk 😊
Yessss😍
A GOD yes, Sell Out is WAY better than Tommy! 🙌
One of my favourite quotes is "Sgt. Pepper's is over-rated" - cracks me up everytime I hear it.
Listening to Al Stewart's 1967 debut right now. Bed-Sitter Images is a winner!
Good girl Crystal! The 5th Dimension is an exceptional performing group, and The Wrecking Crew musicians really shine on their first album. And I love Paul's selection at #1 with an absolute masterpiece by The Moody Blues with The London Festival Orchestra.
The Cyrkle, Neon
Favorite albums, in alphabetical order :
- Baez, Joan - Joan
- Beach Boys - Smiley Smile (favorite album, I like experiments !)
- Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's... / Magic Mystery Tour
- Four Seasons - New Gold Hits
- Gore, Lesley - California Nights
- Lewis, Gary, & The Playboys - Listen
- Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
- Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
- Tokens - It's A Happening World
- Yellow Balloon - (self-titled album)
mentions :
- Jay & The Techniques - Apples, Peaches And Pumpkin Pie
- Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majestie's Request
- The Who - Sell Out
My least favorite album :
- Peter Schickele,conductor-Report From Hoople,PDQ Bach On The Air(Schickele,composer)humor
PDQ BACH🎉
Not only is the who sell out my favorite 1967 album but it’s my favorite album of all time! The British humor and it’s amazing music just is magical and I don’t really get that feeling with Sgt peppers, or magical mystery tour.
Don’t get me wrong I love me some Sgt peppers but it has good morning good morning and mr kite
After Bathing At Baxter's, Love Forever Changes
I agree with you on The Who Sell Out. I discovered it pretty late - within the last few years. Odorono might be my favorite, but that "Our Love Was" song is great too. That commercial part where it says "more music, more music..." was sampled on some hip hop, I think... maybe Public Enemy?? Naughty by Nature??
Young MC sampled "Heinz Baked Beans" in Roll With the Punches...
I think it was PE
Sgt peppers, forever changes, surrealistic pillow, something else by the kinks, days of future past oh me oh my we are in blockbuster territory and its gonna get better and bigger as we go on heck yeah
Well all right! Yeah....remember what I said about 1966 being a bigger embarrassment of riches than 1965? Second verse, same as the first for 1967. There are soooo many "must-listen" albums to experience....as all three of your lists show (especially Paul's honorable mention list!)
The Beatles (and Stones and others) did anything BUT kill Motown....they inspired each other, and they both benefitted. I've always thought Headquarters and Pisces are great summer albums. Forever Changes more than holds up all these decades later. The Doors (debut) and Strange Days.....still killer. The Who Sell Out.....the band's second-best album after Who's Next.
Tommy....I know what you mean.....and you're right about the cosplay......but 2000 Man is great too.
As for AOTY: Sgt. Pepper. It's not even the Fabs' best effort. But on influence alone.....it tops my list. That "A Day in the Life" is a pretty nifty track.
Hi gang, so my top 3 from 67:
3. Buffalo Springfield Again
2. Something Else by The Kinks 9.00 in 83 money is about $28 today and $28 for a 1st press of that album now is a god damn steal! Kinks records are soooo blasted expensive 😞. Something Else is my fav of their albums.
I Never Loved a Man.... Aretha Franklin - This is my most beloved album of the 60's
I like Sgt. Peppers, don't think I would put it in my top 3 Beatles albums but that's what's so awesome about the Beatles, there's something for everybody. Get a group of five people together and very good chance everybody's going to have a different fav Beatles album and everybody's reason as to why is right, lol. Can't really be said for most bands. Agree those who say they don't like The Beatles are full of shit contrarians.
1: After Bathing At Baxter's - Jefferson Airplane
2: Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
3: Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
4: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5: Winds Of Change - Eric Burdon and The Animals
6: Electric Music For The Mind And Body
7: Buffalo Springfield Again
8: Nina Simone Sings The Blues
9:The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn- Pink Floyd
10: Big Brother And The Holding Company
Honorable mentions:
I Never Loved The Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
Underground - Electric Prunes
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
Safe As A Milk - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Flowers - The Rolling Stones
I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die - Country Joe & The Fish
A Gift from a Flower to a Garden - Donovan
Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Grateful Dead
The Velvet Underground and Nico
Songs of Leonard Cohen
I do agree that the Temptations were obvious Continual Explosions Of Soul, or CEOS. A "little bit of Soul" from a Temptations album suggests a problem the coach has to deal with.
Or we fire the coach and hire Whitfield.
Good thing I don't disagree with everything else over here.
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LOL🎉
Finally one I can participate in!
Honorable mentions:
John Wesley Harding by Dylan
The Who Sell Out (Our Love Was is one of my favorite Who songs too)
Absolutely Free by Zappa and the Mothers
The Doors
Surrealistic Pillow by "J.A." ;)
Reach Out by the Four Tops (Motown was indeed still cookin' by 67 and even beyond that)
Pandemonium Shadow Show by Nilsson
Forever Changes by Love
Between The Buttons AND Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Stones (Sticky Fingers is my no. 1 favorite Stones album. My no. 2? Their Satanic Majesties. Mm-hmm! No joke)
My top 10:
10. Disraeli Gears by Cream (probably my all-time favorite album cover as well)
9. Velvet Underground and Nico (Funny, I wore a shirt today with that banana cover on it. Maybe I'll get one with Disraeli Gears on it one day)
8. Younger Than Yesterday by the Byrds
7. Magical Mystery Tour by those Beatles
6. Headquarters by those Monkees ;)
5. Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina by the Left Banke
4. There's A Kind Of Hush All Over The World by Herman's Hermits (Don't laugh. It's actually friggin' amazing)
3. Pisces Aquarius... the Monkees (One of my most played albums and I LOVE What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round and think Hard To Believe is Davy's greatest and most underrated vocal performance on record)
2. Bee Gees' 1st (Another most played album of mine. Simply incredible.)
1. Christmas with Anita Bry, no, seriously, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by those Beatles again. I am being serious about Pepper. Nothing I can say about it that hasn't already been said.
Funny about Leonard Nimoy, my cousin (the one I commented about in a previous video who punched Jani Lane from Warrant in the face. She also gave me her CD copy of that Bee Gees 1st album which is how I first heard it and fell in love with it. Not sure why she gave it to me since she's a HUGE Bee Gees fan and actually prefers that period over the "disco" stuff, but she did end up getting a vinyl copy of it, so it all ended up good in the end, I guess) is married to a Trekkie, so she's been to a few of those Star Trek conventions with him, and they met Nimoy at one and she couldn't say enough glowing things about him that he was such a sweet and nice man. That got to me, so whenever I see him or hear anything from those albums or even see that Bilbo Baggins clip, I just smile and give it a pass. I know you didn't mean anything personal with him, I just thought I'd tell that story. Ha.
Oh yeah, definitely nothing personal against Leonard Nimoy. I bet he was pretty damn cool!
Listen to Steeky Dan's Your Gold Teeth for Cathy Berberiaan reference.
Nice video. All three of you had very good lists - although I wept softly to myself when “Smiley Smile” was mentioned as a worst album pick. 🙁
Thank you!
Don’t sleep on Herman’s Hermits - Blaze 😜
Well all right my groovy friends!! 1967, the mecca of the year for music. I have lots of runner ups and my Top 10 of the year but no WTF albums. So let's begin..
My Runner's Up:
Four Tops - Reach Out!!
The Temptations - With A Lot O' Soul
The Supremes - The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
The Monkees - More Of The Monkees
The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen
Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her
Bee Gees - Bee Gees 1st
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Yardbirds - Little Games
My Top 10:
10. Love - Forever Changes
9. Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
8. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
7. The Who - The Who Sell Out
6. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
5. The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
4. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (I know it's not my number one album but I have a reason)
3. The Doors - The Doors
2. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (US) (I mean, what can you say about this album? Even though you had Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Ike Turner and later Tina Turner...RIP Queen Tina...were the big black rockers in the 50s and early 60s but once Jimi got together with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell after years of playing guitar with Little Richard and The Isley Brothers, he really changed everything not just as a guitarist but as a black rock musician. And the debut album...mmm, classic!!)
Happy Thursday my wonderful, groovy buddies Crystal, Paul and Tommy!!
Super groovy!
@@djcrystalclear8169 Thank you Crystal!!
Sargent pepper is the album of the year...Decade.... Possibly of all time..I guess of all time would be Sargent pepper vs Thriller..both had a huge cultural impact but for pure innovation of music and quality of songs on the album...especially for the time..Sargent pepper gets my vote
This was painful so I am just listing all my favorite from the year...
The Doors debut
Between The Buttons by the Rolling Stones
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Are You Experienced? by Jimi Hendrix Experience
Headquarters by the Monkees
Sgt. Pepper by The Beatles
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina by Left Banke
Forever Changes by Love
Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart
Disraeli Gears by Cream
The Who Sell Out
Strange Days by The Doors
Axis Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix Experience
Their Satanic Majesties Request by The Rolling Stones
Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Mr. Fantasy by Traffic
Chelsea Girl by Nico
Scott by Scott Walker
Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
More Of The Monkees
Great stuff!
@@djcrystalclear8169 thank you
Bertbarian is mentioned in a Steely Dan song.
I Can See For Miles is pure lethal undertow.
Ah, 1967…. Albums are now ALBUMS instead of “This Artist Sings a Hit Single and 11 Other Songs,” which means now I can play along with my home version of As It Should Be!
I have one honorable mention. I try to avoid honorable mentions simply because if I include them, the flood gates will open and they’ll dominate the list, but this year, I have to include Bee Gees 1st. The album won’t make my top ten, but I think it should be recognized for its accomplishments, so honorable mention it is. Now, here is my top ten:
10. Arlo Guthrie, Alice’s Restaurant (I really expected at least one of you to put this on your shit list)
9. The Young Rascals, Groovin’
8. Sam & Dave, Soul Men
7. Neil Diamond, Just For You
6. The Beach Boys, Wild Honey
5. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wave
4. The Kinks, Something Else by the Kinks
3. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Gorilla
2. The Beatles, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1. Tie: The Monkees, Headquarters/Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd
As much shit as I’ve given Crystal for her ties, I feel a bit on the hypocritical side for having a tie as my number one, but as Walt Whitman says, “Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” Together, these two albums outweigh Sgt Pepper. If I have to split them, Sgt Pepper comes in at 1, Pisces et al drops to 2, and Headquarters is going to be in the 5 area, which means Arlo Guthrie drops off the list.
Ahhhh HAAAAA!
you HYPOCRITE!!!
😆🤣😂
Ask Mike Fornatake about his cover of After Bathing At Baxters.
Many people find Pet Sounds unlistenable. Beatles tend to be popular with most folks, or some of their tunes. I like about 5 of them. One of the better pop bands. Although I stopped listening to them by the age of 18.
Well this’ll be awesome!
My people
Cathy Berberian’s Beatles arias record is hilarious, and definitely NOT to be taken at face value. It was 100% intended to make fun of ‘serious’ classical artists who believe that all music - especially this silly throw-away thing called pop music 😉 - will be vastly improved if you perform it in 18th and 19th century European classical music styles. 😝
No Grateful Dead debut??
Also, I totally get Tommy with Sgt. Pepper. I worst things that I can say about it are purely subjective. In terms of its place in music and its impact, hell yes, it deserves the credit it gets because it was revolutionary and advanced modern recording and it literally proved to the world that popular music could be taken seriously as an academic artform. But, I think it’s an imperfect album, and definitely not their best. I don’t like She’s Leaving Home at all and I can do without either Lovely Rita or When I’m 64, but other than that, the songs are great!
Mostly agreed. I love She's Leaving Home but agree that Lovely Rita and 64 are lesser tracks. As you probably know, the reason Pepper fell a little short in the song department is that George Martin used Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane for a single instead of the album. If those two tracks had been on the record in place of Lovely Rita and 64 then that album would be a real monster.
@@AsItShouldBePodcast Yeah, I agree. Cut two weaker songs and slap on Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane and it’s be perfect!
But yeah, I’ve never been crazy about She’s Leaving Home. I think it could maybe use some guitar or some piano to lift it up a bit, otherwise it comes off really showtune-y. I’m also not in love with the lyrics, I think they’re kind of overwrought. Yeah, it just feels like the one song that feels a little calculated, like something that’s specifically designed to make you cry.
You guys and gal are a Riot and have a great show. But Sgt Peppers is overrated. Most very good songs but Getting Better and The Benefit of Mr Kyte and the title track I dont like at all. Lovely Rita and Good-morning suck too but not as bad as your commercials. Within Without IN without You is really hard to listen to. I mean do I have to like Indian music or tabla and dilubra? How do you make it through such songs? I mean at best they are cute. Crystal only gives it 9th best so she must be feelin' me .. that it's flawed. I love the Beatles.
1 Forever Changes - Art Lee's Love The best album ever. Bummer in the Summer is still a good song. I don't like the Red Telephone but all the rest are good/great.
2 Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield Mr Soul, Hung Upside Down, Expecting to Fly.
3 Velvet Underground - Banana album. Maybe not so big on John Cale's stuff.
4 Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Revolutionary. Any other year it would be first. And the bassist sucked but he looked good in the band.
5 The Doors - The Doors By far their best album. A great one. What a year.
6 Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience. Little Wing is fav. The Move join Jimi on You Got Me Floating.
7 The Who Sell Out - The Who This is their best album. Right on Crystal. I never am impressed with Concept Albums. They can be forced, coerced, compelled, constrained, and obligated to crap. Well not Ziggy Stardust, just generalizing. But I just like the songs on The Who Sell Out.
8 Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
9 Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke
10 Reach Out - 4 Tops
10. Days of Future Past Moody Blues. Two very great songs but uh oh it's a concept album.
10 Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles best is I am the Walrus.
10 Sgt. Peppers - The Beatles' Best song is A Day in the Life
10 Surrealistic Pillow Jeff Airplane
10 More than a new discovery - Laura Nyro
10 Disraeli Gears by Cream
10 Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds. My Back Pages is fav.
10 Groovin' - Young Rascals
10 Oogum Boogum- Brenton Wood
10 The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland