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Mon Mar-29-04 06:34 PM
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My 100 favorite songs of 1968 |
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Listed alphabetically by title:
2+2=? The Bob Seger System AINT NO WAY Aretha Franklin AINT NOTHIN BUT A HOUSE PARTY The Show Stoppers AINT NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER Jimi Hendrix ALL MY HARD TIMES Joe South ALMOST PERSUADED Etta James ALWAYS TOGETHER The Dells BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. The Beatles BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE The Isley Brothers BIG BIRD Eddie Floyd BIRTHDAY The Beatles BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf BOTTLE OF WINE The Fireballs CHAIN OF FOOLS Aretha Franklin CLOUD NINE The Temptations COVER ME Percy Sledge COWBOYS TO GIRLS The Intruders CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly & The Family Stone DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding DOWN ON ME Big Brother & The Holding Company END OF OUR ROAD Gladys Knight & The Pips FIRE The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
FOOL FOR YOU The Impressions FOREVER CAME TODAY The Supremes FREEDOM TRAIN James Carr FUNKY MISSISSIPPI Rufus Thomas GRAZING IN THE GRASS Hugh Masekela GUITAR MAN Elvis Presley HARD TO HANDLE Otis Redding HELLO, I LOVE YOU The Doors HEY WESTERN UNION MAN Jerry Butler HIP CITY PART 2 Junior Walker & The All-Stars HOLD ON The Radiants THE HORSE Cliff Nobles & Co. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Aretha Franklin HUSH Deep Purple I CANT STOP DANCING Archie Bell & The Drells I GOT THE FEELIN James Brown I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye I THANK YOU Sam & Dave I WISH IT WOULD RAIN The Temptations IM A MIDNIGHT MOVER Wilson Pickett IVE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER Otis Redding IVE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU) Eddie Floyd IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND The Amboy Dukes JUMPIN JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones
LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics LADY MADONNA The Beatles LOST Jerry Butler LOVE CHILD The Supremes LOVE MAKES A WOMAN Barbara Acklin LOVERS HOLIDAY Peggy Scott & Jo-Jo Benson MAGIC BUS The Who MAGIC CARPET RIDE Steppenwolf A MAN AND A HALF Wilson Pickett THE MIGHTY QUINN Manfred Mann MIRROR OF YOUR MIND Joe South MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells MR. STARLIGHT Johnny Barfield NEVER GIVE YOU UP Jerry Butler OPEN MY EYES Nazz PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSS B.B. King PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE The Rascals PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN The Status Quo A QUESTION OF TEMPERATURE The Balloon Farm RAMBLIN GAMBLIN MAN The Bob Seger System REVOLUTION The Beatles SAY IT LOUDIM BLACK AND IM PROUD James Brown SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Max Frost & The Troopers SHES A HEARTBREAKER Gene Pitney SINCE YOUVE BEEN GONE (SWEET SWEET BABY) Aretha Franklin
SING A SIMPLE SONG Sly & The Family Stone SLIP AWAY Clarence Carter THE SNAKE Al Wilson SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield STAND BY YOUR MAN Tammy Wynette STAY IN MY CORNER (Radio Edit) The Dells STOP Howard Tate STREET FIGHTING MAN The Rolling Stones SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - Cream SWEET INSPIRATION The Sweet Inspirations THERE IS - The Dells THERE WAS A TIME James Brown THINK Aretha Franklin TIGHTEN UP (PART 1) Archie Bell & The Drells TIME HAS COME TODAY The Chambers Brothers U.S. MALE Elvis Presley VALLERI The Monkees WERE A WINNER The Impressions WEAR IT ON OUR FACE The Dells WHAT IS THIS? Bobby Womack WHATEVER HURTS YOU The Mad Lads WHITE ROOM Cream WHOS MAKING LOVE Johnnie Taylor WRAP IT UP Sam & Dave YOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING Maurice & Mac
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Mon Mar-29-04 06:39 PM
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1. Some great stuff in the year we saw the writing on the wall. |
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Mon Mar-29-04 06:55 PM
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2. Was there ever a better year? |
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Edited on Mon Mar-29-04 06:55 PM by Gman
I don't think so.
It was a year of chaos and turmoil. We need a 1968 in 2004.
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:48 AM
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12. Depends on what you mean by "better," I guess. |
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Mon Mar-29-04 06:57 PM
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3. Oh, wouldn't it be great to have all |
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Mon Mar-29-04 07:01 PM
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4. Funny you should mention that! |
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The main reason I make these lists is to subsequently burn CD sets based on them. As such, I do indeed have my yearly Top 100s for 1952-1969 on 18 sets of four CDs each. And if I do say so, they make for kick-ass listening! :bounce:
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Mon Mar-29-04 07:07 PM
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5. You remember "The Shape of Things" |
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Wow. I thought that one vanished into obscurity.
What about "What's Wrong" by Sweetwater?
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Mon Mar-29-04 10:48 PM
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7. Sorry. Sweetwater doesn't ring a bell. |
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Mon Mar-29-04 11:08 PM
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9. Then it has really vanished into obscurity |
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too obscure even for a DU poll
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Mon Mar-29-04 10:47 PM
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6. Hi, it's 2TDUS at loftycity, but the No. 1 song in 1968 . . . |
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on December 31 (at least on AFVN in the Republic of Vietnam) was "Those Were the Days" by Mary Hopkins. . .
"Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance Forever and a day We'd live the life we'd choose We'd fight and never lose........"
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Mon Mar-29-04 11:23 PM
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10. Maybe the best. Glad to see Seger. Not enough Beatles here. |
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I turned 17 that year; Tigers won the series; we all know about Kennedy, King, Vietnam, Chicago . . . one of the most important years ever. Seems to me you missed a few, though. Got to look at them more closely, but where's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps?" Still, a great list - and what a year for music. Give me a little bass, on those 88s. And do the Tighten Up.
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Mon Mar-29-04 11:33 PM
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11. Fabulous List for a Wonderful, Awful Year |
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but I miss "Judy in Disguise" by John Fred and His Playboy Band and "She's A Rainbow" by the Rolling Stones. I was still in the Army for the first five months of 1968. I was stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland, when Dr. King was assassinated and nearby DC went up in flames. Later that year, after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, my grandfather, the world's strongest Democrat (God bless him!) lost interest in living and died quietly at the age of not-quite 91. I still miss him, but at least he didn't have to witness the riots at the Chicago Democratic convention and the defeat of Hubert Humphrey by *shudder* Richard M. Nixon.
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Tue Mar-30-04 11:51 AM
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13. Bob Seger had a system? |
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Edited on Tue Mar-30-04 11:52 AM by elperromagico
I had no idea.
Glad to see you included "Do It Again" by los Chicos de la Playa (:P) - that song has a nice groove to it.
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Tue Mar-30-04 12:42 PM
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14. Great stuff but (Cry Like a Baby ) reminds me of Army basic. Another |
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one is (Ruby Don't take You Love to Town) I think they were the only songs on the juke box at the PX in early 1968.
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Tue Mar-30-04 01:09 PM
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I wish that I could make that my personal theme song. It would start playing whenever I bounded out of my apartment on a nice sunny spring or summer day.
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