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August 02, 2006
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Lost in the comments was Jeff's earnest advice about 60s-70s bands outside of the typical mainstream.
His suggestions:
Lost in all this was the really earnest kid who wanted recommendations for 60/70's bands who aren't on the radio.
in brief:
60's:
Velvet Underground
Stooges
mid-era Kinks don't get played on US radio but are a close third to Beatles/Stones (especially Something Else by the Kinks)
Love (RIP Arthur Lee)
Leonard Cohen
Serge Gainsbourg if you don't mind French
Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield
the Left Banke
70's (sooo many, but)
Modern Lovers
Brian Eno/ Bowie
Roxy Music
T rex
Joy Division
Television
early Taking Heads
Devo
Big Star
Wire
Good for a primer...
Posted by Keith O'Brien at August 2, 2006 11:42 PM
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Uhhh, this didn't really need its own post, but now that it exists, I should mention that I meant to put Odessey and Oracle by the Zombies on the sixties list. That is all.
Posted by: Jeff K at August 5, 2006 12:54 AM
