8.20.2006

A BRIEF REACTION TO PITCHFORK'S 200 GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s

PERSONAL FAVORITES THAT I WAS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT SURPRISED TO SEE ON THE LIST
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Manic Depression"
The Stooges - "1969"
The Who - "Can't Explain"
two songs from Led Zeppelin's II
("What Is and What Should Never Be", "Whole Lotta Love")
The Velvet Underground - "I’m Waitng for the Man"
The Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning"
The Sonics - "Strychnine"

VELVET UNDERGROUND SONGS I WAS NOT AT ALL SURPRISED TO SEE ON THE LIST
"Heroin"
"Sister Ray"

SONG I WOULD HAVE MADE MUCH CLOSER TO #1, IF NOT ACTUALLY #1
The Stooges - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"

ROLLING STONES SONGS THAT I WOULD HAVE LEFT OFF THE LIST, PERHAPS TO BE REPLACED WITH "GET OFF OF MY CLOUD"
"Sympathy for the Devil"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE TRACK FROM Pet Sounds / I DON'T REALLY GET "GOD ONLY KNOWS"
"Sloop John B."

DECADE I KEEP CONFUSING WITH THE 1960s
THE 1970s

See the list here.

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