Turtles - Elenore

In keeping with Aaron's last song, here's another underrated song from the 60s. Apparently the record company wanted a hit single and the singer was so mad that he wrote what he thought was the most generic and bad song to prove the record company wrong. And he ended up writing this song. Look at the outfits and the haircuts. Also, the drummer is definitely trying to steal the show and failing.

Full disclosure: The two singers went on to sing with Frank Zappa so Dave please tell me I only like it because of Zappa. Also, Zappa said this about the two singers: "I regard Howard as a fine singer and Mark as a great tambourine player and fat person." You figure out which one is which.

Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

Holy shit did i find a goldmine in this video. Everything about this is hilarious; the dogs at the start, what is probably the first flying V ever made, some of the ugliest british dudes you've ever seen, a huge turtleneck sweater, and the last 20 seconds of cut shots and slomo. take your pick, this video has it all.

My sister told me about this song 4 or 5 years ago and i've loved it ever since. thank you janine.

Flying Burrito Brothers - Christine's Tune

Alright. So, the book High Fidelity was a favorite of mine in high school. The main character, a music snob, is always talking about how his favorite album is by the Flying Burrito Brothers. I figured the author (Nick Hornby) just chose this band because they are obscure with a goofy name; just the kind of band a music store owner would love.

Finally, about three years ago, i decided to look up the burrito brothers. Ummm, i was dead wrong about them. They are the real deal. I really don't like music from the sixties, i definitely don't like country, and i have a fair amount of disgust for the white race in general. Nevertheless, this song, and the whole album, is phenomenal. My favorite song is Sin City (probably #4 or 5 on my all-time favorite song list), but this video is just too entertaining.

The guy with the hair is Chris Hillman. He was in the Byrds beforehand. The dude in the stupid hat is Gram Parsons, best known for having his corpse stolen and set on fire.

Please enjoy.

Judas

I've been posting nothing but 80s underground and hardcore music so I thought I'd change things up a bit by posting one of my favorite ditty's ever.

I'm not going to go into the whole Dylan Goes Electric bullshit, but here's a pretty infamous video from that era where some lame hippy yells out "Judas!" at the beginning of the electric half of the set. This clip was originally a part of Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home.

I'd be hard pressed to describe the feeling I get listening to this the first instant that Mr. Zimmerman and the Band launch into "Like a Rolling Stone". Not only is it one of the five greatest songs ever written (no arguments on that one please), but that sweet confluence of guitar, drums, bass, and keyboard in the first moments is one of the ten greatest things ever produced on this here earth.