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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
Phonographic Memory is a great name for a music blog. Like you, I have a great deal of affection for '60s and '70s pop music. I have a large collection of vintage singles by Phil Specter girl groups and UK Sixties girl singers like Lulu, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, Dusty Springfield and Sandy Posey.
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How could I ever forget that song? It was in heavy rotation in my collection a number of years ago. Such an adorable classic.
Lulu really blew me away the first time I heard her voice. Here she is, at age 15. I still can't even believe this remarkable little girl.
So much sass!
Lulu - "Shout"
Speaking of Cilla Black, I was listening to this next song on my way to work this morning and actually made a mental note to post my affections for it later. It's lush, lovely, and a little overwhelming. I get a little weak in the knees over this one.
With your hand resting in mine, I feel a power so divine.
Cilla Black - "You're My World"
Let's not forget that our dear Cilla was very close to Marc Bolan!
Cilla Black/Marc Bolan - "Life's a Gas"
A couple fond memories of Sandie Shaw (I must add, like most girls of the 60s, Sandie was a beauty) -
Sandie Shaw - "Monsieur DuPont" (ToTP)
"Puppet on a String"
Marianne Faithfull - I'm not terribly familiar with her, but I do know she was very close to Mick Jagger. (And she was, much like Sandie, Cilla, Dusty, and many others,
a living dream.) I also need to brush up on what I know of Sandy Posey (I've heard her name a few times) but I do love Dusty Springfield, always and dearly.
Dusty Springfield - "The Look of Love"
Dusty Springfield - "I Only Want to Be With You"
I believe that love songs from the 60s and 70s (I grew up on this stuff) gave me the most irrational, unreasonable, unrealistic expectations for the rest of my life.
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Originally Posted by ribbons
I love their s/t album and have been listening to it a lot lately. Love this song, and "I'm Set Free" as well. Sterling Morrison's guitar solo on "I'm Set Free" is a thing of fragile, wavering beauty, like much of this album in concept and sound. It's the VU's wavering/beautiful album. Great thread -- enjoying so many of the songs you've posted.  |
I think I'll probably get back into them eventually; their lyrics had been striking to me when I was first getting into their music (5+ years ago) - especially this. This
really caught me off guard.
The Velvet Underground - "The Gift"
Glad to hear you're enjoying the weird stuff I've been posting. My entire life has been accompanied by music of some sort, and I know there's even things hidden deep in my psyche that I've forgotten about by now. Music is incredible like that; I have always felt that it's the only artform that really, deeply touches people.
