Favourite 60's metal song? - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > The Music Forums > Rock & Metal
Register Blogging Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

View Poll Results: Favourite 60s metal song?
Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida 2 14.29%
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues 1 7.14%
High Tide - Death Warmed Up 0 0%
High Tide - Futilist's Lament 0 0%
Head Machine - You Must Come With Me 0 0%
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild 1 7.14%
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 5 35.71%
The Beatles - Helter Skelter 4 28.57%
Bitter Creek - Plastic Thunder 0 0%
Other 1 7.14%
Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-01-2012, 02:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
Groupie
 
shadowtear's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 27
Default Favourite 60's metal song?

A lot of people don't believe in metal in the 60s, which is fine, but there was undeniably a heavy theme arising in many rock songs towards the end of the decade. I've listed as many as I can think of above but feel free guys to point out stuff I missed, I always like discovering new music. Especially experimental stuff like this.

Btw this is for songs released in the 60s, not written in the 60s, so no Black Sabbath here (unless there's some early EP or demo recoring I don't know about of course).

Spoiler for videos:
Iron Butterfly - In a Gadda Da Vida



Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues



High Tide - Death Warmed Up



High Tide - Futilist's Lament



Head Machine - You Must Come With Me



Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild



Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)



The Beatles - Helter Skelter



Bitter Creek - Plastic Thunder


Last edited by shadowtear; 10-01-2012 at 02:26 AM.
shadowtear is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2012, 06:59 AM   #2 (permalink)
Groupie
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 5
Default

Anyone that doesn't say Hendrix kills a puppy
leew123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-01-2012, 11:23 AM   #3 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Rock N' Roll Clown's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Bulgaria
Posts: 169
Default

...And that's how metal started:




The definite father of metal, and, for me, the king of metal.
Rock N' Roll Clown is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-09-2012, 05:30 PM   #4 (permalink)
Ba and Be.
 
jackhammer's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: This Is England
Posts: 17,331
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock N' Roll Clown View Post
...And that's how metal started:




The definite father of metal, and, for me, the king of metal.
There is no definitive answer to any single artist being responsible for any particular genre TBH. You could argue that classical music such as Wagner was the first real heavy music but it would get us nowhere really.

Jimi Hendrix is covering the Troggs song from the mid 60's so we could say that the original was the first song (as it's certainly heavy for it's time) or what about The Kinks You Really Got Me that many think was the first prototype riff for Metal? or what about the last half of I Want You (She's So Heavy) by The Beatles?

I won't bother choosing any track in particular because Heavy Metal whilst undeniably being inspired by the 60's didn't become a recognised genre until the 70's. It's like asking what was your favourite Punk track from the 60's.

I won't even get started on what the Blues did for Metal!
__________________

“A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”
jackhammer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2012, 12:03 PM   #5 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Rock N' Roll Clown's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Bulgaria
Posts: 169
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by jackhammer View Post
There is no definitive answer to any single artist being responsible for any particular genre TBH. You could argue that classical music such as Wagner was the first real heavy music but it would get us nowhere really.

Jimi Hendrix is covering the Troggs song from the mid 60's so we could say that the original was the first song (as it's certainly heavy for it's time) or what about The Kinks You Really Got Me that many think was the first prototype riff for Metal? or what about the last half of I Want You (She's So Heavy) by The Beatles?

I won't bother choosing any track in particular because Heavy Metal whilst undeniably being inspired by the 60's didn't become a recognised genre until the 70's. It's like asking what was your favourite Punk track from the 60's.

I won't even get started on what the Blues did for Metal!
There can never be an answer to who is responsible for a particular genre or who is the first one who did something. But as we accept Chuck Berry as the father of rock n roll, we could accept Jimi Hendrix as the father of metal. He did with his guitar 90% of the stuff that metal guitarists have ever done. I didn't say that a particular track was responsible, Jimi's performances are responsible.
__________________
Rock N' Roll Clown is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2012, 01:59 PM   #6 (permalink)
Horribly Creative
 
Unknown Soldier's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: London, The Big Smoke
Posts: 8,265
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock N' Roll Clown View Post
There can never be an answer to who is responsible for a particular genre or who is the first one who did something. But as we accept Chuck Berry as the father of rock n roll, we could accept Jimi Hendrix as the father of metal. He did with his guitar 90% of the stuff that metal guitarists have ever done. I didn't say that a particular track was responsible, Jimi's performances are responsible.
My journal is focusing on this area a bit at the moment, but you can pick any blues rock and psychedelic rock artist that played a bit on the heavy side and you'll have an answer. What's interesting though, a large percentage of the albums I've put up have a very large Jim Morrison and Doors influence, so the influences are far and wide on metal as we know it. For arguments sake, I'd still say the the debut Black Sabbath album was the first true metal album and I'm only basing that on the A-Side of the record.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by eraser.time206 View Post
If you can't deal with the fact that there are 6+ billion people in the world and none of them think exactly the same that's not my problem. Just deal with it yourself or make actual conversation. This isn't a court and I'm not some poet or prophet that needs everything I say to be analytically critiqued.
Metal Wars

Power Metal

Pounding Decibels- A Hard and Heavy History
Unknown Soldier is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-10-2012, 02:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
Way Out There
 
almauro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 850
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock N' Roll Clown View Post
...., we could accept Jimi Hendrix as the father of metal. He did with his guitar 90% of the stuff that metal guitarists have ever done.
I voted for Voodoo Chile, but I don't buy into sweeping generalization like this one. Dave Davies, ( or Jimmy Page depending on who you believe), Keith Richards, Jeff Beck and Robert Fripp, would all be deeply disappointed you left them out. I'm sure I'm forgetting a host of other players as well...like the guys from Blue Cheer and the MC5.
__________________
rock n music blog
almauro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-16-2012, 12:01 PM   #8 (permalink)
Groupie
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7
Default

Voted for Steppenwolf as I genuinely enjoy that song more than Voodoo Child.
Love Hendrix too, but not letting romanticism sway my vote...
chefmeister is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-16-2012, 10:09 PM   #9 (permalink)
Groupie
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Beautiful California, USA!
Posts: 49
Default

I voted for Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer--their Vincebus Eruptum album is a blueprint for heavy metal!
kidney_thief is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2012, 05:47 PM   #10 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 135
Default

Helter Skelter. Just wish Lennon screamed more on the track because it was so satisfying to the ear, very much like Black Francis screaming in the Pixies.
Thinkofthechildren is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Similar Threads



© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.