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Peter, Shaun and Tim discuss their favourite 60s bands, minus ‘the big two’. How does the British rock and pop scene stand up without its two most famous elements? And who will be number one?! The guys discuss: the difference between musical contributions and cultural contributions, the influence of folk and blues, what it means to say that a band made its key contributions in the 60s and whether the musicianship at the time matched the songwriting. Also, which 60s pop drummer was the best? Which band looked coolest on the Ed Sullivan show? And which 60s musicians would play which role in a hypothetical casting of Oliver? Oh, and let’s play a quick round of “Starkey, Ball or Edge?”
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The first 5 are easy…1.The WHO 2. CREAM 3. The KINKS 4. LED ZEPPELIN (1969, they qualify). 5 The YARDBIRDS…6 The ANIMALS 7 FAIRPORT CONVENTION 8 The ZOMBIES 9. John Mayall & THE BLUESBREAKERS ( Clapton & Peter Greene versions). 10 SPENCER DAVIS GROUP…. These are My favorites.
I don't want to put down the Stones, great band but if they never had existed things wouldn't have changed much for music history, The Beatles of course are entirely different, they were instrumental and really pushed tings forward.
Never heard of The Young Tradition. And can't find their albums anywhere!
The first thing that occurs to me is whether to rank based on their '60s work or whether to rank UK bands which started in the '60s but maybe had their peak in the '70s? Led Zep and Pink Floyd come to mind.
Anyway. Assuming the former, I'll go for the Kinks. If it's the latter, Pink Floyd. Completely off the top of my head so could be forgetting loads. (I think I actually prefer US music at times when British music is at its commercial peak – '60s and '90s come to mind.)