My roomie is planning to start up a Changeling game (and for anyone who knows about Changeling the setting is the 60’s before the moonlanding and all hell breaks loose with the Sidhe returning and the Resurgence and Accordance War). He is going to start it tomorrow in fact, so I have been given the task of finding music for atmosphere.
So could people give me some really good music from that time? I already have the Forrest Gump soundtrack, but need more.
Thanks in advance.
You lost me with your scenario 
, but have you tried the Time/Life compilations?
I, likewise, am at a loss to know what you’re talking about. (Is this some sort of roll-playing game?) However, exactly what type of 60’s music do you need? Early 60’s Pop (e.g., Phil Spector, Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee, post-Army Elvis, etc.)? British Invasion (e.g., early Beatles, Stones, Hollies, Dave Clark Five, etc.)? Motown/Stax/soul (e.g., Supremes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Otis Redding, etc.)? Garage rock (e.g., Sam the Sham,"?" and the Mysterians, 13th Floor Elevators, Count Five, etc.)? Folk-Rock (e.g., Bob Dylan, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Turtles, Simon and Garfunkle, etc.)? Surf (e.g., Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Ventures, etc.)? M.O.R./Pop (e.g., Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick and everybody else who sang Burt Bachrach/ Hal David compositions, etc.)? Psychedelic (e.g., later Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Doors, Jimi Hendrix, etc.)?
As you can see, this is already a lot of music and I’m just skimming the surface. (Although, given the apparent theme of your game, I’m guessing your choices would be more along the psychedelic line.)
Oh, and I’m aware it should be “role-playing game” and “Simon and Garfunkel.”
For atmosphere, go with Mo-Town. Marvin Gaye, Shirelles and the Temptations would be a good start. Smoky Robinson and the Miracles. Throw in a little Bo Diddly too. He’s really more late 50’s, but it will add some “pop” to the sounds.
As for the game itself…
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Respect - Aretha Franklin
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
My Generation - The Who
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - The Righteous Brothers
Gloria - Them (or The Shadows of Knight)
Dancing in the Street - Martha & The Vandellas
Reach Out, I’ll Be There - The Four Tops
Shake - Sam Cooke
Gimme Some Lovin’ - The Spencer Davis Group
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
My Girl - The Temptations
Hey Jude - The Beatles
River Deep, Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
Don’t Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
96 Tears - ? and The Mysterians
The Letter - The Box Tops
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Light My Fire - The Doors
Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Help! - The Beatles
California Dreamin’ - The Mamas And The Papas
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
For What It’s Worth (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound) - The Buffalo Springfield
Groovin’ - The Young Rascals
Needles And Pins - The Searchers
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Hold On, I’m Comin’ - Sam & Dave
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells
Jumpin’ Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
Wild Thing - The Troggs
The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Son-Of-A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
She’s Not There - The Zombies
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly, Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Summer in the City - The Lovin’ Spoonful
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Good Lovin’ - The Young Rascals
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
People Get Ready - The Impressions
Thanks people this is a great help!
As to the Changeling, yes it is a role-playing game. We’re going to play tabletop. Definately the more psychadelic/hippy stuff is needed.
Changeling is basically… faeries. Not to bog people down in it but I’ll give a quick rundown. The game itself is based on the idea that Faeries were forgotten over the times and the Nobles (the Sidhe) went back to the Dreaming (Arcadia) where they could survive being forgotten. They left all the commoners behind, and so they had to adapt by taking human form. Now they managed to survive many pitfalls, the 20’s and 30’s weren’t too bad for them but in the past century the 60’s were the best time. All those hallucinogens and people dreaming dreams of peace and hope and love your brother etc. The fae themselves don’t have to be remembered to survive now but they need human imagination to live and thrive.
Now our game is going to be set just before the Sidhe return. Shortly after the moonlanding, which stirred enough imagination to open the pathways to the Dreaming again. (They had closed before, most of the Sidhe ran off just as they closed). Basically when the Sidhe return… all hell breaks loose. Most of the commoners aren’t willing to accept being ruled now. They adapted and changed with the times, while the Sidhe stayed static pretty much.
Eventually the Sidhe win blah blah blah things go back to the old ways, almost. Commoners have more power now though still not as much as they’d like etc etc.
With our game, set in the time it was. Our players won’t have to deal with the Sidhe much, yet. Eventually we will end up in the Accordance war. But for the first bit we’ll be running around having fun. Being draft dodgers and hippies and such. And you can play pretty much any of the basic fae (Sluagh (think Goth’s), Red Caps (eat anything they can fit in their mouths and they can unhinge their jaws), Satyrs (people should know what Satyr’s are), Pooka (think fuzzy animals) and a bunch of others that resemble Leprechauns and Pixies only with slightly changed names but essentially the same.
It should be lots of fun. I can’t wait till tonight! scurries around cleaning up the apartment
You gotta have The Velvet Underground. Best 60s band by a long way. I’d recommend Venus In Furs, but Heroin and All Tomorrow’s Parties are good, too.
Hmmm… 60’s… faeries…
I’d suggest The Small Faces Ogden’s Nutgone Flake and Pink Floyd’s Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and A Sauceful Of Secrets.
Definitely look into the Time Life Set recommended by Joe K. They’re not cheap, but old “you get what you pay for rule” holds true here.
Some of the more popular & best acid / psychedelic stuff I’d recommend:
THE AMBOY DUKES Journey To The Center Of The Mind
THE BEATLES Tomorrow Never Knows
THE BEATLES I Am The Walrus
THE BEATLES Within You Without You
BLUE CHEER Summertime Blues
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS Time Has Come Today
CIRCUS MAXIMUS Wind
CREAM Strange Brew
CREAM Swlabr
CREAM White Room
DONOVAN Hurdy Gurdy Man
DONOVAN Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
THE DOORS Light My Fire
THE DOORS The End
THE DOORS When The Music’s Over
THE DOORS Five To One
THE DOORS The Soft Parade
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
THE FIRST EDITION Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Are You Experienced?
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Purple Haze
IRON BUTTERFLY In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
IRON BUTTERFLY Termination
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Somebody To Love
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE White Rabbit
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Volunteers
LOVE Seven And Seven Is
NAZZ Open My Eyes
PINK FLOYD See Emily Play
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE Fresh Air
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE What About Me
ROTARY CONNECTION Rapid Transit/Turn Me On
THE SEEDS Pushin’ Too Hard
SPIRIT I Got A Line On You
STATUS QUO Pictures Of Matchstick Men
THE STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK Incense And Peppermints
TRAFFIC Dear Mr Fantasy
VANILLA FUDGE You Keep My Hanging On / Illusions Of My Childhood Parts 1 And 2
VANILLA FUDGE Where Is My Mind
THE YARDBIRDS Over Under Sideways Down
Any of the garage rock comps on the Crypt and Bomp record labels. How bout Nuggets or the Loud, Fast Out of Control (50s stuff, but still way cool) box sets?Try The Seeds too.
Jon
Yeah, I was about to say, get Nuggets. Great compilation of '60s garage band music. Sounds even more “sixties” than the great sixties stuff.
Try the “Live/Dead” album by the good ol’ Grateful Dead. Especially the Dark Star->Saint Stephen->The Eleven->Turn on Your Lovelight sequence at the beginning of the record.
“Anthem of the Sun” by the Dead is another good one IMO.
There’s even some psychedelic-tinged Motown that might be appropriate:
–“Psychedelic Shack” by The Temptations;
–“I Can’t Get Next to You” by The Temptations.
Also:
–“Season of the Witch” by Donovan;
–“Child of the Moon” by The Rolling Stones;
–“2,000 Light Years from Home” by The Rolling Stones;
–“Dandelion” by The Rolling Stones;
–“She’s a Rainbow” by The Rolling Stones;
–“Eight Miles High” by The Byrds;
–“Psychotic Reaction” by The Count Five;
–“Armenia-City in the Sky” by The Who;
–“Voices Green and Purple” by The Bees (Obscure but perfect for your RP game. It can be found on the 4 CD expanded Nuggets box set); and
–“Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” by Jimi Hendrix (great opening).