# 60's Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105 "2003-01-22T00:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/1 "2003-01-22T00:46:59Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/2 "2003-01-22T00:56:16Z")
You lost me with your scenario 😛 , but have you tried the Time/Life compilations? [www.timelife.com](http://www.timelife.com) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/3 "2003-01-22T01:37:54Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/4 "2003-01-22T01:43:58Z")
Oh, and I’m aware it should be “role-playing game” and “Simon and Garfunkel.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/5 "2003-01-22T04:21:38Z")
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…😕 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/6 "2003-01-22T07:20:59Z")
_(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 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/7 "2003-01-22T10:49:13Z")
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_ ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/8 "2003-01-22T11:20:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/9 "2003-01-22T14:15:36Z")
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**. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/10 "2003-01-22T15:11:31Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/11 "2003-01-22T16:40:38Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/12 "2003-01-22T16:45:35Z")
Yeah, I was about to say, get **Nuggets**. Great compilation of '60s garage band music. Sounds even more “sixties” than the great sixties stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/13 "2003-01-22T17:41:41Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-songs/150105/14 "2003-01-22T18:29:57Z")
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).