# favourite 60s song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568 "2003-02-12T14:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/21 "2003-02-13T14:36:45Z")
I also could never pick just one. But _Tears of Rage_ by the Band would be way at the top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![B\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@B\_Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B_Williams)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/22 "2003-02-13T14:49:42Z")
Labdad Questionmark and the mysterians. When a man loves a woman…by Percy Sledge ,has got to be one of the best of the 60ies along with Leah by Roy Orbison. ---
**Author:** ![B\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@B\_Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B_Williams)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/23 "2003-02-13T14:52:33Z")
duh I just noticed your ? mark labdad and 96 tears is still one of the greatest!! oh yeah…Lion sleeps tonight by the tokens ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/24 "2003-02-13T15:11:05Z")
The Doors: **Light My Fire** The Animals: **House of the Rising Sun** Loving Spoonfull: **Daydream** The Zombies: **She’s not There** The Searchers: **Needles and Pins** And lots more ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/25 "2003-02-13T15:58:51Z")
wow, i always thought “I’d love to change the world” sounded more like an early 70’s burnout song than an earnest 60s…come to think of it, [Allmusic.com](http://Allmusic.com) says it was 1971…i rawk 😛 \* My fave? any of Pink Floyd’s early recordings, I can’t pick just one…its a choice between “See Emily Play”, “Lucifer Sam”, and “Apples and Oranges”. - apologies to those who consider the early 70’s to be the 60s. I do too, but I think we are talking chronological in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/26 "2003-02-13T15:59:54Z")
Grateful Dead: Dark Star (from the “Live/Dead” album) Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man Phil Ochs: The Crucifixion Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers of America Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? (also his version of the US National Anthem) Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant Country Joe and the Fish: Fish Cheer-\>Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die That’s just a start, since I really like the music of the hippie/folk/Vietnam, Civil Rights and etc. era. ---
**Author:** ![dwmacg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwmacg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwmacg)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/27 "2003-02-13T16:16:40Z")
C’mon, people, you can only have one favorite. I know it’s hard, but if I had to choose one, it’d probably be “Up on Cripple Crrek,” by The Band. Of course, if you ask me tomorrow I’ll probably give you a different answer. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/28 "2003-02-13T16:21:10Z")
**Knock on Wood** by Eddie Floyd. Greatest Memphis R&B song ever, and one of the high points of western civilization. **Foxy Lady** by Hendrix. Love to crank it up for the screamin feedback explosive intro. Underappreciated one-hit wonder: **Concrete & Clay** by Unit Four + 2 or something dumb like that. Catchy. Underappreciated multi-hit wonder: **Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow** by the Stones. Never hear it on the radio. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/29 "2003-02-13T16:57:51Z")
_Venus in Furs_ by the Velvet Underground. I was convinced for a long time that that song was done in the mid to late 70s, it was so advanced for its time. When I found out that it had been done in 1967, my immediate reaction was - “Why was anyone listening to Sgt Peppers’, then?” That Liverpudlian album of novelty songs still gets more credit than the Velvets do for changing the face of music, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/30 "2003-02-13T17:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by B Williams \* > **duh I just noticed your ? mark labdad and 96 tears is still one of the greatest!!** I’m always torn how to write the name of the group. The label on my 45 has the group designated with the punctuation mark, “? and the Mysterians”. But my album shows the group as “Question Mark and the Mysterians.” I tend to favor “?” though, because Rudy Martinez had his named legally changed to the punctuation mark. Jeez, could I get any geekier about this? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/31 "2003-02-13T17:19:08Z")
So many excellent answers, so many more to choose from. I’m kinda partial to: **Procul Harum** - _A Whiter Shade of Pale_ **Stones** - _Paint it Black_ (as mentioned above by **Gyan9** ) **Beatles** - _Nowhere Man_ or _Eleanor Rigby_ And, **Exapno** , it was a _great_ time to be young and listening to the radio. All the time. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/32 "2003-02-13T17:46:01Z")
I don’t think I can limit myself to just one song. My top three for the moment includes: 1. Sam Cooke “A Change is Gonna Come” 2. The Doors “Five to One” 3. Otis Redding "Respect I reserve the right to change my mind at any time, and I probably will. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/33 "2003-02-13T18:41:15Z")
“My Little Red Book,” by Love. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-60s-song/154568/34 "2003-02-13T19:42:35Z")
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