# New Year's Eve Playlist - 1969! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-playlist-1969/523111 "2009-12-30T23:54:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 30, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-playlist-1969/523111/1 "2009-12-30T23:54:18Z")
OK, it’s late in the afternoon of December 31, 1969. Everyone’s coming over to my place to spend the night listening to music and, maybe, just maybe, getting a bit high 😉 Time to work on my playlist. The music from which _outstanding_ albums released this year will form the “aural background” as the old year fades and the new one dawns? How 'bout these, at least for starters ? (in no particular order) Pinkfloyd - [Ummagumma](http://www.amazon.com/Ummagumma-Pink-Floyd/dp/B000002UA5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262215845&sr=1-1) King Crimson - [In the Court of the Crimson King](http://www.amazon.com/Court-Crimson-King-30th-Anniversary/dp/B000003S09/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262215885&sr=1-3) Stones - [Let It Bleed](http://www.amazon.com/Let-Bleed-Rolling-Stones/dp/B00006AW2G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262215949&sr=1-1) Frank Zappa - [Hot Rats](http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Rats-Frank-Zappa/dp/B0000009S3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262216052&sr=1-1) Bob Dylan - [Nashville Skyline](http://www.amazon.com/Nashville-Skyline-Bob-Dylan/dp/B00028HODG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262216100&sr=1-1) Jimi Hendrix - [Electric Ladyland](http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Ladyland-Jimi-Hendrix-Experience/dp/B000002P5U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262216147&sr=1-1) Beatles - [Abbey Road](http://www.amazon.com/Abbey-Road-Beatles/dp/B000002UB3/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262216201&sr=1-3) Crosby, Stills, and Nash - [Crosby, Stills, and Nash](http://www.amazon.com/Crosby-Stills-Nash/dp/B000002J0P/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262216243&sr=1-4) OK, your turn. Pick a year (preferably before 2000) and create your New Year’s Eve background music playlist. But, the albums you choose must have been released in that year (and maybe one or two from the year before but no earlier). And they must be OUTSTANDING. To keep this readable, and to compel you to really give it some thought, you’re limited to TEN (10) albums (my OP, my rules! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-playlist-1969/523111/2 "2009-12-31T00:35:14Z")
1973: 1. Dark Side Of The Moon 2. Quadrophenia 3. Montrose 4. All American Boy 5. Tres Hombres 6. Live Dates 7. Larks Tongues in Aspic 8. Dixie Kitchen 9. Tyranny And Mutation 10. Tattoo ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-playlist-1969/523111/3 "2009-12-31T01:20:56Z")
1967 Disraeli Gears - Cream Songs of Leonard Cohen John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder Mr. Fantasy - Traffic Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Strange Days - The Doors Wildflowers - Judy Collins Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles Pleasures of the Harbor - Phil Ochs Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Reach Out - The Four Tops The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion - The Incredible String Band Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane Um, if you want me, I’ll be separating the colors in the m&ms dish and throwing my hand away. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-playlist-1969/523111/4 "2009-12-31T03:45:47Z")
1975-1976 Hotel California - Eagles AC/DC - High Voltage Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton More than a Feeling - Boston Queen - A Night at the Opera Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin Blow by Blow - Jeff Beck Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-years-eve-playlist-1969/523111/5 "2010-01-06T17:13:47Z")
You know, this wouldn’t really work in reality, because you wouldn’t necessarily limit yourself to just the albums released the one year. One would tend to also include albums from other years past. For example, while I would probably go with _Abbey Road_, and _Let It Bleed_, any Dylan album released up to that time would probably be a better choice than _Nashville Skyline_.